Even with CAD technology, there are no good designs. There are only bad designs, and a sheet metal fabricator has to select the best out of all the bad designs to fabricate sheet metal components with an expectation to optimize costs.
Bad designs are a consequence of lacking synchronization between 2D CAD drafts and 3D CAD modeling with fabrication shop floor conditions. Fabricators wish that the design engineers would optimize the products design features to reduce production cost, while design engineers are keen on optimizing component’s performance.
Bad CAD designs are proof that there is a need of enhanced communication between fabrication shop floor and CAD jockey. All sheet metal fabricators wish that their design engineers would get constructive feedback or a shop floor tours to improve upon the bad designs.
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