>This one is simply the evolution of computerized piping design as one
>designer observed it.
This is a very interesting post. I've gone through a parallel evolution
with FEA and CAD. I suspect you've described the evolution of a great
deal of mechanical engineering.
>The disadvantage to the designers is the complications associated with
>administering this new environment..... We are working on that part.
I daresay you have a big job ahead of you. What seems to have happened is
that engineering companies apparently assume that all this
computerization allows them to hire skateboarders instead of
engineers--stage 4 project management with stage 2 personnel. I've run
into this a lot outside of piping and pressure vessels. People who are
supposedly designers without a clue about the materials and design
environments they're dealing with.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw Received on Mon Feb 23 12:59:00 2004
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