Software Comparison at a Glance
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Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
- Analyze manufacturability of your design
- Evaluate the presence of air traps and weld lines
- 3D analysis for parts with varying thickness
- Includes Moldflow Adviser Premium, plus:
- Mold filling, packing, and cooling guidance
- Causes of warpage
- Fiber orientation
- Runner balancing and cavity layout
- In-depth simulation of plastic injection molding
- Polymer flow, mold cooling, and part warpage prediction
- Meshing and process parameter controls
- Includes Moldflow Insight Standard, plus:
- Simultaneous solving capacity
- Advanced mold heating and cooling processes
- Process optimization
- Includes Moldflow Insight Premium, plus:
- Simulation for specialized molding processes
- Optical performance prediction
Products
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
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Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
CAD solid models
Parts
Assemblies
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Design advice
Design adviser
Result adviser
Cost adviser
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Filling
Sink marks, air traps, and weld lines
Molding window
Gate location
Shared views (requires active Moldflow Subscription)
Packing
Cooling
Warpage
Fiber orientation
Cold and hot runners
Runner balancing
Valve Gates
Venting analysis
Insert overmolding
In-mold label
Two-shot overmolding
Core shift
Transient mold cooling or heating
Design of experiments (DOE)
Conformal cooling
Rapid temperature cycling
Induction heating
Heating elements
Wire sweep, paddle shift
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Thermoplastics injection molding
Reaction injection molding
Resin transfer molding (RTM) and structural reaction injection molding (SRIM)
Rubber, liquid silicone injection molding
Multi-barrel reactive molding
Thermoplastics overmolding
Powder injection molding (PIM)
Coolant flow analysis
Microchip encapsulation
Underfill encapsulation
Thermoplastics injection-compression molding
Thermoplastics injection-compression overmolding
Reactive injection-compression molding
Thermoplastics compression overmolding
Reactive compression molding
Gas-assisted injection molding
Microcellular injection molding with and without core back
Co-injection molding
Bi-injection molding
Multi-barrel thermoplastic injection molding
Chemical Blowing Agent (CBA)
Birefringence
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Thermoplastic materials
Thermoset materials
Molding machines
Coolant materials
Mold materials
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Autodesk Helius PFA (Advanced Material Exchange)
Autodesk Nastran (FEA)
Abaqus (FEA)
ANSYS (FEA)
LS-DYNA (FEA)
CODE V (Birefringence)
Autodesk VRED (defect visualization)
Elysium CADdoctor for Autodesk Moldflow
Products
Moldflow Adviser Premium
Moldflow Adviser Ultimate
Moldflow Insight Standard
Moldflow Insight Premium
Moldflow Insight Ultimate
Autodesk Helius PFA (requires active Moldflow Insight Ultimate Subscription)
Autodesk Moldflow Communicator
Autodesk Fusion 360 (requires active Moldflow or Fusion 360 Subscription)
Autodesk Vault
Autodesk Moldflow Design
"It's not the price of the software, it's the cost to fix the problem as a result of not funding, requiring, defining or using Moldflow to identify & resolve a potential problem"
Consulting | Software | Training:
Improved Part Quality
Faster Cycle Times
Larger Processing Window
Less "Fire Fighting"
More Profit