My auto mechanics teacher in high school had a saying. "Engineers always work in pairs. One of them comes up with some dumb a$$ idea...and the other finds some place to put it where it can't be worked on..."
I think your right, there is too much emphasis put on what I call engineering for the same of engineering. By that I mean the time spent desiging stuff so something looks 'pretty' with no regard as to how that extra little 'pretty' piece will effect being able to maintain the item. Too, I read an article in machine Design recently talking about designing with the idea in mind that the part was going to have to be machined, cast, etc, and how many new engineers have only the slightest idea what a milling machine or lathe is, how a mold has to be made, etc, etc. Basically it goes right along with the jist of your poem, it looks good on paper so it has top work..........
Funny story, the guys at the RR repair facility once had an engineer tell them that the piece of material in the shop WOULD FIT IN THE HOLE HE HAD DESIGNED IT TO FIT IN. Thing is the piece of material he wanted to fit in the hole was 3/4 thick, but the hole was only 1/2 inch thick. Still he swore up and down it would fit together because it it said so on his computer screen....until they made him walk back in the shop and take a first hand look at things....
Personally I think when they used slide rules the guys doing the designing spent more time really concentrating on what they were doing and put alot more thougt into it. They figured there was a degree of error in everything they did and allowed for it. Nowdays when the computer says you'll need .002 clearance to remove a part that's all that you get. Thing is they fail to take into account that the parts around it have a tolerance of +/- .004. So if one of those parts is at it's max on the plus side then the part that needs to be removed now want come out because of a .002 clearance issue. Right or wrong I don't know but having worked on both the old stuff and the new stuff I have more clearance issues on stuff 20 years old and newer than I have ever had on the older stuff.
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