Design Tips
Get quick advice on creating plastic, metal, and elastomeric parts for injection molding, CNC machining, 3D printing, and sheet metal fabrication. Designing with manufacturability in mind can accelerate production time and reduce production costs.
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Featured Design Tips
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Video Tips
Designing for Moldability
See how designing with moldability in mind can help you avoid manufacturing advisories in quoting, save you development time, and reduce production costs.
Design Essentials
We’ve compiled our most essential manufacturing tips into three downloadable design guides on 3D printing, machining, and molding. Each looks at improving manufacturability, reducing production costs through design, material selection, and more.
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