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Old 05-01-2022, 09:08 AM
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Nice. The "Death of black art" has hit most tehcnical design industries due to the software being the design predictor for young designers, and the scrutinizer by onlookers.

In microwave engineering (my industry), there is still MGMT that knows that the older designers can out-do the software and they have patience to await the hardware performance results. Yet there is also MGMT that will not budge on an idea/approach unless it has been simulated. Well that is dull.

The simulation models rely on calculations based in research data- results on hardware that usually has a constrained range of size, materials, and operating range. That fiction happens when the modeller goes beyond these constraints. Designers familiar with the model elements can perceive what the performance trend should be rather than what the SW is showing.

We would say the model is only as good as the modeller.

We still build "engineering models" and measure the crap out if it, to verify compliance to all specifications. Clean little industry secret is the older designer usually able to drive the customer requirements up front, to assure Pass/Fail success on every RQMT, because the customer usually has a systematic requirement set that lacks reality in production Pass/Fail, and Analyses Compliance when the parts are derated from their ABS Mas ratings. And the Boiler Plate RQMT to comply with MIL-STD-xxx does not play well with COTS parts and Commercial Programs.

Some article came out in the past 5-years ago titled like "The Democratization of Design" and delivers a similar message.


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