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Thursday, October 26, 2023
From Drafter to Innovator: The Evolution of the Design Engineer
Power & Motion: Smart devices, 3D printing, internet search engines, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are clear examples of innovation. And while advancements don’t have to change the world, innovation is nonetheless a requirement in today’s competitive environment.
1 comment:
Helen Maleeny
said...
This was an interesting read, I suppose I didn’t think about hand-drafting requiring more prototypes than CAD to create the finished project. I’ve only done hand-drafting so far, so am not too familiar with the usages of CAD and other softwares, however was interested to see all of the different applications that can be used digitally, and how many things it can ‘test’ for you. It begs the question of how realistically accurate these digital tests are versus tangibly building something, however I suppose it is mainly math-oriented. As well as this they discussed the job of a simulation expert, which I didn’t know much about, though within the realm of engineering it makes sense, as people can become highly specialized in which area of engineering they excel, and it was probably very helpful for designers to be able to compare their designs with the mathematical practicality before construction, before Simulation-Led Design attempted to ‘bridge’ the gap. I wonder, now that Simulation-Led Design has been created, what will the simulation experts do now? Are they building/programming this new program, or will they need to find another area of the field to work on now that the designers can seemingly use this program to digitally test their designs.
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This was an interesting read, I suppose I didn’t think about hand-drafting requiring more prototypes than CAD to create the finished project. I’ve only done hand-drafting so far, so am not too familiar with the usages of CAD and other softwares, however was interested to see all of the different applications that can be used digitally, and how many things it can ‘test’ for you. It begs the question of how realistically accurate these digital tests are versus tangibly building something, however I suppose it is mainly math-oriented. As well as this they discussed the job of a simulation expert, which I didn’t know much about, though within the realm of engineering it makes sense, as people can become highly specialized in which area of engineering they excel, and it was probably very helpful for designers to be able to compare their designs with the mathematical practicality before construction, before Simulation-Led Design attempted to ‘bridge’ the gap. I wonder, now that Simulation-Led Design has been created, what will the simulation experts do now? Are they building/programming this new program, or will they need to find another area of the field to work on now that the designers can seemingly use this program to digitally test their designs.
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