After working through the complete process from getting an idea to finishing the product documentation, the result is collected here for a better overview: Step I: What does an Engineer do? Small

Product lists are the final necessary part of your documentation. Note: Since I come from a country where the citizens aren't free enough to own firearms I am lacking in practical knowledge and like to

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After going on about the importance of drawings, a little guidance is needed: What has to be done to produce a technical drawing. Getting ideas out of your head is no magic 1. Which Drawings are needed:

All the work done is only valuable if you can share it with others. The Purpose The technical documentation, consisting out of the drawings, the parts list and other important document, is the finall result

With new tech, new problems arise. If one can estimate the changes in advance, one can build solutions before the problem occurs. This can be seen as a high risk investment: high risk of failure, high

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After going through the rules and principles of embodiment design, there are also several guidelines, that might help to keep an overview. They were gathered over time through experiences with different

The last step in your product is done by making the documentation: technical drawing, part list and general drawing. But before this is done, the designing of the product has to be completed. The construction

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In the previous article, different part solutions were combined to find three combined solutions. Here they will be compared using weighted criterias. What is a weighted comparison? A weighted comparison

In this 7. chapter of the construction process the combination of part solutions will be described on the example of a spaceship, because even the Author is getting bored by the technical detail. Available

After inventing, research and defining the engineering starts. To the begin of this chapter, a recapitulation should help to remember the previous insights:  Inventing: Finding out what the idea is

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Here is how to build an article out of an idea, because what works for products also works for writing. Make a headline First you need to write your headline. You need to know what is the article about?

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To solve a complex problem, the best way is to separate it into smaller and easier parts. This is the goal of the function analysis: Define main function Find accessory functions Split function into smaller

The first big tool of the engineer is the requirement list. It will define the outcome of the development and thus be a companion on the whole way. This also mean that is is always open for change. It

The last article went into discovery of your idea for a product. You found out what the problem is you want to solve and which way, towards a solution, you want to take. You applied critical thinking and