• Question: what is the most useful object that you use in your designs?

    Asked by 776amph45 to Zoe, Shahil, Emma, Andy, Andres on 6 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Zoe Lonsdale

      Zoe Lonsdale answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Intuition. If something doesn’t look right it probably isn’t. Nothing can beat knowledge, experience and engineering judgement.

    • Photo: Emma Ryan

      Emma Ryan answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      For me, it’s a ruler.

      My old boss gave me the advice ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’ and it’s the best advice I’ve been given.

    • Photo: Andy Woods

      Andy Woods answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Track Circuits or Axle Counters. They let us know where the trains are and can’t go wrong. This lets us have trains moving at 125mph only a few miles apart.

    • Photo: Andres Rivero

      Andres Rivero answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Hi 776amph45,

      In my case, the most useful object is my sketch book! If I can’t sketch a design/idea and doesn’t make sense in a simple drawing, it is probably not a good design.

      After sketching, we used computarized tools (CAD) to get more accurate drawings and dimensions.

      Andres

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