Productivity

Unnecessary complexity - how to spot it on the RD8 Platform (3 min. video)

July 4, 2025
7 min read

Dear engineers,

Did you know that you can probably cut 50% of all dimensional requirements on your parts?

Mechanical engineers build unnecessary complexity into designs without anyone noticing it (unintendedly).

The root cause is what we classify as mobility issues (system overconstraints) which can appear in both dynamic and static systems.
The RD8 Platform identifies and highlights these overconstraints so you can avoid them with multiple downstream effects, e.g.:

  • Improve product functionality – make the product insensitive to variation and increase the performance of the function
  • Eased 2D drawing creation – know which dimensions to specify and tolerance
  • Model Based Definition – enable the modern annotation of tolerances and dimensions
  • Quality Control – enable or enhance Critical To Quality efforts and reduce need for quality control and quality assurance
  • Tolerance specification – loosen tolerances; save time and cost

How mechanical engineers build unnecessary complexity into designs without anyone noticing it

Click on the video to view it on YouTube.

Do you think you have any unnecessary overconstraints in your design? Discover it NOW on the RD8 Platform