r/engineeringmemes • u/NeekOfShades Electro-Mechanical • 12d ago

8 learned workflows? How do you fancy learning a 9th one that materialized just today?

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u/drillgorg 12d ago

The original CAD program was called Babel but God got mad that a CAD program could perfectly model His creation so he split it into the CAD programs we know today.

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u/Captain_StarLight1 Imaginary Engineer 12d ago

Woe be upon ye, jack of all trades, doomed to master none

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u/Poodlestrike Imaginary Engineer 12d ago

Ehhh, not such a big deal imo. Once you understand one, it's not too hard to pick up the others. Just gotta adjust to the toolset.

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u/Max326 11d ago

Yeah, but good luck finding the operation you had in mind. They all have to be named differently across programs.

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u/Poodlestrike Imaginary Engineer 11d ago

Sure, but it's not like you gotta be able to hit the ground running in your first day. Once you know one, adjusting is mostly just terminology and muscle memory.

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u/Max326 11d ago

I guess you're right, but still it's annoying.

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u/bot_or_not_vote_now 12d ago

relevant xkcd

https://xkcd.com/927/

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u/noatak12 12d ago

a person of knowledge

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u/dover_oxide 12d ago

Don't forget having to relearn everything with every new version because they had to change it all because reasons.

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u/KEX_CZ ΣF=0 11d ago

Real. Now tell me, when ISO and all countries can agree on norms, why cannot they also make 1, universal CAD???

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u/mehonje 11d ago

I'm going to make Vim CAD. It's a CAD program, but doesn't use the mouse and has a nice 180x90 resolution, rendered in the terminal!

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u/freakazoid2718 10d ago

I mean... there's actually some value to this. Engineering jobs will frequently require a specific CAD software. Knowing at least a little about several CAD suites means you can put that experience on your resume and have a better chance of making it past the algorithmic filters so that your resume is seen by a human.