Petah Tikva, Israel: January, 2004 R&B, developer of the computer-aided mold design (CAMD) technology used by more than 1,000 customers around the world, will preview new versions of the most popular mold design suite for SolidWorks at the sixth annual SolidWorks World 2004 Conference, being held from January 19-21,2004, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Several new features in MoldWorks, SplitWorks, and ElectrodeWorks
will be showcased at the conference, such as:
- Injection machine previews
- 3D cooling cycles
- Runners and gates creation
- Operation reports
- User defined BOM structures
- Shrinkage
- Automatic electrode drawings
“The new functionality found in MoldWorks, SplitWorks, and ElectrodeWorks combined with the new capabilities in SolidWorks® 2004 is aimed towards improving the mold design features especially for the mold manufacturing market,” said George Berold, vice president, R&B Ltd. “Every day, R&B’s software is gaining more acceptance in the mold design industry and we are translating that success into expanding our presence on the shop floor by adding new capabilities to our products.”
"SolidWorks users will benefit significantly from the combination of SolidWorks 2004 and the new mold design functionality from R&B,” said Brian Houle, SolidWorks Partner Program manager. “We’re excited to have the company demonstrating such powerful tools at SolidWorks World.””
The new functionality in MoldWorks, SplitWorks, and ElectrodeWorks can be viewed in booth #63 at SolidWorks World in Boston.
About R&B
R&B, Ltd. develops and markets powerful, easy-to-use; 3D mold design tools for the plastic mold and die industry. The company was created in 1994 as a separate organization through the combination of investments from Regba Kal, Israel's largest mold maker, and Bercom, a leading supplier of computer-aided engineering solutions for mechanical design and finite element analysis. Today, R&B has seven products: MoldWorks®/SplitWorks®, MoldCreator™, MoldBase3D™, MoldMaker™, MoldDesign™ and MoldBaseAdvisor™ all running within native CAD products, and with over 1500 customers. R&B's CAMD solutions provide engineers with intuitive intelligence, powerful functionality, unprecedented ease-of-use and a huge library of commercial components from numerous manufacturers. R&B distributes its products through a network of distributors and resellers worldwide. For more information about R&B solutions, please visit www.RnBUSA.com
About SolidWorks Corporation
SolidWorks Corporation,a Dassault Systèmes S.A.(Nasdaq:DASTY,Euronext Paris:#13065,DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for mechanical design,analysis, and product data management. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks’mission is to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in product development and foster a collaborative user community. In seven years of delivering product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 285,000 total seats of software worldwide. SolidWorks has offices around the globe and sells, distributes, and supports its products through a worldwide reseller network. For the latest news,information,or a live online demonstration,visit the company’s Web site (www.solidworks.com)or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).
MoldWorks and SplitWorks are registered trademarks of R&B Ltd, SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective owners.