Moving from 2D to 3D hasn't been easy or painless for mold-makers and molders, but the design and manufacturing world is quickly moving to 3D. Here's how one company did it, along with some timely tips for going full 3D. While Taiwan-based Megaforce Co. Ltd.'s quality and efficiency in mold design have been market tested over the company's nearly 20-year history, the traditional approach of deploying both 2D and 3D CAD engineering software increasingly fell short of where the company wanted to be, particularly in terms of mold quality and the processes used to design and develop these molds. The problem was compounded when larger molds were needed for products like big-screen LCD TVs. In these instances, the company wanted to improve surface precision and the integration of design, production, and drawing management.
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