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News Release from: Missler Software | Subject: TopSolid'Mold 2006
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 November 2005
Mould design comes up to date in
Frankfurt
Missler Software will launch a new version of its mould design module at the Euromold trade fair in Frankfurt.
Missler Software will launch a new version of its mould module, TopSolid'Mold 2006, at the Euromold trade fair in Frankfurt from 30th November to 3rd December TopSolid'Mold is a fully integrated CAD module designed to meet the highly specialised needs of mould makers and tool and die specialists
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mould-making software boasts many new functions
Missler Software will launch a new version of its mould module, TopSolid'Mold 2005, in the last quarter of this year.
New module speeds progressive die design
Missler Software and AutoForm Engineering have successfully integrated AutoForm software technology for unfolding sheet metal parts in the next release of TopSolid'Progress.
TopSolid'Mold enables 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 mould drafts (inject and eject views, specific dimensions etc) are easily accessible.
TopSolid'Mold 2006 offers many new functions, with a particular emphasis on quicker design times.
The mould parting process and the corresponding definition of the parting lines and surfaces is one of the most time intensive actions in the construction of a tool or mould.
In order to deliver quotations, order raw materials and discuss drafts with customers the parting elements are not necessarily needed.
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CAD module aids progressive tool design
TopSolid'Progress is a CAD module for progressive tool design that enables the successful blanking of a sheet metal part and the design of the strip in half the time needed by general CAD software.
Mould design software goes online
TopSolid'MoldXpress is web-based "pay-per-use" solution for the design of plastic injection moulds, based on the TopSolid'Mold integrated module.
Design software boasts improved ergonomics
As part of the latest version of Missler Software's leading CAD/CAM software, TopSolid'Design 2005 offers significant improvements for the design department.
Furthermore, at this stage there are many possible changes in the mould design that require a redefinition of the parting elements.
That's why in TopSolid'Mold 2006 Missler Software offers the possibility to design an initial draft of the mould without the creation of its parting elements.
Thus the mould maker can provide initial mould designs including the cooling system design, ejector pin insertion, 2D drawing etc in a quick turnaround time.
Mould makers can thereby offer preliminary, "light" mould designs to subcontractors - speed is an important element in such early stages.
Functions for the automatic creation of parting lines and surfaces have also been revised in TopSolid'Mold 2006 and offer a higher comfort to mould makers.
The software guides the user, step by step, through the process.
Several options are proposed and, depending on the choice, the user will automatically be led to the next step.
In addition, TopSolid'Mold offers improved shrinkage management and improved part insertion.
TopSolid'Mold 2006 offers automated kinematic functions.
This new function will enable the user, with a simple click of the mouse, to simulate the opening of the tool and to detect eventual collisions.
Another advantage is the management of mould positions and their eventual projection onto 2D drawings.
Automated kinematics is a very important tool for collision management.
Mould makers can henceforth visualise an open mould without the difficulty and time needed to previously manually activate the mould kinematics.
TopSolid'Mold also offers the possibility to import core and cavity blocks from other CAD systems or other TopSolid workstations without losing their characteristics.
In previous versions these elements had simply been imported as geometrical blocks.
The software was unable to define the data as a punch or a die and could not, therefore, propose any further operations.
In the new 2006 version the user is given the possibility to assign later characteristics to standard carcasses.
All this leads to collaborative engineering work with external and internal partners.
TopSolid'Mold continues to improve all cooling system elements.
Tank regulation, a new system for the creation of new types of cooling drillings, is now available.
Closely linked to the mould making activity is the design of electrodes.
TopSolid'Electrode 2006, the integrated TopSolid module for the design of electrodes, boasts a major new improvement in the choice of electrode strategy.
The new version manages all aspects of electrode strategy and its implementation.
Henceforth, orbital electrodes which are commonly used in tool making, can be designed using TopSolid.
As with TopSolid'Mold, all electrodes and moulds are automatically recognised for intelligent machining by TopSolid'Cam.
Missler Software and resellers will be present in Hall 8, H56 G57 at Euromold.
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