Contents
Volume 45 Number 2
Regulars Features
COVER STORY
Classic dilemma 6
How do you reinvent the luxury classic
car for the electric era – and is the result
anything like the original? We speak with
Clive Hartley of design studio Quarterre
The quest for innovation success 9
New international guidance is looking
to support innovation success, through
innovation continuity, says Dr Benjamin
W Watson CEng CTPD CEnv MIED
Inner secrets of Enigma 13
Unique images gleaned from inside an
Enigma machine have revealed insights
about its complex mode of functioning
Solid progress 14
Solidworks 2019 offers a number of new
features to enhance design performance
and effi ciency, with the latest technology
behind the push for greater success
View from the Chair 4
Do students still have
the ‘write stuff’ when
it comes to manual
dexterity? asks Colin
Ledsome CEng FIED
Asides 5
Colin Ledsome CEng
FIED singles out one
impressive instance of
20th century technology
Wright Hassall 26
Tariva Thomas (associate/
litigation) looks at
one tragic incident and
highlights its regulatory
repercussions
IED News 28
What’s Happening 30
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Winds of change 16
Despite the remarkable success of British
cycling over the years, the UK has never had
a dedicated wind tunnel facility. That’s now all
in the past, as Tom Austin-Morgan fi nds out
Reinventing the drawing board 19
2D and 3D technologies are revolutionising
design engineering, but improvements are still
needed in areas such as collaborative remote
design involving multi-disciplinary teams
Better living through automation 22
Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost talks about
how automation not only has the potential
to change industries, but even entire cities.
Tom Austin-Morgan reports
Bridging the gap 24
Blending artistry into the engineering
design process has huge appeal within the
profession. Here’s how one fi rm achieved that,
as part of a £1 billion expansion project
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