Autodesk Moldflow: Injection and compression molding plastic simulation software

Autodesk Moldflow is used for simulating the plastic injection molding process and the plastic compression molding process.

It enables engineers, analysts, and mold designers to optimize material choice, process settings, cooling efficiency, and feed system designs to minimize the risk of poor molded part quality.

Autodesk Moldflow simulations provide analysts insights to help predict and possibly prevent part defects such as sink marks, weld lines, and part warpage. It also allows for exploring options that reduce cycle time.

• Engineers and analysts who are interested in understanding how plastic material is flowing through a mold cavity, and the resulting part quality.
• Plastic process engineers who are interested in understanding the molding process of a given plastic part and gaining insights into a processing window.
• Mold tool designers and engineers who are interested in optimizing a mold’s cooling design or the mold’s runner or gating design.

Moldflow Adviser provides manufacturability guidance and directional feedback for thermoplastic part and mold designs through high-level material flow, mold cooling, and part warpage results.

Moldflow Insight provides detailed material flow, cooling, and warpage results for both injection molding and compression molding processes. Additional control on materials, machines, molds, and processes is possible with Moldflow Insight.

Automation with scripts/API accelerate setup and post-processing capabilities. Thermoplastic and thermoset materials are supported, along with customization of materials for part inserts and mold inserts. Advanced molding methods, such as gas-assisted injection molding, injection compression molding, co-injection molding, microcellular injection molding, and many more, are available to discover the best option for your part. Moldflow Insight also has advanced customization of the process including the ability to select the molding machine, specify valve gates, adjust mold materials, solve for a Design of Experiments (DOE) or parametric study, and much more.

Moldflow Adviser runs on Microsoft® Windows®. See Moldflow Adviser system requirements for details.

Moldflow Insight and Moldflow Synergy can run on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux®. See Moldflow Insight and Synergy system requirements for details

Yes, Moldflow Insight has a cloud solving option using Autodesk Tokens. The cost of cloud solving varies between the simulation study types. This cloud solve is in addition to the Moldflow Insight local solve and remote server solve options.

Moldflow Adviser does not support cloud solving.

Yes, there are three certification levels for Autodesk Moldflow: Associate, Professional, and Expert.

You can find more information on the certification and how to become certified within this Autodesk Moldflow Certification (US Site) article.

With a subscription to Autodesk Moldflow software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement (US Site) for more information.

Please contact your Autodesk sales representative or our sales team to learn about the monthly, annual, or 3-year subscription costs. If some of your users only occasionally use Moldflow, consider buying tokens to access it for 24 hours at a time. Visit www.autodesk.eu/flex to learn more.

Yes. Moldflow Adviser, Moldflow Insight, and Moldflow Synergy can each be accessed through Flex to obtain a 24-hour license for one user.

More information on Flex can be found at Autodesk Flex.

For current Flex rates, visit the Flex Rate Sheet.