SolidWorks Express | April 2002

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Design accurate plastic parts and molds quickly with Moldflow Part and Moldflow Mold Advisers

SolidWorks 2001Plus receives top CAD industry awards

Moldflow Plastics Advisers™ design-for-manufacture software eliminates the guesswork traditionally required to create the best part and mold designs for plastic injection molding applications. Moldflow Plastics Advisers consists of two products – Part Adviser and Mold Adviser.

Optimize part designs with Moldflow Part Adviser™

Evaluate the manufacturing feasibility of your design

Determine the optimal part thickness

Identify and eliminate cosmetic issues such as sink marks and weld lines

Estimate the impact of design or material changes on part cost

Obtain detailed advice on improving the part design and minimizing cycle time

Communicate key design analysis aspects to the mold designer through web-based HTML project reports

Optimize mold designs with Moldflow Mold Adviser™

Construct and analyze virtually all types of sprue, runner, and gate systems

Obtain automatically sized runners to balance flow in multicavity and family molds

Use the Automatic Gate Locator to determine optimal gate locations

Use the Molding Window to determine optimal processing conditions

Accurately estimate clamp tonnage, shot size, and cycle time requirements

Perform a detailed part cost estimation

Communicate pertinent information to part designers, toolmakers, and molders

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Visit www.moldflow.com to learn how you can optimize your designs for manufacture using Moldflow Plastics Advisers software.

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