SOLIDWORKS PLASTICS

Plastic Melt Flow Simulation Software

What is SOLIDWORKS Plastics?

SOLIDWORKS Plastics is the injection molding flow simulation add-in for the SOLIDWORKS CAD package. It simulates the flow of the plastic melt into the mold cavity and provides results that will help part designers, mold designers, and injection molding manufacturers validate and optimize their products. SOLIDWORKS Plastics runs in the SOLIDWORKS interface, which streamlines the workflow to make any design changes on the fly.

Product Design Process

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Product Design Process

Avoid Costly Mold Cavity Rework

SOLIDWORKS Plastics can drastically reduce the chance of costly mistakes before a Mold Cavity is manufactured. Utilizing the advanced flow simulation tools can help you design efficient products and designs without the large expense of prototype testing. Modifying after a cavity is built not only causes major costs but also extensive labor to rework mold cavities.  Let SOLIDWORKS Plastics help you test CAD models before manufacturing begins to ensure the best version of your design will go to production.

"I have successfully used the SOLIDWORKS Plastics software to optimize the design of a part having thin walls and to optimize the cooling lines placement on the injection molding tool. Part warpage was the major issue that I was trying to contain. The supplier conducted a similar analysis using the Moldflow software. I have noted a good correlation in the predicted part warpage between the SOLIDWORKS Plastic and Moldflow."

Wally Szeremeta, Sr. Technologist Mechanical Design
Western Digital quote about SOLIDWORKS Plastics and GoEngineer  

Get Pricing on SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard is the premier mold cavity testing software for part designers. It contains analysis tools to validate and optimize plastic part design for the injection molding process. This is a great tool for a plastic part designer to use to detect potential molding defects before manufacturing begins.

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Get Pricing on SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional is the next step up in mold cavity injection testing, with features that assist mold designers and builders to optimize mold design for a consistent processing window. It includes additional tools such as multi-cavity design and runner systems to prevent costly rework by minimizing tooling adjustments.

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Get Pricing on SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium is the top-level injection molding analysis software tool available on the market. Plastics Premium gives you access to all of the tools that SOLIDWORKS Plastics has to offer. The advanced cooling and warp analysis tools are one of many advanced features used together to get the most accurate shrinkage and warp prediction possible.

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Ease of Use

Design Data Reuse

Materials Database

Meshing

Parallel Computing (Multi-Core)

Filling Phase (1st Stage Injection)

Automatic Gate Location(s)

Instantaneous Fill Time Plot

Sink Mark Analysis

eDrawings Support

Fill Time

Ease of Fill

Results Adviser

Nominal Wall Thickness Adviser

Pressure at End of Fill

Flow Front Temperature

Temperature at End of Fill

Shear Rate

Cooling Time

Weld Lines

Air Traps

Sink Marks

Frozen Layer Fraction at End of Fill

Clamp Force

Cycle Time

Symmetry Analysis

Packing Phase (2nd Stage Injection)

Runner Balancing

Runner Design Wizard

Sprues and Runners

Hot and Cold Runners

Multi-cavity Molds

Family Molds

Mold Inserts

Volumetric Shrinkage

Density at End of Pack

Exports STL, NASTRAN

Export with Mechanical Properties ABAQUS®, ANSYS, DigiMat®

Cooling Lines

Baffles and Bubblers

Conformal Cooling Channels

Runner Domain Category

Sink Mark Profiles

Mold Temperature at Cooling End

Displacement Due to Residual Stress

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Award Winning Technical Support

GoEngineer's extensive SOLIDWORKS technical knowledge and world class support can help you succeed with SOLIDWORKS. Our award-winning team is ready to help you with any task you may have. Using state-of-art remote assistant technology software allows our team to solve most issues within one session. Reach out and see why GoEngineer is the #1 reseller of SOLIDWORKS and Stratasys systems in the world!

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PROFESSIONAL SOLIDWORKS TRAINING

GoEngineer offers online and classroom professional SOLIDWORKS training for organizations and individuals. All our instructors are SOLIDWORKS certified and teach thousands of students each year world wide. The curriculum is very diverse with numerous certified SOLIDWORKS courses to choose from. Each student will receive a Course Completion Certificate and preparation materials for SOLIDWORKS certification.

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  • Smaller Classes with Focused Attention

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Our robust Knowledge Base contains over 12,000 resources to help answer your product design questions. From basic CAD questions to in-depth guides and tutorials, find your solution here. Find a Solution

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Improve your skills with professional training and certifications in SOLIDWORKS, CAM, 3D Printing, and 3D Scanning offered four ways: self-paced, online, on-site, or in-classroom. Certified Training Courses

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#1 Technical Resource Worldwide - Right at your fingertips. Search or browse through hundreds of SOLIDWORKS tips & tricks, additive manufacturing product developments, announcements, how-to guides, and tutorials. Blog

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Need to 3D print a part? Our Additive Manufacturing experts will 3D print your part and deliver it to you using the latest technology on one of our professional FDM, PolyJet, SL, or Metal 3D printers. 3D Printing Services

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Convert your parts into 3D Print ready CAD files with GoEngineer's professional 3D scanning services and reverse engineering solutions. 3D Scanning Services