Find alternative manufacturing processes that can substitute for a given process under constraints.

Use when the user asks 'what can replace FDM for this part?', 'alternative to CNC for low volumes?', or needs to switch process due to lead time / cost / material constraints.

post/tools/find_alternative_processes

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.mechanofab.com/v1
  • URL: https://api.mechanofab.com/v1/tools/find_alternative_processes
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

process_idstring required
material_idstring

Optional: filter alternatives compatible with this material.

Response

Tool result

source_processstring required
source_tagstring required

Changes

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