Introduction

The design tool creates highly optimized, manufacturable designs that operate at the absolute limits of the selected manufacturing technique. Depending on the specific workflow, the platform handles these constraints through two distinct modes:

• Standard Design: Utilizes a parametric approach. Designs are automatically generated and optimized strictly according to the configured manufacturing constraints.
• Custom Design: Utilizes a fully generative approach, introducing a strict differentiation between 2D and 3D manufacturing methods:
  • 3D Approaches: 3D Printing (additive manufacturing).
  • 2D Approaches: All remaining manufacturing methods are reduced to a 2D approach, meaning the solver generates structures with a uniform height across their entire span.

Specific manufacturing settings and default profiles are managed directly through the Libraries page. The tables below provide a comprehensive summary of the supported manufacturing techniques, their governing parameters, and their application across both design modes.