Wow. 9 days since my last update. And here I thought I would be writing more often. Sorry to anyone who happens to visit this page.
So, what have I been up to?
I have been asked this question by multiple people, and the problem is that, depending on who asks me, what I can say changes. That's the problem with where and what I work on.
So, as simply as can put it and still be somewhat descriptive, I have been working on the same design for the past week. Drawing and redrawing, and re-redrawing it. Back when I was working in the US, I had learned from my coworkers the joys of creating a model with as much parametric referencing for dimensions as possible (Pro-E style). This allows you to change one or two dimensions early in the model, and the whole thing will re-adjust to fit the new constraints. I did this with my model, so any changes should be simple...right?
Wrong!
This is not Pro/E that I am working with, this is Inventor. It works differently, and is picky in so many ways. Although, cannot help but think that it might be a little easier to work with if I could read the buttons and error messages I get. The problem is that the company only has the Japanese language version of the software. For the most part, the icons are self explanatory, but menu options and error messages are a different story.
So that one project has, pretty much, been taking up most of my time. Every change requires that after I adjust the dimensions, I must fix every later protrusion, cut, draft, and round that may or may not have any relation to the adjusted feature.
Outside of that little project, the rest of my time at work has been spent learning what my other coworkers in the other groups have been working on. "Introducing jobs and roles", as my supervisor says. It has been rather interesting. Some of the enclosure designs (above ground, below ground, and wall mount) have been really interesting. The interior of the boxes is simple; not in design, but in function. You look inside the box and you can tell what goes where just from the layout.
Well, it is getting late in the morning, so I need to head out to go to work. Maybe I will write more tonight. Maybe it will be next week. I just do not know. However, please do check out the flickr site as I have photos from the Sanja Matsuri festival in Asakusa, Tokyo this past weekend (there is video up there, too!).
So, what have I been up to?
I have been asked this question by multiple people, and the problem is that, depending on who asks me, what I can say changes. That's the problem with where and what I work on.
So, as simply as can put it and still be somewhat descriptive, I have been working on the same design for the past week. Drawing and redrawing, and re-redrawing it. Back when I was working in the US, I had learned from my coworkers the joys of creating a model with as much parametric referencing for dimensions as possible (Pro-E style). This allows you to change one or two dimensions early in the model, and the whole thing will re-adjust to fit the new constraints. I did this with my model, so any changes should be simple...right?
Wrong!
This is not Pro/E that I am working with, this is Inventor. It works differently, and is picky in so many ways. Although, cannot help but think that it might be a little easier to work with if I could read the buttons and error messages I get. The problem is that the company only has the Japanese language version of the software. For the most part, the icons are self explanatory, but menu options and error messages are a different story.
So that one project has, pretty much, been taking up most of my time. Every change requires that after I adjust the dimensions, I must fix every later protrusion, cut, draft, and round that may or may not have any relation to the adjusted feature.
Outside of that little project, the rest of my time at work has been spent learning what my other coworkers in the other groups have been working on. "Introducing jobs and roles", as my supervisor says. It has been rather interesting. Some of the enclosure designs (above ground, below ground, and wall mount) have been really interesting. The interior of the boxes is simple; not in design, but in function. You look inside the box and you can tell what goes where just from the layout.
Well, it is getting late in the morning, so I need to head out to go to work. Maybe I will write more tonight. Maybe it will be next week. I just do not know. However, please do check out the flickr site as I have photos from the Sanja Matsuri festival in Asakusa, Tokyo this past weekend (there is video up there, too!).
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Changing from one design software to another is always difficult. I have bee using CAD and MicroStation for the first time in this past week, and believe you me, the learning curve can be pretty steep for a n00b.
Menus in Japanese? Yikes!