Engineering demos – Van Niekerk Engineering

On this page various design demonstrations are shown of analysis & design methods as well as 2D & 3D CAD and relational database design.
For reasons of NDA, previous work for customers is not shown. If you have any questions about possiblities, please send an email.
All examples on this page are © by Huub van Niekerk.

Controller schematics examples

Example of a hard- and software setup of a robot with controller and its peripherals using the Archimate Application view. The robot is created with fischertechnik® construction & modeling.

Example of a controller schematics using Archimate Application view. © by Huub van Niekerk.

Example of a soft- and hardware setup of a robot with its sensors and actuators using Archimate Technology & Physical view. The robot is created with fischertechnik®.

Example of a controller schematics using Archimate Technology & Physical view. © by Huub van Niekerk

Example 2 of a soft- and hardware setup of a robot setup using Archimate Technology & Physical view. The robot os created with fischertechnik®.

Example 2 of a controller schematics using Archimate Technology & Physical view. © by Huub van Niekerk

Example 3 of a soft- and hardware setup of a robot setup using Archimate Technology & Physical view. The robot is created with fischertechnik®.

Example 3 of a controller schematics using Archimate Technology & Physical view. © by Huub van Niekerk

Sample of a control blockschema with feedback loop with control algebra, created using GLE (Graphics Layout Engine)

Sample of a control blockschema using control algebra. © by Huub van Niekerk

Sample of Enterprise Architecture using Archimate

The following 6 examples have been created using the Dia diagramming tool.

Data Flow Diagram examples

Sample of a Data Flow Diagram using the Yourdon & Coad notation, extended with Ward & Mellor for real-time (interrupted line).

Sample of a Data Flow Diagram using the Gane & Sarson notation

Flowchart example

Sample design using flowchart:

Database design examples

Sample design of an Entity Relationship Diagram

Sample of database design.

Sample of IDEF0 modeling

Business Process Modelling examples

Example of a process diagram using BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation):

Sample BPMN with swimlanes:

Computer Aided Design examples

2D design made with LibreCAD of a model which moves in a circle. Shown is the righthand-side. The working model does exist and is made with fischertechnik®.

Sample design of a simple vehicle created using OpenSCAD

3D design made with FreeCAD of a model which moves in a circle. Left-front and right-rear sides. The working model does exist and is made with fischertechnik®. For more info on my fischertechnik® models, please check my personal website.