About Mold Bases

This section summarizes the functions of the Mold Base creation commands.

A Mold Base is an assembly of all the parts of an Injection Tool that do not depend on the shape of the plastic model.

Create the Mold Base in a void Mold Base or a Project Unit product.

• If the product is void, you can choose to create the new Mold Base either from suppliers components or using the configurator.
• If the product is a Project Unit, you can choose to create a Mold Base either from suppliers components or using the configurator or insert an existing Mold Base (from the 3DEXPERIENCE platform).

  In this case, after you have created the Mold Base, the Insert Unit or Multiple Layout Insert is positioned into the Mold Base between the Core Plate and Cavity Plate.

  • If the Project Unit contains both Insert Units and a Multiple Layout Insert, the Multiple Layout Insert is inserted into the Mold Base.
  • If the Project Unit contains only an Insert Unit (no Multiple Layout Insert), the Insert Unit is inserted into the Mold Base.
  • The Project Unit must be in Declarative mode.

Kinematics of the Mold Base is automatically created.

Starting in V6R2013, the names of the products created by Mold Base include the type name. Those names are not editable.

• A Mold Base can only be created from the proposed types.
• The preview of the Mold Base is updated dynamically.
• You can choose to create a Mold Base with a gap or with an overlap.
• The preview and dimensions are computed from:
  • The Project Unit and its updated template, or
  • The Insert Unit based on generative Inserts, or
  • The Multiple Layout Insert based on generative Inserts, or
  • The Molded Part with generative Inserts.

    In this case, you can cut the Core Plate and the Cavity Plate with the Core Surface and the Cavity Surface. See Cutting Components for more information.

Important: Supplier Components must first be imported in 3DEXPERIENCE. Recommendation: Although they can be imported from xml files, import the Components from the CATParts stored in win_b64\startup\components\MtdCatalog. This avoids changing the maturity of the Component reference, nor using Data Setup.

• Only relevant types and references are proposed.
• Dragging the length and width rulers of a Mold Reference changes the dimensions, thus the Mold Reference.
• Dragging the thickness ruler of a Plate changes its thickness, thus the Plate Reference
• The gap between the Ejector System and the Setting Plate is pre-defined by the supplier, and cannot be modified.
• The preview of the Mold Base is updated dynamically.
• The preview and dimensions are computed from:
  • The Mold Project and its updated template, or
  • The Insert Unit based on generative Inserts, or
  • The Multiple Layout Insert based on generative Inserts, or
  • The Molded Part with generative Inserts.
    Note: In this case, you can cut the Core Plate and the Cavity Plate with the Core Surface and the Cavity Surface. See Cutting Components for more information.

You can insert an existing Mold Base or a non-typed product as a Mold Base. The non-typed product can be a Mold Base imported from V5.

This section provides an overview of the persistent data added to the tree.

The resulting Mold Base is a set of products and associated engineering connections in the tree that includes:

• A Tooling Skeleton
• An Injection Side Mobile Unit
  Note: With the Three Plates option activated, three Injection Side Mobile Units are created.
• An Ejection Side Mobile Unit
• An Ejector System Mobile Unit
  Note: With the Double Ejection System option activated, two Ejector System Mobile Units are created.
• Publications
• Engineering Connections.

This section summarizes the limitations of Define Component.

For Mold Bases created before V6R2013x:

• The design tables corresponding to the Mold Base definition and Plates definitions are not imported into the Mold Base.

For Mold Bases created with V6R2013x up to V6R2016x:

• The design table of the Mold Base and all design tables of all Plates are imported into the Mold Base Skeleton.
• You can edit manually a supplier Mold Base reference.