Modify the manifold block size during the manifold design process based on:
- Required change in manifold length, width, and height entered.
- Required material cross section from an existing material X-section
   database.

Select and insert cavities/footprints on the manifold from a standard cavity/ footprint library.
Add a Net name when inserting a cavity.

Insert four mounting holes on a selected manifold face, at a specified distance from the edges.

Insert an undercut in a selected cavity on a manifold at a specified depth from the cavity face and at a specified angle from the centre of the selected cavity.

Replace a cavity located on a manifold with any cavity in the MDTools library.
The new cavity replaces the original cavity at the same position on the manifold.

Replace all cavities of the selected type inside a manifold with any cavity in the MDTools library. The new cavity replaces the original cavity at the same position on the manifold.
It also updates the selected properties.

Automatically delete the complete cavity/footprint.
All the features used to create the cavity/footprint in SolidWorks are automatically deleted.

Change the dimensions of an existing undercut, per new specifications.

Edit or change the dimensions of an existing slot, per new specifications.

Automatically generate machining IDs for all the cavities on the manifold, based on the Diameter or Distance naming options, and one of the four alternative numbering options.

Select between the upper and lower case alphabets for cavity machining IDs. You can now also rename the cavities using Scheme 4.

Suppress a cavity/footprint or unsuppress a suppressed cavity/footprint.

Add a drill to an existing cavity.
If the drill diameter is less than the maximum Step12 diameter parameter (defined in MDTools Cavity), then the drill is added at the bottom of the cavity otherwise the drill is added in between the existing cavity.

Automatically flush the construction plugs below the manifold surface by increasing the spot face depth of the cavity.

Flush a single selected cavity or all the cavities on a selected face.

Delete an assembly envelope around the selected cavities or footprints that are created using the Draw Assembly Envelope command.
The assembly envelope is automatically deleted around the selected cavities or footprints.

Automatically assign the nets (flow paths) name and net color inside the manifold.
MDTools^® automatically displays all nets with the default net color.

Locate a position or an area on a selected manifold face where a cavity can be placed to connect a selected net.
The cavities or ports are displayed in the selected net in green and all other cavities or ports are displayed in the Dead Area color.

Show or hide cavity IDs of the cavities on selected faces or the cavity ID of a selected cavity.
Display of the cavity ID at the center of a cavity enables you to identify the cavity on the manifold.

Change the visibility of the cavity center points.

Toggle the visibility of component assembly envelopes and footprint envelopes on the manifold.

Align two cavities on the manifold.
- Two cavities on the same face are aligned on the coordinate with
   shortest distance.
- Two cavities on different faces are aligned along the plane containing
   axis of the 'Align to cavity' and the center point of the 'Align cavity'.

Move multiple cavities on the manifold simultaneously by entering the displacement along their common coordinate.
- Cavities on the same or opposite faces can be moved on two
   coordinates
- Cavities on perpendicular faces can be moved on a single coordinate.

Interchange the location of two cavities on a manifold.

Relocate the cavity/footprint from one face to another face of the manifold.
Connect the cavity with either one or two existing cavities on the block when relocating the cavity.

Copy multiple cavities/footprints simultaneously, by specifying the displacement on their common coordinates.

Create embossing at the specified location and attach embossing to a selected cavity.
Create, modify, suppress, and delete embossing on a manifold block.

Check the wall thickness between two selected cavities.
The cavity names are listed with the actual wall thickness, in parenthesis, if the wall thickness is less than the specified value.

Measure the wall thickness between two cavities or measure the wall thickness between a cavity and a manifold surface.

Change the precision for cavity location, drill depth, and the angle value of angle holes.
The location, drill depth, and the angle values (Both Alpha and Beta) of cavities are updated.

Check the connectivity inside the manifold.
Easily find the dead area intersections inside the block.
Locate any holes cutting outside the port area of a cartridge valve cavity.

Check the manifold design for:
- Unconnected cavities/ports of cavities
- Broken nets
- Wrong connection inside manifold

Check the wall thickness around all the cavities inside the manifold.
- If the wall thickness between the cavities is less than the minimum required value specified, then the wall thickness check will list (in parenthesis) the actual wall thickness between the cavities next to the cavity name.

Check the design for manufacturing and tooling limitations.
Also, check the manifold for angle holes, compound angle holes, non-standard drills, non-standard spot faces, and drills with slenderness ratio more than a specified value.

Export to CAMit

Automatically extract the machining data from all the cavities and create the machining chart.

Automatically dimension all the cavity locations on all six views of the manifold machining drawing.

Create Cavity Table

Insert a cavity table consisting of component ID, cavity name, and face name in the 2D drawing.

Automatically display the cavity ID near the cavities in 2D drawing views.

Automatically display the component ID near the cavities in 2D drawing views.

Create
Machining
Callout

Automatically create a leader-type cavity machining callout for all the cavities in the 2D drawing.
Automatically extract the cavity machining detail from all the cavities and insert with the leader on the cavities.

Create Balloon

Create X-Drill Plugs Table

Set assembly constraints on all the part models to make them work with the Assembly Interface.
Parts without the assembly constraints will not get assembled on the manifold.
Set all the assembly constraints on part models.

The MDTools 930 Assembly Library is the MDTools Cavity and Plug Assembly Library created as a Microsoft Access database.
This library is independent of Inventor; i.e. you can run the Assembly Library module without running Inventor.

Assembly Plugs

Automatically assemble plugs on all the construction (X-Drill) ports on a manifold. MDTools^® automatically creates all the required constraints and assembles the plugs at the correct location.