Parting Surfaces

For molds, you can define the parting surface using the pulling direction and the parting lines.

Before you begin: Define the pull direction and the parting lines for the mold.
  1. From the Mold Features section of the action bar, click Parting Surfaces .
  2. In the Parting Surface dialog box, select the parting lines from the mold in the work area.
  3. Click the check box to enable Tangent propagation.
  4. For the parting surfaces specify the pull direction, distance and angle for the parting surface. Specify the direction for the parting surface from:
    • Perpendicular to pulling direction
    • Tangent to surface
    • Normal to surface
    • Selected direction

    Normal to surface .

    Tangent to surface .

    Selected direction .

    Note: You can change the distance of the parting surface using the handles.
  5. You can specify the ruled surface distance from the parting line. Enter the Distance.
  6. From the Advanced section, in the Exclude parting line edges dialog box, select the parting line edges to exclude.
  7. Select the corner treatment for the parting surface:
    • Sharp corners
    • Round corners

      For round corners, select the maximum radius.

    Selected sharp corners .

    Selected round corners .

  8. Click the check box to enable knit surfaces together. Clear this option to create individual surfaces.

    Round corners without knit .

    Sharp corners with knit . You can zoom in to see the details.

  9. Specify Knit Tolarence if required.
  10. To manually set the direction for the parting surface, select Manual Direction Control.

    Click the handle and select one of the following options:

    • Perpendicular to pulling direction
    • Tangent to surface
    • Normal to surface
    • Along X
    • Along Y
    • Along Z
    • Fill to Adjacent.
    • Selected direction

    To set the direction to default, click Reset.

    Note: To select multiple handles, press Shift and click the handles.
  11. To highlight the ends of the incomplete parting lines, enable the Display surface openings, .
  12. Click .
    Note: To return to the parting surfaces, double-click the parting surface in the Design Manager tree.

 

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