Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001
· One of the fundamental features of Engineering is to make trade-offs to get optimal designs
· If we overdesign, then all designs become simple, but more expensive, and more difficult to manufacture
· If we underdesign, then our design will not fulfill our requirements
· Therefore we use knowledge and tools to achieve designs which are `just right'.
· There are many physical factors which can affect the quality of a design,