Moldflow Communicator (Part 3)

Quantify Results

Moldflow Communicator allows companies that either outsource or rely on their vendors or suppliers to perform analysis to have a means to quantify the quality of analyses performed. This is achieved through user-specified analysis quality criteria.
MPI software provides a method for users to specify required analysis attributes through a criteria file (*.criteria). The criteria file then can be used to quantify the difference between what was specified and what was obtained. An example of the analysis quality criteria in use is shown in Figure 4. In the image, the table compares specified analysis criteria with an original analysis configuration and an improved analysis configuration.

Figure 4: Moldflow Communicator allows users to quantify analysis
configurations against specified quality criteria for MPI analyses.

Criteria files not only provide a means to quantify analysis results against requirements for a single project, they facilitate communication of critical model quality, material selection, and analysis process standards and best practices among globally distributed product teams.

Improved Communication Optimizes Benefits of CAE

Distributed product teams require a product to both visualize and compare the quality of plastics CAE results data. Moldflow Communicator was created specifically to address these needs. Through Moldflow Communicator, the assumptions, quality, and applicability of the analyses can be better understood and accounted for, and the knowledge gained from performing analyses has the potential to be shared more effectively among all participants in the design-to-manufacturing process.
Fisher-Price’s Beattie commented, “Moldflow Communicator provides a means to transfer analysis results among our mold makers, manufacturing plants, and engineers around the world. The ability to set analysis criteria helps to ensure the quality of analysis is maintained, while the visualization capabilities convey information to both the experienced and novice alike. We expect to implement Moldflow Communicator throughout our entire global team.”

Availability

Moldflow Communicator is free to both Moldflow customers and non-customers. It supports analysis results exported from both MPI 6.0 Revision 1 or later and MPA 8.1 Revision 3 or later and runs on 32- and 64-bit Windows systems.

To start sharing results with your distributed product development team today, download Moldflow Communicator 2.0 at www.moldflow.com/stp//communicator.

For more information about Moldflow Design Analysis Solutions and all Moldflow products and services, visit www.moldflow.com/stp/.

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