SolidWorks Mold Design

Prerequisites Length Description
Advanced Part Modeling or equivalent 2 Day Mold Design Using SolidWorks teaches you several
experience. manual mold creation techniques and how to use the
Mold Tools in SolidWorks mechanical design automation
software.

Core & Cavity Using Surfaces

• Mold Analysis Tools • Surfaces in Mold Making
• Analyzing Draft on a Model • Creating Surface Bodies From Faces
• Draft Analysis Colours, Options • Organizing Surfaces
• Adding Draft • Manual Shut-off Surface
• Scale the Part to Allow for Shrinkage • Side Cores with Surfaces
• Determine the Parting Lines • Partial Parting Lines
• Manual Selection of Parting Lines
• Modeling & Smoothing the Parting Reusable Data
Surfaces • Library Features, Smart Components
• Surface Bodies • Task Pane, Design Library
• Creating, Interlocking the Mold Tooling • Library Features
• 3D ContentCentral
Multiple Parting Directions
• Trapped Molding Areas Alternate Methods for Mold Design
• Side Cores, Lifters, Core Pins • Using Combine & Split
• Electrode Design and Clearances • Creating a Cavity
• Keeping the Sharp Edges • Using the Up To Surface Method
• Manually Creating Shut-off Surfaces
Importing & Repairing Geometry
• Importing Data, Solids and Surfaces Making a Complete Mold
• 3D Model Types • Modeling Repairs
• Geometry vs. Topology • Mold Split Folders, Runners & Gates
• Creating Solids From Surfaces • Side Cores, Ejector Pins, Core Pins
• Decomposing a Solid into Surfaces • Organizing the Assembly
• Understanding Modeling Systems and • Creating Individual Parts
File Translation • Mold Base
• How to diagnose and repair failed • Modifying the Lifters
imports • Cooling the Mold
• Checking Solid Bodies, Repairing Gaps • Making the Drawing
• king Copies of Faces • Making Changes
• Repairing Faces • Completing the Process
Parting Lines & Shut-Off Surfaces
• Shut-Off, Core & Cavity Surfaces
• Tooling Split
• Seeing Inside the Mold

Repairs & Surfaces

• Creating New Drafted Faces
• Interlock Surfaces

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