Preparing for Fill and Cool Simulation

You can generate 3D Shapes containing Mold Tooling Design features, ready for fill and cool simulation analyses performed by Plastic Part Injection or Plastic Part Filling.

Before you begin:
  • The status of Enable hybrid design inside part bodies and bodies is taken into account.
  • Prepare for Fill and Cool Simulation creates 3D shapes. If the input is a 3D Part, select a product where the 3D Shapes are inserted.
  • Selecting a Mold Project results in duplications in the output (since the same features are found both in the Insert Unit and the Mold Base). Select a child of the Mold Project instead.
  • For further simulation analysis, define Gates in the Insert Unit, not the Molded Part.
  • Sprue Gates cannot be differentiated from other Gates.
  • Materials are not supported.
  • Injection Points defined before R2016x are not supported.
  • Associativity is kept with the initial features, but additions or removals are not managed.
  1. From the Mold Design section of the action bar, click Prepare for Fill and Cool Simulation .
    The active product is proposed, but you can change the selection.
  2. Select the 3D Shapes to generate, either Fill , or Cool or both.
  3. Expand the required section and select the features to include in the 3D shapes.

The 3D Shapes are generated (when relevant).

  • In the Fill 3D Shape, a PartBody is created with a RunnerBody, a GatesBody and a DesignPartBody (depending on selection and existing features).
  • In the Cool 3D Shape, a PartBody is created with a CoolantBody, a ConformalCoolantBody, a BaffleBody and a BubblerBody (depending on selection and existing features).
  • Only the visualizations of the Baffles or Bubblers are considered, not the whole machining. They are found in the BaffleBody or BubblerBody but also in the CoolantBody.
  • The bodies contain a solid, result of the Boolean operation of the selected features, or nothing.

A status message of the operation is displayed.