Practical engineering references

Engineering guides.Build the evidence, not just the picture.

Use source-linked guides to choose the right diagram, capture the facts each audience needs, review the result, and keep manufacturing or release claims tied to explicit evidence.

  • Direct answers first
  • Primary sources linked
  • Limitations stated
  • Review checklists included
Engineering knowledge · connected viewsSource-rendered project
Editable software architecture diagram showing controlled release, software runtimes, physical system interfaces, and verification evidence

Guides explain what to capture and review; editable project data keeps the result connected to specifications and evidence.

Software architecture

Match every view to an audience and decision.

Architecture diagrams work when scope, abstraction, responsibilities, technology, and relationships are explicit. Start with context, zoom only where added detail changes a decision, and keep rationale linked to the elements it governs.

Explore Struct's software architecture diagram tool →

  • 01System and landscape viewsShow the people, software systems, ownership boundaries, and external dependencies that define scope.
  • 02Container and component viewsExplain runtime responsibilities, technology choices, interfaces, data stores, and internal decomposition.
  • 03Dynamic and deployment viewsUse a separate view for important runtime interactions and environment-specific infrastructure.
  • 04Decisions and reviewAttach assumptions and decisions, run deterministic checks, and validate the model against code and deployed reality.

Electronics and production

Keep design data, generated outputs, and approval separate.

Production work needs exact identities, controlled dimensions, current checks, independently inspected outputs, supplier evidence, test criteria, and approval bound to one named revision.

01

Capture authoritative inputs

Record parts, interfaces, constraints, dimensions, variants, sources, and unresolved assumptions without inventing missing data.

02

Generate from controlled state

Derive drawings, tables, CAM, BOM, placement, formboard, or release documents from the current project revision.

03

Inspect independently

Reopen exported files, reconcile quantities and geometry, and complete the selected supplier's DFM or process review.

04

Release deliberately

Resolve blocking findings, preserve manifests and fingerprints, and attach named approval to the exact bytes handed off.

About the guides

How to use these references responsibly.

The guides turn recurring engineering questions into reviewable workflows. They do not replace requirements, primary evidence, analysis, testing, or authorized approval.

What are Struct engineering guides?+

Struct engineering guides are practical, source-linked references for creating, reviewing, and handing off software, electronics, mechanical, robotics, and multidisciplinary engineering work.

Do the guides replace engineering approval?+

No. The guides explain workflows, checks, and evidence boundaries. Engineers and authorized reviewers remain responsible for requirements, source data, technical analysis, supplier review, testing, and release approval.

Can the guide workflows be used without Struct?+

Yes. The conceptual checklists are tool-independent. Product-specific sections identify how Struct supports the workflow and state where external tools, authoritative sources, or human approval are still required.