TopSolid'Newsletter #39
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Integrated CAD/CAM At Its Best |
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S U M M A R Y |
TopSolid'Cam 2009
GOelan 2009
TopSolid 2009 for tool makers
What's New
Customer of the month: Formula Group
TopSolid Tip of the month: TopSolid'Design
Upcoming events |
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TopSolid'Cam 2009 |
TopSolid'Cam 2009 will be available in your local markets from March onwards. Here is some of what's in store in the 2009 version:
- Tolerance management of imported parts
- Automatic 4 axis roughing cycles
- Drilling automation of cooling circuits (mold making)
- Paraxial roughing on a milling machine (turning)
- 5 axis machining of composite materials (aerospace)
- Customized approach and retract movements
Click here for further information.
Here is a quick reminder of just some of the reasons to choose TopSolid'Cam as your preferred CAM solution:
- A simple to use, powerful and worldwide recognised modellor
- Programming within the machine environment to reduce set-up times and prevent collisions
- A reliable and high-performance online simulation
- Automatic detection of non-machineable zones, taking into account the machine used
- Permanent programming assistance thanks to TopSolid'Cam's topologicial machining and interactive processes
- Real management of the stock
- Company know-how is saved and reused
- Powerful associativity which makes machining a real extension of design
- Rich and powerful interfaces
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TopSolid'Cam is used widely by aerospace manufacturers and sub-contractors. |
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TopSolid 2009 for tool makers |
TopSolid'Mold is a dedicated mold design software offering complete CAM integration with TopSolid'Cam. (Including the standard design elements and machining processes involved in the mold making industry). Discover more about the 3 major enhancements of the 2009 version: TopSolid'Mold in a collaborative environment, management of parting surfaces and regulation management:
- Work quicker and more efficiently with the synchronized collaborative work mode
- Automation of parting line and surface management
- Insert and movement assistants
- Improved regulation management
- New interface for mold bases parameters
- Better visualisation of collisions
- Advanced components
- Powerful management of processes
Click here for further information.
TopSolid’Progress provides all the required functions to help designers compute sheet metal part blanks, design the strip layout and dies far faster than with a standard CAD software.
- Get external 3D numerical data
- Quickly calculate blanks
- Define the strip layout, cutting, bending and deformation operations
- Work with rich libraries of die bases and standard components
- Design springs, inserts, punches and dies with their clearance values and tolerances
- Simulate tool movements
- Generate drafts, BOMs and drills tables
- Directly machine all parts
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One of the outstanding improvements of TopSolid'Mold 2009 is the possibility to work in a collaborative environment.
A complete CAD/CAM solution for progressive die and press tool designers with TopSolid'Progress 2009.
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What's New |
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TopSolid international seminar |
Missler Software has just recently hosted its 8th international seminar in which its Sales, Development and Marketing teams from around the world came together in Portugal for the company's annual kick-off event. The seminar marked the launch of TopSolid 2009 as well as a whole new look for the TopSolid range of products (new logos, web sites, graphical identity, ... on the way.) A series of presentations, intensive workshops and meetings with the Missler Software Development, Sales and Marketing teams provided a wealth of information to make the upcoming TopSolid 2009 launch a great success.
Over 190 people all working wih TopSolid and GOelan were present at the seminar and had the opportunity to share ideas and experiences. This year saw the presence of new resellers from countries such as Argentina, Mexico and South Africa as well as resellers from such traditional TopSolid strongholds as Germany, Japan, Italy, etc. |
The Missler Software international seminar took place near Faro, 04-02-09.
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New TopSolid reseller in South Africa |
Missler Software is pleased to announce a new TopSolid VAR in South Africa ?Company Solid Solutions is based in Johannesburg and Durban and will also be operating out of Cape Town over the coming months. The company has been working in the CAD/CAM business since 1999 and is very familiar with the automotive, packaging, toy, bulk material handling, consumer goods and aeronautical industries for plastics and press tooling. Solid Solutions decided to start reselling TopSolid as it clearly identified the need for a strong software package to handle big assemblies and be able to update changes throughout the projects in these industries. An integrated CAD/CAM solution will permit important time gains for future South African users. |
Solid Solutions company offices.
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Customer of the month: Formula Group |
The Formula Group employs more than 600 people and produces automobile air condition units under the brand name "Formula". The company also works for automobile sub-contractors and OEMs while its main business remains the supply of parts for the after market. Using TopSolid'Design, TopSolid'Mold, TopSolid'Electrode, TopSolid'Progress and TopSolid'Cam the company has implemented a fully integrated solution from design right through to manufacturing. "With the TopSolid integrated solution, we've reduced design time and engineering change orders by about 50%." explains the Production Manager of the Formula Group.
Click here for the rest of the report. |
Propellor design using TopSolid.
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TopSolid Tip of the month: TopSolid'Design |
You are a TopSolid operator and you would like some tips on what your software is capable of doing. Each newsletter will include a highlight of the month accompanied by a video of a TopSolid module. This month let's take a look at a new tip for TopSolid'Design. |
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Video commentary The Number set automatically function in TopSolid allows a BOM index to be automatically assigned or in function of the criteria of all elements of a main assembly. Use: In Tools | Options, define the increment from the beginning of the numbering depending on the type of element. From the main assembly use the Number automatically function depending on the BOM model and depending on your needs choose the depth of the BOM.
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Upcoming Events |
All Missler Software and reseller trade fairs will be published here each month and can also be found on http://www.topsolid.com/news/shows/showslist.asp |
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Booth - Exhibitor |
Industrie 2009 |
From 10/03/2009 to 13/03/2009 |
Lyon |
6.F.030 - Missler Software |
Salon Forum@Tice |
From 18/03/2009 to 18/03/2009 |
Reims |
Missler Software |
Ouest Industries |
From 21/04/2009 to 24/04/2009 |
Rennes |
Missler Software |
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Maquitec |
From 10/03/2009 to 14/03/2009 |
Barcelone, Spain |
B259 - Software Tecnic Tecnocim, S.L |
EUROSTAMPI |
From 19/03/2009 to 21/03/2009 |
Parma, Italy |
PAD. 6 STAND K30 - Missler Software Italia S.R.L. |
Turning Days |
From 23/04/2009 to 25/04/2009 |
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany |
G24 - Missler Software |
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