Intended users
Mechanical Engineers designing something to be CNC milled.
Need you’re trying to provide a solution or support for
Sometimes there is too much to decide on a metal for a CNC project, so it would help to have specific guidelines on the requirements of the project to just output an answer for the most applicable metals.
Constants
- Budget
- Length
- Width
- Height
Inputs
- Material (Brinell hardness and cost values)
- Machining time (size of tool)
- Design complexity (Number of part flips and number of setups)
- Strength importance (0 being irrelevant, 1 being important)
Underlying logic of the model you’ll implement
The final value should be a function of the cost, machining time, and strength. This statistic should be used as a design assistant’s recommendation for which design to choose. A basic formula for such could be:
value = 2*cost + partFlips + setups + 1/toolSize + strengthImportance*brinellHardness
Outputs
- Percent of Budget Used
- Volume
- Surface Area
- Decision Factor (value from equation)