Manifold Design with MDTools 930 : What's New

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”Fun-to-Design” manifolds

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Read Assembly Envelope Data from CAD Drawing

Assign Net

Mark X-Drills in MDTools Browser

Edit Cavity : Display Cavity X-Section

Percentage of Intersection Area in Design Check

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Add Machining Sequence with O-ring

Cavity Table : Display Machining ID

Assembly Interface : Search for Part File

Mark Construction Holes in the X-Drill Layer

Show Footprint Envelope with Port Application Name

X-Port Marked in the Cavity Library

Shrink Wrap : Browse Output File Path

Change the Machining ID of the Under Cut and Slot

Connection Check : Display Machining ID

NEWENHANCED

Replace All Cavities

X-Drill Table in 2D Drawing

Assemble Plugs

Create Balloon

Create Machining Callout


Edit Cavity : Display Cavity X-

Section

Edit Cavity : X-Section

Automatically display the

Cavity X-Section with

dimensions and ability to

change the cavity

dimensions inside

SolidWorks.


Replace All CavitiesReplace All Cavities

Automatically replace all

cavities of a selected type

on the manifold with new

cavities from the MDTools

Library.


Assign NetAssign Net

Automatically assign the

net (flow paths) names

and net colors inside the

manifold.

MDTools automatically

displays all nets with the

default net color.


Mark X-Drills in MD Tools

Browser

Mark X Drills in MDTools

Browser

Automatically mark

construction ports with

different icons in the

MDTools Cavity Browser.


Percentage of Intersection

Area in Design

Connection Check with

Percentage of

Intersection Area

Shows percentage of

Intersection area with bad

connections in the Design

Check report.


Read Assembly Envelope

Data from CAD


Data


data from AutoCAD

drawing and create an

outline of a valve assembly.


Create BalloonCreate Balloon

Automatically create

balloons with cavity

machining ID, for all

cavities in the 2D drawing.


Create Machining Callout.Create Machining Callout

Automatically create

leader-type cavity

machining callout for all the

cavities in the 2D drawing.

Update the machining

callouts.


X-Drill Table in 2D DrawingX-Drill Plugs Table

Insert a construction port

table consisting of the

cavity/footprint name and

quantity into the 2D

drawing.


Assemble PlugsAssembly Plugs

Automatically assemble

plugs on all the

construction (X-Drill) ports

on a manifold.


Machining ID of the Under Cut

and Slot

UnderCut : Machining ID

Create undercut and slot on

a selected cavity with the

ability to add the machining

ID with the undercut and

slot.


Create Machining Callout

Add Machining Sequence with

O-ring

O-ring : Machining

Sequence

Insert O-ring grooves on a

selected cavity and add the

machining details.


Connection Check : Display

Machining ID

Connection Check :

Display Machining ID

Display the Cavity

Machining ID with

connected cavities in the

Connection Check report.


Shrink Wrap : Browse Output

File pathCreate Balloon

Shrink Wrap:

Browse Target Directory

Select the shrink-wrap

block model output file

path.


Show Footprint Envelope with

Port Application

Show Footprint

Automatically display

port names and footprint

envelopes in 2D drawing

views.


Mark Construction Holes in the X-Drill layer

Mark Construction Holes

in X-Drill Layer

Automatically create X-

mark on the X-Drill layer

with all properties by layer.

Displays construction ports

on each view in the 2D

drawing.


Cavity Table : Display

Machining ID

Cavity Table :

Display Machining ID

Insert a cavity table

consisting of the

component ID, cavity

name, face name, and

machining ID into the 2D

drawing.


Assembly Interface : Search for

Part file

Assembly Interface :

Search for Part File

Easily find the Part File

by using the file name in

the Assembly Interface.


X-Port marked in the Cavity

Library

Cavity Marked as X-Port

Mark a cavity as a

construction port in the

MDTools Cavity Library.


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