Mobile apps, once an infrequent luxury, have now become a common tool used across every industry — including engineering. Engineering employees who use mobility for work-related tasks report greater productivity (96 percent), data timeliness (83 percent) and higher satisfaction (67 percent).
Between increased efficiency, heightened project management and streamlined quality control, there are a lot of reasons why more and more engineers are adopting mobility for use in their day-to-day operations.
To help employees get the most out of this technology, we put together six of the best mobile apps for engineers.
Organize and share datasets with Roambi Analytics.
Used by thousands of global companies, Roambi Analytics is a mobile application that allows users to easily visualize, explore and share any dataset. Engineers are able to take data from anywhere (such as Excel, Google Spreadsheets, databases and other systems) and turn it into interactive reports, charts, dashboards, KPIs, analytics and other data visualizations.
A UX Magazine Design for Experience award winner, Roambi can be used seamlessly across mobile phones, tablets and PCs. It’s made up of 10 dynamic views that offer a unique combination of navigation, visualization and analytic features to make it easier to understand data.
Turn any device into a scientific tool with Free Graphic Calculator.
Perfect for engineers and students alike, Free Graphic Calculator offers all the capabilities of a paid calculator. Users are able to graph multiple equations at once, find roots and intersections and graph polar coordinates and parametric equations.
This free engineering app includes a unit converter for measurements such as acceleration, density and force, pre-loaded constants for scientific calculations such as speed of light and strength of gravity at Earth’s surface, and references such as the quadratic formula and vector calculus.
Users can also enter data to make a histogram, box and whisker plot, scatter plot and more, with help screens available for use along the way.
Edit, collaborate on and present designs with TurboViewer X.
Engineers often need to show off their work on the spot, edit designs when a new idea comes to mind or view files while out in the field. Created for review, makeup, measurement and translation, TurboViewer X enables users to effortlessly pan, zoom and orbit around 2D and 3D files.
Within this mobile app, not only can users view their 2D and 3D models, but they can highlight important features by adding drawings, shapes, lines or text. They’re then able to share markups with other TurboApps users, capture and share screenshots and export markups as DWG to XREF in desktop CAD applications.
Search and save industry-wide formulas with Engineering Professional.
Engineering Professional combines over 650 formulas from across all areas of the field. Within the app, users are able to search for their required formula. Some of these include:
- Chemical engineering: Energy loss, vaporization, steam and vapor separators.
- Civil engineering: Beams, bridges, columns, concrete piping and roads.
- Electrical engineering: Batteries, BTU conversion, lighting, motors and voltage drop.
- Environmental engineering: Air quality, Lake pollution, storm runoff and water flow.
- Mechanical engineering: Boiler, Kinetic energy, refrigeration, sewer pipe and waste.
In addition, users can save formulas, access recent or favorite queries and also email themselves data results.
Stay up to date on industry trends with Mechanical Engineering magazine
Produced by ASME, or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineering magazine is the app that accompanies the award-winning monthly publication offering an interdisciplinary view of engineering trends.
When users download this app, they have access to current and past issues of Mechanical Engineering magazine. Maximized for mobile readability, these articles cover a variety of industry news, trends and insights. Readers are also able to download an issue for offline reading, bookmark favorite articles and share comments with other readers.
Keep organized and productive with Evernote.
Evernote enables users to organize all of their personal and professional projects in one place and edit or sync it across any devices.
With Evernote, users can take notes in a variety of formats, such as text, sketches, photos, audio, video, PDFs and web clippings. Using the camera function, there’s also a capability to scan, digitize and organize your paper documents, business cards, handwritten notes and drawings. They can then be saved as searchable notes, notebooks, checklists or to-do lists.
Once things are saved, users have the ability to share, discuss and collaborate with others, search within pictures, annotate images to give feedback and give access to allow multiple users to work alongside each other.
What engineering apps are you using?
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