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Work Packages

Work packages are the primary operating pages in this wiki. The collaboration-mode logic now sits one layer lower as a compact reference, not a separate front door. A good work-package page should still answer both "what are we trying to do?" and "what collaboration motion makes sense right now?"

They are the unit that should connect:

  • a real RapidDraft problem
  • a specific technical scope
  • an expected deliverable
  • a set of candidate people or labs
  • a next-action path
  • a default collaboration mode

Starter Work Packages

Work Package Priority Best Collaboration Shape Why It Exists Now
WP-01 Drawing Tolerance Extraction High thesis, benchmark, prototype strong overlap between product need and research signals
WP-02 Feature-Based Manufacturability Inference High applied thesis, pilot, rules study central to DFM positioning and explainable review
WP-03 Simulation-Ready Geometry Abstraction High benchmark, prototype, pilot direct path into CAE workflow automation
WP-04 Standards as Data for Engineering Review High thesis, prototype, grant-framing turns compliance and standards logic into auditable product behavior
WP-05 Engineering Knowledge Graph for Product Families High thesis, prototype, architecture study strong link to institutional memory and reusable engineering knowledge
WP-06 Agentic CAD to CAE Orchestration Medium-high thesis, prototype, later applied project converts narrow CAE assistance into workflow orchestration
WP-07 LLM-Assisted Engineering Review Comments Medium-high prototype, thesis, evaluation study connects context retrieval and explanation to review UX
WP-08 Packaging Module Library and DFM Assistant High applied thesis, pilot, domain prototype grounds the university map in the SOMIC and packaging wedge
WP-09 Digital Thread and Change-Impact Assistant Medium-high thesis, prototype, grant-shaped research creates a bridge from PLM context into operational engineering AI

Collaboration Modes

Use Collaboration Modes to choose the lightest execution shape that can still move the package forward. That page owns the mode definitions. This page only needs to name the default mode for each work package and make sure the technical scope is sharp enough to justify it.

What Belongs On A Work-Package Page

  • the exact technical scope
  • why RapidDraft cares
  • what output would count as useful
  • what type of academic partner is ideal
  • what should happen next

What Does Not Belong Here

  • long biographies of professors
  • generic institution summaries
  • broad ecosystem notes with no immediate work implication

Open Questions

  • Which of the new work packages should be promoted to first-wave opportunities versus second-wave opportunities?
  • Should WP-06 remain separate from WP-03 long term, or collapse back into it if the collaboration lanes converge?
  • Which work packages need advisory-first execution instead of thesis-first execution?

Sources

  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report.md
  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report Monster.md