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Design Tools for Manifold
Design Tools for Manifold (DTM) is a set of commands, built into SOLIDWORKS, for designing hydraulic manifold systems. Each command carries an interactive interface and a live preview, so designers can work quickly without leaving the SOLIDWORKS environment.
How it helps
Purpose-built for manifold designers
DTM is engineered specifically for the way manifold systems are designed — block by block, port by port — rather than adapted from general-purpose CAD commands.
- Flexible enough to manage multiple component libraries across different work locations
- Create components with any number of steps and ports
- Create footprints with user-defined parent-child component relationships
- Define, update and colour-code networks for fast visual review
- Simple to use, yet powerful enough for complex systems
- Components carry all relevant engineering information with them
- Every command includes a live preview of its result
Network visualization
Color-coded networks, at a glance
Toggle the preview to see how DTM highlights each hydraulic circuit as its own color-coded network across the manifold assembly.
Supply network
Return network
Pilot network
Drain network
Feature set
Built for speed and accuracy
Automatic design checks
Built-in checks flag design issues as you work, not after release.
Persuasive 3D visualization
Multi-colour component display makes complex networks easy to read.
Smart commands
Predefined commands perform multi-step operations automatically.
Commands
Everything from block creation to final drawing
Modeling
Draw BlockModify BlockInsert ComponentInsert FootprintEdit ComponentRotate FootprintRelocate ComponentConnect & AlignCopy / Cut ComponentStretchDrill
Management
Delete ComponentSuppress / UnsuppressRelocate MultipleCopy MultipleDesign Report CheckCreate AnnotationsNet DisplayColour / Remove Colour
Drawing
Standard 2D ViewsAutomatic DimensionsMachining ID AnnotationsComponent Name AnnotationsMachining ChartComponent TableConstruction Plug Report
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