Higher
Design and Manufacture · Higher
Product design from concept to manufacture: materials, modelling, CAD and design analysis.
What Design and Manufacture is about
Design and Manufacture follows a product from a problem to a made object: design analysis, idea generation, modelling and CAD, materials selection, and the manufacturing processes that turn a design into something real.
What it offers you
It builds design thinking and practical making skills, and leads on to product design, engineering and construction courses and careers.
Papers & marking schemes
2026
11 filesAssignmentAssignment Planning for Commercial Manufacture pro formaAssignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 3Assignment Research pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research pro forma Brief 3Practical Modelling ProformaQuestion paper
2025
11 files2024
12 filesAssignmentAssignment Planning for Commercial Manufacture pro formaAssignment Practical modelling skills pro formaAssignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 3Assignment Research pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research pro forma Brief 3Question paper
2023
9 filesAssignmentAssignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research and Specification pro forma Brief 3Assignment Research pro forma Brief 1Assignment Research pro forma Brief 2Assignment Research pro forma Brief 3Question paper
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