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What is the purpose of a prototype?
Answer
To answer a question about the design before the product is committed to — testing an idea, gathering user feedback, communicating the design, and finding problems while they are cheap to fix.
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Physical or virtual — how do you choose?
Answer
By the question. Anything the body judges (weight, grip, texture, fatigue) needs a physical prototype. Comparing many variants, or examining forces inside a part, suits a virtual one.
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Why can a simulation not prove a handle is comfortable?
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Comfort is a felt response to pressure, texture, temperature and time. A model can give mass and geometry, but none of those is an output of the simulation.
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