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by justsomehnguy 3y ago
> it helps engineers comply with regulations regarding their designs
This one, I should had frame it better.
> I've never heard of the former case
I don't think the CAD software itself is a point of a regulations, but there are definitely some standards and regs regarding how it should be done. A quick search yielded [0] which is a nice example of how it could be done by a hand, yet it would help immensely if the CAD software would aid and do the things by itself, saving both the time and man-hours.
[0] https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/design-and-construction/computeraided-design-standards https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/design-and-construction/comp...
- roarcher 3y agoThanks for the clarification! This makes sense. I do wonder who is liable if the software used to design a bridge outputs incorrect simulation results and the bridge collapses as a consequence. I suppose it's on the senior project engineer (or whoever ultimately signs off on the design) to verify the results somehow. Edit: This article [0] talks about the "trust" placed in commercial and open-source CAD software by engineers and doesn't mention regulation/certification of the software itself, which seems to imply that there is none. [0] https://www.simscale.com/blog/open-source-software-cae/ https://www.simscale.com/blog/open-source-software-cae/