Accelerate mold development with end-to-end automation and first-time-right quality
NX for Mold Design transforms the injection-mold design and validation process. Built on the Siemens digital product-development platform, it gives toolmakers automated workflows, integrated simulation and industry best practices to move from part model to mold assembly faster, more accurately and with fewer errors. From simple molds to complex multi-cavity or high-precision tooling, NX brings automated parting, core/cavity creation, standard mold-base libraries, manufacturability assessment and seamless NX CAM integration into one environment — cutting lead time, improving quality and lowering development cost.
Key benefits
- Faster mold development — structured workflows and automated sequences in Mold Wizard accelerate every stage, from part import to mold-base generation.
- Consistent first-time quality — associative design links tooling geometry to the product model, so changes flow through to cores, cavities, parting surfaces and drawings, eliminating costly rework.
- Reduced waste and rework — upfront analysis and validation catch draft, undercut and wall-thickness problems before production.
- Integrated CAD–CAM workflow — feature data from Mold Wizard transfers straight into NX Machining for fast, accurate, high-speed toolpaths.
- Works with any 3D data — reads Parasolid, STEP, IGES and many native formats (CATIA, SOLIDWORKS and others), ideal for multi-supplier data.
Core features
- Automated mold-design workflow (Mold Wizard) — guided parting-line and parting-surface creation, associative core and cavity inserts, model comparison for revisions, and automatic shrinkage calculation.
- Mold base & standard component libraries — comprehensive catalogues of mold bases, ejector pins, sliders, lifters, cooling components and fittings that speed assembly and ensure standards compliance.
- Moldability & part validation — draft-angle analysis, wall-thickness visualisation, feature checks, undercut detection and automatic feature recognition, avoiding late-stage surprises.
- Automated BOM & drawing creation — complete mold-assembly drawings and bills of materials generated automatically, cutting documentation time and manual error.
- Seamless change management — associativity automatically updates mold components, drawings and machining data when the product model changes.