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I seem to recall Airbus having different engineering teams across EU using different versions of the CAD tool and then when they went to build the plane the wir

• zaphirplane 7y ago
  Had only the version that didn’t account for turning a corner used, would things have worked out ? I don’t follow
  • Piskvorrr 7y ago
    The measurements would have been the same in both cases: therefore it would have been a) designed correctly and implemented correctly, or b) designed incorrectly, but caught in the design phase, looping back into a). This way, you get c) designed correctly, but implemented incorrectly or d) designed incorrectly and the design implemented as specified, in both cases leading to an unworkable implementation.
• kayfox 7y ago
  Boeing had an approach to this issue: Your either running the correct version of the CAD software, or you can't check in designs. This also meant that every time it was updated there was a rush to get engineers who's update did not work back up and working. Fortunately those were a small minority and it was usually disk space issues.