What is Experiware

Experiware is a desktop application for designing microfluidic chips. You compose a chip from parametric components: channels, points and regions, grouped into reusable component definitions. Experiware maintains the resolved fluidic model and the layered 2.5D geometry as you edit, in both a 2D top-down and a 3D view.

A design targets a fabrication setup you author alongside it: a layer stack and a process (anything from soft lithography to injection molding) with its capabilities and design rules. Rule violations are reported in the Problems section as you work.

Designs are saved as .exw files. A .exw file can also serve as a component library: place another file’s components in your design through the Libraries section.

Start with A first look, then build something in Tutorial: your first chip. See Interface reference for every part of the app, and the Concepts pages for the model behind it.