Design Principles

To design artifacts in any mechatronic design, here are general best practices for any design, including OSE designs. OSE designs have extra requirements in the form of OSE Specifications, but the ones below are generic:

1. Use minimum extent of structure possible to perform a desired task. To get additional strength, first consider Intensive Scalability, and second, Extensive Scalability
2. Use the minimum number of fasteners to perform a desired task. For fastener strength, see Clamp Force