Understand verifications and manufacturing limits.
When you submit a drawing, we perform verifications to ensure we can produce the submitted part according to quality standards.
Parts must meet required specifications for each material. Consult our specific pages for mechanical properties, compatible finishes and usage recommendations for each material in the materials section.
When you submit a drawing or select a material not meeting required specifications, 2 things can happen:
You receive a design warning as popup, mentioning the problem with submitted drawing. This allows you to correct your design before continuing.
If your design is only possible in certain materials and not in another, only compatible materials are displayed.
For a 32" x 32" part, a wide variety of materials will be available, but not Lamacoid plates, chipboard or acetal as they have 24" maximum width.
When you select a material and an operation is not available for selected material, it won't be offered, or only offered dimensions will be displayed.
For 1/16" thick aluminum, the largest thread offered is M4x0.7 or #10-32, to have minimum thread engagement. Larger threads won't be in the offered threads list.
Design warnings include, but are not limited to:
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