Engineering Design Glossary

A

• ABS in Engineering Design
• Alias in Engineering Design
• Analysis in Engineering Design
• Animation in Engineering Design
• Anthropometrics in Engineering Design
• Assembly drawing in Engineering Design
• Assembly in Engineering Design

B

• Backend in Engineering Design
• Backlash in Engineering Design
• Bearing in Engineering Design
• Benchmarking in Engineering Design
• Bill of materials (BOM) in Engineering Design
• Boss in Engineering Design
• Brainstorming in Engineering Design
• Brief in Engineering Design
• Bushing in Engineering Design

C

• CAD (Computer-Aided Design) in Engineering Design
• CAD in Engineering Design
• CAM in Engineering Design
• Casting in Engineering Design
• Chamfer in Engineering Design
• CMF in Engineering Design
• CNC in Engineering Design
• Code compliance in Engineering Design
• Colour, material, finish. in Engineering Design
• Commercialization in Engineering Design
• Component in Engineering Design
• Concept design in Engineering Design
• Conceptual Design in Engineering Design
• Conceptualization in Engineering Design
• Concurrent engineering in Engineering Design
• Configuration management in Engineering Design
• Contract Manufacturer (CM) in Engineering Design
• Control Drawing in Engineering Design
• Cost-benefit analysis in Engineering Design
• Counterbore in Engineering Design
• Creativity in Engineering Design
• Critical design review in Engineering Design
• Crowdfunding in Engineering Design
• Crowdsourcing in Engineering Design

D

• Datum in Engineering Design
• Design automation in Engineering Design
• Design criteria in Engineering Design
• Design for assembly in Engineering Design
• Design for ergonomics in Engineering Design
• Design for maintainability in Engineering Design
• Design for maintenance in Engineering Design
• Design for manufacture in Engineering Design
• Design for reliability in Engineering Design
• Design for safety in Engineering Design
• Design for serviceability in Engineering Design
• Design for Six Sigma in Engineering Design
• Design for sustainability in Engineering Design
• Design Institute of Australia. in Engineering Design
• Design optimization in Engineering Design
• Design review in Engineering Design
• Design specification in Engineering Design
• Design synthesis in Engineering Design
• Design thinking in Engineering Design
• Design verification and validation in Engineering Design
• Detail design in Engineering Design
• Detailed Design in Engineering Design
• DFA in Engineering Design
• DFM in Engineering Design
• DIA in Engineering Design
• Dimension in Engineering Design
• Dimensioning and tolerancing in Engineering Design
• Distance or measurement. in Engineering Design
• Documentation in Engineering Design
• Drawing in Engineering Design

E

• Eccentric in Engineering Design
• Eco-design in Engineering Design
• Engineering change order (ECO) in Engineering Design
• Engineering drawings in Engineering Design
• Ergonomics in Engineering Design
• Exploded view in Engineering Design

F

• Failure analysis in Engineering Design
• Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in Engineering Design
• FEA in Engineering Design
• Feasibility study in Engineering Design
• Fillet in Engineering Design
• Finish in Engineering Design
• Finite element analysis (FEA) in Engineering Design
• Finite element method (FEM) in Engineering Design
• Fixture in Engineering Design
• Form in Engineering Design
• Form study in Engineering Design
• Formulation in Engineering Design
• Front end in Engineering Design
• Function analysis in Engineering Design
• Functionality in Engineering Design

G

• Gear in Engineering Design
• General Assembly (GA) in Engineering Design
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in Engineering Design

H

• Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) in Engineering Design
• Human factors engineering in Engineering Design
• Human Factors in Engineering Design

I

• Ideation in Engineering Design
• Illustrator in Engineering Design
• Industrial Design (ID) in Engineering Design
• Industrial Design(er) in Engineering Design
• Innovation in Engineering Design
• Integration in Engineering Design
• Intellectual property (IP) in Engineering Design
• Intellectual property in Engineering Design
• Interface design in Engineering Design
• Interface in Engineering Design
• IP in Engineering Design
• ISO standards in Engineering Design
• Iterative design in Engineering Design

K

• Kinematics in Engineering Design
• Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) in Engineering Design

L

• Lead In in Engineering Design
• Lean manufacturing in Engineering Design
• Life cycle analysis (LCA) in Engineering Design

M

• Machine design in Engineering Design
• Machine learning in Engineering Design
• Manufacturing engineering in Engineering Design
• Material handling in Engineering Design
• Material selection in Engineering Design
• Mechanical engineering in Engineering Design
• Mechanical engineering. in Engineering Design
• Mechanism in Engineering Design
• Microfabrication in Engineering Design
• Model (including CAD) in Engineering Design
• Mold in Engineering Design
• Mood board in Engineering Design
• Mould (or mold in American-English) in Engineering Design
• Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in Engineering Design

N

• Native in Engineering Design
• New Product Introduction (NPI) in Engineering Design

O

• Off-Tool Sample (OTS) in Engineering Design
• Organic in Engineering Design
• Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) in Engineering Design
• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in Engineering Design
• OTS in Engineering Design

P

• Part in Engineering Design
• Patent law in Engineering Design
• Patentability in Engineering Design
• PCB in Engineering Design
• PDM in Engineering Design
• Percentile (as in ’5th percentile’) in Engineering Design
• Performance evaluation in Engineering Design
• Phase in Engineering Design
• Pilot Run in Engineering Design
• Pitch in Engineering Design
• Preload in Engineering Design
• Pro/E in Engineering Design
• Process design in Engineering Design
• Process engineering in Engineering Design
• Product design in Engineering Design
• Production engineering in Engineering Design
• Program in Engineering Design
• Project in Engineering Design
• Project management in Engineering Design
• Proposal in Engineering Design
• Prototype in Engineering Design
• Prototyping in Engineering Design

Q

• Quality assurance in Engineering Design
• Quality control in Engineering Design
• Quality Management Systems in Engineering Design

R

• Rapid Prototyping (RP) in Engineering Design
• Rapid prototyping in Engineering Design
• Rapid tooling in Engineering Design
• Reliability engineering in Engineering Design
• Rendered Animation in Engineering Design
• Rendered Image in Engineering Design
• Rendering in Engineering Design
• Research in Engineering Design
• Reverse engineering in Engineering Design
• Rhinoceros (Rhino) in Engineering Design
• Risk analysis in Engineering Design
• Robotic automation in Engineering Design
• Robust design in Engineering Design

S

• Sample in Engineering Design
• Scale in Engineering Design
• Schematic in Engineering Design
• See mood board. in Engineering Design
• See phase. in Engineering Design
• Simulation in Engineering Design
• Six Sigma in Engineering Design
• Six thinking hats in Engineering Design
• Sketch in Engineering Design
• Smart materials in Engineering Design
• SolidWorks in Engineering Design
• Specification in Engineering Design
• Stage in Engineering Design
• Standards in Engineering Design
• Statistical process control (SPC) in Engineering Design
• STEP file in Engineering Design
• Styling Freeze in Engineering Design
• Sub assembly in Engineering Design
• Supplier in Engineering Design
• Supply chain management in Engineering Design
• Sustainability in Engineering Design
• System Architect in Engineering Design
• System Architecture Plan in Engineering Design
• System design in Engineering Design
• System integration in Engineering Design
• Systems engineering in Engineering Design

T

• Taguchi methods in Engineering Design
• Tapped Hole in Engineering Design
• Technical documentation in Engineering Design
• Technical drawing in Engineering Design
• Technical risk assessment. in Engineering Design
• Technology transfer in Engineering Design
• Testing in Engineering Design
• Theme board in Engineering Design
• Thermal Management in Engineering Design
• Thermal Simulation in Engineering Design
• Tolerance analysis in Engineering Design
• Tolerance in Engineering Design
• Tool, tooling in Engineering Design
• Tooling in Engineering Design
• Top-down design in Engineering Design
• Total quality management (TQM) in Engineering Design
• Trade-off analysis in Engineering Design

U

• Usability engineering in Engineering Design
• User in Engineering Design
• User-centered design in Engineering Design

V

• Value analysis in Engineering Design
• Value engineering in Engineering Design
• Vendor in Engineering Design
• Virtual prototyping. in Engineering Design
• Virtual reality (VR) in Engineering Design
• Visual communication in Engineering Design

W

• Workflow in Engineering Design

Y

• Yield analysis in Engineering Design

Z

• Zero defects. in Engineering Design

Others

• 3D printing in Engineering Design