Brainstorm
While brainstorming, we thought of all the pieces possible for fitting in a 3x3 cube. This helped us think about what pieces to use and what pieces we could possibly use. We made these combinations with 3 cubes, 4 cubes, 5 cubes, and 6 cubes. There should be more combinations but we decided to move onto the next stage of the design process. Each of the cubes are 3/4 inch, and there are a total of 27 cubes. There is a limit of 5 pieces in the cube.
Cake Layers
I chose this design because it had more interlocking pieces and it met all the constraints for making the cube. In addition, this cube is much harder to solve in my opinion, giving my classmates a challenge.
Multi-view Sketches of Parts
I had four people from other classes attempt to solve the puzzle, and they spent an entire lunch period trying to solve it, but they didn't solve it until after I showed them.
Multi-view of Cube
Inventor
The files for the inventor pieces and assembly is here.
In this design process, the only thing I have not done is the drawings on Inventor. I feel like this design process was very thorough and detailed, and it really helped me design my cube overall. I think the cube is rather well done because so far, only one person other than me has managed to put the cube together, and it was with a little bit help.
