SOLIDWORKS Plastics

Predict and avoid manufacturing defects in plastic part and injection mold designs, eliminating costly rework, improving part quality, and decreasing time to market.

Why choose SOLIDWORKS Plastics?

SOLIDWORKS® Plastics delivers easy-to-use simulation for analyzing plastic parts and injection molds. It simulates how melted plastic flows during the injection molding process to predict manufacturing-related defects so you can quickly evaluate part manufacturability while you design.

Which SOLIDWORKS Plastics package is right for you?

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard

Ensure parts are manufactureable during the design process. Easy to learn and use, SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard is fully embedded within SOLIDWORKS CAD so you can analyze and modify part designs at the same time you optimize for form, fit, and function.

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional

Builds upon SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard to analyze mold designs. With easy-to-use tools you can quickly analyze single-and multi-cavity, and family mold layouts including sprues, runners, and gates, to estimate cycle time, and to optimize feed system design.

SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium

Includes SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional with advanced simulation functionality to analyze mold cooling line layouts, and part warpage. Optimizing cooling line minimizes cycle times and decreases manufacturing costs.

Need a detailed comparison between these offers?

	SOLIDWORKS Plastics Standard	SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional	SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium
Ease of Use	check	check	check
SOLIDWORKS Plastics is fully embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD for ease of use and data integrity. Using the same user interface (UI) as SOLIDWORKS in toolbars, menus, and context-sensitive right-click menus ensures rapid familiarization. Built-in tutorials and searchable online help aid learning and troubleshooting.
Design Data Reuse	check	check	check
SOLIDWORKS Plastics supports SOLIDWORKS materials and configurations for easy analysis of multiple loads and product configurations.
Materials Database	check	check	check
With 4,000+ commercial thermoplastic grades, you can browse and select the desired from the customizable built-in material library.
Meshing	check	check	check
SOLIDWORKS Plastics includes these meshing features: Wizard for mesh generation and analysis setup Automatic Mesh Local Mesh Refinement Global Mesh Refinement Boundary Mesh (Shell) Solid 3D mesh
Parallel Computing (Multi-core)	check	check	check
The 3D Solver benefits from a multi-core CPU (multiple threads).
Filling Phase (1st Stage Injection)	check	check	check
Predicts how material fills the cavity. Results include distributions of pressure and temperature within the cavity, and detection of potential short shots and weld lines.
Instantaneous Fill Time Plot	check	check	check
Predicts the plastic flow pattern through the cavity at the end of fill.
Sink Mark Analysis	check	check	check
Predicts the depth of sink marks after the part has been ejected and cooled to room temperature.
eDrawings Support	check	check	check
Results can be exported to eDrawing®
Fill Time	check	check	check
Time needed to fill the whole mold.
Ease of Fill	check	check	check
Displays the quality of the injection process with ‘confidence of fill’ legend.
Results Adviser	check	check	check
User assistant for interpreting results.
Pressure at End of Fill	check	check	check
Displays the maximum pressure to fill the cavity.
Flow Front Temperature	check	check	check
Displays the melt front temperature history.
Temperature at End of Fill	check	check	check
Displays the Cavity Temperature field at the end of fill.
Shear Rate	check	check	check
Displays the shear rate reached at the end of fill to check the injection process quality.
Cooling Time	check	check	check
Estimates cooling time at fill time analysis.
Weld Lines	check	check	check
Displays weld lines formed at locations of the part where two (or multiple) melt fronts meet.
Air Traps	check	check	check
Shows the location where high pressure air may be trapped inside the cavity.
Sink Marks	check	check	check
Displays the location of sink marks.
Frozen Layer Fraction at End of Fill	check	check	check
Displays the fraction of frozen material into the part at end of fill.
Clamp Force	check	check	check
Displays the minimum clamp force for the current injection process.
Cycle Time	check	check	check
Displays the cycle time for the current injection process.
Symmetry Analysis		check	check
Avoid simulating both cavities in a symmetrical mold layout, saving computer time for the simulation.
Packing Phase (2nd Stage Injection)		check	check
Evaluates the material freezing process in the cavity. Predicts the temperature to evaluate hot spots, gate freeze, and cycle time. Distributions of pressure, stress, and shrinkage results are also available.
Runner Balancing		check	check
Determines the runner parameters to balance filling between parts.
Runner Design Wizard		check	check
Automates the process of creating common flow control devices and components such as sprues, runners, and gates.
Sprues and Runners		check	check
Quickly and easily simulate the impact of the sprues and runners layout.
Hot and Cold Runners		check	check
Hot runners are initially filled with hot polymer at the start of the filling simulation.
Multi-cavity Molds		check	check
Simulates multiple cavities of the same part in the same mold.
Family Molds		check	check
Simulates a set of different cavities parts in the same mold.
Mold Inserts		check	check
Include the impact of mold inserts on the simulation
Volumetric Shrinkage		check	check
Displays volumetric shrinkage distribution at the end of fill or pack.
Density at End of Pack		check	check
Displays density distribution at post-filling end to check the pack phase quality.
Exports STL, NASTRAN		check	check
Enables you to export part geometry in STL or NASTRAN formats
Export with Mechanical Properties ABAQUS®, ANSYS, DigiMat®		check	check
Exports mesh, residual stress, fiber orientation and material data to run non-linear analysis.
Cooling Lines			check
Simulates the coolant flowing inside for the mold cooling analysis.
Baffles and Bubblers			check
Specific cooling line for narrow channel into the cavity.
Conformal Cooling Channels			check
Cooling passageway follows the shape or profile of the mold core or cavity to perform rapid uniform cooling process.
Runner Domain Category			check
Domain category assigned to the runner allows easy selection for runner’s conditions.
Sink Mark Profiles			check
Displays the location of sink marks and their depth.
Mold Temperature at Cooling End			check
Displays the mold temperature distribution at cooling end.
Displacement Due to Residual Stress			check
Displays the displacement distribution due to in-mold stress.

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