VISI-Mold - Mold Design, Analysis, & Machining

CAD, CAM, and Mold Fill Analysis Developed for Mold Tooling

When it comes to designing, analyzing, and/or machining molds, nobody does the job better, or faster, or at a lower manufacturing cost than VISI-Mold ...

... No matter what!

Customers report design times cut typically by 50% compared to 2D Autocad, and cut 33% compared to parametric CAD systems.

The First CAD/CAM System to Implement Parasolid

It started with the VISI-Series being the first (1994) CAD/CAM/CAE system to implement the Parasolid kernal. (Read More.) Designed for moldmakers, VISI-Mold still leads all other systems in functionality for designing and manufacturing injection, compression, and thermoset molds.

One Vendor for All Soltware Modules

VISI-Mold is not a "bolt-on." The modeling system, tool design front end, machining system, and mold flow analysis system ALL come fom one developer, VERO International. So there is no finger pointing when things don't work right.

All CAD Translations yield Native Solid VISI-Files

Customer CAD files never need re-modeling. VISI imports and yields native solid files for CATIA V4, V5, Unigraphics, Pro/E, Solidworks, Solid EDGE, Inventor, IGES, and STEP files. Designs always begin immediately.

The Modules of the System

VISI-Modeling - 3D hybrid solid/surface modeling switches automatically and effortlessly from solids to surfaces and back again for maximum productivity.
VISI-Mold - Analyzes and fixes draft issues; develops core/cavity splits; generates plates sets from DME-Hasco-etc catalogues; inserts slides, locks, water lines, runners, and other necessary geometries.
VISI-Electrode - Develops the geometry for electrodes and their holders; and prints setup instructions.
VISI-Machining - Four other major CAM software developers use the VISI machining kernal. It supports development of 2D, 2.5D, 3D, 4-Axis, 5-Axis (positional & simultaneous), tool paths.
Compass Technology (Automatic Feature-based Prismatic Machining) automatically creates NC programs from VISI-Mold designs - in SECONDS not minutes or hours.
VISI-Flow - Because it is integrated with the mold design module, you can ensure your design stays on track to produce quality parts at your predicted cycle time. Use VISI-Flow to analyze the fill & hold cycle;shrink & warp, and cooling. Use it for hot and cold runner systems.

There are Two Ways to Make Money - Increase Sales or Decrease Costs

VISI does both.

It's Faster - Designs are completed faster - 50% faster than 2D CAD - 33% faster than 3D solid parametric CAD. Templates in parametric form speed the job even more. Integrated machining means production starts sooner - even before designs are complete - NC programming takes less time, and the programs run faster on the CNC.
It's More Accurate - Because VISI is hard programmed in C++ (no wizards, no macros, no scripts) everything runs faster and is more accurate.
It Costs Less - Not only is money saved in design and manufacturing costs - VISI costs less too. it's 1/3rd less than Solidworks and 1/3rd the cost of Unigraphics, Pro/Engineer, and CATIA.

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, 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.