Adaptive production system

A method for manufacturing a product comprising:

• receiving input information;
• performing at least one splitting strategy on the input information, wherein the at least one splitting strategy is configured to split a structure in at least one location so the structure is divided into a plurality of parts that can be printed and assembled together to form the product;
• generating a design output based at least on the splitting strategy;
• and
• monitoring at least an assembly apparatus such that at least one material used by the assembly apparatus is provided to the assembly apparatus at a time prior to use of the at least one material in the assembly apparatus.

A method for manufacturing a product, comprising:

• receiving input information;
• performing at least one splitting strategy on the input information, wherein the at least one splitting strategy is configured to split a structure in at least one location so the structure is divided into a plurality of parts that can be printed and assembled together to form the product;
• determining how to split the structure while meeting design requirements of the input information;
• evaluating the determined split against the design requirements;
• outputting design objective metrics based on at least the determined split;
• and
• generating a design output based at least on the splitting strategy.