None of these are my own, and were obtained across the web, the majority been obtained from Engineer Memes on Facebook. Checkout their page for daily updates!
None of these are my own, and were obtained across the web, the majority been obtained from Engineer Memes on Facebook. Checkout their page for daily updates!
After studying Engineering for five years and being involved in a consultancy practise for one year, I can safely say that a lot of funny jargon gets thrown around the place from day to day, here is a breakdown of what the Engineer says, and what he/she truly means!…
What the ENGINEER says: | What the ENGINEER means: |
A number of different approaches are being tried. | We are still guessing at this point/We don’t know where we’re going, but we’re moving! |
Close project coordination. | We sat down and had coffee together. |
An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach. | We just hired three guys… We’ll let them kick it around for a while. |
Major technological breakthrough! | It works OK; but looks very hi-tech! |
Customer satisfaction is believed assured. | We are so far behind schedule, that the customer will take anything. |
Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive. | The damn thing blew up when we threw the switch. |
Test results were extremely gratifying! | Unbelievable, it actually worked! |
The entire concept will have to be abandoned. | The only guy who understood the thing quit. |
It is in process | It is so wrapped in red tape that the situation is completely hopeless. |
We will look into it. | Forget it! We have enough problems already. |
Please note and initial. | Let’s spread the responsibility for this. |
Give us the benefit of your thinking. | We’ll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn’t interfere with what we have already done or with what we are going to do. |
Give us your interpretation. | We cant wait to here your bull****. |
See me/Lets discuss | Come to my office, I’ve messed up again. |
All new. | Parts are not interchangeable with previous design. |
Rugged. | Don’t plan to lift it without major equipment. |
Robust! | Rugged, but more so! |
Light weight. | Slightly lighter than rugged. |
Years of development. | One finally worked. |
Energy saving. | Achieved when the power is switched off. |
No maintenance. | Impossible to fix. |
Low maintenance. | Nearly impossible to fix. |
Fax me the data. | I’m too lazy to write it down. |
We are following the standard! | That’s the way we have always done it! |
I didn’t get your email. | I haven’t checked my email for days. |
Developed after years of extensive research. | It was discovered by accident. |
Modifications are underway to correct certain minor difficulties. | We threw the whole thing out and are starting from scratch. |
The design will be finalised in the next reporting period. | We haven’t started this job yet, but we’ve got to say something. |
The entire concept is unworkable. | The only guy who understood the thing just quit. |
Ok so this isn’t exactly engineering as such, but these were the books that have helped me get to where I am, not only that but it also gave me some cool ideas with regards to forms and layouts of buildings,these books along with other technical guidance documents etc. have been invaluable to me during the course of my college terms, it should be noted that this is only a flavour of the books that i use but i felt that these were the most important ones.
these aren’t all the books yet, when I get more up i’ll talk more about them, but for now here’s a flavour of what’s to come 🙂
This was a video I found quite cool the other day, its amazing how this appears like an “illusion”, and then dissappears and the tilt of the board
Here is an alternative way I thought of, for creating a Poche effect inside sketchup, its fairly straight forward, what is important is that you must have everything in groups, it makes it a lot easier to hide several items when you have them in groups.
Many architecture, engineering and indeed construction firms have their own way of folding their respective drawings, many firms still rely on just rolling them up and putting them in a suitable folder, however many firms are also adapting the approach of folding up their drawing sheets into neat sizes, typically A4 in size, below is a tutorial that will work for all ISO sizes, albeit this one is done on A4 paper it will also work with A1,A0, etc.
First off, fold the paper in two (inwards)…
Ensure that all the edges line up, as shown below….
Next fold the paper sides in two once again as shown…
Align the edges as before…
And flatten!!!
Next turn the paper over(on its back)….
And repeat this process..
Ensuring to align and flatten all the edges as before…
Next place the side you want showing, face down…
And flip back up the folds of paper nearest you…
Wah lah!!! your drawing sheet is now folded and is readable from within a folder 🙂
Note: these are done in the order in which they were done, some slight progression can be seen in the later designs 🙂