SOLIDWORKS Plastics Solutions. SOLIDWORKS® Plastics makes it easy for companies that design plastic parts or injection molds to predict and avoid manufacturing defects during the earliest stages of design, eliminating costly rework, improving quality, and accelerating time-to-market. Dassault Systemes today unveiled SolidWorks Plastics, an easy-to-use software that enables users to predict and avoid manufacturing defects during the earliest stages of plastics part and injection mold design. The new product runs fully embedded inside of SolidWorks, providing part designers.

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Screen shot captured from a SolidWorks top-down design approach.SolidWorks is a, and utilizes a approach which was initially developed by PTC (Creo/Pro-Engineer) to create models and assemblies. The software is written on -kernel.Parameters refer to constraints whose values determine the shape or geometry of the model or assembly. Parameters can be either numeric parameters, such as line lengths or circle diameters, or geometric parameters, such as tangent,parallel, concentric, horizontal or vertical, etc. Numeric parameters can be associated with each other through the use of relations, which allows them to capture design intent.Design intent is how the creator of the part wants it to respond to changes and updates. For example, you would want the hole at the top of a beverage can to stay at the top surface, regardless of the height or size of the can. SolidWorks allows the user to specify that the hole is a feature on the top surface, and will then honor their design intent no matter what height they later assign to the can.Features refer to the building blocks of the part. They are the shapes and operations that construct the part.

Shape-based features typically begin with a 2D or 3D sketch of shapes such as bosses, holes, slots, etc. This shape is then extruded or cut to add or remove material from the part. Operation-based features are not sketch-based, and include features such as fillets, chamfers, shells, applying draft to the faces of a part, etc. Screen shot captured from a SolidWorks top-down design approach.Building a model in SolidWorks usually starts with a 2D sketch (although 3D sketches are available for ). The sketch consists of geometry such as points, lines, arcs, conics (except the hyperbola), and splines. Dimensions are added to the sketch to define the size and location of the geometry.

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Relations are used to define attributes such as tangency, parallelism, perpendicularity, and concentricity. The parametric nature of SolidWorks means that the dimensions and relations drive the geometry, not the other way around. The dimensions in the sketch can be controlled independently, or by relationships to other parameters inside or outside of the sketch.In an assembly, the analog to sketch relations are mates. Just as sketch relations define conditions such as tangency, parallelism, and concentricity with respect to sketch geometry, assembly mates define equivalent relations with respect to the individual parts or components, allowing the easy construction of assemblies. SolidWorks also includes additional advanced mating features such as gear and cam follower mates, which allow modeled gear assemblies to accurately reproduce the rotational movement of an actual gear train.Finally, drawings can be created either from parts or assemblies. Views are automatically generated from the solid model, and notes, dimensions and tolerances can then be easily added to the drawing as needed. The drawing module includes most paper sizes and standards (, and ).File format SolidWorks files (previous to version 2015) use the Microsoft file format.

This means that there are various files embedded within each SLDDRW (drawing files), SLDPRT (part files), SLDASM (assembly files) file, including preview bitmaps and metadata sub-files. Various third-party tools (see ) can be used to extract these sub-files, although the subfiles in many cases use proprietary binary file formats.Associated products Solidworks has developed also various complementary, including:.: 3D photorealistic rendering engine.: Content creation software for documentation, technical illustration, catalogs, commercial brochures, training documents, maintenance manuals. From CAD data with updates of CAD changes. 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace: An add-in allowing users to download 3D parts from an online catalog on make 3D printed parts on-demandSee also.References. September 27, 2011.

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Intuitive workflow and design adviceSOLIDWORKS Plastics works directly on your 3D model, avoiding translation issues. You see the impact of design changes right away. Powerful and fast state-of-the-art meshing covers geometries from thin-walled parts to very thick and solid parts.An intuitive interface leads you step by step. Guided analysis, intelligent defaults, and automated processes ensure correct setup, even if you rarely use simulation tools.

The SOLIDWORKS Plastics material database contains thousands of commercial plastics and is fully customizable.Part designers get rapid feedback on how modifications to wall thickness, gate locations, materials, or geometry can effect the manufacturing of their part, while mold designers can quickly optimize multicavity and family mold layouts and feed systems—including sprues, runners, and gates. Optimize Plastic Part ProductionSOLIDWORKS Plastics products can be used to optimize part wall thickness, gate locations, and runner system size and layout to ensure the mold works right the first time, reducing or eliminating the need for rework. Scrap ReductionSOLIDWORKS Plastics makes it easy to analyze design iterations at the earliest stages of product development—when the cost of change is least and the impact on manufacturability is greatest—increasing part quality and minimizing production scrap rates. Reduce time to marketSOLIDWORKS Plastics helps to predict and avoid potential manufacturing defects before any mold tooling is cut, virtually eliminating the need for time-consuming and costly mold rework and ensuring project deadlines and ship dates are met on time and within budget.

Collaborate and ReportSOLIDWORKS Plastics provides automated report generation tools that facilitate the sharing and interpretation of simulation results, allowing increased collaboration among extended development teams. SOLIDWORKS Plastics StandardIntuitive simulation software designed specifically for Plastic Part DesignersThe most cost-effective time to optimize plastic parts for manufacturability is during the initial stages of product design. SOLIDWORKS Plastics ProfessionalIntuitive simulation software designed specifically for Mold Designers and Mold MakersSOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional gives designers or builders of injection molds an accurate, easy-to-use way to optimize them. The cost of changeWhile the cost of making changes is low in the early stages of product development, the impact is highest. The sooner you can optimize your plastic parts and injection molds for manufacturability, the better.The challenge in plastics part production is determining how your part or mold design impacts manufacturing and how manufacturing will impact your design, and then communicating that information early and often throughoutthe design-to-manufacturing process.SOLIDWORKS Plastics gives you the tools to quickly identify potential problems so you can make changes early in the design process.