Here I talk about how we at Plethora applying software models to the manufacturing world allows never before seen agility and cost reductions. The end goal is to make hardware as easy as software by turning a factory into a data center.

1. Nick Pinkston!
Founder & CEO - Plethora
@NickPinkstonPlethora.com
Models for Making
Making Hardware as Easy as Software

2. CAD Add-in Full-Auto Factory
On-Demand Manufacturing
Goal: Make Hardware As Easy As Software

3. Manufacturing hasn’t changed…
Model T
F150

4. Hardware Complexity

5. Won’t 3D printers save us all?

6. The Manufacturing Ecology

7. Digitize all the processes!
Additive Subtractive Cast / Form
Post-Process AssemblyInspection

8. Engineering Conservatism
Electrical Civil
MechanicalSoftware

9. Using Software Models for Hardware
Test
Deploy
Compile
Debug

10. Debug

11. Compile & Test

12. Deploy

13. Run: CNC Milling

14. Test Again

15. Goal: Pizza Delivery

16. Where’s this all going?
The Future

17. CAD for Everyone

18. Part Libraries

19. Reality Ripping: CT Scan

20. Dematerialization

21. Engineering Superpowers

22. @NickPinkston
THANKS!