Nick Pinkston!Founder & CEO - Plethora

@NickPinkstonPlethora.com

Models for MakingMaking Hardware as Easy as Software

CAD Add-in Full-Auto Factory

On-Demand ManufacturingGoal: Make Hardware As Easy As Software

Manufacturing hasn’t changed…

Model T

F150

Hardware Complexity

Won’t 3D printers save us all?

The Manufacturing Ecology

Digitize all the processes!

Additive Subtractive Cast / Form

Post-Process AssemblyInspection

Engineering Conservatism

Electrical Civil

MechanicalSoftware

Using Software Models for Hardware

Test

Deploy

Compile

Debug

Debug

Compile & Test

Deploy

Run: CNC Milling

Test Again

Goal: Pizza Delivery

Where’s this all going?

The Future

CAD for Everyone

Part Libraries

Reality Ripping: CT Scan

Dematerialization

Engineering Superpowers

@NickPinkston

THANKS!