Digital build package for manufacturing a product design

Abstract

Techniques regarding manufacturing a desired product from a digital product design are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard a system, which can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a build package component that canonicalizes manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a memory that stores computer executable components; and   a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:
 a build package component that canonicalizes manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an attribute component that generates a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the computer-aided design file; and   a standardization component that structures the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of design attribute values include a size and shape of a geometric feature of the product design. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a packaging component that executes a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of manufacturing attribute values delineate how the product design is to be manufactured. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a distribution component that distributes the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a version component that tracks changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design, and wherein the version component generates a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 an insight component performs a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital product design and generates a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.   
     
     
         9 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 canonicalizing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.   
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 generating, by the system, a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the computer-aided design file; and   structuring, by the system, the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.   
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 executing, by the system, a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.   
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 distributing, by the system, the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.   
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 tracking, by the system, changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design; and   generating, by the system, a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.   
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 performing, by the system, a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital product design; and   generating, by the system, a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.   
     
     
         15 . A computer program product for assembling a build package, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
 canonicalize, by the processor, manufacturing inputs regarding a product design into a digital build package that enables portability of manufacturing the product design within a network of manufacturing facilities, wherein the digital build package delineates how the product design is to be manufactured and references a computer-aided design file that characterizes the product design.   
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 15 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
 generate, by the system, a simplified summary that characterizes the product design by extracting a plurality of design attribute values from the product design; and   structure, by the system, the simplified summary into an intermediate data form.   
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
 execute, by the system, a packaging algorithm to generate the digital build package based on the simplified summary of the product design and a plurality of manufacturing attribute values extracted from the manufacturing inputs.   
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
 distribute, by the system, the digital build package within the network of manufacturing facilities based on a manufacturing attribute delineated by the digital build package, wherein a manufacturing facility from the network of manufacturing facilities manufactures the product design in accordance with the digital build package.   
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
 track, by the system, changes to the digital build package, wherein the changes are made during a development or manufacturing of the product design; and   generate, by the system, a design history associated with the product design that comprises multiple versions of the digital build package.   
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
 perform, by the system, a comparison of the digital build package to historical data regarding a previously generated digital build package; and   generate, by the system, a recommended alteration to the manufacturing inputs based on the comparison.