Name: ______Design 11 November 13th, 2012

Module #3: The Build World (Assignment #1)

Description:

  1. Use the new techniques you have learned from the Google sketch up tutorials and design a set of speakers.
  2. Create a build design for each of the following types of speakers
  3. The overall goal is to design a complete stereo system similar to the examples below.

·  To do this you should import each completed google sketchup image into photoshop.

·  Cut the background and save as a .png

·  Repeat this for each speaker

·  Merge all speakers together in an arrangement

  1. Speakers should be in 3 dimensions.

·  You will need

  1. 1 Subwoofer
  2. Include speaker
  3. Power switch
  4. Porting
  5. Plug ins
  6. Company Logo

Front and Rear View of Subwoofers:

  1. 2 Bookshelf speakers
  2. 3 way speakers
  3. 1 x Tweeter
  4. 1 x Mid Range
  5. 1 x Woofer
  6. With porting

Front View

  1. 2 tower speakers
  2. 3 way speakers
  3. 1 x tweeter
  4. 2 x mid range
  5. 2 x woofers
  6. With porting

Front & Side views of tower speakers

  1. 1 center channel speaker.
  2. 2 way speaker
  3. 2 x tweeters
  4. 2 mid range
  5. With porting

Front & Back view of center channel speakers

A complete home audio Sound System:

Definitions:

Tweeters – Very small speakers which make high frequency sounds (Treble)

Mid-range speakers – Medium sized speakers responsible for mid range (Treble & Bass)

Woofer – Large speakers responsible for low frequencies (Bass)

Sub-Woofer – VERY large speakers designed to hit very low frequency range (deep low Bass)

Porting – The holes in a speaker which allow the air to move in and out of them

2 – way speakers – Speakers which have two different speakers on them (Normally a tweeter & Mid range)

3 – way speakers – Speakers which have three different speakers on them (Tweeter, Mid range & woofer)