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Mold Design Using SOLIDWORKS Course

Mold Design Using SOLIDWORKS teaches you several manual mold creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.
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Overview

Prerequisite

Advanced Part Modeling

Length

2 Days

Syllabus

Lesson 1: Surface Concepts and Imported
  • Geometry
  • Hide/Show Tree Items
  • Accessing Commands
  • Importing Data
  • 3D Model Types
  • Case Study: Solids vs. Surfaces
  • Creating Solids from Surfaces
  • Decomposing Solids into Surfaces
  • Additional Surface Concepts
  • Importing and Mold Design
  • File Translation
  • Why Do Imports Fail?
  • SOLIDWORKS Import Options
  • Case Study: Importing a STEP File
  • Comparing Geometry
  • Addressing Translation Errors
  • Case Study: Repairing and Editing Imported
  • Geometry
  • Procedure for Rebuilding Fillets
Lesson 2: Core and Cavity
  • Core and Cavity Mold Design
  • SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools
  • Case Study: Camera Body
  • Mold Analysis Tools
  • Analyzing Draft on a Model
  • Using the Draft Analysis Tool
  • Draft Analysis Options
  • Adding Draft
  • Scaling the Model
  • Establish the Parting Lines
  • Shut-Off Surfaces
  • Creating the Parting Surface
  • Surface Bodies
  • Creating the Mold Tooling
  • Creating Part and Assembly Files
Lesson 3: Side Cores and Pins
  • Additional Mold Tooling
  • Case Study: Power Saw Housing
  • Trapped Molding Areas
  • Side Cores
  • Feature Freeze
  • Lifters
  • Core Pins
  • Manual Selection Techniques
  • Case Study: Mixer Base
  • Modifying Shut-Off Surfaces
  • Completing the Tooling
Lesson 4: Advanced Parting Line Options
  • Case Study: Manual Parting Line
  • Using Split Faces
  • Using Entities to Split
  • Case Study: Splitting a Part
  • Creating Ruled Surfaces
Lesson 5: Creating Custom Surface for Mold Design
  • Surface Modeling for Mold Design
  • Case Study: Drill Bezel
  • Manual Interlock Surfaces
  • Using Select Partial Loop
  • Case Study: Router Bottom
  • Manual Parting Surface Techniques
  • Copying Surfaces
Lesson 6: Advanced Surfacing for Mold Design
  • Surface Modeling for Mold Design
  • The Mixer
  • Case Study: Mixer Rear Housing
  • Insert Mold Folders
  • Case Study: Mixer Handle
  • Manual Shut-off Surfaces
  • No Fill Shut-off Surfaces
  • Manual Side Cores
Lesson 7: Alternative Methods for Mold Design
  • Alternate Methods for Mold Design
  • Case Study: Using Combine and Split
  • Creating a Cavity
  • Case Study: Cavity
  • Case Study: Using Surfaces
  • Techniques for Mold Tooling
Lesson 8: Reusable Data
  • Reusing Data
  • Task Pane
  • SOLIDWORKS Resources
  • Design Library
  • File Explorer
  • Case Study: 3D Content Central
  • Library Features
  • Case Study: Create a Library Feature
  • Configurations in Library Features
  • Case Study: Water Line
  • Smart Components
Lesson 9: Completing the Mold Base
  • Case Study: Mold Base
  • Organizing the Assembly
  • Modifying the Lifters
  • Lifter Motion
  • Ejector Pins
  • Cooling the Mold
  • Making the Drawing
  • Making Changes
  • Completing the Process

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