A good part starts long before a machine runs. This section covers the supporting disciplines that decide whether a design succeeds: building clean solid models, checking them with structural analysis, using additive manufacturing to make the jigs and gauges a shop floor depends on, and molding fiber-reinforced composites when metal is too heavy.
What ties these together
Each of these topics is about reducing risk. Solid modeling and simulation catch problems while they are cheap to fix. Printed fixtures shorten the time from a design change to a working production line. Resin transfer molding gives repeatable composite parts without the labor of hand layup. Read them in any order.