r/AskEngineers is a subreddit with 2.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses looking for, looking, electronics, design, and motor, and they frequently recommend/review cad software, coding language, and webshop.
Engineers apply the knowledge of math & science to design and manufacture maintainable systems used to solve specific problems. AskEngineers is a forum for questions about the technologies, standards, and processes used to design & build these systems, as well as for questions about the engineering profession and its many disciplines.
Popular Themes in r/AskEngineers
#1
Advice Requests
: "How much of an issue is this floor heave in the basement floor of my 101 year old home"
8 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Turn small pull movement into long pull movement or vice versa"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "help find a safe way to build a gantry beam from materials on hand"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "How screwed am I? Fixture design"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskEngineers
#1
Looking For
52 posts
#2
Looking
20 posts
#3
Electronics
13 posts
#4
Design
4 posts
#5
Motor
3 posts
#6
Mechanism
3 posts
#7
Material
3 posts
#8
Pump
3 posts
#9
Pipe
2 posts
#10
Tool
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/AskEngineers
Cad Software
9 reviews
#1
PTC Creo
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Siemens NX
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Autodesk Inventor
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Coding Language
5 reviews
#1
Python
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Arduino
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
C++
4.0★ from 1 review
Webshop
4 reviews
#1
Fabory
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Accugroup
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AskEngineers
#1
Discussion
: "Is there a modern way to revive the Wankel engines?"
34 posts
#2
Mechanical
: "Engineering criteria to repair a paper stock high-consistency pulper"
19 posts
#3
Electrical
: "Does this idea to determine the properties of parcels of air in 3D space using laser volumetric projection and spectrometry have merit? Are the potential problems with it practically solvable?"
5 posts
#4
Civil
: "Is filling in the gap between a bathtub and wall tiling with grout an egregious error?"
5 posts
#5
Computer
: "Is it worth it to study embedded systems as a bachelors software engineering student"
2 posts
#6
Chemical
: "Chemical Engineering in PH"
1 post
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Last updated: July 12, 2026