Creating a Mold Structure

You can create a Mold Structure: Create a Mold Project in which you insert the design part, then go through the commands of the Mold Structure section of the action bar, in the proposed order. The output of one step is the input of the next one.

Before you begin: Make sure that the following publications are retrieved from the Molded Part
  • CavitySurface
  • CoreSurface
  • CavityInsert: Publication of the body that contains the physical Cavity Insert.
  • CoreInsert: Publication of the body that contains the physical Core Insert.
  • CavityInsertProtected: Publication of the body that contains the impact of the physical Cavity Insert
  • CoreInsertProtected: Publication of the body that contains the impact of the physical Core Insert.
  • LBox, WBox,HBox: Publications of the parameters representing the length in X, Y or Z of the Molded Part bounding box
  • ZBox: Publication of the parameter representing the Z coordinate of the Molded Part hooking point
  1. Create a Mold Project.

    See Creating a Mold Project for more information.

  2. Retrieve Core & Cavity Separation information (Surface, solids, dimensions) from the Molded Part.
  3. Create the Insert Unit. Click Insert Unit .

    See Creating Insert Units.

  4. Create the Multiple Layout Insert. Click Multiple Layout Inserts .

    See Creating a Multiple Layout Insert for more information.

  5. Create the Mold Base. Click Mold Base .

    See About Mold Bases and Creating a Mold Base.

    The Mold Base is created from the LBox, WBox,HBox and ZBox publications, either from:
    • The Insert Unit based on generative Inserts, or
    • The Multiple Layout Insert based on generative Inserts, or
    • The Molded Part with generative Inserts.