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Moldflow Design Link™ (MDL™) Release 5.3. 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.).
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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