After years of sitting watching late night television activity from The Crucible, Sheffield, you would be forgiven for thinking that I should be a snooker expert by now. Although I have spent many nights with friends, attempting to play like a pro, for the present I plan to stick with design engineering, the rules and gameplay which I know thoroughly inside and out. After all, I have been doing this job for over the past 25 years.
During this time, it can easily be said that working on a CAD design can be problematic, to say the least, especially when there are different versions and drawing revisions being worked on simultaneously. If the Product Data Management (PDM) processes and associated systems are not sufficiently robust, it could lead to the balls not being potted in the right order, at the right time, if you get my drift? Despite the fact that you might have a trick shot or two up your sleeve to play, there is always the risk of making a foul, which is obviously definitely best avoided if you can.
Although it may sound like I’m completely snooker loopy, being technically creative and trying to solve challenging design issues, time and time again, can sometimes make you feel this way. In some instances, the referee is needed to pass the rest to help me in potting a difficult long shot, but if that’s what it takes to be successful on a project, then I will do whatever is required. After all, my aim is to be the one to clear the table and finally pot the black.
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