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Checks parts where they sit
Lode checks that a part doesn’t overlap the parts around it.

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Machine layout
In development: whole machines, part by part.

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Questions
Lode asks for what the brief leaves out and marks each value it proposes as an assumption.
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Designs from a sentence
Write the brief the way you would for a colleague. Lode sizes the part to carry its load and asks for anything missing.
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Checks in place
Strength, fit and fasteners, each with its value and its limit.
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Asks what’s missing
When the brief leaves out an input, Lode asks and proposes a value.
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