Solution Add-on

CAD Interoperability

SYNC

Moldex3D - SYNC

Brings a simulation-driven design environment. With its powerful analysis capabilities fully embedded in mainstream CAD software, CAD users can synchronize design changes and quickly validate plastic designs.

CADdoctor

Moldex3D - CADdoctor

Enables multi-CAD data exchange, geometry simplification and verification, quality check, etc. CADdoctor helps users check and heal poor-quality BLM geometry, which will enhance mesh quality and analysis accuracy.

Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Fiber

Moldex3D - Fiber

Visualizes fiber orientation and calculates process-induced anisotropic thermo-mechanical properties for long and short fiber-reinforced plastics. Users can predict warpage distribution and evaluate part strength.

Stress

Moldex3D - Stress

Provides stress distribution for parts and part inserts. Users can set boundary conditions, such as stress or force, to evaluate the structure quality of plastics and predict potential breakage or deformation.

FEA Interface

Moldex3D - FEA Interface

Provides a series of FEA Interface modules integrated with industrial leading structural software, including ABAQUS, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, Marc, Nastran, and Radioss. Users can export Fiber and Stress analysis results to calculate further structural performance.

Digimat-RP

Moldex3D - Digimat-RP

Help users to correctly design their fiber reinforced plastic parts. Users can quickly get an accurate material model of reinforced plastics and apply to FEA model for structure analysis with a streamline workflow.

Micromechanics Interface (MMI)

Moldex3D - Micromechanics Interface (MMI)

Visualizes fiber orientation and calculates process-induced anisotropic thermo-mechanical properties for long and short fiber-reinforced plastics. Users can predict warpage distribution and evaluate part strength.

Thermal

Advanced Hot Runner

Moldex3D - Advanced Hot Runner

Visualizes the filling pattern and temperature distribution of hot runners and moldbase. Users can evaluate the heating efficiency and uniformity to optimize hot runner design.

3D Coolant CFD

Moldex3D - 3D Coolant CFD

Among various cooling solutions, conformal cooling has gained importance due to its proven success in cost and cooling time reduction. Moldex3D 3D coolant CFD assists users in evaluating the effectiveness of cooling layout design and validating potential molding problems.

Optical

Optics

Moldex3D - Optics

Analyzes flow- or thermally-induced optical performance of plastics, including birefringence, retardation, fringed orders, and fringed patterns. Moreover, the integration with CODE V provides non-uniform refractive index prediction.

Viscoelasticity (VE)

Moldex3D - Viscoelasticity (VE)

Calculates viscosity and elasticity variations of plastic materials under different temperature conditions. Users can evaluate the effects on molecular orientation, residual stress, warpage, and optical properties.

DOE & Optimization

Expert

Moldex3D - Expert

Helps users evaluate the optimal process conditions, such as packing time, cooling time, or mold temperature. Moldex3D Expert creates analysis variations and provides graphical summaries automatically.

Special Molding Processes

Compression Molding (CM)

Moldex3D - Compression Molding (CM)

Simulates the compression molding process in which the polymer is squeezed into a preheated mold cavity. Moldex3D helps users check potential defects resulted from heat and pressure, decide appropriate materials, and optimize process conditions.

Injection Compression Molding (ICM)

Moldex3D - Injection Compression Molding (ICM)

Simulates the injection compression molding process, generally applied to thin and flat plastics, such as light guide plates or compact discs. Users can observe the compression process over time in cavity and evaluate material properties and process conditions.

Powder Injection Compression Molding (PIM)

Moldex3D - Powder Injection Compression Molding (PIM)

Visualizes metal or ceramic molding process. Users can observe the fluid flow behavior of the feedstock, consisted of powder and binder, and predict potential defects. You also can evaluate the effects of shear rate and optimize process conditions.

Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (GAIM)

Moldex3D - Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (GAIM)

Visualizes the melt flow behavior when gas is injected into the mold cavity through the melt entrance or other specific gas entrance. Users can predict typical GAIM issues, such as fingering effect, blow-through, or corner effect.

Water-Assisted Injection Molding (WAIM)

Moldex3D - Water-Assisted Injection Molding (WAIM)

Visualizes the dynamics of water-assisted injection molding process for hollow plastics. With the visualization of fluid penetration behavior inside the mold cavity, users can define the overflow region and optimize process conditions.

Co-Injection Molding

Moldex3D - Co-Injection Molding

Visualizes the sequential injection molding process of skin and core plastic materials. Users can decide plastic material pair to optimize the combination of two material properties. You also can predict potential breakthrough on part surface.

Bi-Injection Molding

Moldex3D - Bi-Injection Molding

Visualizes the molding process of two materials being injected independently into a mold cavity. Users can define material type, set independent filling and packing parameters for each material, and observe the flow rate variation from two melt entrances.

Foam Injection Molding

Moldex3D - Foam Injection Molding

Simulates the nucleation and growth of microcellular bubbles when the melt flow is injected into a mold cavity. Moldex3D Foam Injection Molding helps users determine optimal processing parameters to eliminate potential defects and warpage problem.

Resin Transfer Molding

Moldex3D - Resin Transfer Molding

Utilize non-isothermal 3D analysis and visualize flow behaviors for various applications. Users can verify the influence of changing fiber mat type and orientation.

PU Chemical Foaming

Moldex3D - PU Chemical Foaming

Chemical Foaming Molding (CFM) is a molding process that full-fill the cavity with gas produced by chemical reactions.

IC Packaging

Compression Molding (CM)

Moldex3D - Compression Molding (CM)

Simulates the compression molding process in which the polymer is squeezed into a preheated mold cavity. Moldex3D helps users check potential defects resulted from heat and pressure, decide appropriate materials, and optimize process conditions.

Underfill

Moldex3D - Underfill

Simulates the compression molding process in which the polymer is squeezed into a preheated mold cavity. Moldex3D helps users check potential defects resulted from heat and pressure, decide appropriate materials, and optimize process conditions.

Post Mold Cure

Moldex3D - Post Mold Cure

Post Mold Cure (PMC) is a significant process in IC Packaging industry. This process exposes part of a mold to elevated temperatures in order to speed up the curing process and to optimize some physical properties of the material.

Cadence Interface

Moldex3D - Cadence Interface

Moldex3D supports import Cadence 3di file. Designer could save the full model, including epoxy region, chips, leadframe, wire and solar ball, etc, as the 3di file. User could import the file directly and the geometries could be modified.

CAE Professional Assistant

iSLM

Moldex3D - iSLM

iSLM is an intelligent simulation lifecycle management system that help CAE expertise to overcome these challenges. iSLM is a web-based system that enable multiple teams to access and easily find the correct data for solving specific issues that induced by manufacturing process.

ScrewPlus

Moldex3D - ScrewPlus

Provides prediction on melt volume and temperature distribution with the process-induced effect in the screw and barrel. Moldex3D ScrewPlus helps users evaluate the screw performance and improve flow analysis accuracy.