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= The Design Recipe =
The formal methodology is inspired by the design recipe taught in the book [http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/ How to Design Programs].
The recipe is a systematic approach to design of programs that can be applied in general with slight rewrites.
Here we will recursively apply it to modules and sub-modules.
The recipe consists of six steps:
 
'''Problem Analysis'''
Give the thing we're going to design and build a name and describe the types of input and output (a "signature" or "contract").
 
'''Purpose Statement'''
Reformulate eventual problem statements into a couple of sentences explaining the purpose of the thing we're designing.
 
'''Examples'''
Illustrate the purpose statement by listing some example usages of the soon-to-be designed thing.
These serve as criteria of success and are used as tests later.
 
'''Sketches'''
Some basic shape and logic of the design is already given at this stage. Write it down.
 
'''Being creative'''
This is where the designer starts test putting together parts in ways that will solve the problem.
 
'''Testing'''
The creation of a test suite from examples ensuring small inputs work as expected.
 
The book also ponders the programming-equivalent of the mantra:
''The shape of the input determines the shape of the design and tests.''
 
= 3D Printer =
== Signature ==
From an abstract input/output point of view, a 3D printer can be said to have the following signature.
 
:<big><font face="bookman">3D Printer: Power, Build material, Supporting surface(s), Instructions &rarr; Physical object </font></big>
 
== Purpose Statement ==
A 3D printer is a machine that synthesizes build material into 3D objects according to a series of pre-determined instructions.
 
== Examples ==
We will assume that a mains voltage will power the 3D printer, with the constant shape:
[[Image:3_phase_AC_waveform.svg|250px]][[Image:Cable_Cross_Section.svg|300px]]
 
For the build material, we will assume filaments behaving roughly as thermoplastics with the constant shape:
...
 
== Being Creative ==
=== Shape of Inputs ===
 
=== Build Material ===
We expect
 
= Sources Driving Design Desicions in Priority Order =
#[[D3D_Fusion_printer_design#Higher_Level_Goals]]
#[[D3D_Fusion_printer_design#Desired_Attributes]]
#[[D3D_Fusion_printer_design#Functional_Requirements]]
#[http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap_Interface_Standard RepRap Interface Standard]

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