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AI agent for industrial designers

Design for Manufacturing Review Agent

A part design that passes the manufacturing rules for its process and is ready for supplier quotes

Quality controlCreativesProduct development
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Design for Manufacturing Review Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Parts often reach the supplier with features that cannot be made or that add cost, and the revisions delay the launch. This agent reads the CAD export and checks wall thickness, draft angles, undercuts, tolerances and assembly access against the rules for the chosen process, such as injection molding or CNC. It lists each problem with its location on the part and proposes a change, for example adding 1 degree of draft or thickening a rib. After the designer revises the model, it checks again, since a fix for one issue can break another rule, like a thicker wall causing sink marks. It repeats until the report is clean. The designer approves what goes to the supplier. Edge case: a tolerance that is tight on purpose is kept and flagged as a cost driver.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueYes, continueApprovedNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN CAD revision finished 2 USES A TOOL Read the CAD export for geometry and tolerances 3 DOES Check wall thickness, draft and undercuts againstthe process rules 4 DOES Check assembly access and tolerances 5 DOES List each problem with its location and a proposedchange 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Did the designer's revision clear every problem? If not: list what remains and what the revision madeworse. Back to step 3. 7 DOES Re-check the full part after the revision 8 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the full part pass with no new issue? If not: send the new problem back with a proposedchange. Back to step 3. 9 YOU APPROVE Designer approves what goes to the supplier 10 RESULT Manufacturing review report
Read the steps as a list
  1. CAD revision finished
  2. Read the CAD export for geometry and tolerances
  3. Check wall thickness, draft and undercuts against the process rules
  4. Check assembly access and tolerances
  5. List each problem with its location and a proposed change
  6. Did the designer's revision clear every problem?If not: list what remains and what the revision made worse. Back to step 3.
  7. Re-check the full part after the revision
  8. Does the full part pass with no new issue?If not: send the new problem back with a proposed change. Back to step 3.
  9. Designer approves what goes to the supplierThe agent waits here for your OK.
  10. Manufacturing review report

How it decides

A feature fails when it falls outside the process rule, such as wall thickness below the minimum or draft under the required angle. Tight tolerances are flagged as cost drivers, not errors.

  • Fail a wall under the process minimum
  • Fail draft below 1 degree on molded faces
  • Flag any undercut that needs a side action
  • Flag tolerances tighter than the process normally holds as cost drivers

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Process and material
  • Minimum wall and draft values
  • Tolerance limit that counts as a cost driver
  • CAD format

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Sending the model to the supplier
  • Accepting a tight tolerance

Hard limits

  • Never edits the CAD model
  • Never sends files to a supplier

It stops when

  • Done: the report is clean and the designer approved
  • Stop: the CAD file cannot be read

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

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  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensA molded housing had two ribs 0.8 mm thick against a 1.2 mm minimum and one undercut at the clip. The agent proposed thicker ribs and a split line change. The designer revised, but the thicker rib now sat on a 2 mm wall, so the sink-mark check failed. The agent suggested coring it out. The second revision passed, and the designer approved sending it.

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