I have had almost the exact experience with the Epson workforce printer at home.. it's essentially an 11x17 scanner only now. The last time I had to print in 11x17 was one of the few times I went to the office in the first few months of covid.
The Epson did a great job printing some promo...
There's an inherent risk in having too much trust in a computational model, especially when still learning about the tools and methods. I think it's certainly possible to have disagreement between a numerical analysis and codes built on years of empirical evidence.
That said I think it's...
I used to train on one of these while growing up:
https://www.sportchek.ca/product/century-single-bag-stand-332275891.html
Still have it at my parents place, wish I had the space in my small condo for it, especially with gyms closed for the time being.
If you're looking for one I'd recommend...
Those appear to refer to draft/taper of the parts to facilitate removal from a mold. Hard to say for sure without more of the drawing for context, though.
COPQ = cost of poor quality (how bad would it be if the error isn't caught)
COP = cost of prevention (how hard is it to catch/mitigate the error) .. I haven't actually heard this one used but it makes sense to me in the context.. other places I've worked referred to this as "cost of detection"...
A friend and former colleague of mine put together a pretty good collection of resources focused toward product design:
https://www.buildwonder.co/#makertoolkit
Also +1 for biomedical engineering.
I'm a mechie who found myself in the med tech world even though the last biology class I took was in the 11th grade. It was certainly a wild ride but it changed my career outlook for the better.
I'm now working in software product management building a tool...
OHIOMatt,
If your daughter is interested in a more "tech" focused career, something to look at is the commercialization activity out of the various universities, such as startups that originated in labs and incubators affiliated with the achool. I find this to be a more holistic indicator of...
There's a surprising number of mining engineering jobs in Toronto, as many of the mining companies have their head offices here (more for proximity to financial firms and exchanges whose business is strongly intertwined with the natural resource sector). Be ready to travel though.
I studied...
Many moons ago I made marketing content like this using exported SolidWorks/ProE models but rendering them using Cinema4D. It had some amazing tools for animating flames, particle effects, etc.
C4D isn't free like blender, but if tasked to make this content again I'd factor in the time saved to...
Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy by Moore is a great account of the history of measurement and the development of highly accurate machine tools since the industrial revolution.
I pursued a career in robotics/automation after graduating. Worked for a bit doing robotics and machine design. A few years in I came across a startup developing medical robotics and made the jump to medtech even though the last biology course I took was in high school. Within a month they asked...
Thanks Scott, the Ctrl-Home windows trick is a good one that I forgot about, for now I've remapped one of the radial popup buttons in my 3d mouse software to run that macro.. already better than scrolling up a feature tree!
My parts are generally organized into folders but by the end of some...
Hi everyone
I've been doing a lot of multibody part modeling lately and I'm looking for a way to have the list of Solid and Surface bodies at the top of the feature tree to always be in the same spot without needing to scroll to the top of the tree. In my worfklows I'm often selecting a body...
(further to xnuke's comments)
While you're digging deep into the details of CAD, machining and electronics, don't forget to come up for air once in a while and take stock of the bigger picture of what you're working on. I find a lot of new grads like to focus on the details on the type of CAD...
...It plays the sound of a busy coffee shop with many background conversations. When there's a few (actual) conversations in the background that are distracting (sales guy making "courtesy calls" aka shooting the s*** with customers), this helps me to not let my focus get drawn into what's being...
But also learn when and how to say "No" to projects that don't really add value. Early on in my career I took on any project that was offered to me, much to my own detriment as I wasn't able to focus on what really mattered (both at work and with my family). Over time I learned how to be more...
Also keep in mind that there is an increasing push among the software and high end hardware vendors (like NVidia) to sell VDI platforms that run CAD and other graphically intensive software applications.
From my experience, an IT professional who actually knows what CAD is used for and how the...
