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    11x17 Printer/Scanner

    I have had almost the exact experience with the Epson workforce printer at home.. it's essentially an 11x17 scanner only now. The last time I had to print in 11x17 was one of the few times I went to the office in the first few months of covid. The Epson did a great job printing some promo...
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    Results from numerical methods vs. structural codes

    There's an inherent risk in having too much trust in a computational model, especially when still learning about the tools and methods. I think it's certainly possible to have disagreement between a numerical analysis and codes built on years of empirical evidence. That said I think it's...
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    Boxing/punching bag stand build

    I used to train on one of these while growing up: https://www.sportchek.ca/product/century-single-bag-stand-332275891.html Still have it at my parents place, wish I had the space in my small condo for it, especially with gyms closed for the time being. If you're looking for one I'd recommend...
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    Engineering Drawing Notes

    Those appear to refer to draft/taper of the parts to facilitate removal from a mold. Hard to say for sure without more of the drawing for context, though.
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    What is COP & COPQ?

    COPQ = cost of poor quality (how bad would it be if the error isn't caught) COP = cost of prevention (how hard is it to catch/mitigate the error) .. I haven't actually heard this one used but it makes sense to me in the context.. other places I've worked referred to this as "cost of detection"...
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    Industrial Design Methodology (self learning)

    A friend and former colleague of mine put together a pretty good collection of resources focused toward product design: https://www.buildwonder.co/#makertoolkit
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    Are there true advantages in degrees from prestigious universities?

    Also +1 for biomedical engineering. I'm a mechie who found myself in the med tech world even though the last biology class I took was in the 11th grade. It was certainly a wild ride but it changed my career outlook for the better. I'm now working in software product management building a tool...
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    Are there true advantages in degrees from prestigious universities?

    OHIOMatt, If your daughter is interested in a more "tech" focused career, something to look at is the commercialization activity out of the various universities, such as startups that originated in labs and incubators affiliated with the achool. I find this to be a more holistic indicator of...
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    What advice would you give a student about mining engineering?

    There's a surprising number of mining engineering jobs in Toronto, as many of the mining companies have their head offices here (more for proximity to financial firms and exchanges whose business is strongly intertwined with the natural resource sector). Be ready to travel though. I studied...
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    Adding visual effects to SolidWorks animations

    Many moons ago I made marketing content like this using exported SolidWorks/ProE models but rendering them using Cinema4D. It had some amazing tools for animating flames, particle effects, etc. C4D isn't free like blender, but if tasked to make this content again I'd factor in the time saved to...
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    Enginnering history books with technical details

    Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy by Moore is a great account of the history of measurement and the development of highly accurate machine tools since the industrial revolution.
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    Which field of mechanical engineering should one pursue

    I pursued a career in robotics/automation after graduating. Worked for a bit doing robotics and machine design. A few years in I came across a startup developing medical robotics and made the jump to medtech even though the last biology course I took was in high school. Within a month they asked...
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    Persistent list of Solid/Surface Bodies

    Thanks Scott, the Ctrl-Home windows trick is a good one that I forgot about, for now I've remapped one of the radial popup buttons in my 3d mouse software to run that macro.. already better than scrolling up a feature tree! My parts are generally organized into folders but by the end of some...
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    Persistent list of Solid/Surface Bodies

    Hi everyone I've been doing a lot of multibody part modeling lately and I'm looking for a way to have the list of Solid and Surface bodies at the top of the feature tree to always be in the same spot without needing to scroll to the top of the tree. In my worfklows I'm often selecting a body...
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    I HATE Lunch Time Meetings

    hand these out at the end:

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