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Good mobile apps for engineers? 2
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I don't know anyone who is using a smart phone to "design"...but I've found it immensely useful for field work to have such a variety of calculators, databases, and measuring tools on hand.
One other great app is the Bosch photo something-or-other. You can capture a picture and then impose dimensions/text directly onto the photo to download or email later.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
One other great app is the Bosch photo something-or-other. You can capture a picture and then impose dimensions/text directly onto the photo to download or email later.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
SomptingGuy
Automotive
Well, I've taken the initial step into never leaving my home again. Android SDK is loaded and ready to be used. Someone has to write these "apps", we can't all just use them.
- Steve
- Steve
GregLocock
Automotive
Check out OpenXC, a bluetooth dongle for your car to talk to your Android, programmed in the Eclipse SDK. Oh, you haven't got a car.
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I'm stunned to see that in 20+ posts not one has mentioned Wolfram Alpha? Sure, one might not have to get the actual app, but it's a bit easier than to use the web browser in the phone.
If you haven't came across Wolfram before it's like an "engineers google" that will calculate, convert, plot and so forth just about anything. You can ask for anything from solving equations to "diameter 5mm and force 2N, what is the mechanical stress?" and it usually understands the question no matter how you make the input.
(and so forth)
If you haven't came across Wolfram before it's like an "engineers google" that will calculate, convert, plot and so forth just about anything. You can ask for anything from solving equations to "diameter 5mm and force 2N, what is the mechanical stress?" and it usually understands the question no matter how you make the input.
(and so forth)
Wolfram Alpha has been discussed in other threads. Other than a novelty factor, I can't recall anyone saying that they use in on a regular basis, or in lieu of something else.
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Somewhat OT - has someone a good collection of formulas optimezed for an e-reader? At least mine is a pain in the asse fo searching and jumping between pages, paper is far better here IMHO. But I don't want to always lug around 2 or three smallish books.
The apps that I really like:
* i41CX+
* RCL59 (for nostalgia's sake)
* Math Studio
* Pipe Sizes (Garner Labs)
* Pipe Tools (Bri Chem)
* Steam Tools (Spirax / Sarco)
* Steam Tables
* IAPWS-IF97 Steam Tables (Zittau / Goerlitz University Of Applied Sciences)
* Unit Converter Pro
* Colebrook-White
* i41CX+
* RCL59 (for nostalgia's sake)
* Math Studio
* Pipe Sizes (Garner Labs)
* Pipe Tools (Bri Chem)
* Steam Tools (Spirax / Sarco)
* Steam Tables
* IAPWS-IF97 Steam Tables (Zittau / Goerlitz University Of Applied Sciences)
* Unit Converter Pro
* Colebrook-White
Google Drive for spreadsheets I have made on the go.
Droid48 for when I forget my calculator.
B+W Engineering and Design
Los Angeles Civil Engineer and Structural Engineer
Droid48 for when I forget my calculator.
B+W Engineering and Design
Los Angeles Civil Engineer and Structural Engineer
I have no idea what kind of app was used (or if it was even an app) but when I bought a house the home inspector just used his smart phone, took all the pictures with it, wrote all the notes for it and I had the full report in my email within the hour. I was impressed with the process.
I use my tablet to read pdf copies of textbooks I own and basically have an arsenal of information at my finger tips when in meetings.
I always have the Engineering Cookbook on my cellphone, just for quick references when I haven't had enough caffeine on an early Monday morning meeting![[3eyes]](/data/assets/smilies/3eyes.gif "[3eyes] [3eyes]")
. And I have a quick steam calculator on my cellphone also.
I use my tablet to read pdf copies of textbooks I own and basically have an arsenal of information at my finger tips when in meetings.
I always have the Engineering Cookbook on my cellphone, just for quick references when I haven't had enough caffeine on an early Monday morning meeting
. And I have a quick steam calculator on my cellphone also.
abigailscotty
Computer
I actually use few new traps:
3D Brain, Engineering Libraries and definitely Molecules..!! too affirmative for my daily use to cater different thought processes.
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3D Brain, Engineering Libraries and definitely Molecules..!! too affirmative for my daily use to cater different thought processes.
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I started using Mech. Eng. Toolbox. Good range of basic formulas/ conversions/ calculators/ materials. A lot of the apps listed above rolled into one.
Worth checking out.
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Worth checking out.
Comprehension is not understanding. Understanding is not wisdom. And it is wisdom that gives us the ability to apply what we know, to our real world situations
SomptingGuy
Automotive
I'm liking this one:
- Steve
- Steve
SomptingGuy
Automotive
It's not crashed once for me (Samsung Galaxy 3, Android 4.3).
I've not done a comparison with others (hands up on that one).
It appeals to me because it gives direct control over the things that matter to me (block size, sample rate, frequency resolution, averaging). Like it's been written by someone that knows the background to spectral analysis rather than someone who wants to make a flashy toy. (First application for me was to measure my car's idle speed by picking-off the 2E frequency, adjusting the DSP parameters to get the exact measurement I wanted). Text dump of latest and averaged spectra is pretty simple too. Friends can't see a use for it. Surprisingly, most colleagues can't either.
- Steve
I've not done a comparison with others (hands up on that one).
It appeals to me because it gives direct control over the things that matter to me (block size, sample rate, frequency resolution, averaging). Like it's been written by someone that knows the background to spectral analysis rather than someone who wants to make a flashy toy. (First application for me was to measure my car's idle speed by picking-off the 2E frequency, adjusting the DSP parameters to get the exact measurement I wanted). Text dump of latest and averaged spectra is pretty simple too. Friends can't see a use for it. Surprisingly, most colleagues can't either.
- Steve
GregLocock
Automotive
Once you enter the dark world of Android head on over to the Google site and download Ellipse, a programming environment for Android. It includes a phone emulator so you can try out your newly written apps without a phone or tablet.
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