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News Release from: Missler Software | Subject: Ntegrated mould making CAD module
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 April 2006
Mould-making CAD modules are integrated
Integrated mould making CAD module offers powerful, industry-specific solutions for designing products and producing tools for mold making and cutting tool production.
TopSolid offers powerful, industry-specific solutions for designing products and producing tools for mold making and cutting tool production As all TopSolid toolmaking modules are completely integrated from design through simulation and manufacturing, the perfect numeric chain is created for the tool maker
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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TopSolid'Mold is a fully integrated CAD module designed to meet the highly specialised needs of mold makers and tool and die specialists.
It enables the calculation of the shrinkage factor, analysis of undercuts, calculation of the parting line and surface of the joint, automatic creation and definition of the core block and cavity, implementation of the standard carcass, systems of injection and ejection and analysis of the cooling system.
With TopSolid'Mold specific mold drafts (inject and eject views, specific dimensions, etc) are easily accessible.
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TopSolid'Mold offers a comprehensive dedicated solution for mold makers while maintaining a complete integration with the rest of the TopSolid CAD/CAM solution - notably TopSolid'Electrode for electrode design; TopSolid'Cam for milling and TopSolid'Wire for wire EDM.
TopSolid'Mold 2006 offers many new functionalities with a particular emphasis on quicker design times.
Some key improvements of TopSolid'Mold 2006 which will be demonstrated by Missler Software and Clear Cut Solutions (main TopSolid reseller in the USA) are: Preliminary design mode - This new function enables an initial mold to be designed without the creation of its parting elements.
Thus the mold maker can provide initial mold designs including the cooling system design, ejector pin insertion, 2D drawing, etc in a quick turn-around time.
Mold makers can thereby offer preliminary, 'light' mold designs to sub-contractors - speed is an important stage in such early stages.
One-click kinematics - TopSolid'Mold 2006 offers automated kinematic functions.
This new function will enable collision analysis, management of mold positions and their eventual projection onto 2D drawings.
Automated kinematics is a very important tool for collision management.
Mold makers can henceforth visualise an open mold without the difficulty and time needed to previously manually activate the mold kinematics.
* TopSolid'Mold 2006 will be on display at the MoldMaking Expo, 25-26 April, Stand 1021.
* About Missler Software - Missler Software is one of the leading global suppliers of CAD, CAM and ERP solutions.
The company's product lines include TopSolid, TopManufacturing and GOelan.
Missler Software offers a uniquely integrated solution for the mechanical engineering industry (general mechanical design, special machinery, tooling, boilerwork, etc) and for sheet metal and wood industries.
Thanks to its advanced technology and its fully integrated solution, Missler Software is experiencing rapid growth in the global CAD/CAM market.
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