Questions
When the brief leaves something out,
Lode asks.
Lode asks for what the brief leaves out and marks each value it proposes as an assumption.
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Asks one short question
When the brief leaves out something the design depends on, Lode asks for it in plain words and proposes a value, marked as an assumption.
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Was and now
A material change, side by side, with what it rests on.
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Assumptions stay marked
A value Lode proposes stays marked as an assumption until you confirm it.
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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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Writes the CAD
Brackets, beams and flexures get a STEP model, a drawing and a bill of materials.
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