>I think Industrial design might be close to orthogonal >to regular engineering. >Maybe it's easier for a skilled artist to learn the >basics of molded part design and mechanical engineering >than it would be for a mech eng to go the other way. We seem to have a bunch of engineers/scientists who can design something in Pro Engineer and dismantle it on the screen 3D model, but the thing is potentially not assemblable in real life because of the way they have designed bits to interlink. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist