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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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Reference Information
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
Glossary
Index
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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.
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:
● The pulling directions,
● the parting line
● the parting surface,
● the splitting surface,
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.
1. Start the application with Start > Mechanical Design > Core & Cavity
Design.
3. Press OK.
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2. Once the dialog box is open, click the part in the viewer.
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Turn the part over and you will see the core surface in red:
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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.
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
● Importing a Model,
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.
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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More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Defining the Main Pulling
Direction.
More information about the parameters is available in the Pulling Direction Parameters chapter.
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.
3.
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.
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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3. Click the Explode View icon . The Explode View dialog box is displayed and the
view of the model is exploded.
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:
or several:
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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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1. Click the Transfer an element icon and select Cavity as the destination.
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.
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3. Press OK.
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.
Splitting a Face
This task shows you how to split a face, either:
● to facilitate unmolding of the part or
● to allow a face that belongs to two different zones to be divided so that
it can be placed in the right areas (core, cavity, slider/lifter areas).
More information about the parameters is available in the Split Mold Area
Parameters chapter
2. You are now going to create two lines that will define the edge of the
face split. Click the Line icon . Choose tangent to curve as line
type.
choose this curve, this point (element 2), and this support
and press the Reverse Direction button.
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3. Create the second line with the same support but with this point and
this curve:
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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.
8. Select the face with the hole as the Element to Cut and the join you
just created as the Cutting Element.
Press Apply.
9. Press OK.
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We recommend that:
● you create the sketch in a plane perpendicular to the pulling direction,
● 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.
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.
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.
Now, place the cursor in the Reference field and select Extrude.2 as the
Reference as well as these vertices:
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.
The list of the surfaces contained in this Geometrical set and that
are not in the NoShow is displayed.
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Press OK. One surface or one join is created for each connex domain and
the initial surfaces are deleted.
Before 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.
Surface Boundaries
This task shows you how to display or hide the boundaries of surfaces.
Face Orientation
This task shows you how to check the orientation of faces by colors and reorient them.
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
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.
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.
4. You can also change the axis system used to define the rough stock by clicking on Select an axis
and then choosing either:
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.
Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis
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● This command is not available with the Generative Shape Design 1 product.
● Used in Part Design workbench, this command requires the 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 in the Shape Analysis toolbar.
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.
- 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)
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● Gaussian
Display options
● Uncheck the Color Scale checkbox to remove the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.
A Point.xxx appears
in the specification
tree.
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Analysis options
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.
● You can display the control points by clicking the icon, still viewing the surfacic curvature analysis.
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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● You can customize the values expressed in the color scale and in the 3D geometry.
To do so, select the Tools -> Options -> General -> Parameters and Measures -> Unit command,
then define or redefine the default units.
For further information, refer to the Customizing Units chapter in the CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide
documentation.
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Workbench Description
This section describes the menu commands and icon toolbars that are specific
to the Core &Cavity Design workbench.
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 Adds text and hyperlinks to the part
Advanced Replication
Provides PowerCopy operations
Tools
For See
Annotations
Text with Leader Creating Textual Annotations
Flag Note with Leader Creating Flag Notes
Models
Imports a model into the workbench
Compares two molded parts
Creates a bounding box around the
model
Pulling Direction
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Parting Line
Boundary ... Creating Boundary Curves
ReflectLine ... Creating Reflect Lines
Curve Smooth... Smoothing curves
Parting Surface
Parting surface... Creating a Parting Surface
Fill ... Creating Fill Surfaces
Extrude ... Creating Extruded Surfaces
Sweep ... Creating Swept Surfaces
Loft ... Creating Lofted surfaces
Extrapolating Surfaces or Extrapolating
Extrapolate ...
curves
Blend ... Creating Blended Surfaces
Wireframe
Point ... Creating Points
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Operations
Join ... Joining Surfaces or Curves
Untrim ... Restoring a Surface
Split... Splitting Geometry
Trim ... Trimming Geometry
Extract ... Extracting Geometry
Shape Fillet ... Creating Shape Fillets
Edge Fillet Creating Edge Fillets
Variable Fillet ... Creating Variable Radius Fillet
Face-Face Fillet ... Creating Face-Face Fillet.
Tritangent Fillet... Creating Tritangent Fillets
Translate... Translating Geometry
Rotate... Rotating Geometry
Symmetry... Performing a Symmetry on Geometry
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Analyze
Sectioning Sectioning
Import Part
Pulling Direction
Parting Line
Wireframe
Parting Surface
Operations
Advanced Replication Tools
Annotations
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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
Model
Reference
Path and name of the CATPart you are going to use. Push the icon to browse your
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 icon (for importing closed solids) so
that the icon for importing a set of faces is displayed, , then choose your file.
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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.
● This is what you get when you import a PartBody:
● 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,
● with the other options: with the standard main planes.
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
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.
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.
The orientation of the facets normals may also lead to "inverted" core and
cavity areas for a given pulling direction, i.e. the expected Core area is
recognized as a Cavity 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 three areas to extract (Core,
Cavity, Other).
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.
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
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
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.
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
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).
Local Transfer
Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract
(Slider/Lifter, Other).
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
Elements To Transfer
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.
You can also use the Polygon Trap icon to select faces.
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Click the places in the viewer where you want the corners of the polygon to be.
Information
where
● N° gives the number of the element to transfer in the list,
● Element gives the name of the element,
● Source says where the element came from before transfer,
● Destination gives the destination for the element after transfer,
● Move/Copy indicates whether the element was moved or copied from its source
to its destination.
● Remove Element: removes the element from the list. Similar to the push button
below.
Options
● Move: moves the element from its source to its destination.
● Copy: keeps an instance of the element in its source and copies it to its
destination.
Destination
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 icon to browse your 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.
If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the icon (for importing closed solids) so that the icon for importing
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a set of faces is displayed, , then choose your file.
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.
● 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.
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,
● with the other options: with the standard main planes.
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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.
Comparison
Pressing OK in the Compare Molded Part dialog box displays the Comparison dialog box.
Core Check the
and Cavity box
for the faces that you want
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Page 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
● 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.
● The elements selected turn to gray.
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
Reset
Cutting Element
Element Destination
After Apply, displays the result of the split with their proposed destination.
Switch Destination
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.
● Change Destination: equivalent to the Change Destination button.
Destination
Reference Direction
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
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
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 Aggregation is the recovery of the topological connections
which existed in the original molded part prior to
successive transfer of some faces in a new Geometrical
set.
C
cavity area Area that can be removed from the mold in the pulling
direction.
core area Area that can be removed from the mold in the direction
opposite to the pulling direction.
F
flag note A hyperlink.
L
lifter A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts
with hollow inside areas from the mold.
P
parting line The outer boundary of the molded part where no
undercut is found.
parting surface The surface delimiting the separation between core area
and cavity area.
A set of features that are grouped in order to be used in a
powercopy different context and that can be re-specified according to
the context when pasted.
pulling direction Direction of removal from the mold.
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S
slider A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts
with draft surfaces from the mold.
split the operation consisting in generating the parting surface
on the core and cavity.
U
undercut Area that can not be removed from the mold.
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Index
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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F
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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command
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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Import model
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
T
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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