Ensure Every Part Is Manufacturable Before The First Prototype.

Manufacturing-driven design reduces production costs through optimised material usage, simplified tooling requirements, and fewer manufacturing defects. Parts designed for producibility have lower per-unit costs throughout production runs.

Cognitive Design supports additive manufacturing, casting, injection modling,forging, and machining processes. Each process module applies specific design rules and constraints, ensuring generated geometries are manufacturable using the selected production method.

Cognitive Design embeds DFM principles throughout the design process. Real-time manufacturability feedback, process-specific optimisation, and automated constraint checking ensure designs are production-ready without costly late-stage modifications.

Cognitive Design handles AM constraints including overhang angles, minimum feature sizes, support requirements, and build orientation. The platform generates self-supporting structures and optimises for specific AM technologies like SLM, EBM, or DED.

Manufacturing-driven design catches producibility issues during concept exploration, not after detailed design. This prevents costly rework that typically adds weeks to development schedules when problems surface during prototyping.

Cognitive Design provides relative cost estimates based on material volume, geometric complexity, and process-specific factors that engineer set up beforehand. Engineers compare manufacturing costs across design variants to identify economically optimal solutions early in development.

Engineers customise manufacturing constraints based on specific equipment capabilities and process parameters. Custom rules for minimum wall thickness, draft requirements, or feature sizes can be defined and saved for reuse across projects.

Engineers can define equipment-specific constraints reflecting actual production capabilities. Build envelope sizes, machine tolerances, and process parameters can be configured to match available manufacturing resources precisely.