Designing and manufacturing of ergonomic training furniture for mapping based on the physical dimensions of boy students (Case study of Mashhad Art Schools)

Background and Objectives: The statics and actions of people during daily activities Plays a major role in the physical and mental health and dynamics of the community. Given that humans deal with different things in a day, it is necessary that they be adapted to his features of body. The main goal of this study is to design and construct tables and ergonomic chairs for cartography, in accordance with the physical dimensions of students. Methods: In this research, one of the most used educational furniture, namely cartographic table and chairs, has been studied. After examining the satisfaction of this furniture, For Ergonomic review and design in accordance with anthropometric dimensions, physical features of 160 students of art and 40 students of a technical and vocational school were measured. Then data was analyzed by SPSS software. Results: According to the results, about 70 percent of the students did not feel comfortable with the features of former chair and table, except for the length and length of the thigh, There is no significant difference between the different educational foundations in the vocational schools and finally, with the help of tonality features, The drawing table and chair were designed which except for the height of the sitting space, in other indices, there was a 100% correlation with the dimensions of the student's body. Conclusion: In this study, there was a lot of dissatisfaction among students Because of the lack of matching these educational materials with their physical dimensions which has caused physical, mental and psychological damage and poor quality of education. At the end of the study, through ergonomic design, matters of satisfaction, sustainability and reduced production costs and also the reasons for students' dissatisfaction with the drawing table and chairs is presented.