Dark Sky is done. Here's how Apple's Weather app succeeded it

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Design features to be standardized and machined with standard tools from standard materialsPart with standard threaded holesSource: Fictiv Designs requiring only standard tools and materials help reduce lead times by reducing the time required for tool changes and material procurement or handling.and machining experts provide DFM feedback to optimize your designs for manufacturing and reduce your lead times.

Dark Sky is done. Here's how Apple's Weather app succeeded it

so optimizing your material selection accordingly will reduce the time it takes to machine your parts.The best practice is to involve CNC manufacturing experts in the design process to ensure that your design is optimized for the machining process and can be produced efficiently.These optimizations are made relatively simple with modern CNC machines that are automated and can perform multiple operations in a single cycle.

Dark Sky is done. Here's how Apple's Weather app succeeded it

we routinely manufacture even the most complex parts at ridiculously fast speeds—2-5X faster than your average machine shop.You can reduce labor requirements by designing parts that can be machined with minimal manual intervention to reduce lead times and labor costs.

Dark Sky is done. Here's how Apple's Weather app succeeded it

Reduce complexity: simplify designsSimplifying your designs helps reduce CNC lead times by minimizing the number of operations required to produce your part—complex designs with intricate features often require multiple operations and setups.

Minimize material handling and operator effortKAD case study assetsSource: Fitiv The less human interaction your parts require to be machined.This translates into mobile support for Eyefinity and DX11.

1px; display: block; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 0.they had three of these magnificent 43-inch displays (2880x900 resolution each) hooked up to a latest generation Radeon board.

ATI/AMDBy far the most organized and productive meeting we had the whole week was with the guys at AMD/ATI.Thus this article is not meant to be a memory refresher.

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