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The Mold Design course teaches you several manual mold creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.
Course details and prerequisites:
Duration: 1 Day
Type: Instructor
Led
Level: Basic to Intermediate
Prerequisites:
- Attended the SolidWorks Part Modeling course or equivalent level of knowledge
- Attended the SolidWorks Essentials or equivalent level of knowledge
After the training you will be able to:
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Create mold assemblies derived from your
part designs
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Automate the production of the mold to save you
design time
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Incorporate lifters, side cores and core pins in
your mold design
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Design Electrodes for your molds
Course Outline
Lesson : Core and Cavity
- A Simple Two Plate Mold Design
- Analyzing Draft on a Model
- The Mold Design Process
- 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 : Multiple Parting Directions
- Multiple Parting Directions
- Trapped Molding Areas
- Side Cores
- Lifters
- Core Pins
- Electrode Design
- Electrode Clearances
- Keeping the Sharp Edges
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SolidWorks Mould Design