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title: "MFGDFM — find out what's wrong with a part, before you pick a process"
url: https://partimation.com/dfm/
description: "Drop in a part and MFGDFM screens it across machining, fabrication, additive, casting, molding, and forging — flagging manufacturability issues and ranking the processes that fit, before you've committed to any one of them. Start free."
product: "MFGDFM"
domain: mfgdfm.com
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# Find out what's wrong with a part — before you've picked a process.

*Process screening · manufacturability · best-fit ranking · specialist hand-off*

Drop in a part and MFGDFM screens it across machining, fabrication, additive, casting, molding, and forging — flagging manufacturability issues and ranking the processes that actually fit, before you've committed to any one of them. Pick the process, and it hands you straight into the specialist tool for the deeper check.

- **6 process families** — machining, fabrication, additive, casting, molding, forging screened together
- **Ranked, not guessed** — best-fit processes ranked with a stated reason
- **One upload** — screen every process from a single file, no re-uploading per tool
- **Straight hand-off** — move into the matching specialist tool with context carried over

Free to start · no credit card · your files stay yours.

## You shouldn't need 20 years of experience to know where to start.

- **The process choice is a gut call** — Whether a part should be machined, cast, printed, or fabricated usually comes down to whoever's in the room and what they've done before, not a screen of the part itself.
- **Every specialist tool assumes you've already decided** — Machining tools want a machining part, casting tools want a casting part — none of them help when the real question is which process even makes sense.
- **DFM shows up after the decision's made** — By the time a manufacturability review happens, a process and often a supplier are already picked — too late to change course cheaply.

## Screen every process, before you commit to one.

- **Every process, one upload — Screen machining, fabrication, additive, casting, molding, and forging together** — One file goes in, and it's checked against every process family Partimation supports — not run through six different tools with six different uploads.
- **Ranked, with a reason — See which processes fit, and why** — Processes come back ranked by fit, each with the geometric or quantity reason it does or doesn't work — not a single opaque recommendation.
- **Manufacturability, not just process fit — General DFM issues flagged before you've picked anything** — Broad manufacturability problems — features that are hard to make in any process, missing information, ambiguous requirements — surface here, at the point where they're still cheap to fix.
- **A real hand-off, not a dead end — Move straight into the specialist tool you need** — Pick a process and the part, its context, and the findings so far carry straight into MachDFM, FabDFM, AdditiveDFM, or Castimation — no re-uploading, no starting over.

## Four steps from an undecided part to the right specialist tool.

1. **Drop the part** — Upload a 3D model or drawing. No process decision required first.
2. **See what fits** — Machining, fabrication, additive, casting, molding, and forging get screened together, ranked by fit.
3. **See what's wrong** — General manufacturability issues surface before you've locked in a process or a supplier.
4. **Move into the right tool** — Pick a process and hand off into the matching specialist tool with your part and findings carried over.

## Start free. One plan, every process.

Priced for a one-person design team and a multi-process manufacturer alike. Screening is unmetered — run as many parts as you like.

| Tier | Price (EUR / USD / GBP) | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | €0 / $0 / £0 | 10 parts a month; Cross-process screening + manufacturability flags; Advisory analysis, draft resolution; No credit card |
| Pro | €199 /seat · mo / $199 /seat · mo / £169 /seat · mo | Unlimited parts, full process ranking; Should-cost, reports, exports; Hand-off into every specialist tool; 30 simulation runs a month |
| Shop | €699 /mo · 5 seats / $699 /mo · 5 seats / £595 /mo · 5 seats | Everything in Pro; Your shop's process capability data; Quote calibration + API access; 150 pooled simulation runs a month |
| On-prem | €15k yr 1, then €10k renewal / $15k yr 1, then $10k renewal / £12.5k yr 1, then £8.5k renewal | Runs on your hardware; Unlimited simulation, no metering; Signed updates, never phones home; 10 seats · optional device lock |
| Enterprise | from €25k / from $25k / from £21k /yr | Multi-site licensing, custom processes and rules, a model tuned on your own quote history, and an SLA. |

EUR and GBP prices exclude VAT, added at checkout where it applies. Early adopters keep their price as the suite grows.

## In the cloud by default. Behind your firewall when it has to be.

- **Cloud — Nothing to install** — Sign in and screen a part from any browser. We run the compute, ship the updates, and keep your data yours.
- **On-prem & air-gapped — For parts that can't leave the building** — Aerospace and anyone under NDA can run the whole thing on their own hardware. Licenses and updates are signed files — it never phones home, so an air-gapped install stays air-gapped.

## Every part starts at PartDFM. MFGDFM picks the process.

PartDFM is the file's first stop — geometry checks, feature extraction, and missing-information flags before anything else happens to it. Once the file checks out, MFGDFM ranks it against every process family Partimation supports. Same account, same part, one hand-off.

**PartDFM → MFGDFM — Six process families, screened together** — Once a part's ready, MFGDFM ranks it against:

- Machining
- Fabrication
- Additive
- Casting
- Molding
- Forging

## Frequently asked questions

#### Can I get manufacturability feedback before we've decided how the part will be made?

General DFM issues get flagged on any uploaded part before a process is picked. The ordering is the point. By the time a manufacturability review normally happens, a process and often a supplier are already chosen, the tooling conversation has started, and the fix has stopped being cheap. Findings that arrive first are findings you can still act on.

#### I don't know casting or forging well enough to read a DFM report — will I understand the findings?

Each finding names the rule that caught it, and each process verdict names the constraint that drove it. You read a named reason rather than a score out of ten. A hot spot the risers will not feed, a face with no draft to release the pattern — that is a specific question you can put to a supplier or an engineer without knowing casting yourself.

#### Do I have to re-upload the part to move into the machining or casting tool?

The part, its context, and the findings so far carry into the specialist module on the same job. Moving from a screening verdict into a machining or a casting quote is a panel switch on the upload you already made, not a second upload into a second tool. The geometry, the features, and the flags travel with it.

#### If it flags an issue, does that mean the part can't be made?

A flagged finding is a screening result, not a verdict on the part. Process fit comes back feasible, marginal, or infeasible with the constraint named, so an infeasible call tells you which rule the geometry broke and where to look. MFGDFM is the screening step — confirm it with the specialist module and your own judgment before tooling or a supplier is committed.

## Related pages

- [ProcessDFM](https://partimation.com/process-selection/)
- [PartDFM](https://partimation.com/part-analysis/)
- [MachDFM](https://partimation.com/machining/)
- [MoldDFM](https://partimation.com/molding/)
- [Casting defects found after the tool is cut — catch them first](https://partimation.com/solutions/casting-scrap/)
- [When the manufacturing problem surfaces on the floor](https://partimation.com/solutions/late-dfm-feedback/)
- [Every quote waits on one estimator | Partimation](https://partimation.com/solutions/quoting-bottleneck/)

## Find out what fits before you commit to a process.

Screen a real part free in your browser, or book a walkthrough across every process your program is considering.

## Tell us about your project.

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> MFGDFM is a screening step, not a final answer — every process ranking and every flagged issue names the rule behind it. Confirm the fit with the specialist tool and your own engineering judgment before committing tooling or a supplier.