Summary

In this tutorial, you discovered how to use family mold functionality to create a mold design for multiple plastic parts in one mold base. You patterned the components that are placed into the mold assembly.

You placed two separate components and created a patterned family by using the rectangular pattern type. Circular patterns can also be generated.

You learned how to:

• Use Inventor Mold Design to create a family mold consisting of multiple moldable parts.
• Adjust the orientation and position of components placed in the mold environment.
• Assign material and shrinkage values.
• Generate the core and cavity for moldable parts.
• Use patterning functionality.
• Create the runner system, the gates, and the mold base for the mold assembly.

What next?

You can now add the mold base and place an ejector, sprue bushing, and locating ring.

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