The Universal Language

摘要

If you've ever visited a foreign country where you didn't speak the language, you have an idea what it must be like for non-engineers to understand design intent. Speaking more slowly or loudly doesn't help. Showing a layman schematics, Excel tables or even simulation visualizations is the engineering equivalent of a tourist asking directions to the airport by stretching out their arms to pantomime a plane. You might get your idea across, but it will take awhile - and time is a luxury most design engineers don't have. Design engineers speak the same language. Tolerances, loads, stresses, thermal envelopes and more make it easy for engineers to communicate requirements, development issues and engineering change orders. However, not all clients and colleagues speak that language, which stymies collaboration and results in inefficiencies and lost opportunities. If only you could show them exactly what you had in mind in a way anyone could understand. That's what rendering allows you to do.