Here at MindTribe, our product design team works with clients who have varied schedules and budgets. To best serve their individual needs, we use a variety of prototyping methods to create mechanical models for review. Sometimes the parts are used for engineering purposes, and other times the parts are purely cosmetic for interdisciplinary design reviews. Understanding the pluses and minuses of each process allows us to minimize time and budget while achieving the design objectives. Below is a short summary of the processes we use most often for small quantities of mechanical parts.

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