A method for producing a plurality of different sheet metal components, wherein the method comprises the following steps for each of the different sheet metal components: A) importing CAD data of an initial design of the respective sheet metal component, C) parameterising the CAD data so as to obtain parameter values for one or more of the workpiece parameters of the CAD data, D) evaluating the optimisability of the initial design of the respective sheet metal component with regard to a weld length or a number and length of bends by means of artificial intelligence based on the parameter values of the CAD data and outputting an evaluation result, and wherein the method further comprises the following steps: e) selecting those sheet metal components for which the evaluation result has reached or exceeded a predetermined degree of optimisability, in order to optimise their respective design, f) drafting an optimised design of the sheet metal components selected in step e), g) determining a final design for each of the different sheet metal components, wherein the final design for the sheet metal components not selected in step e) corresponds to the respective initial design and wherein the final design for the sheet metal components selected in step e) corresponds to the optimised design, h) manufacturing at least one copy of each of the different sheet metal components in accordance with the final design. wherein the method comprises the following steps for each of the different sheet metal components: A) importing CAD data of an initial design of the respective sheet metal component, C) parameterising the CAD data so as to obtain parameter values for one or more of the workpiece parameters of the CAD data, D) evaluating the optimisability of the initial design of the respective sheet metal component with regard to a weld length or a number and length of bends by means of artificial intelligence based on the parameter values of the CAD data and outputting an evaluation result, A) importing CAD data of an initial design of the respective sheet metal component, C) parameterising the CAD data so as to obtain parameter values for one or more of the workpiece parameters of the CAD data, D) evaluating the optimisability of the initial design of the respective sheet metal component with regard to a weld length or a number and length of bends by means of artificial intelligence based on the parameter values of the CAD data and outputting an evaluation result, and wherein the method further comprises the following steps: e) selecting those sheet metal components for which the evaluation result has reached or exceeded a predetermined degree of optimisability, in order to optimise their respective design, f) drafting an optimised design of the sheet metal components selected in step e), g) determining a final design for each of the different sheet metal components, wherein the final design for the sheet metal components not selected in step e) corresponds to the respective initial design and wherein the final design for the sheet metal components selected in step e) corresponds to the optimised design, h) manufacturing at least one copy of each of the different sheet metal components in accordance with the final design. e) selecting those sheet metal components for which the evaluation result has reached or exceeded a predetermined degree of optimisability, in order to optimise their respective design, f) drafting an optimised design of the sheet metal components selected in step e), g) determining a final design for each of the different sheet metal components, wherein the final design for the sheet metal components not selected in step e) corresponds to the respective initial design and wherein the final design for the sheet metal components selected in step e) corresponds to the optimised design, h) manufacturing at least one copy of each of the different sheet metal components in accordance with the final design. <EOS>