Education
Setting the Standards for
Design Documentation
By Colin Ledsome, Chair of BSI Committee
TDW/4/6: Education and Training Strategy
The IED is working with the BSI to accreditation bodies in engineering and orthographic drawing remains the
produce a course approval system design for their consideration. The IED major means of communicating design
for training courses, relating to the Education Committee will also consider information to the manufacturer.
documentation required to manufacture taking them into account for course Students are far less familiar with the
products. These are mainly drawings, accreditation. details of such communications, being
which used to be produced to British The recommendations are reproduced less able to produce or read such
Standard 308. This has been superseded below. Please send any comments drawings.
by a set of standards covering the to me, Colin Ledsome, at editorial@ The second change has been
broader field referred to as Technical engineeringdesigner.co.uk, they will also be the introduction of the Geometric
Product Realization (TPR). In carrying reviewed by the BSI committee. Product Specification (GPS) system,
out this exercise, it became clear that internationally. This is specified in the
such courses should be complemented ******* UK by BS8888:2008 Technical Product
by minimum requirements in the
Recommendations for
Specification (TPS), covering design
relevant content of initial engineering documentation. It has now been joined
and product design
TPR Content of Initial
by the closely related BS8887-1:2006
courses.
Engineering and Product
Design for Manufacture, Assembly,
The
Design Qualifications
Disassembly and End-of-Life processing
recommendations (MADE), and the, soon to be available,
are set out in a
Introduction
BS8889 Technical Product Verification,
way intended to There have been two major changes in covering inspection and related
be compatible recent years, which have affected the documentation. These three are together
with the ECUK perception of engineering drawing as referred to as covering Technical Product
guidelines, part of the initial academic qualifications Realization (TPR).
known as of professional engineers; CEng, IEng and There is currently no specific guidance
UK SPEC. Eng Tech, and of Product Designers. available from either the ECUK or the
These will The first is the gradual growth in appropriate engineering and product
be passed the use of CAD systems, initially as 2D design professional bodies on the
on to the drawing aids and more recently as solid requirements for accredited course
various modelling systems able to link with a content in this area.
course range of manufacturing and analysis The BSI, in collaboration with the
options. As a result, the use of drawing Institution of Engineering Designers,
boards has virtually disappeared in has been developing training to update
both industry and academia, although engineering employees in the use of
the traditional TPS at various levels. This has led to an
examination of the
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