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--- consulting:the_consulting_technical_designer_and_manufacturing [2020/01/02 22:50] – [Two succinct don'ts] mithat
+++ consulting:the_consulting_technical_designer_and_manufacturing [2020/01/02 22:55] – [Fixed versus live data] mithat
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 Owning manufacturing also means being able to distinguish between a design version's //fixed// data and its //live// data. Fixed data are things that will never change throughout the life of a given design version, like Gerber files. Live data are things that might change, like build notes, which should see a process of continual refinement, or a BOM, where one generic part may be swapped out for another depending on what's available at the time of manufacturing.
-If you think the only thing that needs to change in a design is live data (e.g., the BOM) and it requires a design engineer's input, then you will need to decide whether it makes more sense to have them operate only on the live data //that you provide them// or have them regenerate everything, then re-test and re-prototype, and re-version the design. A good design engineer will try to make things happen with just a BOM or other live data fix if it's possible.
+If you think the only thing that needs to change in a design is live data (e.g., the BOM) and it requires a design engineer's input, then you and the design engineer will need to decide whether it makes more sense to have them operate only on the live data or to regenerate everything, then re-test and re-prototype, and re-version the design.
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