Mold Tools · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
From the plastic part to core and cavity, with the mold tools built into SOLIDWORKS.
Free video training · Manufacturing
Four lessons that follow the injection mold process: analyze the part, define the parting line, shut off and split, then create the tooling. Each step builds on the previous one, on the same part.
4 lessons
11 videos
Intermediate to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Check draft, thickness and undercuts on a molded part
✓Create a correct parting line, including on straddle faces
✓Close the openings and create the parting surface
✓Split the tooling into core and cavity, add side cores and assemble the mold
Where to start
New to mold design: take lessons 1 to 4 in order, on the same part. Already designing plastic parts without making the mold: lesson 1 on analyses is enough to make your parts reliable before sending them to the moldmaker.
The program
01Analyze the molded partThe mold tools process, then draft, thickness and undercut analysis.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶Introduction to Mold Design▶Draft Analysis▶Thickness Analysis▶Undercut Analysis→02Define the parting lineScaling for shrinkage, automatic or manual parting line, splitting straddle faces.▶ 2 videosIntermediate▶Parting Lines▶Splitting a Straddle Face→03Shut off and splitShut-off surfaces for the openings, then a parting surface perpendicular to the direction of pull.▶ 2 videosAdvanced▶Shut-Off Surfaces▶Parting Surfaces→04Create the toolingTooling split, interlock surfaces, side cores, mold assembly and the cavity method.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶Mold Design: Tooling Split▶Side Cores▶Creating a Cavity→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths Mold Design and CSWPA-Mold Making Exam Prep Course (on MySolidWorks).
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