Mold Design Training Course
Course 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.
Course Length: 2 Days
Prerequisites: Advanced Part Modeling
Topics
Introduction
About This Course
Windows® 7
Use of Color
SOLIDWORKS Plastics
Lesson 1: Surface Concepts and Imported Geometry
- Course Overview
- Hide/Show Tree Items
- Accessing Commands
- Importing Data
- 3D Model Types
- Definitions
- Case Study: Solids vs. Surfaces
- Terminology
- File Translators
- Modeling Systems.
- File Translation
- Why Do Imports Fail?
- Diagnosis and Repair
- Case Study: Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
- Checking Solid Bodies
- Making Copies of Faces
- Case Study: Import Diagnostics
- Repairing Gaps
- Repairing Faces
- Exercises
Lesson 2: Core and Cavity
- Core and Cavity Mold Design
- SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools
- 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
- Seeing Inside the Mold
- Interlocking the Mold Tooling
- Creating Part and Assembly Files
- Exercises
Lesson 3: Side Cores and Pins
- Additional Mold Tooling
- Trapped Molding Areas
- Side Cores
- Feature Freeze
- Lifters
- Core Pins
- Manual Selection Techniques
- Modifying Shut-Off Surfaces
- Completing the Tooling
- Exercises
Lesson 4: Advanced Parting Line Options
- Case Study: Manual Parting Line
- Case Study: Splitting a Part
- Exercises
Lesson 5: Creating Custom Surfaces for Mold Design
- Surface Modeling for Mold Design
- Case Study: Drill Bezel
- Case Study: Router Bottom
- Exercises
Lesson 6: Advanced Surfacing for Mold Design
- Surface Modeling for Mold Design
- The Mixer
- Case Study: Mixer Rear Housing
- Case Study: Mixer Handle
- Exercises
Lesson 7: Alternative Methods for Mold Design
- Alternate Methods for Mold Design
- Creating a Cavity
- Techniques for Mold Tooling
- Exercises
Lesson 8: Reusable Data
- Reusing Data
- Task Pane
- SOLIDWORKS Resources
- Design Library
- File Explorer
- Case Study: 3D ContentCentral
- Library Features
- Case Study: Create A Library Feature
- Configurations in Library Features
- Case Study: Water Line.
- Smart Components
- Exercises
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