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SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium predicts how plastic parts will behave during and after the molding process. This tool goes beyond conventional design and simulation capabilities, offering unparalleled features for simulating mold cooling line layouts and part warpage.

Advanced Cooling Line Layout Analysis

  • At the core of SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is its advanced simulation functionality for analyzing mold cooling line layouts. Proper mold cooling controls cycle time, reduces part warpage and ensures part quality. With SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium, engineers can design, simulate, and optimize cooling lines to achieve uniform cooling, thereby minimizing cycle times and enhancing the overall efficiency of the production process. This time-saving capability relieves engineers’ concerns, reduces manufacturing costs, and meets tight production schedules.

Comprehensive Warpage Prediction

  • Another standout feature of SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is its sophisticated warpage prediction capabilities. Warpage can significantly impact the fit, form, and function of plastic parts. By simulating how the part will warp during cooling, engineers can make informed adjustments to the mold design, material selection, or processing parameters to counteract these effects. This foresight allows for the production of parts that meet strict dimensional and aesthetic requirements without the need for costly and time-consuming iterations, providing a secure value proposition for engineers.

Seamless Integration with SOLIDWORKS Ecosystem

  • Like other SOLIDWORKS Plastics offerings, SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is fully integrated within the SOLIDWORKS CAD environment. This integration provides a smooth, efficient workflow for simultaneous design and simulation. Engineers can analyze, modify, and optimize their designs in a cohesive environment, reducing the likelihood of errors and facilitating a more collaborative design process.

Why Choose SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium?

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is the ultimate tool for mechanical engineers focused on the intricate challenges of plastic parts and mold design. Its advanced simulation capabilities for cooling line layout and part warpage are unmatched, providing the insights needed to optimize molds for quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. For engineers looking to push the boundaries of what’s possible in plastic part production, SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is an investment that pays dividends in innovation, speed to market, reduced production cycle times,  and product quality. For the plastic parts designer we recommend SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard. If you do not need to design the entire mold including cooling lines we suggest considering SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional.
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Ease of Use

SOLIDWORKS Plastics is fully embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD for ease of use and data integrity. Using the same user interface (UI) as SOLIDWORKS in toolbars, menus, and context-sensitive right-click menus ensures rapid familiarization. Built-in tutorials and searchable online help aid learning and troubleshooting.

Design Data Reuse

SOLIDWORKS Plastics supports SOLIDWORKS materials and configurations for easy analysis of multiple loads and product configurations.

Materials Database

With 4,000+ commercial thermoplastic grades, you can browse and select the desired from the customizable built-in material library.

Meshing

SOLIDWORKS Plastics includes these meshing features:

  • Wizard for mesh generation and analysis setup
  • Automatic Mesh
  • Local Mesh Refinement
  • Global Mesh Refinement
  • Boundary Mesh (Shell)
  • Solid 3D mesh

Parallel Computing (Multi-core)

The 3D Solver benefits from a multi-core CPU (multiple threads).

Filling Phase (1st Stage Injection)

Predicts how material fills the cavity. Results include distributions of pressure and temperature within the cavity, and detection of potential short shots and weld lines.

Instantaneous Fill Time Plot

Predicts the plastic flow pattern through the cavity at the end of fill.

Sink Mark Analysis

Predicts the depth of sink marks after the part has been ejected and cooled to room temperature.

eDrawings Support

Results can be exported to eDrawing®

Fill Time

Time needed to fill the whole mold.

Ease of Fill

Displays the quality of the injection process with 'confidence of fill' legend.

Results Adviser

User assistant for interpreting results.

Pressure at End of Fill

Displays the maximum pressure to fill the cavity.

Flow Front Temperature

Displays the melt front temperature history.

Temperature at End of Fill

Displays the Cavity Temperature field at the end of fill.

Shear Rate

Displays the shear rate reached at the end of fill to check the injection process quality.

Cooling Time

Estimates cooling time at fill time analysis.

Weld Lines

Displays weld lines formed at locations of the part where two (or multiple) melt fronts meet.

Air Traps

Shows the location where high pressure air may be trapped inside the cavity.

Sink Marks

Displays the location of sink marks.

Frozen Layer Fraction at End of Fill

Displays the fraction of frozen material into the part at end of fill.

Clamp Force

Displays the minimum clamp force for the current injection process.

Cycle Time

Displays the cycle time for the current injection process.

Symmetry Analysis

Avoid simulating both cavities in a symmetrical mold layout, saving computer time for the simulation.

Packing Phase (2nd Stage Injection)

Evaluates the material freezing process in the cavity. Predicts the temperature to evaluate hot spots, gate freeze, and cycle time. Distributions of pressure, stress, and shrinkage results are also available.

Runner Balancing

Determines the runner parameters to balance filling between parts.

Runner Design Wizard

Automates the process of creating common flow control devices and components such as sprues, runners, and gates.

Sprues and Runners

Quickly and easily simulate the impact of the sprues and runners layout.

Hot and Cold Runners

Hot runners are initially filled with hot polymer at the start of the filling simulation.

Multi-cavity Molds

p>Simulates multiple cavities of the same part in the same mold.

Family Molds

Simulates a set of different cavities parts in the same mold.

Mold Inserts

Include the impact of mold inserts on the simulation

Volumetric Shrinkage

Displays volumetric shrinkage distribution at the end of fill or pack.

Density at End of Pack

Displays density distribution at post-filling end to check the pack phase quality.

Exports STL, NASTRAN

Enables you to export part geometry in STL or NASTRAN formats

Export with Mechanical Properties ABAQUS®, ANSYS, DigiMat®

Exports mesh, residual stress, fiber orientation and material data to run non-linear analysis.

Cooling Lines

Simulates the coolant flowing inside for the mold cooling analysis.

Baffles and Bubblers

Specific cooling line for narrow channel into the cavity.

Conformal Cooling Channels

Cooling passageway follows the shape or profile of the mold core or cavity to perform rapid uniform cooling process.

Runner Domain Category

Domain category assigned to the runner allows easy selection for runner's conditions.

Sink Mark Profiles

Displays the location of sink marks and their depth.

Mold Temperature at Cooling End

Displays the mold temperature distribution at cooling end.

Displacement Due to Residual Stress

Displays the displacement distribution due to in-mold stress.

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