Lego House Instructions

Lego House Mike Carman

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 Table of Contents Introduction

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E q u i p m e n t / M a t e r i a ls ls Ne Ne ed ed

Wa r n i n g s a n d C a u t i o n s

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As s embl y I ns truc tion s

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U s e r Te Te s t Ou Ou t c o m e

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Introduction  The audience I am directing this for is for a variety of ages; I want both young children and college students like like myself to be able to follow these instructions to build the Lego Lego House. The purpose of these these instructions is to see how well well I could explain the assembly assembly of the Lego House House I designed. My goal is for those who are interested in building this project to be able to complete it successfully by following the step by step instructions i nstructions without without becoming confused or lost in the process.

Equipment and Materials Needed 1. Download Download Lego Digital Digital Designer Designer from http://ldd.lego.com/ 2. Sele Select ct the the white Download LDD tab from the right hand side of the main page underneath the blue Lego block. 3. Select Select the type of system system from from which which you are are downloadi downloading ng ( either Mac OSX or Windows) and then click download . 4. Click Run on the pop-up window to start downloading the Lego Digital Designer program. 5. Once the download is complete, complete, follow the on screen screen instructions instructions to complete complete the installation of the Lego Digital Designer program on your computer. 6. Materials Needed: 1 green base plate (32x32) •

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6 red bricks (2x4)

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7 red bricks (2x8)

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11 tan bricks (2x2)

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8 tan bricks (2x4)

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12 tan bricks (2x6)

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5 tan bricks (2x8)

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1 white door (4x5)

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4 white window frames (1x2x2)

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12 white bricks (2x4)

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15 white bricks (2x6)

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1 white brick (2x8)

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6 black bricks (2x8)

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1 black flat tile (2x2)

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Do not keep loose pieces around where small children can reach them. Pieces can easily be swallowed and/or choked on by small children. Build your Lego house on a sturdy table or counter so the Lego house is not in danger of falling onto the floor. Do not leave your Lego house or extra pieces on the floor where others could trip over or step on them. Make sure you check for all pieces before beginning to assemble the Lego house. Do not substitute any missing pieces with non-Lego items.

Assembly and Instructions 1. Choose as place to build build your Lego Lego house and place your your green green base plate plate there. 2. Place two of the red 2x8 bricks together together to form form a straight line in the middle of the green base plate.

3. Place another red 2x8 brick perpendicular perpendicular to the corner corner of the the line formed formed in step 2. a. Connect Connect a red red 2x4 brick brick parallel parallel to the the back of the the house house and then then place a tan 2x2 brick next to the red 2x4 brick. b. Insert Insert the white white door next next to the tan tan 2x2 brick brick and and then place place a red 2x4 brick next to the tan 2x2 brick.

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4. Use another another red red 2x8 brick brick to complete complete the the rectangular rectangular base base of the house. house.  Then place the 2x4 red brick on the back side of the base and follow that with another red 2x8 brick.

5. Repeat Repeat the procedure procedure from step step 4 by placing a red 2x4 brick brick on the back corner completely the second tier on the back row. a. Follow Follow that that by placing placing a red 2x8 brick, brick, a red 2x4 2x4 brick, brick, and a tan 2x2 brick completing the second tier of the left l eft side of the house. b. Repeat Repeat this procedure procedure for the right side side of the house house in order order to complete the second tier of the house. ho use. c. After After complet completing ing the second second tier tier of the house house begin with with the third third tier by placing two tan 2x6 bricks on the back side of the house.

6. Place a tan 2x4 brick brick on the back left left corn corner er.. a. Insert Insert a white windo window w frame frame next to the the tan 2x4 brick brick then then place a tan tan 2x6 brick on the other side of the white window frame.

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b. Place anothe anotherr white window window frame frame next next to the tan 2x6 brick brick and then then place a tan 2x2 brick between the white window frame and the door. c. Place anothe anotherr tan 2x2 brick brick on the the other side side of the door door..

7. Repeat step step 6a and and step 6b for for the right right side side of the house house.. a. Place 2 tan 2x6 2x6 bricks bricks on the the back back row of of the house house

b. Put a tan 2x4 2x4 brick brick on the back back left left corner corner of the house house next next to the window frame. c. Add a tan tan 2x6 brick brick on the other other side side of the windo window w frame frame and then a tan 2x2 brick between the front window frame and the door.

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d. Repeat Repeat step step b and step step c for the the right right side of the the house. house.

8. Repeat step step 7 to add anothe anotherr tier to the house. house. a. Add a tan tan 2x8 to right right side side of the back back row row of the the house. house.

9. Place a tan tan 2x8 on the the back row row and then then place place another another tan 2x8 2x8 on the left left side of the house. a. Place a tan tan 2x4 on the the front front left left side of of the house house over the the white window frame.

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b. Add a tan tan 2x8 over the the white white front front door door.. c. Next to the the tan 2x8 2x8 place place a tan 2x4 over over the right right white white window window frame. frame. d. Place a tan tan 2x8 on the the right right hand side side to complet complete e the base base of the

house.

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10.Line the top of the house with 6 black 2x8 bricks to start the roof. roof.

11.Line up 6 white 2x6 bricks perpendicular to the back wall of the house.

12.Place 6 white 2x4 bricks perpendicular to the front wall of the house.

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13.Place a white 2x6 brick perpendicular to the front of the house on the right side. a. Add a white white 2x4 brick brick to compl complete ete the base base of the the roof of the the house. house. b. Start the the second second tier of of the roof roof with a white white 2x8 2x8 brick brick in the back back middle of the roof.

14.Use 6 white 2x6 bricks to begin to build up the roof in a pyramid shape.

15.Place 2 additional white 2x6 bricks to complete the third tier of the roof. roof.

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a. Start the next next tier tier with with a white 2x4 brick. brick.

16.Use 3 white 2x4 bricks to complete the next tier of the roof. roof.

17. Place 1 white 2x4 brick in the center of the roof. roof. a. Stack 2 tan tan 2x2 bricks bricks on on top of each each other other next to the the white white 2x4 brick brick to form the chimney.

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b. Put a 2x2 black black flat flat tile tile on top of the the 2 tan bricks bricks stacke stacked d on top of  each other to complete the chimney and your Lego House!

 YOUR  YOU R LEGO HOUSE!

User Test Outcome I gave my finished Lego House project to two of my teammates so that I could conduct my user test using them as my test subjects one day after practice earlier this week. Both test subjects liked that I had lots of pictures alongside my instructions to illustrate what they they should be doing. I knew when writing out the the instructions that some may seem complicated so I purposely inserted lots of visual images of what I was describing to make make it easier to understand. The test subjects appeared to appreciate this when surveying the Lego House. One of the test subjects told me that they appreciated having a list of all the pieces beforehand beforehand so they would not get halfway through building the house and realize they were missing a piece.

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 The other test subject had a suggestion suggestion that I could present multiple viewing angles or possibly a zoomed in look for some of the steps so that he could see some of the smaller steps in greater detail. Both test subjects said that they liked the way the manual was put together with titles that jumped out at you for each section so they could easily find what they were looking for while reading through the manual A change I made after conducting the user tests was to add a few extra pictures to show smaller steps to minimize the user getting lost in the directions. directions.

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