Specifying the Virtual Mold Size

The virtual mold is created automatically when you define coolant parts, but you can modify its size. It must be large enough to fully enclose the plastic part and all coolant parts in the simulation.


Before you begin: Define all plastic and coolant parts.
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About the Plastic and Coolant Parts
  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Virtual Mold .
    The Virtual Mold dialog box opens, displaying the coordinates of the mold walls along each axis.
  2. Modify any of the minimum or maximum dimensions along any of the three axes for the virtual mold.

    Tips: You can also resize the virtual mold by interactively dragging any of the six glyphs on the center of its faces, and you can click Auto-fit to automatically apply the default mold dimensions.

  3. Click OK.