Description:
Mold Design Using SolidWorks teaches you several manual mold
creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SolidWorks
mechanical design automation software.
Duration:
1 Day
Prerequisites:
Advanced Part Modeling
Topics:
Lesson 1: Core and Cavity
- A Simple Two Plate Mold Design
- Analyzing Draft on a Model
- Draft Analysis Colors
- Scale the Part to Allow for Shrinkage
- Determine the Parting Lines
- Manual Selection Of Parting Lines Automation
- Modeling the Parting Surfaces
- Smoothing the Parting Surface
- Interlocking the Mold Tooling
- Creating the Mold Tooling
Lesson 2: Repairs and Surfaces
- Case Study: Plastic Bezel of a Cordless Drill
- Creating New Drafted Faces
- Complex Shut-off Surfaces
- Interlock Surfaces
Lesson 3: Multiple Parting Directions
- Case Study: Multiple Parting Directions
- Trapped Molding Areas
- Side Cores
- Lifters
- Core Pins
- Case Study: Electrode Design
- Electrode Clearances
- Keeping the Sharp Edges
Lesson 4: Alternative Methods for Mold
Design
- Alternate Methods for Mold Design
- Using Combine and Split
- Using Surfaces
- Using the Up To Surface Method
- Using the Split Method
- Manual Shut-off Surface Creation
