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    Engineering Department Woes...What to do?

    Jsnson, Very well put, I greatly enjoyed reading your post and think it is by far the best advice provided given the situation. I will definitely digest and use your advice as best I can. The meeting went fine and I was given a pretty cool and innovative project. It's been difficult to get...
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    Engineering Department Woes...What to do?

    Thank you for the responses, I greatly appreciate your time and thoughtful comments. The trend I'm seeing in the responses is as follows; [ol 1] It's rude to "brag" about your education, PE, and experience and they aren't absolutely necessary to perform engineering work. The best approach is to...
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    Engineering Department Woes...What to do?

    Mike, I was oblivious to the mess when I was hired, but I immediately realized the lack of engineering best practices by the end of my first month, when I was told there wasn't a complete and accurate BOM, CAD models, or any associated documentation for the products. I must say, it is painful...
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    Engineering Department Woes...What to do?

    Hi Eng-Tips Forum, I have considerable engineering experience (BS + MS + PE + 15 years on the job) and have worked for a handful of companies. Recently, I was hired to work for a small company with a relatively new engineering department. Our manager holds a physics degree and is smart...
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    Extrudability of Aluminum 6262

    The link below is a generic guideline...not much science, but helpful. http://www.alexandriaextrusion.com/aec/resources/solutions/strength_vs_weight_vs_cost.cfm Best Regards.
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    Broke and in need of an education

    Let me start by saying, it matters where you get your degree. Are you going to hire an engineer from MIT or Bob Jones college? With that out of the way, let me provide you with a game plan. Get a B.S. in Architectural Engineering (see link). Personally I went to Cal Poly, SLO and it has one...
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    Loading on 2nd Floor Concrete Floor

    Stellion, I actually read the "Point loads to distributed loads" thread and then questioned my "shoe" experiment and gut. Hence I posted here. Anyhow, when going outside my expertise I continually find that "keywords" are a great starting point to learning a subject and thereby further my...
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    Loading on 2nd Floor Concrete Floor

    Hello Structural Guru's, I'm a mechanical engineering and develop automation equipment. I have a situation where our customer has provided a 5 kPa (104 psf) maximum 2nd Floor loading. The floor thickness is 6" and it is reinforced with rebar. I don't know the details of the reinforcement or...
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    3D Modeling Best Practice

    Model to nominal and tolerance to standard fits (symmetric, bilateral, MAX, etc.). Why? There are two reasons. 1) You can perform an interference check with coincident faces considered as interference. This will allow you to quick identify, check,and update the fit of nominal interfaces. 2)...
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    Mixing Ordinate & "Standard Dimensions

    ModulusCT, the short answer is; yes. The inspection would be performed as follows: 1. Place Datum A of plate onto granite table. 2. Locate Datum B of plate onto pin protruding from granite 3. Eliminate rotation by pushing plate against Datum C of plate, while engaging pin. The left side of...
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    Mixing Ordinate & "Standard Dimensions

    Thanks Tick.
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    would you discourage your child to take up engineering in college?

    I would absolutely encourage my child to pursue a job in engineering or the sciences!!! I get paid to think, create, problem solve problems. I make twice as much as the average American (1/3 Career). Take a look at the top 10 chart...can you say engineer, science, math...
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    Mixing Ordinate & "Standard Dimensions

    Hello, I have question regarding the practice of mixing ordinate dimensions with standard linear dimensions. Geometric Background: I have a rectangular plate with a short edge slot defining the center-line of the plate in long direction. Also the plate has four shallow and narrow pockets...
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    ASME Y14.41-2003 & Adobe PDF....

    Everyone, Thank you for all the feedback, both positive and negative. FYI: On a hot project, given the track record of that vendor, I sent an IGES file over, without a drawing, so he could start CNC programming early. Well I got a phone call, asking for...a drawing. This time, he claimed he...
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    Pricing Strategy for Machinery

    rlee53 A company I used to work for used 4x to 5x material cost as an MSRP. I also worked for a couple consumer product companies, which used the same 4x to 5x factor for MSRP. However, the pricing must adhere to option 2. "2) Whatever the market will bear..." The reason these companies used...
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