Manifold Design with MDTools 940 : What's New

MDTools® 940 What’s New

MDTools 940 : What’s New

NEWSOLIDWORKS 2012 compatible


”Power-to-Design” manifolds

Manifold image courtesy Robert Dalfol - Custom Hydraulics Inc. USA


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”Power-to-Design” manifolds

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Insert Optional UnderCut

Insert Cavity with O-Rings

Create Cosmetic Text

Create Cutout

Edit All Stamping Text

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Set Assembly Constraints Command inside Part and Assembly Environment

Create Chamfer

Locate Cavity

Define Machining Sequence for UnderCuts

Define Machining Sequence for Slots

Add New Nets

Delete Previous Annotations

Enhanced Cavity Browser

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MDTools Library Manager 2012 R1

Insert Cavity with UnderCut

Store Mandatory and Optional UnderCut Details

Manage O-Ring and O-Ring Groove Details

Manage Slot Details

ISO 6264 and NFPA/T3.5.1 R2-2002 Footprint standards in MDTools Library

Speed Improvement

NEW ENHANCED

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Speed Enhancement

Benchmark : Previous Version Vs. 940

Commands Previous Version 940

Insert – D03 40 Sec. 17 Sec.

Copy – D03 45 Sec. 23 Sec.

Edit Cavity 15 Sec. 05 Sec.

Stretch Drill 17 Sec. 06 Sec.

Note: 1. The Sample block consist of 176 Cavities and 33 Stamping Texts.2. In MDTools 940 the New Cosmetic Stamping is used.

Speed Improvement

The overall speed has been

improved 2 to 3 times.

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Create Cutout

Create Cutout

Create cutout on a face with

specific parameters.

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Create Chamfer

Create Chamfer

Add a chamfer to a selected edge

or face of the block.

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Insert Cavity with UnderCutInsert Cavity with UnderCut

MDTools automatically inserts

UnderCut stored with the cavity

profile in the library.NEW


Insert Cavity with O-Ring

Insert Cavity with O-Ring

MDTools automatically inserts O-Ring

Grooves stored with the cavity profile

in the library, into the MDTools model.

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Use create Cosmetic Text option

to improve MDTools performance.

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Edit All Stamping Properties

Edit All Stamping Text

Edit all stamping text, convert

Cosmetic Text to engrave and

vice versa. NEW


Insert UnderCut

Insert Optional UnderCut

Insert optional UnderCuts

linked with the cavity.

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Locate Cavity

Locate Cavity

Easily locate a cavity inside the

model by selecting it from the list.

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Add New Net Name

Add New Nets

Add a new net name and assign

a color to it.

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Cavity Browser

Enhanced Cavity Browser

Browser lists cavities by face.

Create or Resize the manifold

block from the browser.

(Un)Suppress cavities or flush X-

Drill plugs on the selected face.

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Set Assembly Constraints

Set Assembly Constraints

Set Assembly Constraints command

is now available inside the Part and

Assembly environment.

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Define Machining Sequence for UnderCut

Define Machining Sequence for

UnderCut

Add machining details for undercuts.

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Define Machining Sequence for Slots

Define Machining Sequence for

Slots

Add machining details for slots.

ENHANCED




On update of annotations previous

annotations (dimensions, angle

hole, origin, and axes etc.) are

automatically deleted.

ENHANCED


IndexIndex: Library Manager

MDTools® Library Manager 2012

What’s New


Store Mandatory and Optional UnderCut Details

Store Mandatory and Optional

UnderCut Details

Edit Cavity Library now enables

the user to store Mandatory and

Optional UnderCut details along

with each Cartridge Valve Cavity

inside the MDTools Library.

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Store O-Ring and O-Ring Groove Details

Manage O-Ring and O-Ring Groove

Details

New Interface now available to

manage O-Ring and O-Ring Grooves

data and to attach them to drill holes of

footprints.NEW


Manage Slot Details

New interface to create and store

slots

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Inclusion of ISO and NFPA Footprint Standards

ISO 6264 and NFPA T3.5.1 R2-

2002 Footprint Standards added

to library.

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