A workflow for replacing an obsolete or end-of-life electronic component: use AI to shortlist candidates, then confirm form, fit, and function on the datasheet.
How to Find a Replacement for an Obsolete Component (and Where AI Helps) Read More »
AI can explain GD&T symbols and draft inspection plans, but it is unreliable at extracting exact tolerances and datums, so every value needs verifying.
Can AI Read GD&T Drawings? Where Vision AI Helps and Where It Fails Read More »
AI engineering tools split into two cost worlds: general assistants at tens of dollars a month, and specialist CAD and FEA software at far more per seat.
How Much Do AI Engineering Tools Cost? The Price Shape and How to Budget Read More »
How to run an electrical load calculation under NEC Article 220, and exactly where AI helps and where it must never be trusted for code values.
AI for Electrical Load Calculations: The Method and Where AI Helps Read More »
Current, primary-sourced statistics on AI in engineering: adoption among engineers and developers, the split productivity evidence, trust and the almost-right problem, and investment, each attributed and dated.
AI in Engineering: Statistics Worth Knowing in 2026 Read More »
The real, category-by-category problems with AI CAD software: why text-to-CAD outputs non-editable meshes, why generative design needs heavy cleanup, file-format and IP risks, and honest workarounds.
Problems With AI CAD Software: The Real Failure Modes Read More »
How a small engineering firm should choose AI tools under real constraints: start with one business-tier general assistant, control client-data risk without an IT department, and keep the licensed-engineer boundary clear.
AI Tools for Small Engineering Firms: A Practical Buyer’s Guide Read More »
Why AI tools fabricate material properties, code clauses, and citations in engineering work, whether newer models are better, and a verification workflow to catch plausible-but-wrong output.
AI Hallucination in Engineering: Why It Happens and How to Catch It Read More »
Which AI tiers train on your data and which do not, what OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google actually say as of 2026, plus the NDA, export-control, and trade-secret risks specific to engineering.
AI Tool Data Security for Engineering: Protecting Your IP Read More »
A step-by-step gravity load take-down workflow and exactly where AI helps: tributary areas, ASCE 7 load combinations, and why a chatbot is a method assistant, not the analysis engine.
Structural Load Take-Down With AI: The Workflow, Step by Step Read More »
How to use AI to write engineering technical specifications: scaffolding and shall statements it does well, the standard numbers and tolerances it must never invent, and the ISO 29148 discipline that keeps a spec trustworthy.
AI Technical Specification Writing: Draft Faster Without Faking the Engineering Read More »
