Design Through Analysis: Improving Product Design And Automating Manufacturability With Topology Optimization

The availability of new manufacturing technologies—combined with demands for greater product development automation, innovation, and throughput—creates both challenges and opportunities for today’s product designers. Tasked with delivering higher fidelity initial designs in order to minimize the delays and cost overruns associated with late-cycle performance and manufacturability issues, designers increasingly face the challenges of better understanding design behavior and evaluating the most suitable manufacturing approach while they design.