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Overview
What's New?
Getting Started
Importing the Molded Part
Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defining a Direction for the Slider
User Tasks
Importing a Model
Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No Draft
Pulling Direction for Sliders
Comparing Two Molded Parts
Explode View
Transferring Elements
Splitting a Face
Creating a Parting Surface
Aggregating Surfaces
Smooth Edges
Surface Boundaries
Face Orientation
Bounding Box
Sectioning
Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis
Workbench Description
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Overview
Welcome to the Core and Cavity Design User's Guide!
This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the
product.
This overview provides the following information:
the preparation of the molded part for mold design and mold
manufacturing.
Core and Cavity Design defines the core and cavity sides of a part, including
any sliders or lifters that may be required, so as to produce a MoldedPart
ready to be used with Mold Tooling Design. It includes functions that define:
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What's New?
New Functionalities
Bounding Box
The creation of a bounding box is now possible.
Comparison of two models
Two molded parts can be compared to identify areas that have been
modified.
Enhanced Functionalities
Surfacic Curvature Analysis
The area that is analyzed for curvature radius can now be limited.
Main Pulling Direction/Slider and Lifter Direction
An option allows you to undo the selection of faces for local transfer.
Face orientation
Faces can be oriented in a reference direction defined by the user.
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Getting Started
This is a short tutorial that will help guide you through the key
functionalities in the Core & Cavity workbench. You will learn how to
take a part and define its core, cavity and slider areas.
The tutorial should not take you more than 15 minutes to complete.
Importing the Molded Part
Defining the Main Pulling Direction
Defining a Direction for the Slider
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3. Press OK.
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2. Once the dialog box is open, click the part in the viewer.
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However, as you turn the part round you will notice that there is
an area that is neither red (core) nor green (cavity). This area will
require another pulling direction for the slider area that will be
needed to ensure that the part can be correctly unmolded.
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You are now going to define the slider area pulling direction.
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2. Drag the compass into the middle of the hole in the pink face so as to
define the pulling axis for the slider area like this:
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You could also enter the coordinates for the direction in the dialog box
like this:
The pink surface has turned yellow. If you zoom in you see the walls of the
hole are still blue.
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4. In the dialog box, check Locked to lock the pulling direction, check
Local Transfer to activate this functionality, in the first list, select
Slider/Lifter as the destination area, in the second list select Point
continuity as the propagation type.
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Pick one blue face, this will select the second as well since they are
continuous.
They turn yellow since they belong now to the Slider/Lifter area.
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User Tasks
They are divided in several steps:
Importing a Model,
Defining the pulling directions and mold areas:
Transferring Elements,
Splitting a Face,
Aggregating Surfaces.
Smooth Edges,
Surface Boundaries,
Face Orientation,
Sectioning,
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Importing a Model
This task shows you how to open the workbench and to import a part.
You can also use scaling and affinity functions to take account of
shrinkage.
More information about the parameters is available in the Import Model
Parameters chapter.
Ensure that you have a product (and not a part) in the viewer.
1. Open the workbench via Start > Mechanical Design > Core &
Cavity Design.
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3. Press OK. The solid is imported and created in the screen and in
the specification tree.
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When several axis systems exist, you can make one current using its
contextual menu.
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1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using the
Import model command.
2. Click the Defines pulling direction icon
. The dialog box is displayed. The compass is
snapped automatically onto the current axis system. Make sure all the Areas to Extract are
checked. Select the part to process. The Areas to Extract are displayed in their
corresponding color.
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3. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box. The vertical face found is sent to a dedicated
Geometrical set NoDraft_xxxdeg.1, xxxdeg being the value of the draft angle.
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2. You are going to extract the Slider/Lifter area from the blue faces.
Place the compass as shown.
3. Push the Reverse button and pick the large blue face. It turns red (it
is seen as a core are).
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4. Push the Switch button. The five faces turn yellow (it is seen as a
lifter/slider area).
5. Press OK.
A progress bar indicates the advancement of the
computation. Push the button Cancel to stop the
computation, if necessary.
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3.
This opens another dialog box:
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4. Click on Apply.
5. Uncheck the first two boxes (because we only want to see the faces
that have changed between the two versions of the model, i.e. those
that are specific to the new model).
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6. Press OK. Two new items have been added to the tree.
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Explode View
This task allows you to explode the view of the core and cavity with the slider. This is useful
to check the model for eventual problematic surfaces.
1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using
the Import model command.
2. Define the main pulling direction using the Defines pulling direction command and the
pulling direction for sliders using the Slider Lifter Direction command. Your model looks
like this:
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By default, all existing pulling directions are selected, and the Explode Value is set to 10
mm.
You can select one Pulling direction by picking it in the dialog box:
That is what you get in the Main Pulling Direction.1:
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or several:
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Transferring
Elements
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This task teaches you how to transfer elements from one zone to another.
More information about the parameters is available in the Transfer an Element Parameters chapter.
You must have defined at least the main pulling direction on the part.
In the example below, we have extruded the lower edge of the large Slider/Lifter face (in yellow) to build a surface
(Extrude.1).
If, for any reason, you want to move this face to the Cavity area, you will lose the structure of Extrude.1. The
action Transfer an Element moves the face to another area without destroying the structure of any element built
on it.
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There is also a contextual menu on each element listed in the dialog box that allows you to transfer elements to
the available destinations, modify or remove them.
3. Press OK.
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The action Transfer an element removes the face transferred from the initial body (Slider/Lifter) and creates one
surface in the destination Geometrical set (Cavity). Since a feature (Extrude.1) points to the initial surface, this
initial surface is send to a new Geometrical set CCV_NoShow under the name TrfSurface.6 (the surface is hidden
but the structure of Extrude.1 is preserved). In the image below, we have recovered the initial surface from the
NoShow.
If no features point to the initial surface, the initial surface is deleted.
Core andA
Cavity
Design bar
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Splitting a Face
This task shows you how to split a face, either:
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2. You are now going to create two lines that will define the edge of the
face split. Click the Line icon
type.
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4. Now we are going to join the lines. Click on the Join icon
. Make
sure that the Check connexity option is not active and select the two
lines that you have just created.
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5. Press OK.
6. In the tree, hide the PartBody and show all of the other elements in
the MoldedPart.
7. You are now going to split the face with the hole with the join that
you just created.
Click on the SplitMoldArea icon
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8. Select the face with the hole as the Element to Cut and the join you
just created as the Cutting Element.
Press Apply.
Select Surface.16 in the dialog box, give Slider/Lifter.1 as the
destination and press the Change Destination button. Repeat this
for Surface.17 that you will send to Cavity.1.
9. Press OK.
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We recommend that:
you include the directions that will define the extrusion directions.
Note that the size of the sketch is used to control the length of the parting surfaces.
In short, the sketch is essential in the definition of the parting surfaces.
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Select two vertices to define a portion of the outer boundary as the basis of the
parting surface. This portion is highlighted.
Push the Complementary button if you want to use the other portion of the
outer boundary.
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Now select an edge of the sketch you have created. This edge will define both
the extrusion direction and the extrusion length for the parting surface. The
parting surface is computed and displayed. The Profile Definition and the
Direction Definition fields are reset, ready for creating a new parting surface.
when the parting surface is seen in the direction of the sketch, it seems to reach it
completely.
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6. Now select vertices and the sketch as shown below. A parting surface is created
from the portion of boundary and the extrusion parameters defined by the sketch
edge.
7. In the Extrusion list, select the parting surface you have just created and remove
it.
According to your needs, you can use this menu to hide or show a parting
surface, or to perform a reframe on it.
8. Now create the following parting surface:
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Then the next one. Note that we have picked the sketch edge so as to redefine
the extrusion direction.
Now, place the cursor in the Reference field and select Extrude.2 as the
Reference as well as these vertices:
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9. Click OK to exit the dialog box and create the parting surfaces as extrude
features. A join is also created if the Join parting surface option is checked.
By Loft
1. Now let's have a look at this portion of the parting surface:
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4. The proposed loft may be twisted due to the incoherent directions of the sections.
In that case pick one red arrow to invert the direction of one section.
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5. Click OK to validate the loft and exit the action. The loft is created as a
PrtSrf_Multi-sections Surface.x if the Join parting surface option is not
checked. A join is also created if the Join parting surface option is checked.
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Aggregating Surfaces
This task shows you how to aggregate surfaces of an Geometrical set to
improve performances.
1. Still in the same CATProduct, click the Aggregate icon
The list of the surfaces contained in this Geometrical set and that
are not in the NoShow is displayed.
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After
if Create a join datum is not checked
or
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Smooth Edges
This command provides a shortcut to customize the view type of smooth
edges.
It is similar to Customizing the View Mode in Using Rendering Styles in the
Infrastructure User's Guide.
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Surface Boundaries
This task shows you how to display or hide the boundaries of surfaces.
1. Open file GettingStarted.CATPart in the samples directory.
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Face Orientation
This task shows you how to check the orientation of faces by colors and reorient them.
More Reference Information is available in the Face Orientation Parameters chapter.
Use this functionality should be used before computing a main pulling direction.
The model with faces to re-orient should be geometrically and topologically correct
1. Open file FirstMoldedPart.CATPart in the samples directory.
2. Click the Face Orientation icon
, select all the faces and change the
Reference Direction to 0,1,0 (as in the picture below).
3. Click on Apply. The dialog box tells you that there are 113 faces in the model and
that 73 of them need to be reoriented.
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4. Press the
icon to see the list of surfaces that need to be inverted and to
modify the selection (if required). Press Close to return to the Surface Orientation
dialog box.
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5. Press OK to invert the surfaces that need to be and to close the dialog box.
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Bounding Box
This task explains how to create a bounding box around a molded part.
You must have a molded part in the workbench.
1. Open FilterCover.CATPart in the samples/import directory.
3. Select the part. A dialog box is displayed that contains the minimum and maximum values that
are required in X, Y and Z to create a box that would surround the part. The default box is
displayed in bold dark lines.
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4. You can also change the axis system used to define the rough stock by clicking on Select an axis
and then choosing either:
a plane,
or a planar surface.
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Sectioning
Through Sectioning, you can quickly estimate the thickness of the molded
part, and thus the fabrication costs.
About Sectioning
Creating Section Planes: Click the icon.
Creating 3D Section Cuts: Create a section plane then click the icon.
Manipulating Section Planes Directly: Create a section plane, drag plane
edges to re-dimension, drag plane to move it along the normal vector,
press and hold left and middle mouse buttons down to move plane in U,
V plane or local axis system or drag plane axis to rotate plane.
Positioning Planes with respect to a Geometrical Target: Create a
section plane, click the icon then point to the target of interest.
Positioning Planes Using the Edit Position and Dimensions Command:
Create a section plane, click the icon and enter parameters defining the
plane position in the dialog box.
Using the Section Viewer: Create a section plane then click the icon.
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This command is not available with the Generative Shape Design 1 product.
configuration mode.
The visualization mode should be set to Shading With Edges in the View -> Render Style command
The discretization option should be set to a maximum: in Tools -> Options -> Display ->
Performances, set the 3D Accuracy -> Fixed option to 0.01.
Check the Material option in the View -> Render Style -> Customize View command to be able to
see the analysis results on the selected element.
You can now perform an analysis on the fly even if the Material option is not checked. No warning message
is issued as long as no element is selected.
Uncheck the Highlight faces and edges option in Tools -> Options -> General -> Display ->
Navigation to disable the highlight of the geometry selection.
1. Select a surface.
2. Click the Surfacic Curvature Analysis icon
The Surfacic curvature dialog box is displayed, and the analysis is visible on the selected element. It
gives information on the display (color scale), the draft direction and the direction values.
The Surfacic Curvature.1 dialog box showing the color scale and identifying the maximum and
minimum values for the analysis is displayed too.
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- Unfreeze: it allows you to perform a linear interpolation between non defined colors.
The unfreezed values are no longer highlighted in green.
- No Color: it can be used to simplify the analysis, because it limits the number of displayed colors
in the color scale. In this case, the selected color is hidden, and the section of the analysis on which
that color was applied takes on the neighboring color.
it allows you to
modify the edition values.
The Value Edition dialog box
is displayed: enter a new
value (negative values are
allowed) to redefine the
color scale, or use the slider
to position the distance
value within the allowed
range, and click OK.
The value is then frozen, and
displayed in a green
rectangle.
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- Use Max/Use Min: it allows you to evenly distribute the color/value interpolation between the
current limit values, on the top/bottom values respectively, rather than keeping it within default
values that may not correspond to the scale of the geometry being analyzed. Therefore, these limit
values are set at a given time, and when the geometry is modified after setting them, these limit
values are not dynamically updated.
The Use Max contextual item is only possible if the maximum value is higher or equal to the medium value.
If not, you first need to unfreeze the medium value.
- Interpolation: by default the interpolation is linear.
Type
3. Select the type analysis:
In the following examples, we defined minimum and maximum values and used the on the fly option
(except for Limited and Inflection Area type)
Gaussian
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Display options
Uncheck the Color Scale checkbox to remove the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
Activate the On the fly checkbox
and move the pointer over the
surface.
This option enables to perform a
local analysis.
The curvature and radius values
are displayed under the pointer,
as well as the minimum and
maximum curvature values and
the minimum and maximum
curvature directions. As you
move the pointer over the
surface, the display is
dynamically updated.
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this contextual
menu is not available.
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These options are not available with the Limited and Inflection Area analysis types.
4. Once you have finished analyzing the surface, click OK in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis dialog box.
The analysis (identified as Surfacic Curvature Analysis.x) is added to the specification tree.
This capability is not available in P1 mode.
This allows you to check the impact of any modification on the surface.
Here are examples using the 3D MinMax capability.
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Workbench Description
This section describes the menu commands and icon toolbars that are specific
to the Core &Cavity Design workbench.
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This is the menu bar for the Core &Cavity Design workbench.
Start
SmarTeam
File
Edit
View
Insert
Tools
Analyze
Window
Help
Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the CATIA Version 5 Infrastructure User's
Guide.
Start
Insert
Annotations
Annotations
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Models ...
Pulling Direction
Parting Line
Parting Surface
Wireframe
Operations
Advanced Replication
Tools
For
See
Models
Imports a model into the workbench
Compares two molded parts
Creates a bounding box around the
model
Pulling Direction
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Defining
the Main Pulling Direction
Transfer
SplitMoldArea
Splitting a Face
Aggregate MoldArea
Aggregating Surfaces
Explode view
Face orientation
Boundary ...
ReflectLine ...
Curve Smooth...
Smoothing curves
Parting surface...
Fill ...
Extrude ...
Sweep ...
Loft ...
Blend ...
Point ...
Creating Points
Parting Line
Parting Surface
Extrapolate ...
Wireframe
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Creating
Lines
Plane ...
Creating Planes
Projection...
Creating Projections
Intersection...
Creating Intersections
Parallel Curve...
Connect Curve...
3D Curve ...
Creating Splines
Creating Free Form Curves on Surfaces
in the FreeStyle Shaper Optimizer &
Profiler User's Guide
Curve on Surface
Operations
Join ...
Untrim ...
Restoring a Surface
Split...
Splitting Geometry
Trim ...
Trimming Geometry
Extract ...
Extracting Geometry
Edge Fillet
Tritangent Fillet...
Translate...
Translating Geometry
Rotate...
Rotating Geometry
Symmetry...
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Creating PowerCopy
Saving PowerCopies into a Catalog
Sectioning
Sectioning
Surface Boundaries
Surface Boundaries
Smooth Edges
Smooth Edges
Surfacic Curvature
Analysis
Instantiating PowerCopies
Analyze
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Specifications Tree
The icons in the specification tree are standard.
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Reference Information
Reference information that is specific to the Core and Cavity Design can be
found in this section
Import Model Parameters
Pulling Direction Parameters
Slider Lifter Direction Parameters
Transfer an Element Parameters
Compare Models Parameters
Split Mold Area Parameters
Face Orientation Parameters
Bounding Box
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More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Import Model.
Model
Reference
Path and name of the CATPart you are going to use. Push the
directories to the location of the CATPart.
Body
Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.
If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by
default.
If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.
For a quick overview of the model, you can choose to work on a set of loose faces instead of
closed solids.
If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the
that the icon for importing a set of faces is displayed,
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Surface
Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a
choice of surfaces to use in the body. The surface proposed by default is the last surface in
the Geometrical set, because it should be the most complete surface, i.e. the most
susceptible to be closed.
You may also get this message and this specification tree as you push the Close button::
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This means that the surface you have selected could not be closed by a planar face.
The CloseSurface required by Core and Cavity could not be created. You must delete
the invalid elements created in the specification tree (you can use the Undo function)
and restart the import with a valid model.
To avoid this problem, you can open your model in another window to visualize the
element you import.
Axis system
Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.
The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :
Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the
part.
Center of gravity: the origin is the center of gravity of the model.
Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis
system.
Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you
are importing.
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The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected :
with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,
Only the Coordinates menu option enables you to edit the origin directly in the dialog box.
Shrinkage
Scaling
: the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The
reference point for Scaling is the origin of the Axis System defined just before. This point
cannot be modified in this frame.
or Affinity
which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed
is 1 along the 3 axes. You can modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin,
Plane XY, Axis X) is the one defined just before. This axis system cannot be modified in
this frame.
You should avoid changing the affinity default value until just before removing the material.
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Direction
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The pulling axis direction can be locked once you have set the axis system
so as to avoid unintentional modifications that can be made when you are
moving the compass.
You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.
Locked
Lock the Pulling axis direction before using:
Fly analysis
Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the
mouse pointer over the surface.
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Draft angle
Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the main
pulling direction.
Mold Areas
Areas to extract
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They are the Core side (displayed in red), the Cavity side (displayed in
green), Other (displayed in blue) and No Draft (displayed in pink). Other
indicates surfaces that are neither core or cavity and that will be dealt
with later. No Draft is made of the surfaces that are vertical with respect
to the draft angle.
Facets to ignore
If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole
face will be considered to be "other" and displayed in blue. You can use
the Facet Display option to solve this problem.
One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets. To do
so, check the Facets to ignore option and use the slider to define this
percentage.
Consider this example.
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Undercut
Undercut zones are recognized via the facettisation of the part. Zones are
defined by the angle formed by the facet normal and the pulling direction.
Under cut areas that make the un-molding of a zone impossible are
ignored. This leads to incorrect definition of areas. For example, the small
green face below, seen as a Cavity area, should be blue, i.e. belonging to
Other areas.
Undercut off
Undercut on
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Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the three areas to extract (Core,
Cavity, Other).
Local transfer is available in exploded view.
1. Lock the Direction.
2. Check Local Transfer.
3. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.
No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.
Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same initial
color that have a point continuity with this face will be selected and
transferred.
By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the
destination faces, but are not connected to each other:
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You select one red face and all the other red faces found
among the green ones will be transferred.
The faces selected are transferred to the destination area,
this transfer is taken into account immediately.
Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally,
press the Undo button
Visualization
By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are
displayed.
The definition of the core and the cavity is based on a facetisation of the
faces. The deviation of the normal to a facet with the pulling direction
defines whether the facet belongs to the core or the cavity. If one facet in
a face does not clearly belong to the core or the cavity, the whole face will
be considered to be "Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is
interesting to know how all the facets of the face behave, to decide to split
the face, or to transfer it to the core or the cavity side.
Facet Display
Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is
(are) not compatible with the rest of the face and solve the problem.
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Faces display:
Facets display:
Explode
Displays the graphic visualizations of the Core area and of the Cavity area
apart from each other, along the current pulling direction.
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It can be locked once you have set the axis system so as to avoid
unintentional modifications that can be made when you are
moving/manipulating the compass.
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You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.
Locked
Lock the Pulling axis direction before using:
Fly analysis
Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the
mouse pointer over the surface.
Draft angle
Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the
slider area pulling direction.
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Mold Areas
Areas to extract
They are the Slider/Lifter (displayed in yellow) and Other (displayed in
blue/red). Other indicates surfaces that will be dealt with later.
Facets to ignore
If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole
face will be considered to be "other" and displayed in blue. You can use
the Facet Display option to solve this problem.
One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets, as for
the Main Pulling Direction. To do so, check the Facets to ignore option
and use the slider to define this percentage.
Connected area
Lets you choose whether you want to use all of the faces that are
connected to the face you selected (active) or all of the faces in the body,
whether connected or not.
Switch
The orientation of the facets normals may lead to "inverted" Slider/Lifter
and Other areas for a given pulling direction, i.e. the expected
Slider/Lifter area is recognized as an Other area, and vice-versa.
Push the switch button to invert those areas directly, without inverting the
orientation of the normals nor the pulling direction.
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Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract
(Slider/Lifter, Other).
1. Check Local Transfer.
2. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
3. Pick the face to transfer. The face is transferred to the selected area,
this transfer is taken into account immediately.
Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract
(Slider/Lifter, Other).
Local transfer is available in exploded view.
1. Lock the Direction.
2. Check Local Transfer.
3. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.
4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.
No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.
Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same
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initial color that have a point continuity with this face will be selected
and transferred.
By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the
destination faces, but are not connected to each other:
The faces selected are transferred to the destination area, this transfer is
taken into account immediately.
Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally, press the
Undo button
Visualization
By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are
displayed.
The definition of the slider area and the lifter area is based on a
facettisation of the faces. The deviation of the normal to a facet with the
pulling direction defines whether the facet belongs to the slider area or
the lifter area. As said above, if one facet in a face does not clearly belong
to the slider area or the lifter area, the whole face will be considered to be
"Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is interesting to know how
all the facets of the face behave, to decide to split the face, or to transfer
it to the slider or the lifter area.
Facet Display
Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is
(are) not compatible with the rest of the face and solve the problem.
Faces display:
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Facets display:
Explode
Displays the graphic visualizations of the Slider/Lifter area and of the
Other area apart from each other, along the current pulling direction.
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Elements To Transfer
Propagation type
There are three ways of selecting faces based on a Propagation type:
Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity, other) that
have a contact point with the selected face,
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Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are tangent to the
selected face.
to select faces.
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Click the places in the viewer where you want the corners of the polygon to be.
Select the type of propagation you wish to use before selecting a face.
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Information
The information in the dialog box is:
where
Move/Copy indicates whether the element was moved or copied from its source
to its destination.
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Remove Element: removes the element from the list. Similar to the push button
below.
Options
Destination
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More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Comparing Two Molded Parts.
Model
Reference
Path and name of the CATPart you are going to compare with the CATPart that is already in your workbench.. Push
the
Body
Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.
If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by default.
If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.
icon (for importing closed solids) so that the icon for importing
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Surface
Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a choice of surfaces to use in
the body. The surface proposed by default is the last surface in the Geometrical set, because it should be the most
complete surface, i.e. the most susceptible to be closed.
Axis System
Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.
The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :
Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the part.
Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis system.
Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you are importing.
The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected :
with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,
Shrinkage
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Scaling
: the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The reference point for Scaling is
the origin of the Axis System defined just before. This point cannot be modified in this frame.
or Affinity
which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed is 1 along the 3 axes.
You can modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin, Plane XY, Axis X) is the one defined just
before. This axis system cannot be modified in this frame.
Comparison
Pressing OK in the Compare Molded Part dialog box displays the Comparison dialog box.
Core Check
and Cavity
Design
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box
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display one or more:
Similar faces displays the faces that are identical in both models,
Specific current model displays the faces that are specific to the original model,
Specific new model displays the faces that are specific to the new model (the one that was selected in the
Compare Molded Parts dialog box).
The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in and allow you to differentiate the faces on
screen. You can change the colors by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you want to use.
Tolerance gives the distance within which two faces are considered to be identical.
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Elements to Cut
Propagation type
There are three ways of selecting faces based on a Propagation type:
Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity,
other) that have a contact point with the selected face,
Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are
tangent to the selected face.
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Select the type of propagation you wish to use before selecting a face.
Elements list
When you select faces either by point or tangent continuity, the dialog
box indicates the number of elements selected. Use the contextual menu
Display list to display the list of elements so that you can modify its
contents. The contextual menu Reset list can also be used to clear the
list.
Once the list is displayed, you can select elements in it to remove or you
can clear the list.
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Remove
Removes selected elements from the list.
Reset
Resets the list of selected elements.
Cutting Element
Displays the name of the element selected as a cutting element.
Element Destination
After Apply, displays the result of the split with their proposed destination.
Switch Destination
Switches the destination of the computed surfaces.
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Change Destination
Becomes active when an element is selected in the list and changes its
destination to that of the Destination field.
Contextual menu
-> Cavity, -> Core, -> Other: changes the destination of the element
without selecting the destination in the Destination list and pushing the
Change Destination button.
Destination
Lists the possible destinations and displays the one selected.
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Reference Direction
Defines the direction that is used to define whether a face is correctly
oriented or not.
Lock
Locks the Reference Direction so that you can perform a Fly Analysis.
Fly Analysis
Displays the normal to each face you move the cursor over.
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Faces to invert
Gives information on the number of:
See below for information on how to change the colors of the slabs.
Press the
button to display a list of all of the faces in the model, sorted
according to their orientation and where you can modify the selection of faces
to invert.
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The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in
and allow you to differentiate the faces on screen. You can change the colors
by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you want to use.
Bounding Box
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More Operating Mode information is available in the Bounding Box Basic Task.
Axis Definition
Direction
Standard X,Y,Z orientation is the default value for this parameter.
Click on a face or an axis if you wish to change the orientation of the resulting bounding box (the coordinates
defining the bounding box are automatically displayed in the Bounding Box Definition and can be modified by
hand).
Bounding Box Size
The lengths given here are for information only and cannot be modified.
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Glossary
A
aggregation
C
cavity area
core area
F
flag note
A hyperlink.
L
lifter
P
parting line
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S
slider
split
U
undercut
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A
Affinity
Compare
Import model
Aggregate
command
Create a join datum
analyzing
curvature
Areas to extract
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
B
Blend
command
Body
Compare
Import model
Boundary
command
Bounding Box
Bounding Box Definition
Bounding Box Size
Direction
Bounding Box Center
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Compare
Import model
Bounding Box Definition
Bounding Box
Bounding Box Size
Bounding Box
C
Cavity
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Center of Gravity
Compare
Import model
Change Destination
Split a mold area
colorscale
Command
Explode View
command
Aggregate
Blend
Boundary
Create a connecting curve
Create a curve
Create a parallel curve
Defines pulling direction
Edge Fillet
Extract a face or a surface edge
Extrapolate
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Extrude
Face Orientation
Face-Face Fillet
Fill
Flag Note with Leader
Import model
Instantiate from document
Intersection
Join curves or surfaces
Line
Loft
Parting surface
Plane
Point
PowerCopy Creation
Project a point or curve
ReflectLine
Rotate
Save in Catalog
Sectioning...
Shape Fillet
Slider Lifter Direction
Smooth Edges
Split
SplitMoldArea
Surface Boundaries...
Surfacic Curvature Analysis
Sweep
Symmetry
Text with Leader
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Transfer an element
Translate
Trim
Tritangent Fillet
Untrim Surface or Curve
Variable Radius Fillet
Compare
Affinity
Body
Bounding Box Center
Center of Gravity
Coordinates
Local Axis System
Reference
Scaling
Shrinkage
Similar faces
Specific current model
Specific new model
Surface
Tolerance
Complementary
Parting surface
Connected area
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Contextual menu
Split a mold area
Coordinates
Compare
Import model
Copy
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Transfer elements
Core
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Create a connecting curve
command
Create a curve
command
Create a join datum
Aggregate
Create a parallel curve
command
curvature
analyzing
Cutting Element
Split a mold area
D
Defines pulling direction
command
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Areas to extract
Connected area
Direction
Draft angle
Explode
Faces display
Facet Display
Fly analysis
Local Transfer
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Locked
Progress bar
Reverse
Switch
Undo
Defining a pulling direction for sliders
Defining the main pulling direction
Areas to extract
Direction
Draft angle
Explode
Faces display
Facet Display
Facets to ignore
Fly analysis
Local Transfer
Locked
Progress bar
Reverse
Switch
Undercut
Undo
Destination
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Direction
Bounding Box
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Direction Definition
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Parting surface
Display list
Split a mold area
Draft angle
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
E
Edge Fillet
command
Element
Transfer elements
Element Destination
Split a mold area
Elements list
Split a mold area
Elements to Cut
Split a mold area
Elements to Transfer
Transfer elements
Explode
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Explode Value
Explode View
Explode View
Command
Explode Value
Pulling direction
Reset
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Face Orientation
command
Faces list
Faces to invert
Fly Analysis
Lock
Parameters
Reference Direction
Face-Face Fillet
command
Faces display
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Faces list
Face Orientation
Faces to invert
Face Orientation
Facet Display
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
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Facets to ignore
Defining the main pulling direction
Fill
command
Flag Note with Leader
command
Fly Analysis
Face Orientation
Fly analysis
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
I
Import model
Affinity
Body
Bounding Box Center
Center of Gravity
command
Coordinates
Local Axis System
Reference
Scaling
Shrinkage
Surface
Information
Transfer elements
Instantiate from document
command
Intersection
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J
Join curves or surfaces
command
Join parting surface
Parting surface
L
Line
command
Local Axis System
Compare
Import model
Local Transfer
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Lock
Face Orientation
Locked
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Loft
command
M
Modify Element
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Transfer elements
Move
Transfer elements
Move/Copy
Transfer elements
N
No propagation
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
O
Other
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
P
Parameters
Face Orientation
Parting surface
command
Complementary
Direction Definition
Extrusion
Join parting surface
Profile Definition
Reference
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Up to sketch
Vertex
Plane
command
Point
command
Point continuity
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Polygon Trap
Transfer elements
PowerCopy Creation
command
Profile Definition
Parting surface
Progress bar
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Transfer elements
Project a point or curve
command
Propagation type
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Pulling direction
Explode View
R
Reference
Compare
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Parting surface
Reference Direction
Face Orientation
ReflectLine
command
Reframe On
Transfer elements
Remove
Split a mold area
Remove Element
Transfer elements
Reset
Explode View
Split a mold area
Reset list
Split a mold area
Reverse
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Rotate
command
S
Save in Catalog
command
Scaling
Compare
Import model
Sectioning...
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command
Shape Fillet
command
Shrinkage
Compare
Import model
Similar faces
Compare
Slider Lifter Direction
command
Smooth Edges
command
Source
Transfer elements
Specific current model
Compare
Specific new model
Compare
Split
command
Split a mold area
Cavity
Change Destination
Contextual menu
Core
Cutting Element
Destination
Display list
Element Destination
Elements list
Elements to Cut
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No propagation
Other
Point continuity
Propagation type
Remove
Reset
Reset list
Switch Destination
Tangent continuity
SplitMoldArea
command
Splitting a face
Surface
Compare
Import model
Surface Boundaries...
command
Surfacic Curvature Analysis
command
Sweep
command
Switch
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Switch Destination
Split a mold area
Symmetry
command
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Tangent continuity
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
Text with Leader
command
Tolerance
Compare
Transfer an element
command
Transfer elements
Cavity
Copy
Core
Destination
Element
Elements to Transfer
Information
Modify Element
Move
Move/Copy
No propagation
Other
Point continuity
Polygon Trap
Progress bar
Propagation type
Reframe On
Remove Element
Source
Tangent continuity
Transferring elements
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Translate
command
Trim
command
Tritangent Fillet
command
U
Undercut
Defining the main pulling direction
Undo
Defining a pulling direction for slider areas
Defining the main pulling direction
Untrim Surface or Curve
command
Up to sketch
Parting surface
V
Variable Radius Fillet
command
Vertex
Parting surface
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