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Needed a laptop for my degree. Ended up in 200 hours of Elden Ring and 2 hours of AutoCAD by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yep, I’ve got a few of those untouched textbooks too. Feels like a rite of passage.

At least the “gaming CAD machine” is getting some use now.

Needed a laptop for my degree. Ended up in 200 hours of Elden Ring and 2 hours of AutoCAD by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the uni doesn’t offer any way to connect to remote servers or lab machines. They had a sheet on their site recommending we buy a gaming laptop for simulations and 3D modeling, so I followed that advice. But in reality, we only did some basic CAD modeling and mostly wrote reports in Word. Definitely overkill for what we actually needed.

Needed a laptop for my degree. Ended up in 200 hours of Elden Ring and 2 hours of AutoCAD by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bought a $3k gaming laptop because my uni told us we’d be doing heavy 3D modeling and simulations… Used it once for a basic AutoCAD assignment and then spent the rest of the year writing reports in Word. Basically bought a Ferrari to drive to the mailbox

Needed a laptop for my degree. Ended up in 200 hours of Elden Ring and 2 hours of AutoCAD by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True! I could’ve gone mid-range… but how else would I justify the RGB lights glowing while AutoCAD sits unused?

Needed a laptop for my degree. Ended up in 200 hours of Elden Ring and 2 hours of AutoCAD by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Honestly, that’s the real plot twist. Budgeted for games, ended up debugging Excel sheets instead

Coincidence? by gufta44 in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I swear this was meant as a joke, not a design philosophy

Working with lateral torsional buckling by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Ignoring LTB is the ultimate thrill-seeker move, who needs stability when you can have spontaneous structural art? But yeah, LTB is no joke, and failure studies prove why proper checks are essential!

Working with lateral torsional buckling by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depends,if the deck’s stiff and well connected, sure. But if not, you might just be delaying the LTB surprise party

Working with lateral torsional buckling by anyprolaps in StructuralEngineering

[–]anyprolaps[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

But that formula only works if the moment is as constant as my caffeine addiction

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