Cost Based Design, A Fallacy?

However, predictions from these tools can be off if you don’t follow the basic design rules. Why improve a bad design? Using DFMPro helps you create a solid design base for better processing optimizations. It helps you include lessons learned and best practices in your design process to avoid extra work, delays, and quality problems.

It’s a mistake to try to figure out the cost of a part just by using “should cost” models, no matter how good the data behind these models is. To get the best costs, you need to focus on performance in all areas—materials, design, tools, and processes—using reliable data and established rules. Simulation tools, like those for plastic or metal flow and structure analysis, should be used when needed.

This is where HCL DFMPro excels. DFMPro combined with simulation tools works very effectively together!