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Overview
What's New?
Getting Started
Importing the Molded Part
Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defining a Direction for the Slider
User Tasks
Importing a Model
Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No Draft
Pulling Direction for Sliders
Comparing Two Molded Parts
Explode View
Transferring Elements
Splitting a Face
Creating a Parting Surface
Aggregating Surfaces
Smooth Edges
Surface Boundaries
Face Orientation
Bounding Box
Sectioning
About Sectioning
Creating Section Planes
Creating 3D Section Cuts
Manipulating Planes Directly
Positioning Planes On a Geometric Target
Positioning Planes Using the Edit Position and Dimensions Command
More About the Section Viewer
Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis
Workbench Description
Menu Bar Description
Tool Bar Description
Import Part
Pulling Direction
Parting Line
Wireframe
Parting Surface
Operations
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Advanced Replication Tools
Annotations
Specifications Tree
Reference Information
Import Model Parameters
Pulling Direction Parameters
Slider Lifter Direction Parameters
Transfer an Element Parameters
Compare Models Parameters
Split Mold Area Parameters
Face Orientation Parameters
Bounding Box
Glossary
Index
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Overview
Welcome to the Core and Cavity Design User's Guide!
This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product.
Core and Cavity Design defines the core and cavity sides of a part, including any sliders or lifters that may be
required, so as to produce a MoldedPart ready to be used with Mold Tooling Design. It includes functions that
define:
To make the most out of this book, we suggest that a beginning user reads the Getting Started chapter
first of all and the Workbench Description to find his way around the Core and Cavity Design workbench.
The User Tasks section gives a quick description of the operating mode of the various actions, whereas the
Reference Information section lists the parameters used in those actions.
What's New?
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Getting Started
This is a short tutorial that will help guide you through the key functionalities in the Core & Cavity
workbench. You will learn how to take a part and define its core, cavity and slider areas.
The tutorial should not take you more than 15 minutes to complete.
1. Start the application with Start > Mechanical Design > Core & Cavity Design.
2. Click the Import model icon and import GettingStarted.CATPart from the samples directory.
3. Press OK.
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2. Once the dialog box is open, click the part in the viewer.
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The surface that you see is green because it corresponds to the cavity surface.
Turn the part over and you will see the core surface in red:
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However, as you turn the part round you will notice that there is an area that is neither red
(core) nor green (cavity). This area will require another pulling direction for the slider area that
will be needed to ensure that the part can be correctly unmolded.
3. Press OK. The following elements are created in the specification tree:
● Other.1, i.e. an area that belongs neither to the core area nor the cavity area,
You are now going to define the slider area pulling direction.
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2. Drag the compass into the middle of the hole in the pink face so as to define the pulling axis for the
The pink surface has turned yellow. If you zoom in you see the walls of the hole are still blue.
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4. In the dialog box, check Locked to lock the pulling direction, check Local Transfer to activate this
functionality, in the first list, select Slider/Lifter as the destination area, in the second list select
Pick one blue face, this will select the second as well since they are continuous.
They turn yellow since they belong now to the Slider/Lifter area.
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4. Press OK. The Slider/Lifter.1 element is created. It contains the Surface.6 created from Surface.4
User Tasks
● Importing a Model,
● Transferring Elements,
● Splitting a Face,
● Aggregating Surfaces,
● Smooth Edges,
● Surface Boundaries,
● Face Orientation,
● Sectioning,
Importing a Model
This task shows you how to open the workbench and to import a part. You can also use scaling and
affinity functions to take account of shrinkage.
More information about the parameters is available in the Import Model Parameters chapter.
Ensure that you have a product (and not a part) in the viewer.
1. Open the workbench via Start > Mechanical Design > Core & Cavity Design.
2. Click the Import model icon and choose file FilterCover.CATPart from the
samples/SliderDirection directory. Select a local axis system and enter a Scaling ratio of 1.01.
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3. Press OK. The solid is imported and created in the screen and in the specification tree.
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More information about the parameters is available in the Pulling Direction Parameters chapter.
Core and Cavity and undercut areas are recomputed when you modify the input of the main pulling direction.
You must have completed the chapter on importing a model before starting this one.
1. Click the Defines pulling direction icon . The dialog box is displayed. The compass is snapped automatically onto the current axis
system.
The visible part of the part becomes green (Cavity, oriented in the pulling direction, up to 1 degree) and if
you turn it over you will see that the underside is red (Core, oriented away from the pulling direction). Areas
that cannot be associated to either Core or Cavity areas are shown in either pink (for virtually vertical
surfaces, as here) or blue (Other, i.e. undecided cases). You can see that two faces of the hole are in pink.
After having defined the main pulling direction, you will transfer the two other faces of the hole and the
surrounding front face to Other.
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the exploded view, you can see the Core side in green, the Cavity side in red and the Other side in blue. Note that the Other area has
not moved: Explode takes only the Core side and the Cavity side into account.
7. Press OK. A progress bar indicates the advancement of the computation. Push the button Cancel to stop the computation, if
necessary.
An axis system is created in the specification tree, under the Axis Systems body.
The Main Pulling Direction contextual menu concerns the main pulling direction that is created in the specification tree under Axis Systems as
explained above.
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Definition... allows you to define the coordinates and the type of the axis system.
Edit Main Pulling Direction calls up the main pulling direction so that you can edit the parameters.
Update Main Pulling Direction allows you to update the parameters (for instance the scaling
ratio) after modification.
When there are several axis systems, you can make one of them the current one using Set as
Display Options
In the case of large models, some faces may not be seen and, as a result, can cause holes to appear in the core or cavity side. This occurs
when the relative size of a face is small with respect to the overall model. You can avoid this problem by changing the Pixel Culling value to
0 in Tools > Options > General > Display so that all the faces in the model are used in the pulling direction computation.
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More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Defining the Main Pulling Direction.
More information about the parameters is available in the Pulling Direction Parameters chapter.
1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using the Import model command.
2. Click the Defines pulling direction icon . The dialog box is displayed. The compass is snapped automatically onto the current
axis system. Make sure all the Areas to Extract are checked. Select the part to process. The Areas to Extract are displayed in their
corresponding color.
3. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box. The vertical face found is sent to a dedicated Geometrical set NoDraft_xxxdeg.1, xxxdeg
More information about the parameters is available in the Slider Lifter Direction Parameters chapter.
Before defining a direction for a slider area, you must have defined the main pulling direction.
1. Still in the same CATProduct, click on the Defines slider lifter direction icon .
2. You are going to extract the Slider/Lifter area from the blue faces.
3. Push the Reverse button and pick the large blue face. It turns red (it is seen as a core are).
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4. Push the Switch button. The five faces turn yellow (it is seen as a lifter/slider area).
5. Press OK.
An axis system is created in the specification tree, under the Axis Systems
body.
When several axis systems exist, you can make one current using its
contextual menu.
1. Open file FirstMoldedPart.CATPart from the samples directory and perform a Main Pulling Direction
that it becomes the set of faces button (because the model we are importing is a set of
faces) and click OK.
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3.
4. Click on Apply.
5. Uncheck the first two boxes (because we only want to see the faces that have changed between
the two versions of the model, i.e. those that are specific to the new model).
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6. Press OK. Two new items have been added to the tree.
Added surfaces are the new ones that come from the new model and they
will need to be assigned to the Core, Cavity, NoDraft or Other areas.
Removed surfaces are those that have been replaced by the Added
Surfaces in the Core, Cavity, NoDraft or Other areas.
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Open the Main Pulling Direction dialog box ( ) and select the Added surfaces.
8. The surfaces have been analyzed according to the main pulling direction already used for the first
model. Click OK to transfer them to the appropriate areas (core, cavity, etc.).
Explode View
This task allows you to explode the view of the core and cavity with the slider. This is useful to check the model for eventual
problematic surfaces.
1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using the Import model command.
2. Define the main pulling direction using the Defines pulling direction command and the pulling direction for sliders using the
3. Click the Explode View icon . The Explode View dialog box is displayed and the view of the model is exploded.
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By default, all existing pulling directions are selected, and the Explode Value is set to 10 mm.
You can select one Pulling direction by picking it in the dialog box:
or several:
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Transferring Elements
This task teaches you how to transfer elements from one zone to another.
More information about the parameters is available in the Transfer an Element Parameters chapter.
You must have defined at least the main pulling direction on the part.
In the example below, we have extruded the lower edge of the large Slider/Lifter face (in yellow) to build a
surface (Extrude.1).
If, for any reason, you want to move this face to the Cavity area, you will lose the structure of Extrude.1. The
action Transfer an Element moves the face to another area without destroying the structure of any element
built on it.
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1. Click the Transfer an element icon and select Cavity as the destination.
There is also a contextual menu on each element listed in the dialog box that allows you to transfer elements
to the available destinations, modify or remove them.
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3. Press OK.
The action Transfer an element removes the face transferred from the initial body (Slider/Lifter) and creates
one surface in the destination Geometrical set (Cavity). Since a feature (Extrude.1) points to the initial
surface, this initial surface is send to a new Geometrical set CCV_NoShow under the name TrfSurface.6 (the
surface is hidden but the structure of Extrude.1 is preserved). In the image below, we have recovered the
initial surface from the NoShow.
Splitting a Face
This task shows you how to split a face, either:
● to facilitate unmolding of the part or
● to allow a face that belongs to two different zones to be divided so that it can be placed in the right
areas (core, cavity, slider/lifter areas).
More information about the parameters is available in the Split Mold Area Parameters chapter
1. Still in the same CATProduct, hide all elements in the MoldedPart apart from the PartBody.
Make MoldedPart the Define in Work Object with its contextual menu and insert a new
Geometrical set into it with Insert > Open Body.
2. You are now going to create two lines that will define the edge of the face split. Click the Line icon
choose this curve, this point (element 2), and this support
and press the Reverse Direction button.
3. Create the second line with the same support but with this point and this curve:
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4. Now we are going to join the lines. Click on the Join icon . Make sure that the Check connexity
option is not active and select the two lines that you have just created.
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5. Press OK.
6. In the tree, hide the PartBody and show all of the other elements in the MoldedPart.
7. You are now going to split the face with the hole with the join that you just created.
8. Select the face with the hole as the Element to Cut and the join you just created as the Cutting
Element.
Press Apply.
Select Surface.16 in the dialog box, give Slider/Lifter.1 as the destination and press the Change
Destination button. Repeat this for Surface.17 that you will send to Cavity.1.
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9. Press OK.
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1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using the Import model command.
2. Define the main pulling direction using the Defines pulling direction command.
Click the Sketcher icon and select the xy plane to draw a rectangle around the part.
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We recommend that:
● you create the sketch in a plane perpendicular to the pulling direction,
● you include the directions that will define the extrusion directions.
Note that the size of the sketch is used to control the length of the parting surfaces.
Creating a parting surface creates a surface around a portion of the outer boundary of the reference support, by extrusion.
Select Surface.3 in Cavity.1 as the Reference, i.e. the part around which you want to create parting surfaces. Once the
part is selected, all vertices located on outer boundaries are made available and are displayed as white dots.
Select two vertices to define a portion of the outer boundary as the basis of the parting surface. This portion is highlighted.
Push the Complementary button if you want to use the other portion of the outer boundary.
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Now select an edge of the sketch you have created. This edge will define both the extrusion direction and the extrusion
length for the parting surface. The parting surface is computed and displayed. The Profile Definition and the Direction
Definition fields are reset, ready for creating a new parting surface.
● when the parting surface is seen in the direction of the sketch, it seems to reach it completely.
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6. Now select vertices and the sketch as shown below. A parting surface is created from the portion of boundary and the
7. In the Extrusion list, select the parting surface you have just created and remove it.
According to your needs, you can use this menu to hide or show a parting surface, or to perform a reframe on it.
Then the next one. Note that we have picked the sketch edge so as to redefine the extrusion direction.
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Now, place the cursor in the Reference field and select Extrude.2 as the Reference as well as these vertices:
9. Click OK to exit the dialog box and create the parting surfaces as extrude features. A join is also created if the Join parting
● Merging distance is the distance at which two sections are considered to be in the same place for join
purposes.
● Maximum deviation is used to define the curve smooth.
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By Loft
1. Now let's have a look at this portion of the parting surface:
4. The proposed loft may be twisted due to the incoherent directions of the sections. In that case pick one red arrow to invert
parting surface option is not checked. A join is also created if the Join parting surface option is checked.
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Aggregating Surfaces
This task shows you how to aggregate surfaces of an Geometrical set to improve performances.
Select the Geometrical set where you want to aggregate surfaces in the list proposed.
The list of the surfaces contained in this Geometrical set and that are not in the NoShow is
displayed.
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Press OK. One surface or one join is created for each connex domain and the initial surfaces are deleted.
Before After
if Create a join datum is not checked
or
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Smooth Edges
This command provides a shortcut to customize the view type of smooth edges.
It is similar to Customizing the View Mode in Using Rendering Styles in the Infrastructure User's Guide.
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Surface Boundaries
This task shows you how to display or hide the boundaries of surfaces.
● check the Display Surfaces Boundaries option to display the boundaries of all surfaces,
● or uncheck it to hide the boundaries of all surfaces.
● This action is a quick way to activate or de-activate the display of surfaces boundaries. In this
regard, it is equivalent to the Tools > Options > Display > Visualization/Surfaces'Boundaries
option.
● In the Tools > Options > Display > Visualization tab, you can change the boundaries color and
line type.
● Both actions may require that you force the refresh of the graphic screen.
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Face Orientation
This task shows you how to check the orientation of faces by colors and reorient them.
Use this functionality should be used before computing a main pulling direction.
The model with faces to re-orient should be geometrically and topologically correct
2. Click the Face Orientation icon , select all the faces and change the Reference Direction to 0,1,0 (as in the
picture below).
3. Click on Apply. The dialog box tells you that there are 113 faces in the model and that 73 of them need to be
reoriented.
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4. Press the icon to see the list of surfaces that need to be inverted and to modify the selection (if required).
Press Close to return to the Surface Orientation dialog box.
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5. Press OK to invert the surfaces that need to be and to close the dialog box.
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Bounding Box
This task explains how to create a bounding box around a molded part.
3. Select the part. A dialog box is displayed that contains the minimum and maximum values that are required in X, Y and Z to create a box
that would surround the part. The default box is displayed in bold dark lines.
4. You can also change the axis system used to define the rough stock by clicking on Select an axis and then choosing either:
Sectioning
Through Sectioning, you can quickly estimate the thickness of the molded part, and thus the fabrication costs.
About Sectioning
Creating Section Planes: Click the icon.
Creating 3D Section Cuts: Create a section plane then click the icon.
Manipulating Section Planes Directly: Create a section plane, drag plane edges to re-dimension, drag
plane to move it along the normal vector, press and hold left and middle mouse buttons down to move
plane in U, V plane or local axis system or drag plane axis to rotate plane.
Positioning Planes with respect to a Geometrical Target: Create a section plane, click the icon then
point to the target of interest.
Positioning Planes Using the Edit Position and Dimensions Command: Create a section plane, click the
icon and enter parameters defining the plane position in the dialog box.
Using the Section Viewer: Create a section plane then click the icon.
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About Sectioning
Using cutting planes, you can create sections, section slices, section boxes as well as 3D section cuts of your products
automatically.
● Section Plane
● Section Results
● 3D Section Cut
● P1 and P2 Capabilities
● Customization Recommendations
Section Plane
The section plane is created parallel to absolute coordinates Y, Z. The center of the plane is located at the center of the
● Line segments represent the intersection of the plane with all surfaces and volumes in the selection. By default, line segments
● Points represent the intersection of the plane with any wireframe elements in the selection, and are visible in both the document
Notes:
● Any surfaces or wireframe elements in the same plane as the section plane are not visible.
● If no selection is made before entering the command, the plane sections all products.
A plane has limits and its own local axis system. The letters U, V and W represent the axes. The W-axis is the normal vector of the
plane.
You can customize settings to locate the center and orient the normal vector of the plane as well as de-activate the default setting
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This is done using the Tools > Options..., Digital Mockup > DMU Space Analysis command (DMU Sectioning tab).
● Directly
● Change its current position, move and rotate it using the Edit Position and Dimensions command.
Section Results
Results differ depending on the sag value used.
Sag: corresponds to the fixed sag value for calculating tessellation on objects (3D fixed accuracy) set in the Performance tab of
In Visualization mode, you can dynamically change the sag value for selected objects using the Tools -> Modify SAG command.
3D Section Cut
3D section cuts cut away the material from the cutting plane to expose the cavity within the product, beyond the slice or
P1 and P2 Capabilities
In DMU-P1, you cannot select products to be sectioned: the plane sections all products.
icon in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar or Insert > Group... in the menu bar.
Groups created are identified in the specification tree and can be selected from there for sectioning. Only one group per selection
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can be defined
Customization Recommendations
For gain performances purposes, when dealing with CATProducts containing a large amount of sections, it is strongly
recommended to apply the following procedure before opening your CATProduct documents:
1. Select Tools > Options > Digital Mockup > DMU Navigator tab.
2. In Update settings category clear Update on product structure modifications and scenes activation o option.
Note that clearing the Update on product structure modifications and scenes activation option makes the
three options available in Behavior tab of Sectioning dialog box ineffective (the sections will not be updated) as long
❍ Customizing section.
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● Result Windows
● P2 functionalities
Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr,
They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder
cfysm/samples.
center of the bounding sphere around the products in the selection you defined.
● Line segments represent the intersection of the plane with all surfaces and volumes in the selection. By
default, line segments are the same color as the products sectioned.
● Points represent the intersection of the plane with any wireframe elements in the selection.
A section plane has limits and its own local axis system. U, V and W represent the axes. The W-axis is the
You can dynamically re-dimension and reposition the section plane. For more information, see Manipulating
Using the Tools > Options... command (DMU Sectioning tab under Digital Mockup > DMU Space
When dealing with CATProducts containing a large amount of sections, for gain performances purposes,
1. Select Insert -> Sectioning from the menu bar, or click the Sectioning icon in the DMU
The section plane is automatically created. If no selection is made before entering the command, the
plane sections all products. If products are selected, the plane sections selected products.
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P1 Functionality
In DMU-P1, you cannot select products to be sectioned: the plane sections all products.
3. Click products of interest to make your selection, for example the TRIGGER and BODY1.Products
Note: Simply continue clicking to select as many products as you want. Products will be
placed in the active selection. To de-select products, reselect them in the specification tree or
You can change the current position of the section plane with respect to the absolute axis system of
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the document:
5. Select X, Y or Z radio buttons to position the normal vector (W-axis) of the plane along the selected
absolute system axis. Select Z for example. The plane is positioned perpendicular to the Z-axis.
6. Double-click the normal vector of the plane (W-axis) or click the Invert Normal icon to invert it.
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7. Click OK when done. The section plane definition and results are kept as a specification tree feature.
8. Click Close
By default, the plane is hidden when exiting the command. Use the Tools > Options, Digital
Mockup > DMU Space Analysis command (DMU Sectioning tab) to change this setting.
❍ To show the plane, select Hide/Show the plane representation in the contextual menu.
Results Window
A Section viewer is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. It displays a front
Notice that the section view is a filled view. This is the default option. The fill capability generates surfaces
This dialog box contains a wide variety of tools letting you position, move and rotate the section plane as
well as create slices, boxes and section cuts. For more information, see Positioning Planes with respect to a
Geometrical Target, Positioning Planes Using the Edit Position Command, Creating Section Slices, Creating
P2 Functionalities
In DMU-P2, you can create as many independent section planes as you like.
● P2 Functionality
Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr,
They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
The material in the negative direction along the normal vector of the plane (W-axis) is cut away exposing the cavity within the
product.
Note: In some cases, the normal vector of the plane is inverted to give you the best view of the cut.
3. Double-click the normal vector of the plane to invert it, or click Invert Normal in the Positioning tab of the
(see illustrations below) and make measures on the generated wireframe cut:
● Select the Allow measures on a section created with a simple plane option in the DMU Sectioning tab (Tools > Options,
When the Sectioning Tool is a Slice: When the Sectioning Tool is a Box:
P2 Functionality
In DMU-P2, you can turn up to six independent section planes into clipping planes using the Volume Cut command to focus on
For more information about DMU Review, refer to DMU Navigator User's Guide
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move the cursor over the plane, the plane edge or the local axis system, its appearance changes and arrows appear to help you.
Sectioning results are updated in the Section viewer as you manipulate the plane.
To change this setting and have results updated when you release the mouse button only, de-activate the appropriate setting in the
DMU Sectioning tab (Tools ->Options..., Digital Mockup ->DMU Space Analysis).
Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr,
They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
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1. Select Insert > Sectioning from the menu bar, or click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar and create a
section plane.
A Section viewer showing the generated section is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. The
generated section is automatically updated to reflect any changes made to the section plane.You can re-dimension the section
plane:
Note: A dynamic plane dimension is indicated as you drag the plane edge.
You can view and edit plane dimensions in the Edit Position and Dimensions command. The plane height corresponds to its
dimension along the local U-axis and the width to its dimension along the local V-axis.You can move the section plane along
3. Move the cursor over the plane, click and drag to move the plane to the desired location.You can move the section plane in
4. Press and hold down the left mouse button, then the middle mouse button and drag (still holding both buttons down) to move
the plane to the desired location. You can rotate the section plane around its axes:
5. Move the cursor over the desired plane axis system axis, click and drag to rotate the plane around the selected axis.
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6. (Optional) Click Reset Position in the Positioning tab of the Sectioning Definition dialog box to restore the center of
Note: You cannot re-dimension, move or rotate the plane via the contextual menu command Hide/Show the plane
representation.
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You can position section planes, section slices and section boxes with respect to a geometrical target (a face, edge, reference plane or cylinder axis). In the case of section
slices and boxes, it is the master plane that controls how the slice or box will be positioned.
This task illustrates how to position a section plane with respect to a geometrical target.
Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr, REGULATION_COMMAND.cgr, REGULATOR.cgr, TRIGGER.cgr
and VALVE.cgr.
They are to be found in the online documentation file tree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
1. Select Insert > Sectioning from the menu bar, or click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar and create a section plane. The Sectioning
A Section viewer showing the generated section is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window.
The generated section is automatically updated to reflect any changes made to the section plane.
3. Click Geometrical Target to position the plane with respect to a geometrical target.
Notes:
❍ A smart mode recognizes cylinders and snaps the plane directly to the cylinder axis. This lets you, for example, make a section cut normal to a hole
Section viewer and locates the point at the center of the target at the center of the Section viewer.
6. (Optional) Click Reset Position to restore the center of the plane to its original position.
P2 Functionality
In DMU-P2, you can move the plane along a curve, edge or surface:
3. Still holding down the Ctrl key, move the cursor along the target. The plane is positioned tangent to the small target plane
4. As you move the cursor, the plane moves along the curve or edge.
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Position and Dimensions command. You can move the plane to a new location as well as rotate the plane. You can also re-dimension
In the case of section slices and boxes, it is the master plane that controls how the slice or box will be positioned.
This task illustrates how to position and re-dimension the section plane using the Edit Position and Dimensions command.
Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr,
They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
1. Select Insert > Sectioning from the menu bar, or click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar and create a
section plane.
A Section viewer showing the generated section is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. The
generated section is automatically updated to reflect any changes made to the section plane.
3. Click the Edit Position and Dimensions to enter parameters defining the position of the plane.
4. Enter values in Origin X, Y or Z boxes to position the center of the plane with respect to the absolute system coordinates
entered.
By default, the center of the plane coincides with the center of the bounding sphere around the products in the current
selection.
Notes:
❍ Using the Tools > Options... command (DMU Sectioning tab under Digital Mockup > DMU Space Analysis), you
can customize settings for both the normal vector and the origin of the plane
5. Enter the translation step directly in the Translation spin box or use spin box arrows to scroll to a new value, then click -Tu,
+Tu, -Tv, +Tv, -Tw, +Tw, to move the plane along the selected axis by the defined step.
Note: Units are current units set using Tools > Options (Units tab under General > Parameters and Measure).
6. Change the translation step to 25mm and click +Tw for example. The plane is translated 25 mm in the positive direction along
You can rotate the section plane. Rotations are made with respect to the local plane axis system
You can move the section plane to a new location. Translations are made with respect to the local plane axis system.
7. Enter the rotation step directly in the Rotation spin box or use spin box arrows to scroll to a new value, then click -Ru, +Ru, -
Rv, +Rv, -Rw, +Rw, to rotate the plane around the selected axis by the defined step.
With a rotation step of 45 degrees, click +Rv for example to rotate the plane by the specified amount in the positive direction
around the local V-axis.
You can edit plane dimensions. The plane height corresponds to its dimension along the local U-axis and the width to its
dimension along the local V-axis. You can also edit slice or box thickness.
8. Enter new width, height and/or thickness values in the Dimensions box to re-dimension the plane. The plane is re-sized
accordingly.
9. Click Close in the Edit Position and Dimensions dialog box when satisfied.
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10. Click OK in the Sectioning Definition dialog box when done.
● Click Undo and Redo in the Edit Position and Dimensions dialog box to cancel the last action or recover the last action undone
respectively.
● Click Reset Position in the Positioning tab of the Sectioning Definition dialog box to restore the section plane to its
original position.
● You can also view and edit plane dimensions in the Properties dialog box (Edit > Properties or via the contextual menu).
● Step-by-Step Scenario
❍ Section Viewer
Step-by-Step Scenario
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Insert the following cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr,
They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
1. Select Insert > Sectioning from the menu bar, or click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar and create
Section Viewer
The Section viewer is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. It displays a front view of the section, and
is by default, locked in a 2D view. Points representing the intersection of the section plane with any wire frame elements are also
Notice that the section view is a filled view. This is the default option. The fill capability generates surfaces for display and
measurement purposes (area, center of gravity, etc.). To obtain a correct filled view, the section plane must completely envelop the
product.
Note: The filled view is not available when the plane sections surfaces.
To obtain an unfilled view, de-activate the Section Fill icon in the Result tab of the Sectioning Definition dialog box.
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● In the Section viewer, the appearance of the cursor changes to attract your attention to the existence of the contextual menu.
● You can change the default settings for this window using Tools ->Options... command (DMU Sectioning tab under Digital
2. Orient the generated section.Flip and Rotate commands are to be found in the contextual menu. Right-click in the Section
viewer and:
❍ Select Flip Vertical or Flip Horizontal to flip the section vertically or horizontally 180 degrees.
❍ Select Rotate Right or Rotate Left to rotate the section right or left 90 degrees.
Orienting the section using Flip and Rotate commands is not persistent. If you exit the section viewer, any flip and
3. Click the Result tab in the Sectioning Definition dialog box, then select the Grid icon under Options to display a 2D
grid.
By default, grid dimensions are those of the generated section. Moving the section plane re-sizes the grid to results. To
size the grid to the section plane, clear the Automatic grid re-sizing check box in the DMU Sectioning tab (Tools >
You can edit the grid step, style and mode using the Edit Grid command.
4. Select the Edit Grid icon to adjust grid parameters: The Edit Grid dialog box appears: In the above example, the grid
In the absolute mode, grid coordinates are set with respect to the absolute axis system of the document.
The grid step is set to the default value of 100. The arrows let you scroll through a discrete set of logarithmically calculated
Units are current units set using Tools > Options (Units tab under General > Parameters and Measure).
5. Scroll through grid width and height and set the grid step to 10 x 10.
6. Click the Relative mode option button: In the relative mode, the center of the grid is placed on the center of section plane.
Grid parameters are persistent: any changes to default parameters are kept and applied next time you open the viewer or re-
8. Click Automatic filtering check box to adjust the level of detail of grid display when you zoom in and out.
9. Right-click the grid then select Coordinates to display the coordinates at selected intersections of grid lines. The Clean All
Notes:
❍ You can customize both grid and Section viewer settings using the Tools > Options... command (DMU Sectioning
❍ Alternatively, select Analyze > Graphic Messages > Coordinate to display the coordinates of points, and/or
● Set the same viewpoint in the Section viewer as in the document window.
Returning to a 2D view snaps the viewpoint to the nearest orthogonal view defined in the Section viewer.
11. Right-click in the Section viewer and select the 2D Lock command from the contextual menu. The Import Viewpoint
13. Right-click in the Section viewer and select the Import Viewpoint command from the contextual menu. The viewpoint in the
The viewpoint in the Section viewer snaps to the nearest orthogonal viewpoint in this viewer and not to the viewpoint defined
You can also save sectioning results in a variety of different formats using the Export As command in the Result tab of the
Sectioning Definition dialog box or the Capture command (Tools > Image > Capture).
16. Click OK in the Sectioning Definition dialog box when done. If you exit the Sectioning command with the Section viewer still
active, this window is not closed and filled sections remain visible.
Collision detection is dynamic: move the section plane and watch the Section viewer display being updated.
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Note: Clash detection is not authorized when in the Section Freeze mode.
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1. Select Surface.1
The Surfacic curvature dialog box is displayed, and the analysis is visible on the selected
element.
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❍ Gaussian
❍ Minimum
❍ Maximum
❍ Limited
❍ Inflection Area
❍ Color Scale option allows you to display the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.n dialog box
associated with the current analysis.
❍ On the Fly option allows you to make a local analysis:
■ The On the fly analysis can be performed on the elements, selected or not, of the
current part only. It is not available with the Inflection Area analysis type.
■ The curvature and radius values are displayed at the cursor location (for Gaussian
analysis radius value is not displayed), as well as the minimum and maximum curvature
values and the minimum and maximum curvature directions. As you move the pointer
over the surface, the display is dynamically updated.
■ The displayed values may vary from the information displayed as the Use Max/Use
Min values, as it is the precise value at a given point (where the pointer is) and does
not depend on the set discretization.
■ You cannot snap on point when performing an On the Fly analysis.
■ Click a location and right-click the On the Fly curvature/radius label to display the
contextual commands.
These commands are not available in P1 mode:
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■ 3D MinMax option allows you to locate the minimum and maximum values for the
selected analysis type, except for Inflection Area analysis type.
❍ Positive only option allows you to get analysis values as positive values, available with
Gaussian, Minimum and Maximum analysis types only.
❍ Radius Mode option allows you to get analysis values as radius values, available with
Minimum and Maximum analysis types only.
The Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box showing the color scale and identifying the
maximum and minimum values for the analysis is displayed too.
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● You can right-click on a color rectangle in the color scale to display the contextual menu:
❍ Edit contextual command allows you to modify the values in the color range to highlight
specific areas of the selected surface. The Color dialog box is displayed allowing the user to
modify the color range.
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❍ Unfreeze contextual command allows you to perform a linear interpolation between non
defined colors.
❍ No Color contextual command can be used to simplify the analysis, because it limits the
number of displayed colors in the color scale. In this case, the selected color is hidden, and
the section of the analysis on which that color was applied takes on the neighboring color.
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● You can also right-click on the value to display the contextual menu:
❍ Unfreeze contextual command allows you to perform a linear interpolation between non
defined values. This command is available for all values except for maximum and minimum
values.
The unfreezed values are no longer highlighted in green.
❍ Use Max / Use Min contextual commands allow you to evenly distribute the color/value
interpolation between the current limit values, on the top/bottom values respectively,
rather than keeping it within default values that may not correspond to the scale of the
geometry being analyzed. Therefore, these limit values are set at a given time, and when
the geometry is modified after setting them, these limit values are not dynamically
updated.
■ These commands are available for maximum and minimum values only.
■ The Use Max command is available if the maximum value is higher or equal to the
medium value, otherwise you need to unfreeze the medium value first.
■ The Use Min command is available if the minimum value is lower or equal to the
medium value, otherwise you need to unfreeze the medium value first.
● Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box makes in one action
the both Use Max / Use Min contextual commands operation.
● The Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 in created in the specification tree under the Free Form
Analysis.1
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4. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
Maximum and minimum values are set according to the computed values displayed below the color
scale.
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You can also right-click On the Fly curvature/radius label to display the contextual commands, see
On the Fly option.
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6. Select Surface.2
7. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
9. Select Surface.1
11. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
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The color scale in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box corresponds to the previous type
analysis (Gaussian).
The color scale doesn't change when you select another analysis type or element. This behavior
allows you keep a reference when you compare curvature values.
14. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
● You are able to modify the radius value. The value is automatically updated in the color scale.
● Positive only and Radius mode options have been disabled.
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The Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box has been modified: the color scale has been
reduced: four colors and three values.
17. Edit the top color and the maximal and minimal values in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1
dialog box as follow, see Edit color and Edit edition values.
In the Surfacic curvature dialog box only the Color Scale option is available.
● In green: the areas where the minimum and maximum curvatures present the same
orientation.
● In blue: the areas where the minimum and maximum curvatures present opposite orientation.
See also Creating Inflection Lines. Note that these inflection lines are always created within the
green area, i.e. when the curvature orientation is changing.
19. Select the Minimum analysis type and the 3D MinMax option.
20. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
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Maximum and minimum values are displayed and located on the selected element according to the
computed values displayed below the color scale.
Analysis Options
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21. Select the Positive only option and keep unselected the Radius Mode option.
22. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
Only positive values are displayed and located on the selected element. Minimum value is set to 0
below the color scale
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23. Select the Radius Mode option and unselect the Positive only option.
24. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
25. Edit the minimal value in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box as follow, see Edit edition
values.
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Maximum and minimum radius values are displayed and located on the selected element according
to the computed values displayed below the color scale.
27. Click the Use Min Max button in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
You can display the control points still viewing the surfacic curvature analysis. This allows you to
check any modification which affect the surface.
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Workbench Description
This section describes the menu commands and icon toolbars that are specific to the Core &Cavity Design
workbench.
Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the CATIA Version 5 Infrastructure User's Guide.
Start
Insert
Annotations Adds text and hyperlinks to the part
For See
Annotations
Text with Leader Creating Textual Annotations
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Flag Note with Leader Creating Flag Notes
Models
Imports a model into the workbench
Pulling Direction
Defines Pulling Direction Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defines Slider Lifter Defining the Pulling Direction for Slider Areas
Parting Line
Boundary ... Creating Boundary Curves
Parting Surface
Parting surface... Creating a Parting Surface
Wireframe
Point ... Creating Points
Operations
Join ... Joining Surfaces or Curves
Analyze
Sectioning Sectioning
Import Part
Pulling Direction
Parting Line
Wireframe
Parting Surface
Operations
Advanced Replication Tools
Annotations
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Aggregating Surfaces
Smoothes curves
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Creates a line
Creates a plane
Creates an intersection
Creates a curve
Untrims an element.
Instantiates PowerCopies
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Specifications Tree
The icons in the specification tree are standard.
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Reference Information
Reference information that is specific to the Core and Cavity Design can be found in this section
Model
Reference
Path and name of the CATPart you are going to use. Push the icon to browse your directories to the location of the CATPart.
Body
Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.
● If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by default.
● If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.
For a quick overview of the model, you can choose to work on a set of loose faces instead of closed solids.
If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the icon (for importing closed solids) so that the icon for importing a set of faces
Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a choice of surfaces to use in the body. The
surface proposed by default is the last surface in the Geometrical set, because it should be the most complete surface, i.e. the most
susceptible to be closed.
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● This is what you get when you import a PartBody:
● You may also get this message and this specification tree as you push the Close button::
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This means that the surface you have selected could not be closed by a planar face. The CloseSurface required by Core
and Cavity could not be created. You must delete the invalid elements created in the specification tree (you can use the
Undo function) and restart the import with a valid model.
● To avoid this problem, you can open your model in another window to visualize the element you import.
Axis system
Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.
The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :
● Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the part.
● Center of gravity: the origin is the center of gravity of the model.
● Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis system.
● Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you are importing.
The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected :
● with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,
● with the other options: with the standard main planes.
Only the Coordinates menu option enables you to edit the origin directly in the dialog box.
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Shrinkage
● Scaling : the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The reference point for Scaling is the origin of
the Axis System defined just before. This point cannot be modified in this frame.
● or Affinity which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed is 1 along the 3 axes. You can
modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin, Plane XY, Axis X) is the one defined just before. This axis system
cannot be modified in this frame.
You should avoid changing the affinity default value until just before removing the material.
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Direction
The pulling axis direction can be locked once you have set the axis system so as to avoid unintentional
modifications that can be made when you are moving the compass.
You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.
Locked
Fly analysis
Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the mouse pointer over the surface.
Draft angle
Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the main pulling direction.
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Mold Areas
Areas to extract
They are the Core side (displayed in red), the Cavity side (displayed in green), Other (displayed in blue)
and No Draft (displayed in pink). Other indicates surfaces that are neither core or cavity and that will be
dealt with later. No Draft is made of the surfaces that are vertical with respect to the draft angle.
Facets to ignore
If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole face will be considered to be
"other" and displayed in blue. You can use the Facet Display option to solve this problem.
One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets. To do so, check the Facets to ignore
option and use the slider to define this percentage.
It is clear that a little amount of facets is considered as belonging to the Core and not to the Cavity. If
those facets were ignored, the blue portion would belong to the Cavity, which is what we want.
We have unchecked the Facet display, checked Facets to ignore and defined the percentage of facets
to ignore with the slider. This is what we get:
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Undercut
Undercut zones are recognized via the facettisation of the part. Zones are defined by the angle formed by
the facet normal and the pulling direction. Under cut areas that make the un-molding of a zone impossible
are ignored. This leads to incorrect definition of areas. For example, the small green face below, seen as a
Cavity area, should be blue, i.e. belonging to Other areas.
Check Undercut to take account of hidden faces for a given pulling direction.
Switch
The orientation of the facets normals may also lead to "inverted" core and cavity areas for a given pulling
direction, i.e. the expected Core area is recognized as a Cavity area, and vice-versa.
Push the switch button to invert those areas directly, without inverting the orientation of the normals nor
the pulling direction.
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Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the three areas to extract (Core, Cavity, Other).
3. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.
● No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.
● Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same initial color that have a point
continuity with this face will be selected and transferred.
● By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the destination faces, but are not
connected to each other:
You select one red face and all the other red faces found among the green ones will
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be transferred.
The faces selected are transferred to the destination area, this transfer is taken into
account immediately.
Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally, press the Undo button
. This button is inactive when you are using Explode Visualization mode.
Visualization
By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are displayed.
The definition of the core and the cavity is based on a facetisation of the faces. The deviation of the
normal to a facet with the pulling direction defines whether the facet belongs to the core or the cavity. If
one facet in a face does not clearly belong to the core or the cavity, the whole face will be considered to
be "Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is interesting to know how all the facets of the face
behave, to decide to split the face, or to transfer it to the core or the cavity side.
Facet Display
Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is (are) not compatible with the rest
of the face and solve the problem.
Faces display:
Facets display:
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Explode
Displays the graphic visualizations of the Core area and of the Cavity area apart from each other, along
the current pulling direction.
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It can be locked once you have set the axis system so as to avoid unintentional modifications that can be
made when you are moving/manipulating the compass.
You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.
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Locked
Fly analysis
Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the mouse pointer over the surface.
Draft angle
Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the slider area pulling direction.
Mold Areas
Areas to extract
They are the Slider/Lifter (displayed in yellow) and Other (displayed in blue/red). Other indicates
surfaces that will be dealt with later.
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Facets to ignore
If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole face will be considered to be
"other" and displayed in blue. You can use the Facet Display option to solve this problem.
One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets, as for the Main Pulling Direction. To
do so, check the Facets to ignore option and use the slider to define this percentage.
Connected area
Lets you choose whether you want to use all of the faces that are connected to the face you selected
(active) or all of the faces in the body, whether connected or not.
Switch
The orientation of the facets normals may lead to "inverted" Slider/Lifter and Other areas for a given
pulling direction, i.e. the expected Slider/Lifter area is recognized as an Other area, and vice-versa.
Push the switch button to invert those areas directly, without inverting the orientation of the normals nor
the pulling direction.
Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract (Slider/Lifter, Other).
2. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
3. Pick the face to transfer. The face is transferred to the selected area, this transfer is taken into
account immediately.
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Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract (Slider/Lifter, Other).
3. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.
● No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.
● Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same initial color that have a point
continuity with this face will be selected and transferred.
● By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the destination faces, but are not
connected to each other:
The faces selected are transferred to the destination area, this transfer is taken into account
immediately.
Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally, press the Undo button .
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Visualization
By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are displayed.
The definition of the slider area and the lifter area is based on a facettisation of the faces. The deviation of
the normal to a facet with the pulling direction defines whether the facet belongs to the slider area or the
lifter area. As said above, if one facet in a face does not clearly belong to the slider area or the lifter area,
the whole face will be considered to be "Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is interesting to know
how all the facets of the face behave, to decide to split the face, or to transfer it to the slider or the lifter
area.
Facet Display
Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is (are) not compatible with the rest
of the face and solve the problem.
Faces display:
Facets display:
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Explode
Displays the graphic visualizations of the Slider/Lifter area and of the Other area apart from each other,
along the current pulling direction.
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Propagation type
● Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity, other) that have a contact point with the selected
face,
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● Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are tangent to the selected face.
You can also use the Polygon Trap icon to select faces.
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Click the places in the viewer where you want the corners of the polygon to be.
where
● Remove Element: removes the element from the list. Similar to the push button below.
Options
● Move: moves the element from its source to its destination.
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● Copy: keeps an instance of the element in its source and copies it to its destination.
Destination
Model
Reference
Path and name of the CATPart you are going to compare with the CATPart that is already in your workbench..
Push the icon to browse your directories to the location of the CATPart.
Body
Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.
● If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by default.
● If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.
If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the icon (for importing closed solids) so that the icon for
Surface
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Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a choice of surfaces to
use in the body. The surface proposed by default is the last surface in the Geometrical set, because it should be
the most complete surface, i.e. the most susceptible to be closed.
Axis System
Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.
The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :
● Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the part.
● Center of gravity: the origin is the center of gravity of the model.
● Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis system.
● Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you are importing.
The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected :
● with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,
● with the other options: with the standard main planes.
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● Scaling : the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The reference point for
Scaling is the origin of the Axis System defined just before. This point cannot be modified in this frame.
● or Affinity which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed is 1 along the 3
axes. You can modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin, Plane XY, Axis X) is the one
defined just before. This axis system cannot be modified in this frame.
Comparison
Pressing OK in the Compare Molded Part dialog box displays the Comparison dialog box.
Check the box for the faces that you want to display after analysis. You can choose to display one or more:
● Similar faces displays the faces that are identical in both models,
● Specific current model displays the faces that are specific to the original model,
● Specific new model displays the faces that are specific to the new model (the one that was selected in the
Compare Molded Parts dialog box).
The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in and allow you to differentiate the
faces on screen. You can change the colors by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you
want to use.
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Tolerance gives the distance within which two faces are considered to be identical.
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Propagation type
● Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity, other) that have a contact point
with the selected face,
● Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are tangent to the selected face.
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● Select the type of propagation you wish to use before selecting a face.
● The elements selected turn to gray.
Elements list
When you select faces either by point or tangent continuity, the dialog box indicates the number of
elements selected. Use the contextual menu Display list to display the list of elements so that you can
modify its contents. The contextual menu Reset list can also be used to clear the list.
Once the list is displayed, you can select elements in it to remove or you can clear the list.
Remove
Reset
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Cutting Element
Element Destination
After Apply, displays the result of the split with their proposed destination.
Switch Destination
Change Destination
Becomes active when an element is selected in the list and changes its destination to that of the
Destination field.
Contextual menu
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● -> Cavity, -> Core, -> Other: changes the destination of the element without selecting the
destination in the Destination list and pushing the Change Destination button.
● Change Destination: equivalent to the Change Destination button.
Destination
More Operating Mode information is available in the Face Orientation Basic Task.
Reference Direction
Defines the direction that is used to define whether a face is correctly oriented or not.
Lock
Locks the Reference Direction so that you can perform a Fly Analysis.
Fly Analysis
Displays the normal to each face you move the cursor over.
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Faces to invert
See below for information on how to change the colors of the slabs.
Press the button to display a list of all of the faces in the model, sorted according to their orientation and
where you can modify the selection of faces to invert.
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The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in and allow you to differentiate the
faces on screen. You can change the colors by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you
want to use.
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Bounding Box
More Operating Mode information is available in the Bounding Box Basic Task.
Axis Definition
Direction
Click on a face or an axis if you wish to change the orientation of the resulting bounding box (the coordinates
defining the bounding box are automatically displayed in the Bounding Box Definition and can be modified
by hand).
Bounding Box Size
The lengths given here are for information only and cannot be modified.
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Glossary
A
aggregation Aggregation is the recovery of the topological connections which existed in the original
molded part prior to successive transfer of some faces in a new Geometrical set.
C
cavity area
Area that can be removed from the mold in the pulling direction.
core area
Area that can be removed from the mold in the direction opposite to the pulling direction.
F
flag note A hyperlink.
L
lifter A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts with hollow inside areas from the
mold.
P
parting line The outer boundary of the molded part where no undercut is found.
parting surface The surface delimiting the separation between core area and cavity area.
A set of features that are grouped in order to be used in a different context and that can
powercopy
be re-specified according to the context when pasted.
pulling direction Direction of removal from the mold.
S
slider A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts with draft surfaces from the mold.
split the operation consisting in generating the parting surface on the core and cavity.
U
undercut Area that can not be removed from the mold.
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Index
A
Affinity
Compare
Import model
Aggregate
command
curvature
Areas to extract
B
Blend
command
Body
Compare
Import model
Boundary
command
Bounding Box
Direction
Bounding Box Center
Compare
Import model
Bounding Box Definition
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Bounding Box
Bounding Box Size
Bounding Box
C
Cavity
Transfer elements
Center of Gravity
Compare
Import model
Change Destination
section plane(s)
color scale
Command
Explode View
command
Aggregate
Blend
Boundary
Clash Detection
Create a curve
Definition...
Edge Fillet
Edit Grid
Extrapolate
Extrude
Face Orientation
Face-Face Fillet
Fill
Flip Horizontal
Flip Vertical
Geometrical Target
Grid
Import model
Intersection
Invert Normal
Line
Loft
Parting surface
Plane
Point
PowerCopy Creation
ReflectLine
Reset Position
Rotate
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Save in Catalog
Section Fill
Sectioning
Sectioning...
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Shape Fillet
Smooth Edges
Split
SplitMoldArea
Surface Boundaries...
Sweep
Symmetry
Transfer an element
Translate
Trim
Tritangent Fillet
Volume Cut
Compare
Affinity
Body
Center of Gravity
Coordinates
Reference
Scaling
Shrinkage
Similar faces
Surface
Tolerance
Complementary
Parting surface
Connected area
Compare
Import model
Copy
Transfer elements
Core
Transfer elements
Create a connecting curve
command
Create a curve
command
Create a join datum
Aggregate
Create a parallel curve
command
creating
section cut(s)
section plane(s)
Cutting Element
D
Defines pulling direction
command
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Areas to extract
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Connected area
Direction
Draft angle
Explode
Faces display
Facet Display
Fly analysis
Local Transfer
Locked
Progress bar
Reverse
Switch
Undo
Areas to extract
Direction
Draft angle
Explode
Faces display
Facet Display
Facets to ignore
Fly analysis
Local Transfer
Locked
Progress bar
Reverse
Switch
Undercut
Undo
Definition...
command
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Destination
Transfer elements
detecting
Bounding Box
Parting surface
Display list
E
Edge Fillet
command
command
Transfer elements
Element Destination
Transfer elements
Explode
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Explode View
Explode View
Command
Explode Value
Pulling direction
Reset
Extract a face or a surface edge
command
Extrapolate
command
Extrude
command
Extrusion
Parting surface
F
Face Orientation
command
Faces list
Faces to invert
Fly Analysis
Lock
Parameters
Reference Direction
Face-Face Fillet
command
Faces display
Face Orientation
Faces to invert
Face Orientation
Facet Display
command
Flag Note with Leader
command
Face Orientation
Fly analysis
G
Geometrical Target command
Grid command
I
Import model
Affinity
Body
Center of Gravity
command
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Coordinates
Reference
Scaling
Shrinkage
Surface
Information
Transfer elements
Instantiate from document
command
Intersection
command
J
Join curves or surfaces
command
Join parting surface
Parting surface
L
Line
command
Local Axis System
Compare
Import model
Local Transfer
Face Orientation
Locked
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command
M
Main Pulling Direction contextual menu
manipulating
section plane(s)
Maximum deviation
Parting surface
Merging distance
Parting surface
Modify Element
Transfer elements
Move
Transfer elements
Move/Copy
Transfer elements
moving
section plane(s)
N
No propagation
Transfer elements
O
Other
Transfer elements
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P
Parameters
Face Orientation
Parting surface
command
Complementary
Direction Definition
Extrusion
Maximum deviation
Merging distance
Profile Definition
Reference
Up to sketch
Vertex
Plane
command
Point
command
Point continuity
Transfer elements
Polygon Trap
Transfer elements
positioning
command
Profile Definition
Parting surface
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Progress bar
Transfer elements
Project a point or curve
command
Propagation type
Transfer elements
Pulling direction
Explode View
R
re-dimensioning
section plane(s)
Reference
Compare
Import model
Parting surface
Reference Direction
Face Orientation
ReflectLine
command
Reframe On
Transfer elements
Remove
Transfer elements
Reset
Explode View
sectioning
Reverse
command
section plane(s)
S
Save in Catalog
command
Scaling
Compare
Import model
section cut(s)
creating
section plane(s)
changing position
creating
manipulating
moving
on geometrical target
re-dimensioning
rotating
about
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collision detection
results window
Sectioning command
Sectioning...
command
Set as current axis system
command
Shape Fillet
command
Shrinkage
Compare
Import model
Similar faces
Compare
Slider Lifter Direction
command
Smooth Edges
command
Source
Transfer elements
Specific current model
Compare
Specific new model
Compare
Split
command
Split a mold area
Cavity
Change Destination
Contextual menu
Core
Cutting Element
Destination
Display list
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Element Destination
Elements list
Elements to Cut
No propagation
Other
Point continuity
Propagation type
Remove
Reset
Reset list
Switch Destination
Tangent continuity
SplitMoldArea
command
Splitting a face
Surface
Compare
Import model
Surface Boundaries...
command
command
Switch
command
T
Tangent continuity
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Transfer elements
Text with Leader
command
Tolerance
Compare
Transfer an element
command
Transfer elements
Cavity
Copy
Core
Destination
Element
Elements to Transfer
Information
Modify Element
Move
Move/Copy
No propagation
Other
Point continuity
Polygon Trap
Progress bar
Propagation type
Reframe On
Remove Element
Source
Tangent continuity
Transferring elements
Translate
command
Trim
command
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Tritangent Fillet
command
U
Undercut
command
Up to sketch
Parting surface
Update Main Pulling Direction
command
V
Variable Radius Fillet
command
Vertex
Parting surface
viewer
sectioning