Research and Exploit on the Integrated System of Plastic Mold CAD/CAE

An Integrated System of Plastic Mold CAD/CAE for key parts of large scale plastic mold is established, which consists of the three subsystems the CAD subsystems, the CAE subsystems and the materials query subsystem. The functions of the integrated system are realized based on Visual Studio platform, by using SQL Server Database, Pro/E, Pro/TOOLKIT and ANSYS Optimum Design. The integrated system provides seamless integration functionality through sharing and exchange of the same parameters between the CAD subsystem and the CAE subsystem. The parameters of the parts are saved in the SQL Server in the integrated system of plastic mold CAD/CAE. Firstly, the parameters values can be identified by CAD primary design in the CAD subsystem; secondly, The CAE subsystem reads these parameters and gains the material parameters from the materials query subsystem. Then, the remote optimization is conducted in the CAE subsystem; lastly, the CAD subsystem obtains final parameters values from the CAE subsystem, according to the results of remote optimization