MAGICS TOOLING EXPERT: TOOL QUOTATION AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3!

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MAGICS TOOLING EXPERT: TOOL QUOTATION AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3!
05 February 2002 - Materialise NV

Materialise, the world – leader in STL manipulation software, introduces its innovative solution for tool analysis and quotation, Magics Tooling Expert.

This software offers pioneering technologies, including various analysis tools, an efficient user-interface and enhanced document generation. Systematic, automated, competitive: these are the keys to Magics Tooling Expert. Designed to meet the demands of toolmakers in today’s competitive and fast – paced tooling market, Magics Tooling Expert combines speed and ease – of – use into a powerful instrument.

Phil Kilburn, manager of Materialise RapidParts: 'With Magics Tooling Expert we’re able to analyze parts quickly and efficiently. Based on those analyses, we indicate the relevant tooling parameters in the software, which allows us to automatically estimate a consistent and reliable price for a proposed tool design. The snapshot function enables us to document the quote with images that help explain pricing to the customer. Quoting tools was never this fast and easy !'

The highly advanced and automatic functions of Magics Tooling Expert reduce the effort of quoting tools to a minimum. A quote is ready in only three steps !

The analysis tools – focusing on undercuts, parting line definition, wall thickness, draft and design study – give insight into the complexity and cost of tool design and production. Magics Tooling Expert visualizes problem areas automatically, enabling you to anticipate difficulties before designing the tool. Unpleasant – and costly – surprises during actual tool production are thus eliminated !

In the second step, the information and insight gained using the analysis tools enables you to determine the necessary tooling parameters. Magics Tooling Expert automatically calculates the costs, providing you with an effective and systematic means for price estimation.

Well – documented quotes are then easy to generate automatically thanks to enhanced document generation tools. You can also customize the appearance of the quotes for your business with the document generation templates.

This tool quoting software enables you to dramatically improve your hit rate by offering your customers convincing, detailed and well-documented quotes. Its analysis tools are ideal to illustrate and explain your pricing to the customer.

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About: Materialise NV
Begun as a joint venture with the University of Leuven-Belgium, Materialise was one of the first European rapid prototyping service bureaus. It has since grown into a European supplier of plastic prototype solutions, and today is a worldwide leader in the rapid prototyping industry. Materialise offers a broad range of rapid prototyping, tooling and digital CAD software. In addition, Materialise prototypes and software have established a reputation in medicine and dentistry, with clinicians the world over using them in the most complex surgical cases. Its design products division concentrates on the development of rapid manufacturing. The company is privately owned with several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 300 people in its 4 divisions.

* Materialise Industrial Services to "materialise" technical prototypes and small series through the most advanced prototyping and tooling techniques.
* Materialise Software to develop the technical software applications that allow a more efficient use of the rapid prototyping techniques.
* Materialise Medical to create medical models using these prototyping techniques and to develop medical software packages that are used by clinicians worldwide to assist them in the most complex cases of surgery.
* Materialise.MGX to manufacture design products for the end-user market. MGX is the youngest division and it draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prototyping division.

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