Frequently Asked Question

In traditional design methodology, we would collect requirements from the project and make a design to meet those requirements. We would then create the necessary tooling to possibly mass manufacture this part, and then store the end result in a warehouse.

Whenever the requirements change, even by a little, the process would have to repeat. With the advent of additive manufacturing, digital inventories and more advanced design tools, we can now create one single design that has built in parameters that can be changed after the design is complete. For example, a gear can have parameters for the bore diameter, number of teeth and depth.

One parametric gear design can thus result in thousands of resulting designs for parts, often referred to as a family of parts.