[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by Amail

Mechanical design and engineering better be related - I sure do a lot of engineering in my designs! I look at strength of materials, corrosion analysis, statics, effects of temperature and pressure, manufacturability, general "fit-for-function" in most everything I design.

Just because there's no sparks in it, or HVAC, doesn't mean there's no engineering going on.

Amail - if what you design breaks and someone gets hurt, can you be held personally or professionally liable? Can you lose your livelihood and house? If you were a P.E. this is what is at stake.

Engineering is more than doing simple hand calcs based on tensile yield etc. Do you look at what happens should a part fail and predict what will break and the outcome should a component be incorrectly loaded? What about the socioecomomic effects of a given product - are these considered (not always a factor)?