To bridge the gap between these two worlds, engineers have defined standards to reduce the chance of variation so that the end result of their effort is perfection. However, customers still dream of perfect products and engineers have the task of turning the customer’s functional requirements into the most perfect product as cost effectively as possible. This is done in the engineering environment by communicating size, geometry and surface requirements as unambiguously as practicable on engineering drawings to all involved with creating the product.
THE WORLD OF ENGINEERING...but not as we know it...
Have you ever heard or thought ,"Life was so easy when I could just give someone an engineering drawing and let them get on with it?" or "Why is this engineering drawing so complicated?". Well there is help available and things can get better, but first consider this:
The universe has two distinct worlds, the world of imagination, ideas, concepts and mathematics. This is the world of perfection. The other world is the world we live in, full of nature, objects, things, and tools. This is the world of imperfection.
Engineering too has two distinct disciplines that mirror these two worlds, function, design, and "specification" in one world, and making, measuring, and "verification" in the other.
Systex UK helps navigate the high-level approach to design documentation, and to help choose the correct system of specifying your requirements. We give you the strategic options and the understanding and to make the best choice for your company, customers and suppliers.
Systex UK helps negotiate the next level, the approach to design documentation, the correct relationship of design specification and metrology-manufacturing verification. We help you protect your intellectual property without having the innovation compromised at every step.
Systex UK helps define the size and shape of your design into a specification and metrology-manufacturing instructions that get the verification you want...a way to focus on the essence of your success and to tie it down so it never gets lost.
Standards, consistency, perfection...
There is often confusion about standards and are seen by many as an on-cost or obstacle to success. The reality is there are many ways to skin a rabbit. The International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) has a total solution covering both worlds of engineering defining a language that all can speak, but its approach is fragmented into a myriad of standards. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has a highly sophisticated and practical approach to specification but the requirements for verification are not part of the same set of standards.
That is the situation surrounding engineering drawing, documentation and standardization but in a new way to meet the challenge of globalized times. Many people in the UK long for the time before the phasing-out of BS 308 or company standards. Many people want to carry on living in the cosy old world, where luck and hope went hand in hand with excellence and hard work. Unfortunately, the two things cannot coexist for long without calamity. Others have realized that the only route to success is to eliminate ambiguity and constantly aim for perfection.
