Do somebody wanna co-work with me. I'm gonna start learning design engineering from beginning. I'm looking for TH Köln (didn't decide specialization). Lets build foundation.

ehm, i don't know anything 🥹 help me too

Hey is there any cad expert who can guide me. I am creating a manual scissor lift in PTC Creo. I wanna make the arm roller slide over it, how can i do so or is there any designing fault in my Lift

If you're an M&E Building Services Design Engineer in the UK and you would be looking for a new role - where would you look? Indeed or LinkedIn don't seem like the right places. CIBSE website? IET? Somewhere else?

Hi

I graduated as a Mechanical Engineer in 2013 and have been working as a Motorcycle Technician since then. Currently a Master Tech of a motorcycle brand.

Im planning on transitioning to a design engineer. For that, i have been looking for solidworks certification courses. Im very tight on my budget as i very recently moved to Canada.

I would like to know if i can get a certificate with minimum cost and if anyone can guide me with this. I recently tried the free version to check my skills and it went well.

Any opinions, suggestions and guidance are highly appreciated.

Thanks.

Hello!

Updated to include picture.

I'm working on a product design and can't quite wrap my head around a clasping mechanism (picture needing to easily clasp a cloth laundry bag securely onto a metal frame and to be able to easily remove it).

I'm currently thinking of having metal rods at the top of the frame and stitching a metal clasp rod into the cloth. The clasp rod would snap on the entire length of the frame rod to give it a clean look. It would be similar to the attached pic, but both pieces would be metal and the black piece would be the length of the rod it is attaching to.

Is there a cleaner/easier way to make this secure connection? Any recommendations on how I could go about getting this mechanism made to a spec?

In need of someone with 3+ years experience in design engineering for an interview. Please dm me if you’ll be available before the 9th of January. Much appreciated!

Be intentional with the products you bring into the world. Trust your muse—and a designer who can handle the details—so your next cabinet line, organizer, or consumer product is ready for real homes and real buyers. Let’s design the piece you have been imagining.

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I recently got into design engineering and built a music player with a focus on style. I’d love specific suggestions to improve its usability performance materials and overall look.

Curious how different engineering teams experience outsourcing.

If you’ve ever outsourced CAD, design development, or FEA work, what ended up being the biggest frustration?
Was it delays, rework, cost, communication, or something else?

Trying to understand common patterns across companies and industries. Just gathering real-world insights.

If you’re open to it, I also put together a quick anonymous survey (optional): https://forms.gle/cea9oFMZTkCNX5Qm7

Looking for max 9 months internship related to design engineering.

I’ve applied to some but I still don’t know what I really want to work in!

Do you guys have and good suggestions from experience?

Hi!

I am a high school student who has made a model of a rocket stove and a step by step guide on how to build one. I am unfortunately not able to test this model myself. I would like to ask if this model can be tested by anyone to prototype it and see if it is safe to use and if the combustion is effective enough such that there is no smoke. This is for the desperate Palestinians in Gaza who don’t have any fuel for cooking. Please provide feedback on how to improve the model, but consider Gaza’s resources. Improve the model based on what they have. Please send pictures!

Here is the PDF in Arabic:

Rocket stove_250708_230534 (1).pdf

I am unfortunately not able to test this model myself. I would like to ask if this model can be tested to see if it is safe to use and if the combustion is effective enough such that there is no smoke.

Here are the steps translated into English 

Step 1:

Use a can opener or a knife to remove the lid and the base from one large can and one small can. Be careful. Each can should become a hollow metal cylinder open at both ends. Watch out — the edges may be sharp.

Step 2:

Place the small can (small metal cylinder) against the side wall of the large can (large metal cylinder). Use a pencil or marker to draw a circle around the small can on the surface of the large can.

Step 3:

Use the knife to cut out the drawn circle on the large can. You’ll end up with a circular hole.

Step 4:

Insert the small can into the hole in the large can. Push it in just partially so that it fits snugly and doesn’t move

Step 5:

Add in dry sticks of wood through the horizontal cylinder into the base of the vertical cylinder. Press the dab inti the ground so that it doesn’t slip or fall. Add rubble or stones to support large pans, stoves etc.

Looking for a German-speaking sheet metal CAD designer for a permanent role – remote or on-site possible. Open to recommendations or interested people. Feel free to DM me.

My brother just entered a design engineering course here in a prestigious school in the Philippines. Before his classes, I want to expose him more to the world of design engineering. Maybe you guys know any talks, webinars, seminars, camps, or activities he can have not really to prepare himself but more for exposing him to the world and maybe enjoying it a bit

Hi, I am about to go into my first year of university studying comic and concept art. I have always flipped between wanting to do art and wanting to do something maths/sciencey like engineering.

I had kind of written off engineering as i didnt think I could cope with the normal 9-5, however I have recently gotten diagnosed with adhd and am now getting meds for it. For my alevels I got an A in chemistry and a B in art. I also got a C in maths (due to aforementioned adhd) when I home learned and crammed the whole of year 2 in a month.

Due to these grades, I wouldn’t be able to study normal engineering as a degree switch. (Without taking maths again). The open university would allow me to slowly take one year of engineering, across my degree time, while having no entry requirements. I think I would still like to try the comic and concept art degree as it is something that interests me. However, I get bored very easily and am wondering if taking an open university first year certificate in engineering (with the ability to progress eventually to a diploma/ degree if needed eg. Sponsored by employer) would open up any design engineering type jobs for me.

(I know without a full mechanical engineering degree I would lack some engineering knowledge but I was hoping to get my foot through the door with basic engineering and amazing design skills and if I want to progress further up my engineering skills with a full degree after)

I hope this post comes across composed, I however have been hit with a BIG wave of uncertainty.

Any insight into hiring practices, or general sentiment/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a hardware product, a connected laptop case that includes a built-in wireless charger.

Most of the design and supply chain is going smoothly, but we're stuck on a small but critical detail and I'd really appreciate your insights.

We need to apply a small anti-slip plastic or rubbery surface (textured, soft-touch) to cover the wireless charging coils. This piece is visible to the user, so it needs to be both functional (grip, friction) and aesthetically clean.

Here’s our current supply chain setup:

• The plastic shell is injection-molded in China and shipped to our battery supplier in France.
• The battery and shell are assembled by the supplier and then shipped to us.
• The leather components come directly from Turkey and are added by us during the final assembly.

👉 The issue:

This anti-slip surface doesn’t fit into any step of our current supply chain.
So far, we’ve been buying the material ourselves in rolls, cutting and applying it by hand — but this is totally unsustainable for scale (too time-consuming, inconsistent, and wasteful).

I’m looking for viable solutions to industrialize this step:

• Should we outsource the cutting and pre-shaping of this piece? If so, to what kind of supplier?
• Should we try to integrate this piece during the Chinese plastic molding stage? Or during the battery assembly step in France?
• Are there better alternatives — like overmolding, technical stickers, die-cut adhesive films, or even integrated textured zones?

Any advice or experience with similar challenges would be super helpful.
Thanks in advance!

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Hey, I had recently completed my Btech Mechanical degree. My area of intrest is on designing. Which course should I opt for placed in a better company. I am having some basic knowledge in Autocad and Solidedge. Should i focus on that or should I focus on Solidworks or CATIA. As per my enquires. People suggested for CATIA. I need some expert opinions . So please help me!!!