https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/should-design-intent-mimic-manufacturing-intent/m-p/7414157#M188583 <P>Being fairly new to CAD, I was wondering if there should be any relationship between design intent (generating a 3D rendering in the software) and &nbsp;manufacturing intent (materializing &nbsp;the rendering into a physical object in the real world).&nbsp; For example, if I want to make a tenon, I would take a piece of wood at cut the tenon on my table saw, i.e. start with a whole piece and remove material.&nbsp; Now, if I want to do a 3D rendering of the tenon with the intent of making &nbsp;a parts list (how much wood to buy), does it really matter whether I start with a component and then remove material (mimicking the actual process) versus starting with a shorter component and then extruding out the tenon?&nbsp; Either way I arrive at the same rendering.&nbsp; Just curious on people's thoughts.&nbsp; The same idea applies to making a mitered box.&nbsp; Does it really matter if I use the 'joint' option since it mimics the actual gluing of the joint versus constraining the two pieces together via a sketch constraint?</P> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:45:24 GMT spm_no 2017-09-27T17:45:24Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/should-design-intent-mimic-manufacturing-intent/m-p/7414157#M188583 <P>Being fairly new to CAD, I was wondering if there should be any relationship between design intent (generating a 3D rendering in the software) and &nbsp;manufacturing intent (materializing &nbsp;the rendering into a physical object in the real world).&nbsp; For example, if I want to make a tenon, I would take a piece of wood at cut the tenon on my table saw, i.e. start with a whole piece and remove material.&nbsp; Now, if I want to do a 3D rendering of the tenon with the intent of making &nbsp;a parts list (how much wood to buy), does it really matter whether I start with a component and then remove material (mimicking the actual process) versus starting with a shorter component and then extruding out the tenon?&nbsp; Either way I arrive at the same rendering.&nbsp; Just curious on people's thoughts.&nbsp; The same idea applies to making a mitered box.&nbsp; Does it really matter if I use the 'joint' option since it mimics the actual gluing of the joint versus constraining the two pieces together via a sketch constraint?</P> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:45:24 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/should-design-intent-mimic-manufacturing-intent/m-p/7414157#M188583 spm_no 2017-09-27T17:45:24Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/should-design-intent-mimic-manufacturing-intent/m-p/7414501#M188584 <P>I'd say it depends on the manufacturing process.&nbsp; You need to design to the process.&nbsp; Your part may need a pocket two inches deep. A 3d printer would have no trouble with this, but a milling machine might if your longest bit was only one and a half inches long <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" />&nbsp; The technique you use to make a model makes a lot of difference if you need to make modifications or build a series of parts with different sizes.&nbsp; Well designed joints allow you to use parameters to change part sizes without having to redesign the model from the beginning.</P> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:27:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/should-design-intent-mimic-manufacturing-intent/m-p/7414501#M188584 etfrench 2017-09-27T19:27:00Z