{"id":5566,"date":"2017-04-13T10:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2017-04-13T13:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T20:45:36","slug":"shift-left-product-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/shift-left-product-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Shift Left & Product Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many of you have heard of the old adage of \u2018test early and often\u2019. If not, you\u2019ve probably heard it\u2019s relative of \u2018save early and often\u2019, and I don’t\u00a0mean that in context to retirement planning –not the time or place! The latter is something I used to say ALL the time as a way to avoid data loss due to crashes, in a different<\/em> software. While I don\u2019t stress it\u00a0quite as much anymore thanks to Fusion 360’s\u00a0effective recovery abilities, the takeaway from both of these is easy to understand: if you test\/save early, you can likely avoid costly rework\u00a0& data-loss.<\/p>\n

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However, that’s the older mindset. First of all, with a lot of cloud tools you don’t even have ‘save’ buttons because each change is captured instantly (think Google Docs); but there has also been a shift in importance. If you look at the maxim ‘test early and often’, and shift your focus on the left portion, you have ‘test early’…and now you know where the name comes from!<\/p>\n

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Software development teams have been using this laser focus on testing early to great effect. By putting the focus on testing early, they’ve capitalized on a wide array of benefits in all stages of development. In short,\u00a0this approach helps them root out issues before bugs are deeply ingrained in miles-and-miles<\/em> of software code.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t to say that they don’t still ‘test often’, but the focus of testing early helps ensure the tests run\u00a0are done at stages where there’s less complexity. The reason I’m telling you all of this is probably already abundantly\u00a0clear: the same approach can -and should- be used this when designing physical products in Fusion 360.<\/p>\n

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This might not be a news to you either; industry trends point to simulation being adopted upfront and concurrently with the flow of design through early stages. This is because it’s widely known that the cost to fail early in a virtual environment<\/em>, is far less expensive than failing later with a physical product; notwithstanding the immeasurable\u00a0cost a failure in the field\u00a0can have on\u00a0brand and reputation.<\/p>\n

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Analogies are pervasive across more than just form, fit, and FEA. Fabrication is another area where virtually testing early can help avoid delays costly delays. Any machinists can tell you how often projects can be seriously delayed when a near completed design includes a part that’s impossible (or difficult) to make. Clashes and collisions within the CAM simulations in Fusion 360\u00a0provide valuable insight for designers, whether or not the part is fabricated in house. In the event the fabrication is contracted, a single CAM simulation can significantly reduce the back-and-forth communication related to subsequent design changes, but let’s not overlook the ease of live-review and sharelinks\u00a0with markups.<\/p>\n

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We hope you’re able to leverage the powerful CAM and Simulation capabilities to test early<\/em> in your next project. If you can avoid one mistake, make one less prototype, or deliver your next project a week earlier, the value of Fusion 360’s integrated development capabilities will truly shine.<\/p>\n

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Cheers,<\/p>\n

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~Aaron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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