SOLIDTHINKING INSPIRE 2016 SOFTWARE

Wax material extrusion parameters are identified for optimal AM accuracy and surface finish. AM patterns for investment casting are produced using commercially available wax filaments. Part design optimization is demonstrated for this new technique and is validated by a case study using heat-treated ASTM A216 WCB cast carbon steel parts.

SOLIDTHINKING INSPIRE 2016 SOFTWARE

Specifically, TO routine based on Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (SIMP) method using Abaqus Topology Optimization Module (ATOM) has been developed for both material extrusion and investment casting constraints. Info: solidThinking, Inc., a leading provider of industrial design software, announced the release of solidThinking Design Suite 2016.1, is the 3D conceptual design software that empowers designers to visualize, explore and fully evaluate more ideas in less time. In this study, knowledge-based design guidelines for rapid investment casting are developed through streamlined integration of TO with design for investment casting and design for AM principles. Such advantages provide unlimited opportunities in the cast part design and enable the use of advanced design tools especially advanced optimization tools like topology optimization (TO). Direct AM production of wax patterns is not only cost-efficient for low volume production but also capable of creating freeform and highly complex geometries that are otherwise extremely difficult or too expensive to cast conventionally. Create manufacturable designs from topology optimization results with NURBS geometry using a simple. The new featured-packed release of solidThinking Inspire 2016 introduces. In recent years, rapid investment casting (RIC) based on AM has become widely accepted in casting foundries due to rapid production of patterns without any tooling requirements. Generative Design Taken to the Next Level with solidThinking Inspire 2016 TROY, Mich., Ma. Traditional investment casting (IC), also known as lost-wax casting, suffers from high tooling cost and long lead-time during fabrication of wax patterns.

Solidthinking inspire 2016