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  Aldo Maresca 9 months ago

  Well, it's tricky... you see: Even though the profiles in grabcad are called engineers, we dont really work much as engineers, because most of the design we make is sthetical and not functional, so we work more like industrial designers.
  If what you want is to get into the work market of engineering (i asume it's mechanical engineering what you mean), it's not as easy. In one hand, for many engineering jobs you will need a degree in engineering, as required by your potential employers and some legal requisites, because in some applications, only graduated engineers can sign projects. On the other hand, there is quite a big set of subjects you should domain to be an engineer beyond the mere modelling, such as material science, calculus, physics, chemestry, knowledge about modern manufacturing techniques, structural analysis and others. You should also notice that FEM analysis seems easy, but if you dont have a basic structural analysis and theoretical background, you will most likely missjudge the kind of inputs you should use in FEM analysis, getting wrong results without even noticing it.
  I mean, you could learn all of this stuff from books, and you could be better than a graduated engineer over the years, but if you are really interested your best bet is to study engineering.Hope thiese coments had cleared your mind about this subject and i wish you the best of luck for this new path you want to take,. if you have any question, free to ask.

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     Ibrahim Sanih Ahmed 9 months ago

     hi there. the first portion of your answer interests me, regarding aesthetic designing. Is this a career path where lets say i approach companies with my designs and if they like it they will buy it? or are their jobs offered where the job involves designing or creating aesthetically appealing design? I don't know the technical terms for these jobs or who or what type of companies may offer these jobs. I am guessing that maybe automotive companies or companies like apple would utilize internal designers in order to keep their designs hush hush. So what kind of company would buy designs from outside to then provide to other companies that might require such designs? If there even exists one...

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     Ibrahim Sanih Ahmed 9 months ago

     also i know i can't just make it without proving what i can do. I am hoping to use this website as a portfolio where i can post my stuff others to see and even benefit from (hopefully).

     and engineering is an area I would like to study but right now am not in a position to go study again. need to save up for a few years before i can leave for another little adventure. hehehe

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     Aldo Maresca 9 months ago

     Hmmm maybe you should do some web searches on industrial design, it seems to be the thing youre interested in, more than engineering.
     Personally I tried to find a job where i can design, but in my country there's not a lot of design, even though i've worked in automotive factories, that's not where design happens. i think that depends on each comany and activity. some companies choose to have their own design, and some others buy the design as a service, but generally not from a particular worker, but from another company dedicated to design, i think this is the kind of place where you'd like to work.
     you have to keep in mind that automotive is a very exclusive industry for design, so the odds of getting a job in it are not really high, but maybe customer goods are more diverse, and there's a big demand for design.

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     Ibrahim Sanih Ahmed 9 months ago

     I know a few architectural companies in my country and I will approach them with my designs and see if they can use me. There isn't any other 'design' companies. I guess this might be a good start.

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  Aled J Taylor 9 months ago

  You could seek work as a 'Draughtsman'. Many projects are of a basic nature and don't require any calculations or analysis only a common sense approach. There are many aspects to engineering projects that the designer often needs awareness of and skills in. These include; materials, standard parts, manufacturing processes, project management, estimating, H&S, Quality, marketing, problem solving, ergonomics, aesthetics, team-working, etc. If you can include some of these on your CV as well as SolidWorks, you'd be of interest to many companies.

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     Ibrahim Sanih Ahmed 9 months ago

     That just might work. I'll try this.