Speed up the design of molded parts

The molded parts market is expected to expand from $520 billion in 2020 to $750 billion in 2028, as manufacturers seek to reduce design iterations, eliminate costly physical prototypes, and eliminate the trial-and-error process of molded part design.

With the new Molded Part Designer feature in NX, designers can use 3D design data to create, manage, and validate molded part design features such as hubs, brackets, clasps, and openings/grooves in a local NX environment. Whether features are created based on best practices or imported from third party vendors, NX Molded Part Designer validates them one by one, performs plasticity analysis, and displays the results on a visual Kanban to evaluate design feasibility and design options in different scenarios.

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When combined with the NX Sustainability impact analysis function, this ensures that materials meet not only functional and manufacturability requirements, but also environmental requirements.

Tool management in the cloud

Standardization of tools used in CNC manufacturing operations not only helps companies reduce tooling costs, but also facilitates the sharing of best practices among geographically dispersed manufacturing teams. The new Cloud Tool Manager in NX CAM utilizes modern networking technologies to help companies easily centralize tool and tool holder management. In addition, this feature enables tool data to be imported directly from tool suppliers’ catalogs, speeding up NC programming and enabling manufacturing companies to take full advantage of the latest advancements in tooling.