06_mechanical / Mechanical Design · CAD to Code — Article Index

In this directory,
Mechanical Design is detached from traditional GUI-centric CAD workflows and extended toward
code-based reproducibility, diff-driven review, and structurally defined design.

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🖥 From GUI to Code

• 01 From GUI CAD to Code

Instead of “drawing” shapes,
adopt the mindset of defining structure.

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📐 Philosophy and Position of FreeCAD

• 02 What Is FreeCAD?

FreeCAD is not merely a CAD tool,
but a geometry description engine.

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🧠 Design Thinking Through Code

• 03 Code-Based Design with FreeCAD
• 04 Part Design Driven by Code

By fixing dimensions, constraints, and intent in code,
design stability is dramatically improved.

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🔍 Design Diffs and History Management

• 05 Design Management via Git Diff

Design reviews are conducted
not on drawings, but on diffs.

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🧩 Geometry Representation and Reuse

• 06 FreeCAD Geometry Representation Showcase

Geometry is not something to merely display,
but a reusable component.

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🧱 Common Code Structure · Final Form

• 07 Full Code Common Structure (Final)

Mechanical design is
structured at the same level as software.

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🧭 Positioning of This Directory

• 06_mechanical:
  • A layer that fixes physical geometry through code
  • Structural definition prior to MEMS and inkjet systems
• The foundation for 03_hardware / 04_mems / 05_inkjet
• The Physical Definition Layer in AITL

If mechanical design remains ambiguous,
neither control nor intelligence built on top of it can stand.

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🔗 Related Directories

• 05_inkjet / Inkjet Technology
• 04_mems / MEMS Analysis · Analog Physics
• 03_hardware / Hardware · Physical Control

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