CAD/CAM software for

the wood industry

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CAD/CAM SOLUTION
FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
Design processes that enable rapid and
cost-effective manufacturing are essen-
tial for every company. This holds espe-
cially true for the wood industry, which
requires an ever-increasing productivi-
ty. TopSolid'Wood is an integrated
solution for design, manufacturing and
management (CAD/CAM/PDM) that
provides all standard parts and proce-
dures for wood processing.
With TopSolid/Image you can create virtu-
al design images in no time and forward
these within seconds to all participants in
the digital process chain. Hence, it is the
perfect solution for sales departments!
CONCEPT
INNOVATIVE
Q First integrated CAD/CAM solution for the wood-processing
industry
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Q Design departments and manufacturing departments use
the same data, thus avoiding potential errors
Q Constraints related to manufacturing are taken into account
already during design
Q Shorter design / marketing / prototyping cycle enables test-
ing of various solutions
Q Direct generation of rendered images and exploded views
for catalogs with TopSolid'Wood
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Q Increased standardization of know-how within the enter-
prise
Q Facilitated communication with customers and manufactur-
ing
TOPSOLID’WOOD
 HIGH-LEVEL DESIGN

POWERFUL MODELING FUNCTIONS

Q TopSolid'Wood enables even highly complex model-

ing. Using the design tree and features, parts or assem-
blies can be modified very easily.

Q All geometry types: wireframe, surface, and a variety

of solid models.

Q Powerful functions for surface modeling: enable the

design of all ledge types. Surfaces are defined via
curves in order to be able to rapidly modify a model by
varying curves.

Q Design features: profiling and counter-profiling,

tenons and mortises (open mortise and tenon, notched Just as any other object defined by shape and design, a sink can be designed
4 joints, etc.), fillets with constant and variable radius, with precision. TopSolid'Wood includes TopSolid, one of the most powerful CAD
holes with fixed distances, pockets, ledges, grooves, solutions available on the market.
etc.

OPTIMIZED ASSEMBLY MANAGEMENT

Q TopSolid'Wood supports the management of assem-

blies containing several thousand parts or components
that were designed directly in the model or assembled
via positioning constraints.

Q In-situ design: a piece of furniture can be designed

using one single file.

Q Design via referencing sub-assemblies: assembly of

various sub-assemblies and parts using positioning Modeling a complete kitchen including all utensils does not pose a problem for
constraints (arrangement of components). Management TopSolid'Wood.
of degrees of freedom (DOF) and clearances.

Q Kinematics: simulation of typical kinematic connec-

tions (guide rails, sliders, pivots, etc.), collision check
and monitoring of important trajectories.
Q Bills of material: multiple levels, consideration of
material quantities.
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
Q The state-of-the-art TopSolid software contains many com-
munication functions and is also Windows-native. It is based on
the Parasolid modeling kernel and supports OLE links. The
solution enables the user to work with multiple documents and
applications associatively and parametrically.
 CONCEPT
STANDARD PARTS
FOR IMPECCABLE PROJECTS

INNOVATIVE
UTILIZATION OF COMPONENTS AND
STANDARD PARTS

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Q 80% of a design involves reusing standards avail-
able commercially or within the enterprise.
TopSolid'Wood offers modern functionalities for creating
and managing components for wood processing:

- Thousands of standard parts for the wood industry

are available and can be customized.

- Classification in families, variants and catalogs: slid-

ers, pivots, hinges, eccentrics, assemblies, center-
ings, screws and bolts for wood, box frames, doors,
cross members, etc. Selection wizards facilitate the
process.

- All assembly procedures (drilling, slot milling, etc.)

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can be directly communicated to manufacturing.
Drawing creation becomes child's play with TopSolid'Wood.
- Integrated management of projects and bills of
material with TopSolid'PDM.
DRAWING CREATION
Q All parts and assemblies are transferred associatively to a

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drawing document in TopSolid'Draft, taking into account indi-
vidual views at different scales and important dimensions for
controlling the design.

- Management of standard views, paper size and display

Every component in TopSolid'Wood incorporates all associated
assembly procedures. Screws, for instance, are fastened by using the
corresponding hole. This information can be passed on directly to
manufacturing.
scales: cuts, sections, broken views, detailed views, etc.
- Dimensions: standard or specialized dimensions for wood
processing
- Management of standard text fields, formats, title blocks,
and indexed BOM tables
- Creation of BOMs linked directly to 3D (or 2D) models
- Generation of exploded views

DESIGN, PRESENTATION AND

MODIFICATION
Q Once the preliminary design phase is completed, a
prototype is built, and the project must be presented to
the marketing department and to customers for
approval.
Q Visualization: materials, textures, lights, shadows,
output in various formats, views with Gouraud shading
or ray tracing. Animated presentation of assembly and
disassembly: new concepts can immediately be visual-
ized using animated films.
 SOFTWARE FOR
COMMUNICATION AND
DATA MANAGEMENT

COMMUNICATION
Q For rapid manufacturing and delivery, digital data must be
passed on easily, especially over the Internet:

- Standard interfaces: IGES, DXF, DWG, STEP, STL,

Parasolid, VDA, CATIA, etc.

- Data exchange over the Internet and display of models

using a powerful viewer (TopSolid'Viewer) that is also able
to handle kinematics.

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Q A close link to production management (bills of material,
components, material quantities, etc.) is crucial.

Q With TopSolid'PDM and TopManufacturing, Missler

Software offers two additional and seamless solutions that use
the same database.

Q Thanks to the open architecture of TopSolid'Wood and the

comprehensive API, connections to any modern software can
be established.

Clients, customers and resellers can visualize and comment on design projects in
order to speed up decision-making. TopSolid'Viewer supports this important
process. The software can be downloaded from the Internet free of charge.
 CONCEPT
MANUFACTURING WITH
THE SAME SOFTWARE

INNOVATIVE
TOPSOLID'WOODCAM: COMPLETE
MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION FOR
COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP

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AUTOMATION
Q This module allows you to establish a connection
between parametric design and machining schedules,
which are automatically updated when changing the
model. Productivity gains for furniture families are enor-
mous!

- The kinematics of a machine are known exactly.

Therefore, machining, material removal and clamp-
ing can be simulated and collisions can be identified
in advance.
- From a base part, a machining schedule can be
If required, users can adjust all machining parameters according to their individ-
defined and reused in future for every part. Thus, ual needs. 7
entire machining operations can be automated.
- Updating of rough parts and material removal during
machining
- Comprehensive tool library for wood processing,
spindles and aggregates
- Easy creation of workshop sheets and manufactur-
ing schedules
- Creation of part clampings and special fixtures

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- Customization of post processors for CNC and other
machines.

TopSolid'WoodCam permits you to precisely define tools and their respective

conditions of use.

TOPSOLID'WOOD: DIRECT LINK TO

MANUFACTURING
Q TopSolid'Wood offers a direct interface to the most common
software programs:

- WoodWop for Homag and Weecke

- PanelCam for the machining of panels
- Decoup'aid and Proficoupe for cut
optimization.
Thank to the 3D simulation with integrated collision monitoring, pro-
grams can be optimized in no time.
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Industry-specific know-how

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and customer proximity throughout the world
For more than 20 years, Missler software has been offering industry-specific solutions for

manufacturers and suppliers. These complete solutions are distributed worldwide along with

high-quality services. Manufacturers and suppliers as well as other companies of the wood-

processing industry can now benefit from all advantages of integrated design and manufac-

turing. Thanks to its innovative technologies and state-of-the-art computer standards,

Missler's TopSolid solution is increasingly gaining ground on the CAD/CAM market. More

than 4,000 companies worldwide successfully utilize solutions of the TopSolid product line.

http://www.topsolid.com
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