1 technical presentations using tables and drawings jeffrey donnell mrdc 3104 894-8568
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Technical Presentations
Using Tables and Drawings
Jeffrey Donnell
MRDC 3104
894-8568
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Agenda
• How to organize the talk• The deliverables we need to see• How to use and display graphics:
– Specification lists– Function trees– Morph Charts– Concept drawings– Evaluation Tables
• Warnings about slide design
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For Mini-project presentations
Display
Illustrations of your design(s)
Planning or analysis tools (as called for)
(Limit text to labels and table entries)
Speak
Identify and describe drawings
Identify and describe planning tools
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Before and After the Talk
• Face the audience
• Remove your cap
• Introduce yourself and your team
• End the talk with this statement:
“Thank you. I’ll be happy to answer questions.”
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Guidelines for Presenting Images
• Describe and explain the diagrams and charts that you display on the screen
• Use a pointer to highlight the things you talk about
• Use specific, descriptive words to name your concepts, their subsystems and their components
• Avoid Photographs
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Questions to Address During the Talk
• For Systems or Subsystems– What makes [this] good or bad?– What should we remember about this design?
• For Evaluation Tables– Which two criteria have the biggest impact on the
rankings?
• For Planning Tools, – How were values determined? – How will the information in [this tool] be used later?
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Displaying Figures and Tables on slides
• Choose light backgrounds
• Show descriptive slide title OR figure number
• You must describe your figures and tables to the audience:– What is it?
– Why is it presented?
– What should the audience notice about it?
Some planning tools require reformatting for screen display
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D = Demand W = WishIssued:
Specification
For: CD Rom Moving Device Page 1Changes D/W Requirements Resp. Source
Move CD Rom to target.
GeometryD Fit within 24x12x12 inch area Instructor
KinematicsW Quick acceleration Mfg. EngineerW Straight line "W Smooth acceleration "
ForcesD Operates with mouse traps InstructorD Gravity "
SpecificationsSlide Title (compress to make room for image)
Spec sheet is cropped to allow for larger fonts
Focus on Your Input !
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Function Tree
A c tiva teS ys tem
M o veT o C D
E ndF o rw a rdM o tion
A n ch orC a p tu reD e v ice
S topA t C D
C a ptu reC D
D e live rC D
M a n ipu la teC D
P ro te ctO u r C D
M o veT h e ir C D
D e fe ndR e su lt
R e trieve C D a ndP la ce o n T arg e t
Slide Title
Text boxes use one noun and one verb per box
Rows align to demonstrate consistency
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Generate Power
Transmit Power
Trap turns axle Car hit by trap Ramp Projectile / Catapult
Move to CD / Target
Rolling Sliding Projectile
Move / Pick-up CD
Suction Tape covered platform Trap hits disc Catch line
Brake on CD / Target
Anchored String aroung axle Rubber stopper deployed
Mouse Trap Gravity
Morph Chart small diagrams Row heads from Function Tree
Two or three words per cell
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Conveyor Concept
Claw arm
Conveyor Belt
Wheels
Grabbing Arm
This Drawing:• Fills the slide• Has labels• Shows complete system
Descriptive Title is shown on the slide
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CONCEPT 1 2 3
CRITERIADrive Distance 2 3 4Size 2 1 2Speed 3 2 4Low Cost 3 2 2Ease of Operation 3 2 3Ease of Production 1 2 3Ease of Reset 2 2 3Functional Safety 2 2 2Total 18 16 23Relative= Total/32 0.5625 0.5 0.71875
Second Level Evaluation MatrixConcepts identified by name, by drawing or both
Fonts around 20 pt.
Large font makes criteria easy to see
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Focus, color and information
• Important information must visually dominate any figure or table
• When possible, important information should be clustered and centered
• Color is best used to highlight important information
• Pastel colors give you the greatest flexibility
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Clustered information permits focus D = Demand W = Wish
Issued: Specification
For: CD Rom Moving Device Page 1Changes D/W Requirements Resp. Source
Move CD Rom to target.
GeometryD Fit within 24x12x12 inch area Instructor
KinematicsW Quick acceleration Mfg. EngineerW Straight line "W Smooth acceleration "
ForcesD Operates with mouse traps InstructorD Gravity "
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Motion, Sound and information
• Motion should highlight important information
Animated concept drawings are very helpful
• Sound is best avoided
Unless the sound IS the information
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Don’t make anything move unless it needs to move!
Any motion is more interesting than you are
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Claw arm
Conveyor Belt
Wheels
Arm to steal Opponent Rats/insects
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Strong colors obscure information. Motion can make us look away from the drawing
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Mousetraps
Sliders for mobility
Gravity-deployed ramp
Pneumatics for whacking arms
Photographs are not good enough
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Light is hard to control
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Return motor/spindle subsystem
Control box Rat-whacking arm/mousetrap subsystem
Primary release solenoid
Drawer slider arms
Cross support/diversion arm mounting bracket
Diversion arm
Weight for arms
Bug chuteDiversion arm launch mousetrap
You control the light in drawings