ThinkDesign CAD for product design, styling and tooling

What ThinkDesign does

ThinkDesign puts styling and engineering in one CAD package. These are the capabilities designers and tool makers use most.

Solids and surfaces together

Solid modeling and advanced surface modeling work on the same model, so styling and engineering stay in one tool.

Global Shape Modeling (GSM)

Deforms curves, surfaces, solids and STL meshes as a whole, to reach complex shapes that are hard to build with classic modeling, and to apply zone draft and shape changes to tool surfaces.

Interactive Solid Modeling (ISM)

Edit existing geometry directly, including imported models, with or without history: select faces to move, offset, delete or add. Well suited to repairing and changing CAD from suppliers.

Sheet metal and frames

A sheet metal wizard for bends and cuts, including step bends on cylindrical, conical and curved surfaces. Frame design places profiles along a 3D path with automatic trimming.

Smart objects

Reusable groups of features, up to whole assemblies, that can be placed into new models.

Mold and die design

Plastic injection mold design (Mold Design), metal stamping die design (Die Design) and springback compensation of stamping dies (Compensator).

Reverse engineering and meshes

Repair and edit scanned meshes, place primitives on a mesh, apply GSM to meshes and re-create surfaces from scans.

Large assemblies and 2D/3D

One environment for parts and assemblies, simplified representation of large assemblies, motion with collision detection, and integrated 2D drafting.

Editions

Edition names from DPT; contents based on a partner comparison and can change between releases. Ask us for the current comparison.

Application areas

Mold and die makers

Tool surfaces, draft, mold and die design.

Automotive parts

Parts with free-form surfaces and sheet metal.

Consumer products

Styled shapes that also need engineering detail.

Machinery

Parts, assemblies, frames and drawings.

Engineering benefits

One tool from concept to tooling

Styling, engineering and tool design use the same model.

Change imported CAD quickly

Interactive modeling edits geometry without its original history.

Shapes classic CAD struggles with

GSM changes shape globally instead of rebuilding features.

Reuse what works

Smart objects bring proven features into new designs.

Product information from public sources by DPT (DPTLab S.r.l., Bologna, Italy), the company behind ThinkDesign today, and its partners.