Quick Start

The Quick Start guide offers an overview of the process for transforming raw data into a Moldflow UDB file using Autodesk Moldflow Data Fitting.

For Themoplastics:

1. Create a new material input data file (.aml)

   • Click (File > New) to generate a blank data file
   • Click (File > Save) to save data file to preferred location

2. Fill essential material data

   • General Information (Compulsory)
   • Filler (If applicable)
   • Processing and Design (Compulsory)
   • Specific Heat (Compulsory)
   • Thermal Conductivity (Compulsory)
   • Viscosity Input (Compulsory)
   • PVT Input (Compulsory)
   • Mechanical Input (Compulsory)

3. Fill optional material data if available

4. Check quality of material data

   • Click (Check Input) to validate provided material data
   • Error messages need to be fixed before proceeding to fit model
   • Data with Warning messages can still be fit

5. Data fitting to relevant models

   • Click (Compute Results) to fit the following material data to models:
     • Viscosity Model
     • PVT Model
     • Ramberg-Osgood Stress-Strain Model (if data is provided)

6. Check quality of fitted data

   • Click (Check Results) to validate fitted Viscosity, PVT and Ramberg-Osgood Stress-Strain Model
   • Error messages need to be fixed before proceeding to generate material data file (.udb)
   • Data with Warning messages can still be exported

7. Generate material database file (.udb)

   • Click (Generate UDB) to save material database file (21000.udb) to preferred location

For Thermosets:

1. Create a new material input data file (.aml)

   • Click (File > New Thermoset) to generate a blank data file
   • Click (File > Save) to save data file to preferred location

2. Fill essential material data

   • General Information (Compulsory)
   • Filler (If applicable)
   • Processing and Design (Compulsory)
   • Specific Heat (Compulsory)
   • Thermal Conductivity (Compulsory)
   • Raw Cure Kinetics (Model entry only)
   • Raw Reactive Viscosity (Model entry only)
   • Raw PVT (Uncured) (Compulsory)
   • Raw PVT (Cured) (Compulsory)

3. Fill optional Mechanical Input data if available

4. Check quality of material data

   • Click (Check Input) to validate provided material data
   • Error messages need to be fixed before proceeding to fit model
   • Data with Warning messages can still be fit

5. Data fitting to relevant models

   • Click (Compute Results) to fit the following material data to models:
     • PVT Model (Uncured)
     • PVT Model (Cured)
     • Cure Kinetics Model, enter model coefficients
     • Reactive Viscosity Model, enter model coefficients

6. Check quality of fitted data

   • Click (Check Results) to validate fitted Uncured and Cured PVT Models
   • Error messages need to be fixed before proceeding to generate material data file (.udb)
   • Data with Warning messages can still be exported

7. Generate material database file (.udb)

   • Click (Generate UDB) to save material database file (20030.udb) to preferred location