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DFM Tip: Clarify Cosmetic Surfaces to Reduce Cost and Lead Time for Contract Manufacturing

When you send your contract manufacturing partner the print for your CNC machined part, don’t forget to include detailed notes about cosmetic surfaces.  Prints typically contain sufficient information to ensure that parts are machined to exact dimensional specifications. But all too often, cosmetic surface requirements are nowhere to be found. At Reata Engineering, we assume […]