Creating a Pulling Direction

Pulling Direction lets you create one main and several secondary pulling directions. For each pulling direction, you can analyze the shape and assign faces to mold areas.

  1. Select a solid.
  2. Select to edit preferences.

    • Global Preferences apply to the command.
    • Active Direction Preferences apply only to the current pulling direction.

  3. Expand Analysis then each category to retrieve information or actions.
  4. Alternatively, expand Automatic Dispatch and select a dispatch mode.
  5. To create a spline to split faces, select a point and click Spline on the context toolbar. then
  6. To create individual disconnected faces for Core and Cavity analysis, click Disconnect on the context toolbar.
    1. Alternatively, click Disconnect by Reflect Line and select faces.
  7. When existing faces are not sufficient to define the area associated to a slider, you can complete them with the projection of edges or wireframe elements.
    1. Select edges or wireframe elements and click Project on Shape on the context toolbar.
      The selection is projected on the shape, using the nearest solution option.
    2. Alternatively, select edges or wireframe elements and a set of faces. Click Project on Shape on the context toolbar.
      A join is created from the selected faces. The selected edges or wireframe elements are projected on this join using the nearest solution option.
  8. Press Ctrl key and drag the Robot to a new position or select faces.
  9. Click New Slider on the context toolbar to create a secondary pulling direction.
  10. Manage faces from their context toolbar.