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 — and 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 (soft lithography or injection molding) with its capabilities and design rules. Rule violations are reported live in the Problems panel while 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 panel.

New to the app? Start with A first look, then build something in Tutorial: your first chip. The Interface reference covers every surface of the app, and Concepts explains the model behind it.