Re: RE:, [PipingDesign], RE:

It's not about seniors being worried about CAD, it's about efficiency. When a senior designer is involved in the layout up front and that is passed onto a less experienced designer for completion then the less experienced designer has someone to learn from. Because issues that may have escaped the less experienced designer are addressed earlier the checking will also go smoother.

If the less experienced designer does not have that guidance the layout will suffer. Trying to resolve issues at the final stages during checking results in compromise and rework. The checker isn't really checking, but rather is finishing the design. Plus the originator doesn't always know of or learn by their mistakes.

Bottom line is CAD was supposed to make us more efficient, but the approach that has been taken to it's use isn't.
----- Original Message -----
From: Goh Kenrick <kenrickgoh@hotmail.com> To: <PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: RE:, [PipingDesign], RE:

> I have been following the "debate" quite a bit and I think the CAD-only
> generation and the seniors needs to work hand in hand for thing to get
> right.
>
> By the way, if you can't have a drawing board in the field, use the
I-Sketch
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in
> the field. The initial release will only really cater for the sketching
of
> pipes on-site rather than verification of pipes created within a 3D model.
>
> There are things that I don't understand, why is the seniors so worry
about
> CAD? Leave it to the young chief designer. As a senior, you should be
> concentrating on writing Specification, equipment selection, calculations,
> stress analysis and equipment layout. All these can't be done without the
> years of experiences and can't be replacing by any software. Senior have
> got lot of things to worry about so leave the CAD to the youngters.
>
> In addition, soon the young chap will also gain enough experience to move
> higher up and have to forgo their CAD and concentrate on their more
routine
> task. Then new software will surface and theyoung chap will then have to
> follow the foot steps and facing the same "problems" of their senior.
This
> is just process that keep repeating itself so why argue over it.
>
> What I am trying to say here is no matter whether you are CAD-only
> generation or senior, you will learn to accept one another and work
> together. The senior can't do without the CAD operators and yet the
> youngters can't do without the advices from the senior.
>
> Kenrick
>
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Received on Tue May 15 09:54:00 2001