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Getting Started Entering the Mold Design Workbench Retrieving Part Defining the Mold Base Splitting the Core and the Cavity Inserting Components Positioning Ejector Pins on a Mold Base Creating a Gate Creating a Runner Creating a Coolant Channel Saving Data User Tasks Preparing the Part to Mold Creating a User-defined Mold Base Creating a Mold Base Creating a Standard Mold Base Adding a Plate Adding an Insert Standard Mold Components Component Parameters Adding Components Contextual Menu of Components User Component Requirements Positioning a Slider Replacing Components Copying a Component Reference Splitting Components Adding or Removing Material around a Component Injection features Modifying the Geometry of Components Gates Runners Coolant Channels Holes Analyze Holes in Plates Explode Holes Drilling Components Distributed Drill Component Page Mold Tooling Design Drilling Lists Catalogs Adding your Catalog Linking your Catalog to Another Using your Catalog Generating the Bill of Material Analyzing a Tooling Structure Saving Data Using other Workbenches Mold Kinematics Checking Clash and Clearance Using Drafting Functionalities Using Prismatic Machining Functionalities Using Surface Machining Functionalities Mold Tooling Design Workbench Description Menu Bar Tool Bars Mold Base Components Guiding Components Locating Components Fixing Components Ejection Components Injection Components Miscellaneous Components Manipulation Drill Tools Specification Tree Customizing Catalogs Add/Remove Component Methodology Technological Results Inserting a Loose Core Using a Rule Using Assembled Components Component Manipulation Restrictions Glossary Index Version Release 16 Page Page Version Release 16 Mold Tooling Design Overview Welcome to the Mold Tooling Design User's Guide! This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product This manual also covers the needs of the P1 Tooling Design application Functions that are specific to Mold Tooling Design and therefore not available to Tooling Design users are indicated by either this image in the left hand margin or this image at the top of the page This overview provides the following information: ● Mold Tooling Design in a Nutshell ● Before Reading this Guide ● Getting the Most Out of this Guide ● Accessing Sample Documents ● Conventions Used in this Guide Mold Tooling Design in a Nutshell The Mold Tooling Design application helps you design a complete injection mold, from the mold base to the components using user-defined and standard catalogs The Mold Tooling Design User's Guide has been designed to show you how to create a mold base and add all the required mold components to it Before Reading this Guide Prior to reading the Mold Tooling Design User's Guide, you are recommended to have a look at the Infrastructure User's Guide for information on the generic capabilities common to all products Getting the Most Out of this Guide 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 Methodology section helps you make the most of those actions Mold Tooling Design Version Release 16 Page Accessing Sample Documents To perform the scenarios, sample documents are provided all along this documentation For more information about this, refer to Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide Version Release 16 Mold Tooling Design Page What's New? New Functionalities Technological Results Technological Results supplies information on the features included in a body This information can then be used by downstream applications such as Prismatic Machining, for instance, or downstream users Analyze block of concurrent engineering A new function called Tooling Structure Analysis produces a report informing you of the interaction between the various parts of a tooling structure - which elements have an impact on a given element and which elements are affected by a given element Drilling in Context A part interface has been added to allow you to safely modify a single block in a tooling structure even if it is impacted by another block Distributed Drill Component A new command that allows you to drill components by one or more drilling components that have standard or customized names Activate/Deactivate Tooling component Standard components and any associated holes they may have can now be deactivated and/or reactivated Enhanced Functionalities Splitting Surfaces Splitting surfaces are automatically optimized to reduce memory usage, wherever possible, for use with all components other than user components A specific syntax can be used with user components for a similar result Component positioning in axis mode This is a new mode for inserting components It depends on a BaseAxisSystem that is defined in the component itself The component position is defined by the guided selection of one or two axes and results in the creation of angle constraints Customizing Settings Drilling Associations This setting defines associations between drilling bodies and target bodies of the components to drill using customized names (if required) Pre-selection codes Pre-selection codes can be added to the end of drilling body names to define, in one shot, the components they are to drill Assembly of bodies as opposed to addition and removal Pads, pockets, drillholes and tapholes are now assembled by default A check box allows you to add and remove material rather than assembling it Mold Tooling Design Version Release 16 Page Mold Tooling Design Version Release 16 Page 10 Getting Started Before getting into a more detailed use of the Mold Tooling Design application, here is a step-by-step scenario which will help you become familiar with the main functions of the product This exercise should take you no longer than 30 minutes to complete The main tasks proposed in this section are: Entering the Mold Design Workbench Retrieving Part Defining the Mold Base Splitting the Core and the Cavity Inserting Components Positioning Ejector Pins on a Mold Base Creating a Gate Creating a Runner Creating a Coolant Channel Saving Data Mold Tooling Design Add Components Color of associated holes Driven length Mold Kinematics E E Gate Edit Component Coolant channel Gate Hole Edit links command Edit Component command Ejection components Ejector Ejector pin Position Ejector sleeve EjectorBScrewi Position Components EjeW Component parameter Explode Holes command Extract command Eyebolt Version Release 16 Page 295 Mold Tooling Design Version Release 16 F Family Add Fill command First reference Add Components Fixing components Flat ejector G G Component parameter Gate A Angle slant Aperture angle Create Delete Direct Distance between the gate and the cavity measured on the parting surface E Edit H Height L L1 Length Location Minimum length of the cylindrical nozzle R Radius Page 296 Mold Tooling Design Radius of the cylindrical nozzle Section shape Side Stamp Submarine W Width Gate catalogs Geometry of components Grid Snap to Point Add Components Guide rail height Guide rail length Guide rail pocket depth Guide rail width Guided Axis Mode Add Components Guiding components H H Component parameter Gate HD Component parameter Height Gate Height of the plate Height that the slider form is raised HF Component parameter Hole Version Release 16 Page 297 Mold Tooling Design Edit HP Component parameter HR Component parameter HT Component parameter I in an Empty CATProduct Add Components InD Component parameter Injection components Injection features Injection length Inner diameter Coolant channel Insert Add Insert existing component command Insert height Insert leader pins Insert length Insert width Insertion diameter J Join command Version Release 16 Page 298 Mold Tooling Design Preparing parts K Keyword Add KnockOut L L Component parameter Coolant channel Gate L1 Gate Layout Runner Leader pin LeaderPini Position Components Length Gate Length of flat area Length of screws Add Components Length of the threaded part Length of thick part Length overhang for clamping and setting plates level Tooling Structure Analysis LF Component parameter Link to Version Release 16 Page 299 Mold Tooling Design Catalog Lo Component parameter Locating components Locating ring Location Gate Locking screw LP Component parameter M Main length of the mold Main width of the mold Manage All Add Components Minimum length of the cylindrical nozzle Gate Miscellaneous components Mold Base Create Slider Mold base Define New Parameters Standard User defined Mold base components Mold Kinematics Driven length Slider offset constraint Version Release 16 Page 300 Mold Tooling Design Slider path Slider sketch Sliders Mold Tooling Design toolbars Mold Tooling Design workbench MoldL Component parameter MoldPlates Add MoldW Component parameter N Naming requirements Runner New Mold base Not cut in section views O Open in new Window command Oring Overall length OverL Component parameter Overlap between cavity and core plates Overlap between stripper and core plates OverW Component parameter Version Release 16 Page 301 Mold Tooling Design P Pad Add or Remove material Parameters Add Components Mold base Standard components Part family Add Parting parts CavitySurface Parting surface Preparing parts Plate Position Plug Pocket Add or Remove material Point Curve Joint command Position Ejector pin Position Components Bushingi ClampingScrewi EjectorBScrewi LeaderPini SettingScrewi Sleevei StopPini Position sketch plane parallel to screen Add Components Predefined points for components Predefined sketch Coolant channel Version Release 16 Page 302 Mold Tooling Design Preparing parts CoreSurface Join Parting surface Pulling direction Scaling Preview Coolant channel Preview window Clash and Clearance Prismatic Machining functionalities product to analyze Tooling Structure Analysis Project 3D Elements command Pulling direction Preparing parts R R Gate Radius Gate Radius of the cylindrical nozzle Gate Reducing computation time Add Components Replace Component command Replacing components Reset Selection Distributed Drill Component Results of clearance analysis Clash and Clearance Version Release 16 Page 303 Mold Tooling Design Retainer Retainer height Retainer width Retraction Component parameter Retrieve Parameters Retrieve parts Reverse Coolant channel Reverse direction Add Components RisW Component parameter Rotate Component Rules Add Components RunD Component parameter Runner Create Delete Layout Naming requirements Section shape Stamp Support Runner diameter S Save data Save Management command Version Release 16 Page 304 Mold Tooling Design Scaling command Preparing parts Section shape Gate Runner Select document Selection filter SettingScrewi Position Components Several Instances per Reference Add Components Several instances per reference Split ShD Component parameter ShH Component parameter Shoulder diameter Shoulder height Shoulder-to-shoulder diameter Side Gate Sider guide rail height Sketcher command Sleeve Sleevei Position Components Slider Mold Base Slider draft angle Slider form height Slider form length Version Release 16 Page 305 Mold Tooling Design Slider form width Slider guide rail width Slider offset constraint Mold Kinematics Slider path Mold Kinematics Slider pocket depth Slider retraction Slider shelf angle Slider shelf height Slider shelf length Slider sketch Mold Kinematics Slider support height Slider support length Slider support width Sliders Mold Kinematics SmarTeam Catalogs Specification tree Specifics Add Components Split Component Core and cavity Several instances per reference Split component command Splitting a user component Splitting surface Spring Sprue bushing Sprue puller Version Release 16 Page 306 Mold Tooling Design Sprue stripper plate SPShH Component parameter Stamp Gate Runner Standard Mold base Standard components Parameters Stop pin StopPini Position Components StripOverlap Component parameter Stripper plate Submarine Gate Support Runner Support pillar Surface Machining functionalities Sweep command T ThD Component parameter ThL Component parameter Tip diameter Tip length to an existing mold Adding a component Version Release 16 Page 307 Mold Tooling Design Tooling Structure Analysis analyze command level product to analyze Tools Options - Mold Tooling Design Add/Remove Catalogs Component General U Update options Add Components UppW Component parameter User catalog User component Add User component requirements User defined Mold base User defined gates Using Assembled components V V Coolant channel Version Release 16 Page 308 Mold Tooling Design W W Component parameter Gate WF Component parameter Width Gate Width between the guide rails Width of ejector plates Width of flat area Width of riser bars Width of upper bars Width overhang for clamping and setting plates With hole Drill Component With tap Drill Component Workbench description WR Component parameter WT Component parameter Version Release 16 Page 309 [...]... click on MoldedPart in the specification tree 2 Click the Sketcher icon and select the xy-plane in the specification tree 3 Click the Project 3D Elements icon and select the gate that you just created (yellow square) This projects the gate into the xy plane, i.e the sketcher plane 4 Sketch the runner path from the gate you have just created like this: Version 5 Release 16 Mold Tooling Design Page 36... like this: Version 5 Release 16 Mold Tooling Design Page 36 The runner path is made of lines and arcs, that should be continuous in tangency This sketch will be the guide (Layout) along which a profile (Section) is swept to create the runner 5 Exit the Sketcher with this icon specification tree) 6 Click the Add Runner icon and return to the product (double click on Product in the Mold Tooling Design... tree Mold Tooling Design Version 5 Release 16 Page 22 Click on Display direction to show the direction in which the split will occur and then click on one of the orange direction arrow on the mold to make sure the split will be downwards Mold Tooling Design Version 5 Release 16 Page 23 4 To obtain a better display of the completed split on the cavity and the core plates, hide the molded part and the... definition dialog box is displayed Click on the catalog icon to open the catalog browser and double-click on Side type, then choose the Round type The following gate definition dialog box is displayed: Keep the parameters: ● Side Round Type, stamped in the Core, ● with a length of 1.5 mm and a section of 0.5 mm radius Note that you can see the preview of the gate on the part if you zoom in Mold Tooling... are working in a Product Structure Version 5 Release 16 Mold Tooling Design Retrieving the Part This task shows you how to retrieve the part to mold 1 Click on 'Product1' in the specification tree to make it active It is now displayed in orange 2 Select the Insert->Existing Component command from the main menu bar Open the GettingStarted01.CATPart file from the samples Split directory This is the part... have to choose one (from the MoldedPart, for instance) Click on Display direction to show the direction in which the split will occur and then click on one of the orange direction arrow on the mold to make sure the split will be upwards 3 Proceed the same way with the core plate by selecting it from the Ejection Side in the specification tree and applying a split action via the contextual menu Mold Tooling... Product in the Mold Tooling Design Version 5 Release 16 7 The runner definition dialog box is displayed Choose: ● to stamp the runner in the core and in the cavity, ● Round Type with a radius of 1, ● the sketch you just created as the Layout 8 Click OK to create the runner Page 37