Engineering Thread

Brian · 10-03-2009 04:01PM

=(

devinejay · 10-03-2009 04:07PM

Somebody said "Easiest exam I'll ever fail" today, it rang fairly true with what I was thinking.

Brian · 10-03-2009 04:08PM

Damn right. That exam was horribly easy, and yet I still screwed it up.

devinejay · 10-03-2009 04:23PM

What's all this about pass/honors anywho? This college thing better not turn all LC on me!

Brian · 10-03-2009 04:48PM

BS.

TheAmateur · 10-03-2009 10:40PM

Baza210 wrote: »

The "size" of the christmas exam was 253. The "size" of this exam was 242. Have we lost 11 people?

mathew · 10-03-2009 10:49PM

could be that MEMS werent included or something either..

10-03-2009 11:10PM

TheAmateur wrote: »

The "size" of the christmas exam was 253. The "size" of this exam was 242. Have we lost 11 people?

Lots of people drop out after Christmas. If they drop out before the end of January they only have to pay 1/2 year's fees in a new course if they do it.

TheAmateur · 11-03-2009 06:02PM

got an email:

Dear JF Engineering Students,
The Head of the School of Computer Science has authorised the removal of the restricted time access to the CS computers during the break between terms. The restrictions will be reinstated at the start of next term.

Which computers are these? Is ICThut2 included in this? I might need to go in and use AutoCAD at some stage if the version I'm working with now (Mech 2009 trial version) does not co-operate. I... hate.... AutoCAD.....

Dónal wrote: »

Lots of people drop out after Christmas. If they drop out before the end of January they only have to pay 1/2 year's fees in a new course if they do it.

If it's people dropping out, eleven's actually not that bad is it? I thought the dropout rate would be higher. Are the dropout rates in the different courses published at all?

mathew · 11-03-2009 06:21PM

yep.. its the ICT huts.. its so you can get your AutoCAD done...

TheAmateur · 11-03-2009 08:50PM

Peleus wrote: »

Having a bit of a problem with making the hatch for the insulation in thw walls, can't find the one she used. probably get it eventually.

Just reading this yoke now and there's a line in "Methodology" that says, "Do not fill the walls". So, you might not have to...

Jonathan · 11-03-2009 10:24PM

Possibly the most pointless exercise in the whole of JF Eng.

Draw three 2d drawings in a 3d software package...

TheAmateur · 11-03-2009 11:07PM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Possibly the most pointless exercise in the whole of JF Eng.
Draw three

three?:eek: There's another one?!?

Peleus · 11-03-2009 11:10PM

That exam was great. Pretty sure I got a first in it. Basically everything i studied came up. Woo!

11-03-2009 11:28PM

TheAmateur wrote: »

If it's people dropping out, eleven's actually not that bad is it? I thought the dropout rate would be higher. Are the dropout rates in the different courses published at all?

11 would be the total after you include those who transferred into Engineering

Jonathan · 12-03-2009 01:34AM

TheAmateur wrote: »

three?:eek: There's another one?!?

Plan, elevation, and end view?

Jonathan · 12-03-2009 01:36AM

Dónal wrote: »

11 would be the total after you include those who transferred into Engineering

One of the girls in our course was doing BESS before she saw the error of her ways. :P

mathew · 12-03-2009 08:10AM

she joined in october tho. Only did bess for a week or so

TheAmateur · 12-03-2009 09:23AM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Plan, elevation, and end view?

We've only got elevation and front view here... maybe they've dumbed it down?

mathew · 12-03-2009 10:15AM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Plan, elevation, and end view?

TheAmateur wrote: »

We've only got elevation and front view here... maybe they've dumbed it down?

We only had elevation and plan also..
If you go to the directory you'll see she hasnt updated the file since the 4th of October 2007... :rolleyes:

devinejay · 12-03-2009 03:22PM

A few of my friends had their AutoCad done before end of term and went to one of the labs to get it checked over by the instructor guys, there was no mention of an end view.

And jmc, I agree about the 2d BS. I used google sketch-up to produce drawings for my Engineering project last year. Basically I traced screenshots of the model and put them in the folder. It was basic but far more enjoyable than what we're doing now, even though I was all enthusiastic at the start. Perhaps they don't have the time to teach us 3D CAD on top of all the drawing and sketching, but in fairness the CAD lectures are generally a waste of time as it is so they should try sort something out.

mathew · 12-03-2009 04:12PM

devinejay wrote: »

A few of my friends had their AutoCad done before end of term and went to one of the labs to get it checked over by the instructor guys, there was no mention of an end view.

And jmc, I agree about the 2d BS. I used google sketch-up to produce drawings for my Engineering project last year. Basically I traced screenshots of the model and put them in the folder. It was basic but far more enjoyable than what we're doing now, even though I was all enthusiastic at the start. Perhaps they don't have the time to teach us 3D CAD on top of all the drawing and sketching, but in fairness the CAD lectures are generally a waste of time as it is so they should try sort something out.

dont forget to pick with the left mouse button :P

devinejay · 12-03-2009 05:21PM

mathew wrote: »

dont forget to pick with the left mouse button :P

You said it there man!!!:D:pac:

TheAmateur · 12-03-2009 05:27PM

There's model view and paper view in AutoCAD. Which one should our drawings be in? Also, how can I (or can I at all) put limits in paper view?

mathew · 12-03-2009 06:06PM

TheAmateur wrote: »

There's model view and paper view in AutoCAD. Which one should our drawings be in? Also, how can I (or can I at all) put limits in paper view?

If limits can be put in you just type limits, push enter and itll ask you to enter your limits...

Dont have a clue about paper view or model view.

TheAmateur · 12-03-2009 07:30PM

mathew wrote: »

If limits can be put in you just type limits, push enter and itll ask you to enter your limits...

Dont have a clue about paper view or model view.

I've it done in both views at the moment and the limits in model view are grand, but it won't let me put limits in paper view, something about:

Cannot set paper space limits when paper margins
or background are displayed.

godtabh · 12-03-2009 10:17PM

TheAmateur wrote: »

There's model view and paper view in AutoCAD. Which one should our drawings be in? Also, how can I (or can I at all) put limits in paper view?

your model should always been model space. Paper space should only be what you want printed out. Title block drawing etc

godtabh · 12-03-2009 10:17PM

12 hours till it all starts.

I hate engineering some times!

Jonathan · 12-03-2009 10:28PM

kearnsr wrote: »

12 hours till it all starts.

I hate engineering some times!

What starts?

godtabh · 12-03-2009 10:31PM

jmccrohan wrote: »

What starts?

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