Review Design Guidance

The Design Guidance tile shows design issues and requirements that can decrease manufacturability and increase cost for a part component:

The Design Guidance tile shows:

Field	Description
DFM Risk	(Only applies to process groups that support Design to Cost (DTC) analysis) Manufacturability rating: Low, Medium, High, and Critical. A critical rating means it is not possible to make one or more features in the part with the selected material, Process Group, and Digital Factory.
Design Failures	For this component, the number of features (Geometric Cost Drivers (GCDs)), that are not manufacturable if the part is made with the selected material, Process Group, and Digital Factory. If there are any design failures, the analysis cannot be completed and the DFM Risk is Critical.
Design Warnings	Number of GCDs that are manufacturable, but that cause manufacturing issues, result in excessive cycle times, or require special finishing processes.
GCDs with Threads	Number of GCDs that include threading requirements
GCDs with Tolerances	Number of GCDs that include tolerance requirements.

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To view detailed design guidance information, click the OPEN button on the Design Guidance tile:

The Design Guidance Explorer opens:

The Design Guidance Explorer shows:

• Issues: Issues and mitigation strategies for GCDs that generated a Design Warning or Design Failure, because they are difficult or impossible to manufacture, result in excessive cycle times, or require special finishing processes. See Examine Design Issues.

• Investigation: Topics that address best design practices for GCDs that might not be optimized for Design to Cost (DTC) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM). See Examine DTC and DFM Topics.

• Tolerances: GCDs that have tolerance requirements. See Examine Tolerances.

• Threads: GCDs that have or might require threading requirements. See Examine Threading Results.