The full path from a registrar’s case list to installed vitrines, written in measurable spec language. Case types, panel thickness, UV-filtering documentation, finish grades, joint clarity, scheduling and install — end to end.
The ten design-for-fabrication mistakes we see most often on acrylic drawings — why each one fails in the material, and the one-line fix that prevents it before the drawing is frozen.
Acrylic parts are cut from sheets, so parts-per-sheet is decided by the drawing before a shop touches anything. How small dimension changes move yield, and when they don’t matter.
Acrylic DFM is a decision chain, not a checklist — material, cut method, forming, joining, edge finish, and print each constrain the next. How to sequence those choices, spec tolerances only where they earn their keep, and walk a countertop display through the whole chain.
Glass wins on surface hardness and cleaner tolerance — concede that up front. Then weigh what acrylic changes at the project level: weight through every mount and wall anchor, non-shard failure around people and artifacts, and case forms glass cannot be built into.
Cast and extruded acrylic are the same polymer made two different ways, and the right choice depends on the process your part goes through. Here is how to route the decision — and when your spec should say so.
A working framework for choosing between acrylic, polycarbonate, PETG, HDPE and glass. Nine selection criteria, honest trade-offs, and decision paths for the builds B2B buyers actually spec.
Renders model surfaces; fabrication builds sheets. Here are the five translations that come up on almost every agency concept, what each one does to the design, and what a buildable acrylic spec actually contains.
Edge-lit and back-lit acrylic are two different physics problems wearing the same job description. Here is how each build actually makes light, what each does well, and the fabrication variables that decide whether it looks the way it was drawn.
Museum Archival is a defined finish grade judged at a published inspection distance of approximately 1 foot, not an adjective a vendor awards itself. How the grade is set, what changes in the shop to hit it, and how to spec it.
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