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.

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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