Design Tips
Get quick advice on creating plastic, metal, and elastomeric parts for CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, 3D printing, metal stamping, die casting and heatsink. Designing with manufacturability in mind can accelerate production time and reduce production costs.
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Cost Reduction
Making small design changes can often save you time and money.
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Defects
Design defects happen sometimes. It’s important to know in advance how to avoid the most difficult ones.
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Basic Design
Sometimes you need quick confirmation about elements of your designs and the best advice is to go back to basics.
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Complex Design
Get past the basics and delve into the deeper questions of how to model parts with complicated geometries and features.
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Plastic
We stock more than 130 plastics across our molding, machining, and3D printing services. Each has its own benefits and quirks. These design tips will get you ahead of any issues.
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Metal
From dangerously sharp edges to corrosion, there’s a lot to think about when designing metal parts. Learn how to avoid the big problems with these design tips.
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