An apparatus comprising: an object having a shape selected for a part; a portable structure comprising a retaining structure configured to hold the object in which the retaining structure has a first side and a second side; and a heating system configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure and the second side of the retaining structure in which the heating system is configured to generate heat for use in curing a workpiece placed over the object to form the part, wherein the heating system comprises: a first heating device configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure; and a second heating device configured to cover the object at the second side of the retaining structure, wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is configured to deform in response to a vacuum, and wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is comprised of a deformable material selected such that the at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device deforms in response to the vacuum to conform to the shape of the object, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a number of vacuum ports associated with at least one of the object and the retaining structure; and a vacuum system connected to the number of vacuum ports and configured to apply a vacuum within a vacuum boundary formed around the object in which the vacuum is used in curing the workpiece placed over the object to form the part. an object having a shape selected for a part; a portable structure comprising a retaining structure configured to hold the object in which the retaining structure has a first side and a second side; and a heating system configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure and the second side of the retaining structure in which the heating system is configured to generate heat for use in curing a workpiece placed over the object to form the part, wherein the heating system comprises: a first heating device configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure; and a second heating device configured to cover the object at the second side of the retaining structure, wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is configured to deform in response to a vacuum, and wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is comprised of a deformable material selected such that the at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device deforms in response to the vacuum to conform to the shape of the object, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a number of vacuum ports associated with at least one of the object and the retaining structure; and a vacuum system connected to the number of vacuum ports and configured to apply a vacuum within a vacuum boundary formed around the object in which the vacuum is used in curing the workpiece placed over the object to form the part. a first heating device configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure; and a second heating device configured to cover the object at the second side of the retaining structure, wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is configured to deform in response to a vacuum, and wherein at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device is comprised of a deformable material selected such that the at least one of the first heating device and the second heating device deforms in response to the vacuum to conform to the shape of the object, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a number of vacuum ports associated with at least one of the object and the retaining structure; and a vacuum system connected to the number of vacuum ports and configured to apply a vacuum within a vacuum boundary formed around the object in which the vacuum is used in curing the workpiece placed over the object to form the part. a number of vacuum ports associated with at least one of the object and the retaining structure; and a vacuum system connected to the number of vacuum ports and configured to apply a vacuum within a vacuum boundary formed around the object in which the vacuum is used in curing the workpiece placed over the object to form the part.