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4 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2026 78 114 120 121 In Every Issue MilAero007 Highlights Career Opportunities Educational Resources Advertiser Index APRIL 2026 Beyond the Rulebook What happens when the rulebook is no longer useful, or worse, it was never written in the first place? Today's designers and fabricators are increasingly asked to design and build what has no precedent, no proven path, and no tidy checklist to follow. This is where "design for invention" begins. I-Connect007 Features Feature Articles 44 Designing Without a Rulebook: When Engineering Becomes Innovation by Stephen V. Chavez 54 A Designer's Focus on High Density with Vern Solberg Feature Columns Target Condition 14 When Design Outpaces Manufacturing by Kelly Dack Elementary, Mr. Watson 38 DFX: Basically a Bucket of Crabs With Spreadsheets by John Watson Columns The Pulse 28 Caught in the Crosshatch: A Cautionary Tale of Detective Work by Martyn Gaudion Connect the Dots 62 Designing for the Future of Manufacturing Reality: Surface Finish by Matt Stevenson Marcy's Musings 8 Operating Without a Rulebook by Marcy LaRont 50 Rethinking Stackup, Materials, and Tolerances in Modern Designs by Kristin Moyer