Differents between Reverse engineering & re engineering

Discussion in 'Pro/Engineer & Creo Elements/Pro' started by tbsat, Jan 27, 2005.

  1. tbsat

    tbsat Guest

    Anyone can explain the Differents between Reverse engineering & re
    engineering.

    thanks in advance
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    tbsat, Jan 27, 2005
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  2. tbsat

    crew Guest

    Te re-engineer usually means that a product design, tooling design,
    structure or whatever (I'll use tooling for this ex.) is not 'up-to-par' or
    sufficient and must be corrected. This may mean that it must be redesigned
    (or re-engineered) to conform with code, better engineering practices, or it
    simply does not fit the bill. Usually re-engineering means to correct an
    existing tool, structure, etc. However, it could also apply to making
    duplicate or similar tools that are re-engineered at the time of the build
    to accomodate needed/wanted changes in the engineering design.

    Reverse engineering is used to copy an existing tool exactly. Generally,
    dimensions and/or scans must be taken of the existing tool and the engineer
    must build to those numbers. Presumably, someone else designed and/or built
    the tool trying to be duplicated which is why you'd need to scale the
    existing one.

    Here is an example:

    In the 40's the Soviet Union wanted to build a new long-range bomber. They
    got their hands on a US B-29. They duplicated that plane to the last bolt
    and bulkhead making no known design changes whatsoever. They Reverse
    Engineered the entire aircraft, yet they Reengineered not a single part.
     
    crew, Jan 30, 2005
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  3. tbsat

    tbsat Guest


    thanks for the explaination,with example
    have a nice day
     
    tbsat, Jan 31, 2005
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