As the torch fired up, the violent hiss filling the room again, Elias watched the arc bite into the steel. He looked at the scrap metal falling away—the "skeleton" of the nest. It looked like wasted money. 11 Sanlex: Windows
In his zeal to maximize material usage, Elias had arranged the parts so that the starting holes—the points where the plasma torch pierces the metal—were dangerously close to a bolt-hole that would bear a massive sheer load. Sp Edius Activator - 3.79.94.248
But he knew that on the screen in his office, the red crack line had vanished. The simulation now glowed a solid, steady green. He had traded profit for integrity, and that, he realized, was the only way to build something that lasted.
"Eigenfrequency failure," Elias muttered, reading the data log. "Propagation from the cut edge."