QuickManifolds

 
 

Design Inputs

Design Defaults: Users may set up their default values for

 

- Units
- Minimum wall thickness
- Maximum slenderness ratio
- Minimum clearance between components
- Cross drill port standards

 

Manufacturing Defaults: Users may set up their manufacturing default values for

 

- Drill sizes
- Material cross sections
- Manufacturing constraints


The following design inputs are required for each design

 

1) A circuit drawing defined in one of the following ways:-

 

Option 1: Circuit created with HyDraw. HyDraw is a user-friendly schematic drawing tool that plugs into Microsoft Visio. It uses drag and drop technology and no CAD experience is required. For more information on HyDraw, visit HyDraw.


Option 2: Users of MDTools can provide cavity and connectivity information through the MDTools-QuickManifolds interface.


2) Design constraints

3) Valve and port location constraints

4) Flow requirements according to port sizes