Re: A little first-hand about the Orbiter development

[Michael Kent]

In sci.space.shuttle rk > wrote:

> Michael Kent wrote:

>> In sci.space.shuttle Mary Shafer > wrote:

>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:46:55 -0600, "Jay Windley"
>>> > wrote:

>>>> I like CAD. I'm commited to CAD. I've evangelized CAD. I've
>>>> built CAD. But I still like the feel of pencil on vellum.

>>> Or the look of India ink in a ruling pen going onto creamy
>>> drafting paper.

>> You guys are sick, sick I tell ya. :)

> I trust you still have your 1/4 size Berols template of logic symbols
> handy.

Not me. It's 3-D parametric solid modeling or bust.

Mike

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[Peter Stickney]

In article >,
(Michael Kent) writes:
> In sci.space.shuttle rk > wrote:
>
>> Michael Kent wrote:
>
>>> In sci.space.shuttle Mary Shafer > wrote:
>
>>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:46:55 -0600, "Jay Windley"
>>>> > wrote:
>
>>>>> I like CAD. I'm commited to CAD. I've evangelized CAD. I've
>>>>> built CAD. But I still like the feel of pencil on vellum.
>
>>>> Or the look of India ink in a ruling pen going onto creamy
>>>> drafting paper.
>
>>> You guys are sick, sick I tell ya. :)

More than you'll ever know. Back in the late Pleistocene, (Mid
1970s), we not only had to lear Engineering Graphics (If it was good
enough for Imhotep, it was good enough for us!) We also had to learn
how to use the tools in the Machine Shop.

(When my father was teaching Civil Eng in the late '50s, teh CEng
students were required to learn to, if not drive, at least maneuver a
bulldozer.)

>> I trust you still have your 1/4 size Berols template of logic symbols
>> handy.
>
> Not me. It's 3-D parametric solid modeling or bust.

Ah, hell. We used to do that all teh time as undergrads in the '70s.
All you need is a block of balsa and an X-Acto knife.

Or, if it's going into the high speed tunnel, a billet of steel & a
Bridgeport.

There's solid, and then there's Solid.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster