About ZW3D

ZW3D is cost-effective CAD/CAM software for 3D modeling, mold design, and machining, which takes engineers from concept to finished product in one easy-to-use, single collaborative environment. Supported by its Show-n-Tell™ built-in learning system, ZW3D includes data exchange to allow efficient reuse and sharing of designs, hybrid modeling with its unique Overdrive™ kernel, mold and die design with cavity preparation tools and component libraries, and intelligent, adaptive CNC machining from 2-axis through to 5-axis.

ZW3D is now available in Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish(Spain) and Turkish.

Read the ZW3D Premium review by Jeff Rowe

Powerful Data Exchange

• Directly read many 3D CAD software formats, such as NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, and Inventor.
• Support 3D exchange standards, including DWG, STEP, IGES, ACIS, DXF, Parasolid, SAT, and STL.
• Export models in PDF and raster images.

Productive Hybrid Modeling with Direct Edit

• Seamlessly work with 3D solid, surface, and wireframe models.
• Enjoy design flexibility with hybrid modeling.
• Quickly and easily edit all imported geometry through direct edit.
• Generate smooth surfaces with freeform surfacing and dynamic shape morphing.

Flexible Assembly Design

• Deal easily with large assemblies using ZW3D Burst™ technology.
• Validate and animate assemblies with built-in motion simulation.
• Simplify design work with a large amount of standard parts from PartSolutions™ library.

Fast 2D Sheet Production

• Quickly lay out drawing views, add dimensions, and generate BOM tables.
• Instantly create associative sections and detail views.
• Access built-in translators for leading CAD formats.

Whole-process Mold Design

• Split any 3D model, not just solid models.
• Rapidly create parting lines and faces, cores, and cavities using a variety of flexible methods.
• Employ many kinds of standard mold bases, such as DME, HASCO, LKM, and MISUM.
• Speed up preparation time through multiple electrode extraction.

Efficient 2-5X Milling and Turning

Increase machining efficiency with integrated CAD.
• Dramatically reduce programming time through automatic hole tactics.
• Generate powerful milling functions with 2-axis to 5-axis machines.
• Improve productivity by 30% through QuickMill™ technology's efficient roughing, rest-roughing, and quality of milled surfaces.
• Employ the new turning module.

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What's new in ZW3D 2012?

Enhanced User Interface

Enhanced User Interface offers the all-new ribbon, right-click menus, customizable UI, faster display, and more

Benefits

Simplied design process allows customers to customize the user interface to suit the way they work.

Expanded Translation

Expanded Translation includes native STEP import and new STEP, SAT, PDF and image export.

Benefits

Improved quality of translation allows customers to communicate more easily with clients.

Refined Modeling

Refined Modeling builds on upgraded direct edit, enhanced extrude and revolve, smart rib, sheet metal new functions, and more.

Benefits

Intuitive direct edit allows customers to directly select edges and surfaces, then drag to edit.

Improved Sketching and Drafting

Improved Sketching and Drafting provide new constraint types, linked views, drag-to-move, and more.

Benefits

Clearer sketching allows customers to see and edit their 2D sketches more clearly and efficiently.

New Whole-process for Mold Design

New Whole-process for Mold Design offers parting line, parting face, core and cavity, mold base, electrodes and more.

Benefits

Brand-new mold design module allows customers to semi-automate the design of molds from ZW3D models.

Better Machining

Better Machining provides new 2-axis turning, new 2-axis milling Topface cut operation, new undercut operation for 3-axis milling, and more.

Benefits

Improved machining options allow customers to generate efficient CNC code more quickly.

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Product Design

Built-in Tutorials

• Built-in Show-n-Tell™ tutorials act like 3D books, and so shorten learning curve and reduce training costs.
• New ribbon interface offers optimized workflow in a familiar environment.

Data Exchange

• Read and edit 3D models from CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Creo, and Inventor.
• Support many standard formats, including STEP, IGES, ACIS, DWG, DXF, Parasolid, SAT, and STL.
• Export models as PDF and raster images.

Hybrid Modelling

• Seamlessly work with 3D solid, surface, and wireframe models.
• Provide total control over surface curvature and smoothing of surfaces.
• Dynamically morph any shape.
• Greater exibility makes designing more enjoyable.

Direct Edit

• Effectively edit both open and closed models.
• Productively combine direct edit and parametric modeling.
• Enhance speed and exibility through direct modeling, making design work faster and more efficient

Assembly Design

• Deal easily with large assemblies using ZW3D Burst™ technology.
• Validate and animates assemblies with built-in motion simulation.
• Simplify design work with a large amount of standard parts from PartSolutions™ library.

Reverse Engineering

• Work with STL, point cloud, and scan data to build surfaces and 3D models.
• Prepare models for CNC machining by refining meshes, building surfaces, and repairing gaps.
• Support 3D printers.

2D Sheet

• Automatically create 2D associative views.
• Project views and create detail views, dimensions, and BOM tables quickly.
• Access built-in translators for leading CAD formats.

Mold Design

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Splitting

• Split solids, and opens geometry in seconds, without healing models.
• Automatically or manually create parting lines and faces.
• Provide a wide range of methods for creating cores and cavities, including parting line and face definition methods.
• Effortlessly remove cores and cavities.

Mold Base

• Support many kinds of standard mold bases, such as Hasco and DME.
• Easily add standard parts through built-in mold libraries, such as screws, locating rings, ejector pins, and cooling systems.
• Conveniently modify mold base and components at any time.

Electrode

• Speed up preparation time with multiple electrode extraction for die sinking operations.
• Automatically create electrode tables, including electrode origin information.

BOM

• Streamline communication through fast creation of 2D layout and detail drawings.
• Automatically generate BOM tables and hole tables.

CNC Machining

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Seamless Data Connection

• All-in-one CAD/CAM system
• Changes in geometry automatically update CNC programming output
• Directly import and cut any geometry, including STL files and point cloud data.

2X Turning

• Easy-to-use quick calculations of tool paths.
• Support OD and ID roughing, finishing, threading, grooving operations, and more.

2X and 5X Hole Machining

• Automatically generate 2X and 5X hole tactics, saves time by 70%.
• Provide a complete and intelligent solution for hole-machining.

2X and 3X Milling

• Automate 2X and 3X milling tactics with feature recognition and machining.
• Improve productivity by 30% through QuickMill� technology with re-use milling, adaptive federate control, and minimal air cutting.
• Lengthen tool life by up to 50% with progressive machining strategies.
• Produce uniform and high quality surface nishes with high speed machining

5X Milling

• 5-axis tool path strategies oer a wide range of options to the programmer, such as plane cuts, which keep the tool perpendicular to the surface, and swarf cuts, which keep the side of the tool in contact with the surface.

Maximize Productivity

• Maximize PC capabilities and improves work eciency through multithreaded calculation
• Support visualization of assembly environments, collision checking, calculation of minimum tool lengths, and more.
• Provide an easy-to-customize built-in post processor.
• Dynamically simulate the display of residual material with bands of color.

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Why ZW3D? Compare Versions

PRODUCT INFORMATION
	ZW3D 2012 FEATURES	ZW3D STD	ZW3D PRO	ZW3D PREMIUM	ZW3D 2X MACHINING	ZW3D 3X MACHINING	ZW3D 5X MACHINING (ADD-ON)
	SmoothFlow Direct Edit and Quick Edit	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	ZW3D Kernel with Sketching & QuickShapes	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	Hybrid 3D Shape & Feature Modeling
	Show-n-Tell™ Built-in Tutorials
	Translators for IGES, STEP, DWG/DXF, VDA, STL	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	Directly open, edit and save 3D models from Catia, Inventor, NX, Pro/E, Solidworks and ACIS	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	2D Detailing, Sections, Details/Bom & Hole Tables	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	Geometry Healing
	Freeform Class-A Surfacing & Shape Morphing
	Expert Assembly & Motion
	Design Optimiser, Compare RealView & Checking
	Links to FEA, PDM, CMM and Macro Recorder
	Integrated Parts Solutions Library	Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	Reverse Engineering - Point Cloud
	Core Cavity QuickSplit, Parting Lines & Surfaces		Enhanced	Enhanced
	Basic Mold Base Library		Enhanced	Enhanced
	Cooling Channels, Slides, Inserts & Electrodes		Enhanced	Enhanced
	2-Axis Turning			New	New	New
	2-Axis Milling			Enhanced	Enhanced	Enhanced
	Hole Making
	Auto-feature Tactics
	3-Axis Surface Milling
	QuickMill™ High Speed Milling			Enhanced		Enhanced
	SmoothFlow Adaptive, Feedrate Control
	CAM Folder			New	New	New	New
	Auto Assign Speed Feed Table			New	New	New	New
	ZW3D Post Processor
	CNC Output Manager
	Solid Verification
	4 & 5 Axis Machining
	ZW3D 2012 FEATURES	ZW3D STD	ZW3D PRO	ZW3D PREMIUM	ZW3D 2X MACHINING	ZW3D 3X MACHINING	ZW3D 5X MACHINING (ADD-ON)