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TUTORIAL GUIDE: MOLD DESIGN
This tutorial gives step-by-step instructions for Mold Design procedure
using SolidWorks. The workshop employs a design of 3D CAD
geometry. The CAD geometry is an assembly of an
, and a .
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1/ Choose and insert
2/ Draw a
⮚ Smart dimension
Length:300 mm
Width:200 mm
3/Click and select entities
⮚ Select 4 edges
⮚ Fillet radius: 30 mm
⮚ Ok
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4/Select Function
⮚ Inverse Direction 1
⮚ Depth=100 mm
⮚ Draft on 5.00 deg
⮚ Enable “Draft outward”
⮚ Ok
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5/Choose
⮚ Select upper contour
⮚ Retain the default
parameters
⮚ Ok
6/ Choose
7/ Draw closed outline
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8/Using centerline, link the two midpoint and make them vertical
9/Ensure Smart Dimension
10/ Click
⮚ Direction1: through all
⮚ Direction2: through all
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⮚ Ok
11/Reuse the same steps for the right plane
12/Click
⮚ Select bottom body
⮚ Enter D=2mm for Thickness
⮚ Enable
⮚
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13/ Select the bottom side, as shown below.
Click sketch and normal To
14/Using and
⮚ Create squares
⮚ Define Dimensions
15/ Click
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⮚ Enter 2 mm for
⮚ Ok
16/ Click feature
⮚ Select the 8 external corner edges
⮚ Retain default parameters
⮚
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17/ Right click on and check if mold tools is already
enabled
18/Select
⮚ Click
Note: Draft Analysis examines the faces of the model for sufficient
draft, to ensure that the part ejects properly from the tooling
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⮚ Select
⮚ Change to 0.25 deg
⮚ Enable
⮚ Click
⮚
19/ Click
Note: has two functions:
● Verifies that you have draft on your model, based on the angle you
specify.
● Creates a parting line from which you create a parting surface.
⮚ Select
⮚ Retain the default parameters
⮚ Click
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20/ Click
Note: extrudes from the parting line to separate
mold cavity from core.
⮚ Change to 120 mm
⮚
21/create a sketch on the press
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⮚ Right click on the surface
⮚ Select
⮚ Select
● Create center rectangle
L×W=400 mm×300mm
● ok
● Exit
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22/Apply
Note: creates the core and cavity bodies, based on
the steps followed earlier.
⮚ Select the Rectangle sketch
⮚ Check Block Size
Upward:130 mm
Downward:40 mm
⮚ Ok
23/ Hide out surface and internal line
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24/ Save the model under Save>Desktop> Plastic mold
25/ Right click on Solid bodies
⮚ Click save bodies
⮚ Select
⮚ Browse bodies under name
“Assembly”
⮚ Ok
⮚ Click
⮚ Click
.
26/ Open assembly
⮚ Click
⮚ Enable
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27/ Click
⮚ Enable
28/Click
⮚ Select upper body
⮚ Take upper body upward
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⮚ Select Done
⮚ Repeat the same
steps for the down body
⮚ OK
29/ Save assembly
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30/ Make a hole from which plastic injection takes part
⮚ Select upper entity
⮚ Click
⮚ Using
● Click
● Input the parameter below
● Click
● Select center point
⮚ Ok
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31/Change bodies color using
⮚ Click
⮚ Choose color
32/ Animate Exploded
⮚ Right click on
⮚ Click
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