In this class we will introduce MuCell molding technology and discuss advances in the simulation of this manufacturing process within Simulation Moldflow Insight software.

The Simulation Moldflow Insight Certification Exams will be held Monday, December 1, at Mandalay Bay J from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We will fill this class with the tips and tricks you'll need to create many different types of macros in AutoCAD software. Macros are small groups of commands and routines that can be any length and don't require any special characters at the end of the line. In this sequel to the popular 2013 class you will gain knowledge about creating custom macros that apply to your business needs and enhance your productivity on designs. You will develop a custom tool palette on which you will place your new macros for quick access. Most importantly, you'll be able to bring value back to your employer and gain the knowledge to help you excel within your field.

In this forum you may submit questions to a panel. The panel members will divide the questions among themselves and present answers.

In this session you’ll have the opportunity to take the  Moldflow Insight  and  Moldflow Insight Professional level certifications. You will also have the opportunity to discuss your use of Moldflow Insight software with expert Moldflow Insight software trainers.

Come and learn about runner and gate optimization using Moldflow Insight software and third-party optimization software.

Do you want to see what's new in the 2016 release? Join us in a demonstration and discussion about the new tools and features.

There are so many things to consider when developing assets for Factory Design Suite. Creating functional assets for your factory layouts can be challenging unless you have a detailed checklist for asset development. This class will provide a step-by-step approach to developing fully functional assets. We will discuss everything from iProperties to Inventor iLogic software. Join us as we explore the process of asset development while examining each step on the checklist.

In this session we will look at BIM 360 Glue software and show how to use it with AutoCAD Plant 3D software.

A transformer's external insulation cover is an important part that has a significant influence in the transformer's security and reliability. During recent years these covers have been manufactured using traditional processes that do not incorporate much technology in the design process. However, we can use Simulation Moldflow software in a way that would enable us to optimize the process and the design of the cover, thereby achieving a suitable design that could still comply with the electrical isolation needs and mechanical and shape objectives, as well as reduce the current cost of the material and the process. In this class we'll explore how well the module correlates with real-world molded samples, we'll determine the most effective approach for using the thermoset module to optimize an electrical component, and we'll discuss any current solver limitations.

This class will look at a new feature in Autodesk PLM 360 software: Classification. We will review a production use of the feature in the Electrical Components International (ECI) tenant, and we will perform a small demo that will show the potential use of the power of Classification in Autodesk PLM 360 software.

A young Jedi's first foray into understanding the force—or rather, fundamentals of Vault software document behaviors, including an introduction to the concepts of properties, revisioning files, lifecycles, and how they all work together to provide a complete document-management experience.

Tired of clicking through the same paths several times a day just to get to default directories? Do you want to help yourself and others store files in the proper directories? This class is for you. We discuss the WD.ENV and WD_M files used to initiate the AutoCAD Electrical software environment and provide default paths for various commands. We also touch on templates and shared environments.

 Moldflow Insight software is used to develop automotive interior and exterior in China’s Chang’an Automobile Group, from the stage of engineering design to part's structure design then to mold design and molding condition optimize also include the trouble shooting after the first trial. Based on the comparison between the experiment and Moldflow Insight results, Chang’an successfully built an analysis standard and results judge standard. With the help of API, Chang’an created many programs to automatically do the model create, molding condition optimize, results judge, and so on. To meet the assessment criteria of GDT which was used on the part of motor, normally defined the tolerance of fit. Changan's analyst explore and studied a new way to simulate and examine the part's GDT by co-work with Moldflow Insight, Digimat, and Abaqus. This class will use many actual case to show these application, through that we can see the benefit of use right  Moldflow Insight application strategy in the development of automotive interior and exterior new part.

Rapid prototyping is increasingly being used in the production of injection molding inserts. This technology enables for much lower lead times in prototype and low-volume production. However, the thermal and structural properties of prototyped inserts are different than those of conventional machined inserts. The focus of this class is to use Simulation Moldflow Insight software to evaluate the thermal and mechanical behavior of rapid prototyped injection molding inserts. We will look at 3 sets of inserts that were analyzed using different manufacturing techniques and materials, which included selective laser sintered (SLS) bronze, PolyJet ABS-like material, and conventional machined stainless steel. Molding trials were performed on the inserts, as were computer simulations. The experimental and simulated results were compared for the thermal gradient, structural performance, part warpage, and part shrinkage.

Have you struggled to get information out of your project? Do you spend time formatting your reports before submitting them? In this class you will learn how to clean up your reports so they can be used in Microsoft Excel, or imported back in to AutoCAD P&ID software or AutoCAD Plant 3D software. With the powerful report creator, you have full control over how your project information displays. The report creator also gives you hidden tools that help you build new properties or restrict information based on a few criteria. By learning how to fully utilize the report creator, you'll give your project manager more information to review, while emailing fewer files.

This class is about the experiments and simulations related to the microcellular injection molding. The experiments are part of the research done at the Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory at the University of Toronto. We will present 3 topics related to the experiments. The first will be on the visualization studies on the bubble nucleation and growth. We will examine the effects of process conditions. The second will be on the use of mold opening (core-back) for the microcellular injection molding. The third will be on the effects of bubbles on the fiber orientation in the microcellular injection molding. We will use some of the experimental results (such as bubble nucleation/growth and the mold-opening experiment) in the simulation with  Moldflow Insight software. We will discuss the correlation between the experimental and simulation results, and we will also present some case studies related to microcellular injection molding and core-back processes.

During this class we will address major issues related to 3D shrinkage and warpage analysis in injection molding. We would like to start with an introduction of mechanism of shrinkage and warpage. We will discuss the generic shrinkage model and its limitations. We will also present 3D thermo-viscous-elastic residual stress model and thermo-viscoelastic residual stress model. Finally, we will explore some advanced topics, such as corner-effect, in-mold shrinkage, stress relaxation, buckling, and large deflection analysis.