CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
6 December 2007
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think3 Offers a Preview of 'thinkmold', the Revolutionary CAD for Moldmakers
think3 has chosen the most important showcase in Europe to offer a preview of thinkmold, the new solution for the design and automation of injection molds.
To date, think3's offering for moldmakers was thinkdesign. think3's 3D program is very popular due to its ability to work on any kind of imported data. With an eye on Far East markets, the company focused on the development of a new solution with specific features designed for the mold industry.
Building on thinkdesign's winning features, and on its ability to import and manage extremely complex 3D models with no information losses, thinkmold automates the molding process. One of its most relevant features is the "semantic split", which semantically automates and stabilizes the separation between punch and mold.
For example, in case of substantial modifications of a 3D model, where it is necessary to separate punch and die, this separation is enabled by means of rules defined by the moldmaker.
When a moldmaker is working on a project that is not completely defined, thinkmold is a critical support when the required modifications radically change the work done. thinkmold includes semantic selectors that allow to identify the parting curve of an object, between punch and die, and keep it as a fixed point whenever radical topological changes of the finished object are required.
While previously think3 used to provide only its kernel, thinkcore, to create applications for the mold industry, now, with the new native thinkmold solution, it is possible to link activities with PLM's management flows, a key issue in the mold industry. In the past, moldmakers were involved in the management of the geometric aspects only, while at the moment workshop management, mold maintenance and the preservation and sharing of related information are gaining importance.
thinkmold 1.0 will be officially released with thinkdesign 2008.1.
For further information, please contact Cristina Carini, Marketing Specialist cristina.carini@think3.com, tel. 051 597111.
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