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Re: The Not So-Secret Secret End-Game

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Originally Posted by Ido_Wolf View Post
Personally I'd love it if FIRST and the GDC tried to emulate a real-life situation where you as an engineer are forced to replan your design because of a new restriction or requirement. Then again, if I were a student in this situation, the reaction would have probably been a little different
In regards to real-life situation where you are forced to replan your design...
This is certainly true for a software engineer, but is it true for a mechanical engineer? From what I've heard ME tend to design as simple as possible which means to avoid creating something that is expandable (e.g. modular) to be something else. This question is one I've been in conflict struggling with to understand... is it common for ME to have to change designs late in the design phase? or even during implementation?

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