CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
21 September 2004
Product News
Moldflow Announces Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0
Moldflow Corporation announced the release of Moldflow Magics STL ExpertT 1.0, a product provided under license from Materialise NV. The Moldflow Magics STL Expert stereolithography (STL) manipulation product is designed specifically for the needs of Moldflow's customers in the plastics injection molding industry and will be resold through Moldflow's worldwide sales channel.
Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0 is a powerful tool for viewing, measuring, correcting and optimizing STL and solid surface models imported from popular 3D CAD/CAM systems in preparation for analysis using Moldflow's patented Dual DomainT technology. Dual Domain analyses can use STL models as the starting geometry and Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0 can be used to validate those STL models and resolve any identified problems prior to analyzing with Moldflow's design analysis solutions-Moldflow Plastics Advisers® (MPA®) or Moldflow Plastics Insight® (MPI®).
Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0 also interfaces with Moldflow Design LinkT (MDLT) to import solid surface models and convert them to STL format, which can then be optimized for use with MPA and MPI. Key features include:
• STL Fixing Wizard - The usage paradigm of this product is centered on an automatic STL fixing wizard that guides the user through a series of easy steps to refine and optimize STL models
• Manual Fixing Tools - The automatic fixing wizard is complemented by numerous manual fixing tools
• STL Optimization Tools-Two optimization tools that greatly improve the efficiency of MPA and MPI analyses:
• Triangle Reduction-can be used to minimize the STL model size and complexity without any loss of accuracy
• Remeshing-transforms STL model triangles characterized by irregular size and high aspect ratio to uniform size and low aspect ratio
• Measuring Tools - Numerous measuring tools with built-in feature recognition can be used to measure thickness, distances, radii, diameters, angles and coordinates of various entities of the STL model
• Editing Tools-Allow for the translation, reorientation and scaling of the part model
• Labeling Tools - Part dimensions, part information, various measurements and the coordinate system can all be labeled for on-screen display and hardcopy print
• CAD interfaces - Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0 interfaces with Moldflow Design Link 5.0 to allow the direct import of native Parasolid, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, CATIA V5 and standard STEP part models
"We are very pleased with Materialise NV for the quick turn-around in developing this product. We expect it to positively impact the productivity of the vast majority of our design analysis customers that use STL models," commented Ken Welch, executive vice president and general manager of Moldflow's design analysis solutions business unit.
Pricing and availability
Moldflow Magics STL Expert 1.0 is available today. For pricing and more information, contact your local Moldflow representative. Or, visit http://www.moldflow.com for more product information.
Materialise, with headquarters in Belgium , started in 1990 in the sector of rapid prototyping. Materialise has offices all over the world and the largest software development team in the rapid prototyping sector. For more information visit http://www.materialise.com
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