Experts and sources
The people and organisations whose published work cad-agent's rules and checks stand on: 122 publishers and 80 named authors, in 238 read sources. They did the work. cad-agent cites it by name and never copies it. A rule, check or page that relies on a source names it by id: a [ref:<id>] tag in text (which the site links to the source), a module's source table, a material's source or a process rule's source.
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Who they are
Each row is one publisher (or the authors, where a source names no organisation), largest first. Areas link to the record on the site.
Table 122 rows: Publisher, People, Contributed, Areas, …
| Publisher | People | Contributed | Areas | Cited by |
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| SendCutSend | SendCutSend engineering specifications (sendcutsend-specs.json, schema 1.0); SendCutSend ordering guide (sendcutsend-ordering-guide.md); Designing Sheet Metal Parts With Tab and Slots; How to Design Bend Reliefs & Corner Reliefs for Sheet Metal Parts; Countersink Design Best Practices; SendCutSend ordering catalogue (sendcutsend-catalog.json, schema 1.0); Sheet Cutting Guidelines; Sheet Metal Bending Services (bending guidelines); Bending Deformation Guidelines; Online Hardware Installation Service (hardware guidelines); Hardware Catalog; Sheet Metal Tapping Services (tapping guidelines); Online Countersinking Services (countersink guidelines); Online Dimple Forming Services (dimple guidelines); Anodizing, Plating and Powder Coating services (finishing guidelines); What are the thicknesses for your finishes? (FAQ); Laser Cutting Online Quotes & Pricing; Sheet Metal Bending Calculator; A Guide to PEM Hardware Inserts in Sheet Metal; How to Avoid Galvanic Corrosion on Your Laser Cut Parts; How to Save Time with Locating Features for Weldments | Sheet metal, Laser cutting, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 9 files: docs/sheet-metal-hardware.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-hardware.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, research/sheet-metal.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/sheet_hardware.py, vendor/text-to-cad/skills/sendcutsend/references/official-sources.md |
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| Protolabs | Living Hinge Basics for Injection Molding; Plastic Injection Molding Design Guidelines; Stereolithography (SLA) Design Guidelines and Capabilities; Design Guidelines for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS); Design Guidelines for Multi Jet Fusion; Nylon 3D Printing Tips for Quality Parts; How to Use Multi Jet Fusion for Functional 3D-Printed Parts; Design Stronger Molded Parts: Ribs, Gussets, and Materials; Plastic Boss Design on Molded Parts; Design Guidelines: CNC Milling; Design Guidelines: CNC Turning; Design Guidelines for Sheet Metal Fabrication; Sheet Metal Tolerances (one-pager); Guidelines for Threaded Holes in CNC Machining; Threaded Inserts with Heat Staking and Ultrasonic Welding | Compliant mechanisms, Mould design, Not yet placed, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, CNC machining, Sheet metal | 7 files: research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md, vendor/text-to-cad/skills/dfm/references/sheet-metal.md |
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| PennEngineering (PEM) | PEM self-clinching nuts types S, SS, CLS, CLSS, SP: catalogue pages CLS-M3-1 and SP-M3-1; The Self Clinching Fastener Handbook; CL Self-Clinching Nuts (Bulletin CL); FH Self-Clinching Studs and Pins (Bulletin FH); SO Self-Clinching Standoffs (Bulletin SO); F PEMSERT Self-Clinching Flush Nuts (Bulletin F); Tech Sheet PEM REF/ C/L to Edge: Minimum distance hole C/L to edge; Tech Sheet PEM REF/ Fasteners for use in stainless steel sheets; Tech Sheet PEM REF/ Choosing a fastener finish: metal fasteners in contact with metal panels; Axial Strength and Mating Screw Recommended Tightening Torque for PEM Brand Self-clinching Nuts (Unified); Tech Sheet PEM REF/ Surface finishing sheet metal assemblies; The Design Engineer's Fastener Guide; Terms of Use | Sheet metal, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Not yet placed | 6 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, research/sheet-metal.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/clinch.py |
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| Protolabs Network (formerly Hubs) | How do you design snap-fit joints for 3D printing?; How to design parts for FDM 3D printing; What can't 3D printers do? Understanding and overcoming 3D printing geometry limitations; What is dimensional accuracy in 3D printing and how do you achieve it?; How do you assemble 3D-printed parts? Practical tips on threads & screws for 3D printing; How to design parts for SLA 3D printing; How to design parts for SLS 3D printing; How to design parts for CNC machining; 14 proven design tips to reduce the cost of CNC machining; Sheet metal fabrication: The manufacturing & design guide | Compliant mechanisms, 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Not yet placed, CNC machining, Sheet metal, Laser cutting | 7 files: research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md, vendor/text-to-cad/skills/dfm/references/sheet-metal.md |
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| Bambu Lab | Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V2.0: PLA Basic; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V2.0: PLA Matte; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V2.0: PETG Basic; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V1.0: PETG HF; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V2.0: PETG-CF; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V2.0: ASA; Bambu Filament Technical Data Sheet V1.0: TPU 95A HF; Bambu Lab PA6-CF Technical Data Sheet V3.0; Bambu Lab PAHT-CF Technical Data Sheet V3.0 | 3D printing | 7 files: docs/compliant.md, lessons/simulation/simulation-and-material.md, research/compliant-mechanisms.md, src/cadagent/manufacturing/process.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/compliant/allowables.py, src/cadagent/simulation/fea.py, tests/simulation/test_fea_materials.py |
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| Formlabs | Form 4 Design Guide; Explore the Next-Generation Technology Powering the Form 4; Design specifications for 3D models (Form 3/Form 3B); Design specifications for 3D models (Form 2); How to Hollow Out 3D Models With Meshmixer & PreForm to Save Material and Time; Fuse Series SLS Design Guide; 3D Printing Threads and Adding Threaded Inserts to 3D Printed Parts | 3D printing, Not yet placed, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| ISO | ISO 2768-1:1989 General tolerances - Part 1: Tolerances for linear and angular dimensions without individual tolerance indications; ISO 10642 Fasteners - Hexagon socket countersunk head screws with reduced loadability; ISO 273:1979 Fasteners - Clearance holes for bolts and screws; ISO 20457:2026 Plastics moulded parts - Tolerances and acceptance conditions; ISO 68-1:1998 ISO general purpose screw threads - Basic profile - Part 1: Metric screw threads; ISO 898-1:2013 Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel - Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes; ISO 76:2006 Rolling bearings - Static load ratings | Sheet metal, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Not yet placed | 10 files: docs/bearings.md, lessons/mechanical/fasteners-and-assembly-access.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py, src/cadagent/formulas/screws.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/bearings.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| Polymaker | PolyLite PLA Technical Data Sheet V5.4; PolyLite PETG Technical Data Sheet V5.4; PolyLite ASA Technical Data Sheet V5.4; PolyMide CoPA Technical Data Sheet V5.4; PolyFlex TPU95 Technical Data Sheet V5.4; Fiberon PA6-CF20 Technical Data Sheet V1.1 | 3D printing | 5 files: docs/compliant.md, research/compliant-mechanisms.md, src/cadagent/manufacturing/process.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/compliant/allowables.py, tests/mechanical/test_snapfit.py |
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| SPIROL International Corporation | K. Ionkin, Christie L. Jones | Inserts for Plastics Design Guide; How to Select a Threaded Insert for Your 3D Printed Assembly; Compression Limiters Design Guide (edition 04/21); Compression Limiters Design Guide (edition 05/26, Canada); How To Properly Mate Compression Limiters and Threaded Inserts in Plastic Assemblies | 3D printing, Not yet placed | 4 files: research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/inserts.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| Xometry | Joel Schadegg, Aaron Lichtig, Greg Paulsen, Dean McClements | Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Mini-Guide; Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing Service; Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printing Service; Video: 10 Tips to Improve Your CAD Designs for CNC Machining; CNC Machining Design Tip: Optimizing Internal Corner Radii | 3D printing, Not yet placed, CNC machining | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
| CNC Kitchen | Stefan Hermann | Tips & Tricks for Heat-Set Inserts used in 3D printing; Are Our Heat-Set Insert Datasheets Wrong?; Threaded Inserts for 3D Prints - Cheap VS Expensive; Helicoils, Threaded Insets and Embedded Nuts in 3D Prints - Strength & Strength Assessment | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 4 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| HP | HP Multi Jet Fusion Handbook: Design for accuracy; How to design a 3D print model for HP Multi Jet Fusion; Designing 3D printed joints; HP 3D HR PA 11, HP 3D HR PA 12 GB, and HP 3D HR PP enabled by BASF for the HP Jet Fusion 5200 Series: Dimensional Capability | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| McGraw-Hill | Warren C. Young, Richard G. Budynas, Ali M. Sadegh, J. Keith Nisbett, Robert L. Norton, Frank M. White | Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, 8th edition (ISBN 978-0-07-174247-4); Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, 8th edition (ISBN 978-0-07-312193-2); Design of Machinery: An Introduction to the Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms and Machines, 5th edition (ISBN 978-0-07-352935-6); Fluid Mechanics, 7th edition (ISBN 978-0-07-352934-9) | Not yet placed, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Mechanisms | 7 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/beams.py, src/cadagent/formulas/limiters.py, src/cadagent/formulas/linkages.py, src/cadagent/formulas/thermal.py, src/cadagent/formulas/torsion.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| Fictiv | David Willson | Injection Molding Design Guide: Best Practices for Molded Plastic Parts; Fictiv CNC Machining Design Guide; Tabs and Slots for Sheet Metal Part Design | Not yet placed, Sheet metal, Laser cutting, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 4 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
| ISO (ISO/TC 2) | ISO 15977 to ISO 15984: Open end blind rivets with break pull mandrel and protruding or countersunk head; ISO 14588:2000 Blind rivets - Terminology and definitions; ISO 14589:2000 Blind rivets - Mechanical testing | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Not yet placed | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Materialise | Design Guidelines for Taurus | Stereolithography; Design Guidelines for PA 12 (SLS) | Laser Sintering; Design Guidelines for PA 12 (MJF) | Multi Jet Fusion | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Xometry Asia | Niko Mroncz | SLA 3D Printing Design Guidelines: 8 Essential Tips; 8 Essential Design Tips for SLS 3D Printing; HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D Printing Design Guidelines | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
| ASTM International | ASTM D5961/D5961M Standard Test Method for Bearing Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates; ASTM B209/B209M-21 Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate | Not yet placed, Sheet metal | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
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| Covestro LLC | Engineering Polymers: Part and Mold Design - Thermoplastics, A Design Guide; Engineering Polymers: Joining Techniques - A Design Guide | Not yet placed, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 5 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
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| FreeCAD community (github.com/shaise) | Shai Seger, Cerem Cem Aslan, Ulrich Brammer | FreeCAD SheetMetal Workbench; FreeCAD Fasteners Workbench | Sheet metal, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 3 files: research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
| IEC | IEC 61032:1997 Protection of persons and equipment by enclosures - Probes for verification; IEC 60529:1989 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) | Not yet placed | 0 files: | |
| ISO/ASTM | ISO/ASTM 52910:2018 Additive manufacturing - Design - Requirements, guidelines and recommendations; ISO/ASTM 52911-2 Additive manufacturing - Design - Part 2: Laser-based powder bed fusion of polymers | Not yet placed | 1 file: research/process-profiles.md |
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| OSH Cut | Metal Bending Design Rules; Stainless Steel 304 #1 Finish (material details) | Sheet metal, Laser cutting | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
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| PCBWay | Welded Sheet Metal Parts Design Guidelines; Hardware Installation Design Guidelines | Sheet metal, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| Prusa Research (Prusa Knowledge Base) | Modeling with 3D printing in mind; Elephant foot compensation | 3D printing | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| SNIA SFF Technology Affiliate | SFF-8201 2.5" Form Factor Drive Dimensions, Rev 3.4; SFF-8301 3.5" Form Factor Drive Dimensions, Rev 1.9 | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: lessons/mechanical/enclosure-features.md, lessons/mechanical/fasteners-and-assembly-access.md |
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| SPIROL | Christie Jones | How to Design the Proper Hole for Heat/Ultrasonic Inserts (SPIROL white paper); Compression Limiter Design Guide | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Mould design | 4 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| The FABRICATOR (FMA Communications) | Gerald Davis, Steve Benson | Design tips for sheet metal: Bend relief, small holes, hole distortion near bends, and minimum flange widths; Predicting the inside radius when bending with the press brake | Sheet metal | 4 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
| Al-Mustaqbal University College | Luay Hashem Abbud | Riveted Joints (Mechanical Engineering Design, 3rd class, lecture notes) | Not yet placed | 3 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/rivets.py, tests/formulas/test_rivet_formulas.py |
| Albany County Fasteners | Helicoil install guide (Albany County Fasteners) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, CNC machining | 0 files: | |
| Aluminum Association | Aluminum Design Manual 2020 | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Approved Sheet Metal | Resources (sheet metal design charts) | Sheet metal | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Arconic Fastening Systems (Marson; now Howmet) | Marson Rivets, Rivet Nuts and Installation Tools (AFS6010 0518) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 3 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py |
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| BASF, published on UL Prospector Knowledge Center | Chul Lee | Improving Snapfit Design (Part 3) | Compliant mechanisms | 1 file: research/compliant-mechanisms.md |
| Battelle | Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Blueprints-org (github.com/Blueprints-org) | Blueprints (blue-prints), structural engineering calculations in Python | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. | Design for Manufacturing design review checklist | Sheet metal | 5 files: research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal.md |
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| Bossard | Self-clinching nuts, studs and standoffs by PennEngineering (PEM), Bossard Americas web shop | Not yet placed | 4 files: docs/sheet-metal-hardware.md, research/sheet-hardware.yaml, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/sheet_hardware.py |
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| build123d project (github.com/gumyr) | Roger Maitland | build123d sheet metal (BuildSheet, unfold; dev branch) | Sheet metal | 4 files: research/agent-toolkits-2026-10.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
| Bulten AB | Compression Limiters & Captive Bolt Assemblies | Not yet placed | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| Bulten AB (made under licence from EJOT) | DELTA PT: a superior thread-former for plastics (brochure version 250422) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/bosses.py |
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| Cambridge University Press | K. L. Johnson | Contact Mechanics | Not yet placed | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py |
| Cengage Learning | James M. Gere, Barry J. Goodno | Mechanics of Materials, 8th edition (ISBN 978-1-111-57773-5) | Not yet placed | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
| Century Tywood (fabricator, Holliston, MA) | Manufacturing Reference for Sheet Metal Products | Sheet metal | 3 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal.md |
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| CNC Kitchen (TwoChefs GmbH) | Heat-Set Insert Dimensions and Design Guidelines (poster) | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| Covestro Deutschland AG | Self-tapping screws for thermoplastics (COV00073610) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/screws.py |
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| Covestro LLC (formerly Bayer MaterialScience LLC) | Snap-Fit Joints for Plastics - A Design Guide | Compliant mechanisms | 8 files: docs/compliant.md, research/compliant-mechanisms.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/beams.py, src/cadagent/formulas/torsion.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/compliant/snapfit.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py, tests/mechanical/test_snapfit.py |
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| Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation | K-Factor - 2022 - SOLIDWORKS Design Help | Sheet metal | 3 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal.md |
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| Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt), for GESIPA Blindniettechnik GmbH | European Technical Assessment ETA-13/0255 (GESIPA blind rivets) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md |
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| DIN | DIN 16742:2013-10 Plastics moulded parts - Tolerances and acceptance conditions | Not yet placed | 1 file: research/process-profiles.md |
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| DIN (sold by DIN Media) | DIN 6935:2011-10 Kaltbiegen von Flacherzeugnissen aus Stahl (Cold bending of flat rolled steel) | Sheet metal | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
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| E-Z LOK | E-Z LOK Brochure 2026 | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: docs/inserts.md |
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| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | General Design Principles for DuPont Engineering Polymers (Design Guide - Module I) | Compliant mechanisms, Housings and enclosures | 7 files: docs/compliant.md, research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/mechanical/compliant/allowables.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/compliant/snapfit.py |
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| ELEGOO | Mastering Hollowing and Adding Holes in ELEGOO SatelLite | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Embedded Computing | Jeremy S. Cook | 3D Printed Fasteners: Part 1 - Inserts | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: |
| Emhart Teknologies (Stanley Engineered Fastening) | POP Blind Riveting Systems (catalogue P3100 Rev. D) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 5 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py |
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| Engineering Proceedings 157, 40 (The Sustainable Mobility and Transportation Symposium 2026) | Kornél László, Brigitta Fruzsina Szívós, Vivien Nemes | Mechanical Performance of Heat-Set Threaded Inserts in FDM-Printed PLA Components | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| EOS GmbH | Franz-Josef Kerl | Design Rules Overview LS (Formiga P100) | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
| EPFL Make | How to use threaded inserts (EPFL makerspace wiki) | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: docs/inserts.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| GESIPA Blindniettechnik GmbH | Calculate the length of blind rivets | Not yet placed | 4 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md |
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| GitHub | About the repository README file | Not yet placed | 1 file: lessons/electronics/pcb-evidence-and-review.md |
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| github.com/aklofas | Andrew Klofas | kicad-happy | Not yet placed | 1 file: vendor/kicad-happy |
| github.com/gumyr | Roger Maitland | bd_warehouse | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, vendor/bd_warehouse |
| github.com/jdilla1277 | James Edward Dillard | agentcad | Not yet placed | 1 file: vendor/agentcad |
| github.com/oaslananka | Osman Aslan | kicad-mcp-pro | Not yet placed | 1 file: vendor/kicad-mcp-pro |
| github.com/pzfreo | Paul Fremantle | build123d-mcp | Not yet placed | 1 file: vendor/build123d-mcp |
| github.com/tpw809 | ranf_thread_fast, threaded fastener and bolted joint analysis | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Harvey Tool | Miniature End Mills - Square - Long Reach, Standard Flute / Long Flute | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Henkel | LOCTITE 243 Technical Data Sheet | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
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| Henkel Loctite | Design Guide Bonding Plastics | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| Hex Technology | K-Factor: Finding Torque Values for Bolted Joints | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| HP Development Company, L.P. | HP 3D Printing materials for the HP Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D Printing Solution - Mechanical Properties (white paper 4AA7-7084ENW) | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| HydraRaptor (blog) | nophead | Polyholes | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 5 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/inserts.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 6 (3) | C. Gosselin, J. Angeles | Singularity analysis of closed-loop kinematic chains | Mechanisms | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/linkages.py |
| Jawstec | Jawstec: Why Heat-Set Insert Specifications Need Scrutiny | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Design process | 0 files: | |
| JLC3DP (JLCPCB) | 3D Printing Design Guidelines: Size, Tolerance & Design Rules | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Journal of Composite Materials 22 (12) | John C. Brewer, Paul A. Lagace | Quadratic Stress Criterion for Initiation of Delamination | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/simulation/fea.py |
| Journal of Lubrication Technology 105 (2) | B. J. Hamrock, D. Brewe | Simplified Solution for Stresses and Deformations | Not yet placed | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py |
| Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 7 (1), 42 | Tobias Kastner, Juliane Troschitz, Christian Vogel, Thomas Behnisch, Maik Gude, Niels Modler | Investigation of the Pull-Out Behaviour of Metal Threaded Inserts in Thermoplastic Fused-Layer Modelling (FLM) Components | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| KiCad project | KiCad Command-Line Interface (9.0) | Not yet placed | 2 files: docs/pcb.md, lessons/electronics/pcb-evidence-and-review.md |
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| LulzBot | Tips and Tricks: Heat-Set Inserts | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 4 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| Machine Design | Best Practices for Using Blind Rivets | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| Machine Design (Paulsen was Director of Applications Engineering at Xometry) | Greg Paulsen | Tips for Making Sheet-Metal Parts | Sheet metal | 4 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
| Mango3D (Lychee Slicer) | Voxels Hollowing 3D: We Made Hollowing Way Better | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD thesis; supervisor Alexander H. Slocum) | Jin Qiu | An Electrothermally-Actuated Bistable MEMS Relay for Power Applications | Compliant mechanisms | 1 file: research/compliant-mechanisms.md |
| Materials 18 (11), 2591 | Miloš R. Vasić, Snežana Vučetić, Vesna Miljić, Miloš Vorkapić, Anja Terzić, Mladen Ćosić, Danica M. Bajić | Assessment of the Drone Arm's Plastic-Metal Joint Mechanical Resistance Following Natural and Artificial Aging of the 3D-Printed Plastic Component | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| Materials 18 (14), 3262 | Aneta Liber-Kneć, Sylwia Łagan | Effect of Mass Reduction of 3D-Printed PLA on Load Transfer Capacity - A Circular Economy Perspective | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| McGraw-Hill Education | Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett | Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, 10th edition (ISBN 978-0-07-339820-4) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 6 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/inserts.py, src/cadagent/formulas/limiters.py, src/cadagent/formulas/screws.py, src/cadagent/formulas/springs.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
| McMaster-Carr | Blind rivets (aluminium, 18-8 stainless and zinc-plated steel domed head), McMaster-Carr catalogue pages | Not yet placed | 5 files: docs/sheet-metal-hardware.md, research/sheet-hardware.yaml, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/sheet_hardware.py |
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| NASA | NASA-STD-5020B: Requirements for Threaded Fastening Systems in Spaceflight Hardware | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| NASA Lewis Research Center | Richard T. Barrett | Fastener Design Manual (NASA Reference Publication 1228) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 6 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py |
| NSK Ltd. | Technical Report (CAT. No. E728h) | Not yet placed | 3 files: docs/bearings.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py |
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| open-mrp (github.com/open-mrp) | open-mrp/dfm, a deterministic DFM engine for laser cutting and bending | Sheet metal | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| PADT (Stratasys reseller) | Adding Inserts to 3D Printed Parts: Hardware Tips (GrabCAD Print) | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 4 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| PennEngineering PEM (hosted copy) | Self-clinching nuts bulletin CL (PEM, hosted copy) | Sheet metal, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| Plastics Technology | Brass insert installation: comparing heat vs ultrasonic vs press fit (Plastics Technology) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly, Mould design | 0 files: | |
| Polymers 13 (23), 4132 | Catalin Gheorghe Amza, Aurelian Zapciu, Florin Baciu, Mihai Ion Vasile, Adrian Ionut Nicoara | Accelerated Aging Effect on Mechanical Properties of Common 3D-Printing Polymers | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
| Polymers 15 (7), 1660 | Mohammad Reza Khosravani, Hadi Sadeghian, Majid R. Ayatollahi, Tamara Reinicke | On the Pin-Bearing Strength of Additively Manufactured Polymer Parts | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
| Procedia CIRP 50 (KITopen repository) | Christoph Klahn, Daniel Singer, Mirko Meboldt | Design Guidelines for Additive Manufactured Snap-Fit Joints | Compliant mechanisms, 3D printing | 4 files: docs/compliant.md, research/compliant-mechanisms.md, research/fea-and-process-tools.md, research/process-profiles.md |
| Protocase | Design & Manufacturing Guides (resources index and component pages) | Sheet metal | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Prusa Research | Hollowing | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| PTC Onshape | Sheet Metal (Onshape Help) | Sheet metal | 1 file: research/sheet-metal.md |
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| RapidDirect | Screw boss design injection molding | Mould design, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| RepRap project (RepRap wiki) | Arc Compensation | 3D printing, Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 5 files: docs/inserts.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/inserts.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| runtosolve (github.com/runtosolve) | AISIS100.jl, AISI S100 cold-formed steel design in Julia | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| ruthex | ruthex Gewindeeinsatz M3 (RX-M3x5.7): size table | 3D printing | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| SAE Transactions 78, SAE technical paper 690055 | Gerhard H. Junker | New Criteria for Self-Loosening of Fasteners Under Vibration | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/printed_joints.py |
| SKF Group | Rolling bearings (PUB BU/P1 17000/1 EN) | Not yet placed | 4 files: docs/bearings.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/bearings.py |
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| slehmann1 (GitHub) | Fastenating | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 0 files: | |
| SMACNA (sold by ICC) | HVAC Duct Construction Standards - Metal and Flexible, 4th edition | Sheet metal | 1 file: research/sheet-metal-guides.md |
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| Smiths Metal Centres Ltd | Brass Alloy C36000 data sheet | Laser cutting | 1 file: src/cadagent/mechanical/inserts.py |
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| Stanley Engineered Fastening (POP, Avdel) | POP Avdel Breakstem Riveting Systems (NA P3200 02 2015) | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md |
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| Stratasys Direct | Multi Jet Fusion Design Guide | Not yet placed | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Thompson Labs LLC (github.com/earthtojake) | text-to-cad | Sheet metal, 3D printing | 4 files: research/landscape.md, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md, vendor/text-to-cad |
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| Transactions of the ASME 77 (6) | Ferdinand Freudenstein | Approximate Synthesis of Four-Bar Linkages | Mechanisms | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/linkages.py |
| US Department of Defense | MIL-HDBK-5J: Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures | Laser cutting | 10 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/rivets.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py, src/cadagent/simulation/fea.py, tests/formulas/test_rivet_formulas.py, tests/simulation/test_fea_materials.py |
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| US Department of Defense (NAVAIR) | MIL-STD-889C: Dissimilar Metals | Fasteners, bought hardware and assembly | 3 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md, src/cadagent/mechanical/rivets.py |
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| US Federal Aviation Administration | AC 43.13-1B with Change 1: Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Inspection and Repair | Sheet metal | 4 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml, research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal-joining.md |
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| Wiley | Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt | Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th edition (ISBN 978-0-470-50197-9) | Not yet placed | 2 files: src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/thermal.py |
| Wind Energy Science 9 (4) | Oliver Menck, Matthias Stammler | Review of rolling contact fatigue life calculation for oscillating bearings and application-dependent recommendations for use | Not yet placed | 4 files: docs/bearings.md, src/cadagent/formulas/_registry.py, src/cadagent/formulas/bearings.py, src/cadagent/mechanical/bearings.py |
| Xometry Europe | FDM 3D Printing Design Tips: Best Practices and Techniques for Stronger Prints | 3D printing | 2 files: research/process-profiles.md, research/process-profiles.yaml |
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| Xometry, Inc. | Manufacturing Standards | Sheet metal | 2 files: research/sheet-metal-guides.md, research/sheet-metal.md |
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