Moldflow Part Adviser Moldflow Part Adviser is an easy-to-learn, 3D solids-based plastics flow simulation product that allows plastics part designers to determine the manufacturability and quality of their parts during the preliminary design stages and avoid potential downstream problems which can lead to delays and cost overruns. benefits ❏ Analyze 3D CAD solid models directly using Moldflow's patented Dual Domain™ technology, without having to manually create an analysis mesh ❑ Evaluate the manufacturing feasibility of every part design iteration ❑ Identify the most suitable plastics material candidate ❑ Optimize the part wall thickness to achieve uniform filling, minimum cycle time and lowest part cost ❑ Identify and eliminate cosmetic defects such as sink marks, weld lines and air traps ❑ Obtain practical, results-specific advice on improving the part design ❑ Visualize the orientation of the plastic to aid in maximizing part strength, especially in the vicinity of weld lines ❑ Determine the best gate locations for a given part design ❑ Estimate the impact of changes to the part design or material selection on the overall part cost ❑ Communicate key design analysis aspects to the mold designer through automated, Web-based, HTML project reports analysis capabilities Plastic Filling Analysis ❑ Identify areas of the part geometry that pose manufacturability and quality problems and obtain practical, design-specific advice on how to address these issues ❑ View distributions of pressure, flow-front temperature and polymer orientation and predict weld-line and air-trap locations Sink Mark Analysis ❑ Predict sink mark locations and the associated depths to determine their severity Cooling Quality Analysis ❑ Identify and compensate for areas where heat is concentrated on the part to avoid longer cycle times and the formation of sink marks Gate Location Analysis ❑ Determine the best gate locations for a given part design and avoid the undesirable gate locations Molding Window Analysis ❑ Determine optimum processing conditions and evaluate the sensitivity of the part design to the molding process ❑ Use the size of the molding window to compare material grades, evaluate gate locations and gain a measure of part design quality additional capabilities Connect to Consultants This innovative, e-mail based tool facilitates collaboration between the user and a designated plastics simulation expert. Based on specified criteria, this tool monitors analyses and displays an alert if criteria are not met, allowing the expert to assist the user with results interpretation, problem troubleshooting and identifying design alternatives. Material Database Moldflow Community Center ❑ World's largest and most complete material database Moldflow Part Adviser users have the unique opportunity for plastics flow simulation — contains more than 7,500 of interacting and collaborating with other users through fully-characterized thermoplastic material grades the Moldflow Community Center. Additionally, Moldflow ❑ Easily compare the properties of two or more materials, Community Center users can: import, edit, copy and delete materials, and create local, ❑ Read product usage hints and tips user, project and company databases ❑ Submit product enhancements Results Comparison Tool ❑ Review frequently asked questions (FAQs) ❑ Synchronize model orientation, result selection and ❑ Report product issues result plot scale to simultaneously compare analysis ❑ Participate in discussion groups results from two or more part models ❑ Download product revisions ❑ Quickly identify optimized combinations of part geometry, material selection, gate locations and ❑ Access training resources processing conditions availability Moldflow Part Adviser is available in stand-alone and International Versions CAD-integrated versions and supports node-locked or ❑ English floating license options. ❑ French Geometry Import Options ❑ German ❑ STL (stand-alone version only) ❑ Japanese ❑ CATIA V5®* ❑ Parasolid®* ❑ Pro/ENGINEER®* computer/OS requirements ❑ IGES* ❑ STEP* Supported Hardware Minimum Hardware * requires optional Moldflow Design Link add-on module Resources ❑ Intel®-based Pentium® PC ❑ 256 MB RAM CAD Integrations ● Windows® XP/2000 ❑ 200 MB hard disk space ❑ Autodesk Inventor® ❑ AMD® Athlon®-based PC ❑ 1024x768 full-color ❑ Autodesk Mechanical ● Windows® XP/2000 graphics Desktop® ❑ UNIX ❑ Hardware Accelerated ❑ CATIA® ● HP®, HP-UX 11.0 OpenGL 1.1 ❑ Pro/ENGINEER® ● IBM®, AIX 4.3 ❑ HTML Web browser: ❑ SDRC I-DEAS® ● SGI®, IRIX 6.5 ● Internet Explorer 6.0, ❑ Solid Edge® or ● Sun®, Solaris 9 ❑ SolidWorks® ● Netscape 4.7 Local office address: For further information on the Global Headquarters complete range of Moldflow® Moldflow Corporation Corporation design optimization 430 Boston Post Road and manufacturing solutions, Wayland, MA 01778 services and global office USA locations, visit our Web sites: Tel: +1 508 358 5848 Fax: +1 508 358 5868 www.moldflow.com and www.plasticszone.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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