VISI-Series Overview

CAD, CAM, and Analysis for Toolmakers and Machinists:

• Faster - Because VISI is hard programmed in C++ (not wizards, macros, or scripts) every window is designed perfectly and efficiently for every function, and executes faster too. Also, with CAD and CAM integrated in the same system, less work is needed when passing work between engineering and manufacturing departments.
  
• More Accurate - Built-in parametric technologies ensure proper tool design according to standard shop design specification, and
• Lower Cost - Not only is money saved in design and manufacture - VISI costs less too - less than half the cost of CATIA, Unigraphics, Pro/Engineer, and Solidworks configurations.

VISI-Series Comes in Many Configurations:

• VISI-Modeling for product design and product analysis for manufacturability.
• VISI-Mold for plastic injection, compression, thermoset, and blow mold design,
• VISI-Progress for progressive,
  

  Hi-Point pistols and carbines are designed with VISI-Modeling, ... and machined with VISI-Machining ... to keep costs low. www.hi-pointfirearms.com (graphic - complements of Strassel Machine, Inc.)

  transfer, and line die design,
• VISI-Strip and VISI-Flange for sheetmetal strip design - for
  straight-bend & drawn metal parts
• VISI-Blank for sheetmetal blank development and forming analysis,
• VISI-Modeling for foundry pattern
  and core box design.
• VISI-Flow for mold flow analysis
• VISI-Machining for NC programming -
  2-axis, 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis
  (2D and 3D positional, and 4- and
  5-axis simultaneous)
• Compass Technology (automatic feature-based 2-1/2D machining).
  This configuration can create an NC program for an entire lower shoe (100's of holes & 10's of pockets)
  with only 8 menu picks.
• Translators available for STEP, IGES, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Unigraphics, Pro/E, Solidworks, Inventor, Solid EDGE, and other ACIS & Parasolid systems.

VISI-Series has many firsts ...

• The first to implement the Parasolid kernal - the year was 1993 - two years before Solidworks was even incorporated.
• The first to deliver a progressive die design front-end system - 1998 - and after 11 years of improvements and upgrades - still the leader in die design functionality.
• The first to deliver a mold design front-end system with core, cavity, AND SLIDE splitting based new undercut analysis - 1997.
• The first to deliver an integrated and accurate sheetmetal flange unfolding capability based on mesh unfolding technology.
• The first (and only) to deliver a totally integrated mold design system - with part design, mold design, mold-fill-analysis, electrode design, and core-cavity machining - all in one system.