Moldex3D eDesign Plus
An easy-to-use 3D injection molding simulation solution designed for plastic product designers, mold designers and manufacturing engineers who want to validate product and mold designs before committing to tooling.
What can eDesign Plus analyse?
Validate Plastic Product Designs Before Building the Mold
Moldex3D eDesign Plus provides designers with an accessible simulation environment for evaluating injection-molded components. Its automatic 3D meshing technology and guided model-preparation workflow allow designers to perform molding simulation without requiring extensive CAE or advanced CAD expertise.
Automatic 3D Meshing
Quickly convert product geometry into a simulation-ready 3D model.
Easy Model Preparation
Create gates, runners, sprues, cooling channels and mold components through guided tools.
True 3D Analysis
Understand real three-dimensional melt-flow and thermal behaviour inside complex plastic parts.
Automatic Reporting
Communicate simulation findings using contours, graphs, animations and generated reports.
What Can Moldex3D eDesign Plus Do?
eDesign Plus enables engineers to identify molding risks during the design stage instead of discovering them after mold manufacturing or production trials.
Flow Analysis
- Visualize melt-flow progression.
- Evaluate filling pattern.
- Identify short-shot risks.
- Detect hesitation.
- Evaluate flow imbalance.
- Predict weld-line locations.
- Identify potential air traps.
- Compare alternative gate positions.
Pack Analysis
- Evaluate packing behaviour.
- Understand pressure distribution.
- Evaluate volumetric shrinkage.
- Investigate sink-mark potential.
- Optimise packing pressure.
- Optimise packing time.
- Study gate-freezing behaviour.
Cooling Analysis
- Evaluate mold temperature.
- Identify hot spots.
- Analyse cooling uniformity.
- Compare cooling-channel layouts.
- Investigate coolant temperature.
- Understand cooling-time behaviour.
- Support cycle-time optimisation.
Warp Analysis
- Predict final part deformation.
- Evaluate dimensional stability.
- Identify shrinkage-driven warpage.
- Evaluate cooling-related deformation.
- Compare alternative part designs.
- Support compensation decisions.
Runner & Gate Design
- Create sprue and runner systems.
- Define multiple gate configurations.
- Compare gate locations.
- Study runner balancing.
- Evaluate pressure requirements.
- Optimise melt delivery.
Cooling System Modelling
- Create cooling channels.
- Build cooling circuits.
- Evaluate cooling effectiveness.
- Identify localised thermal problems.
- Compare cooling concepts.
- Support mold-design optimisation.
Material Evaluation
- Select materials from the Moldex3D database.
- Study viscosity-dependent filling behaviour.
- Evaluate thermal characteristics.
- Compare alternative plastic materials.
- Understand material-related molding behaviour.
Multiple Component Molding
- Supports MCM applications.
- Evaluate sequential molding behaviour.
- Analyse interaction between molding stages.
- Support multi-material product development.
Reaction Injection Molding
- Support RIM process simulation.
- Evaluate reactive-material filling.
- Understand process behaviour.
- Improve product and process development.
From CAD Geometry to Engineering Decision
Answer Critical Questions Before Tool Manufacturing
Will the cavity fill completely?
Understand filling behaviour and identify potential short-shot conditions before mold trials.
Where should the gate be placed?
Compare different gate locations and determine how the melt-flow pattern changes.
Where will weld lines occur?
Predict weld-line locations before finalising product and mold design.
Is injection pressure acceptable?
Evaluate filling pressure and understand whether the process is realistic for the intended molding machine.
Will sink marks become a problem?
Evaluate packing behaviour and volumetric shrinkage in thick sections, ribs and bosses.
Will the component warp?
Predict deformation and compare design alternatives before committing to tooling changes.
An Ideal Entry Point into Professional Mold-Flow Simulation
Moldex3D positions eDesign Plus as a verification and optimisation tool for plastic part and mold designers. It is particularly suitable where fast design validation and straightforward 3D model preparation are more important than building highly customised advanced CAE models.
Plastic Product Designers
Evaluate whether a new plastic component can be manufactured before releasing the design for tooling.
Mold Designers
Analyse gate position, runner layout, filling behaviour, cooling and warpage before completing mold development.
Injection Molders
Understand likely process behaviour before production trials and support troubleshooting activities.
Tool Rooms
Add CAE-based mold validation as part of the tool-design and quotation process.
Product Development Companies
Use simulation during design reviews to reduce repeated prototype and tool-modification loops.
CAE Beginners
Automatic meshing and guided workflow provide an accessible entry point for teams beginning injection-molding simulation.
SMEs & MSMEs
Suitable for organizations that require practical molding simulation without immediately implementing a larger expert-level CAE setup.
Educational Institutions
Useful for teaching injection molding, polymer processing, product design, tooling and manufacturing simulation.
Engineering Consultants
Support design verification and molding feasibility studies for customer projects.
Applicable Across Plastic Product Development
eDesign Plus can support injection-molded component development across a broad range of industries.
Move From Trial-and-Error to Simulation-Driven Development
What's Included in Moldex3D eDesign Plus?
| Capability / Module | eDesign Plus | Main Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | ✓ Included | Integrated simulation workflow and result evaluation |
| eDesign Mesh Technology | ✓ Included | Automatic 3D model preparation |
| Flow | ✓ Included | Filling and melt-flow behaviour |
| Pack | ✓ Included | Packing pressure and shrinkage evaluation |
| Cool | ✓ Included | Mold cooling and thermal performance |
| Warp | ✓ Included | Part deformation prediction |
| MCM | ✓ Included | Multiple-component molding applications |
| RIM | ✓ Included | Reaction Injection Molding simulation |
| Parallel Processing | ✓ Included | Improve computational efficiency subject to configuration |
Flexible Commercial Licensing Options
Moldex3D commercial licensing terms are defined in the customer quotation. Depending on the commercial offer, Moldex3D licences may be provided as perpetual, time-limited or pay-per-use licences. User, computer, network and other usage conditions are defined by the applicable quotation and licence agreement.
Perpetual Licence
Suitable for companies planning long-term Moldex3D usage and wanting software rights under a perpetual commercial licence structure, subject to the applicable Moldex3D quotation.
Potential fit:Tool rooms, product-development teams, engineering companies and regular simulation users.
Time-Limited Licence
Licence access for a defined term where available under the customer quotation.
Potential fit:Project-based teams, temporary requirements, evaluation programmes or companies beginning CAE adoption.
Pay-Per-Use
Moldex3D's commercial EULA also allows for a pay-per-use licence structure where offered through the applicable commercial quotation.
Potential fit:Organisations with intermittent simulation requirements where such an option is commercially available.
Important: Exact eDesign Plus licence configuration, term, network/user restrictions, maintenance, subscription structure and commercial pricing should be confirmed through an authorised Moldex3D quotation.
When is eDesign Plus the Right Choice?
| Requirement | eDesign Plus Suitability |
|---|---|
| Part design verification | Excellent Fit |
| Gate-location optimisation | Excellent Fit |
| Runner-system evaluation | Excellent Fit |
| Cooling evaluation | Excellent Fit |
| Warpage prediction | Excellent Fit |
| Fast automatic 3D meshing | Excellent Fit |
| Design-stage molding feasibility | Excellent Fit |
| Entry into injection molding CAE | Excellent Fit |
| Highly specialised advanced-process simulation | Consider Moldex3D Professional, Advanced Expert Package or appropriate Solution Add-ons depending on the application. |
Implement Moldex3D with Rheologist Gaze & Solutions
Rheologist Gaze & Solutions supports customers in adopting Moldex3D for plastic product design, mold development and injection-molding process optimisation.
Our approach goes beyond software supply. We help engineering teams understand how molding simulation can be integrated into their actual product-development and tooling workflow.
Not Sure Whether eDesign Plus Is Enough for Your Application?
Share your plastic component, molding process and simulation requirements with Rheologist Gaze & Solutions. We can help determine whether Moldex3D eDesign Plus, Professional, Advanced Expert Package or another Moldex3D solution is the appropriate configuration.
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