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Moldflow Design Link (MDL) Release 5.3 provides direct access to various CAD systems, generates surfaces for Moldflow Plastics Insight (MPI), mesh for Moldflow Plastics Advisers (MPA), and more. It offers three versions and compatibility with MPI, MPA, and other software.
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MDL Product Overview • Provides direct access to: • All Parasolid-based CAD systems • Pro/Engineer part files • CATIA V5 part files • SolidWorks part files • Provides access to standard formats such as STEP and IGES
MDL Product Overview (contd.) • Generates solid surfaces for: • Moldflow Plastics Insight (MPI) • Generates analysis-ready mesh for: • Moldflow Plastics Advisers (MPA) • Moldflow Plastics Insight (MPI) • Generates temporary STL model for: • Moldflow Magics STL Expert • Allows import of native CAD data for: • Moldflow CAD Doctor
Parasolid MDL 5.3 Pro/E CATIA V5 IGES STEP SolidWorks MDL Product Overview
MDL Commercial Versions • MDL is available in three versions: • MDL/Parasolid - for the import of: • Parasolid • SolidWorks part models • IGES and • STEP • MDL/Pro/ENGINEER - for the import of: • Pro/ENGINEER part models • IGES • STEP • MDL/CATIA V5 - for the import of native: • CATIA V5 part models
MDL Options for MPI Users • Import geometry in the form of solid surfaces (or) • Create an analysis-ready mesh directly from the imported solid model
MDL Compatibility • MDL 5.3 is compatible with • MPI 6.0 or later • MPA 7.2 or later • Moldflow Magics STL Expert 2.0 or later • Moldflow CAD Doctor 2.0 or later
Supported CAD Systems • Parasolid 17.1 or earlier • SolidWorks 2005 and 2006 • Pro/ENGINEER Granite 3.0 (M170) or earlier • CATIA V5 R16 (Release 16 SP0) or earlier
Supported Platforms • MDL/Parasolid • Intel-based Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server • AMD Athlon-based Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server • MDL/Pro/ENGINEER • Intel-based Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server • MDL/CATIA V5 • Intel-based Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
MDL Summary • Moldflow Design Link: • Provides access to a wide variety of native geometry file formats • Very accurate geometry representation