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What Are Design Tips?
When creating a design, many practices must be used to ensure that the end product is able to function as intended, but it is also important to create a product that is simple, yet effective and refined. There are many design tips and processes that can be followed to easily accomplish this task.
#1:
AlwaysEnsure that Proper Safety is Maintained:
Whenever designing always make sure proper safety precautions are taken into account. Make sure you put the safety of yourself and everyone else first. An unsafe design will cause many more problems later down the line and will never be considered as a viable option.
#2: Identify the Constraints and Criteria:
Write down the constraints and criteria of your project and have them present at all times during the design process. This will help your design stay consistent with your goals and a specified guideline and it will help keep you on the right track.
#3: Pay Attention to Cost
#4: Keep the Manufacturing Process in Mind
You can add any feature you want in a CAD model but that doesn't mean it is always possible or easy to be fabricated [1]. Keep in mind that the part must later be manufactured and try to simplify that process in your design.
#5: Units and Sizes
#6: Create your CAD Models Properly and Logically
Use as few features as possible when building your model. For example, a shaft can be modelled by creating a circle sketch and extruding it, or by creating a square sketch, extruding it, and applying four fillets. It will be helpful to any colleagues, who may later redesign your part, if you keep it as simple as possible [1]. To ensure clear communication with colleagues, especially with complicated models, take the time to rename the features of your part as well.
#7: Aesthetics
#8: Identify the Materials
#9: Ensure Everything Can Be Assembled
A rivet can be easily placed in a design model or drawing, but would you be able to reach it with a rivet gun [1]? Ensure that it is possible to assemble and, if required, disassemble any parts before diving further into the design.