In this topic, you start a new mold assembly to help you understand the folders and naming conventions used when creating a mold assembly.
You then cancel the mold assembly creation and begin reviewing the files in the provided mold assembly. You review the files up to the point where the moldable part is added to the assembly.
- Click Inventor
to start a new mold assembly. - Select New to open the Create New File dialog box.
- Click the Metric folder of the Create New File dialog box, click Mold Design (mm).iam and click Create. The Create Mold Design dialog box appears, enabling you to assign the Mold Design File Name and its location. The fields for the Cover Mold assembly were defined as follows:
- Mold Design File Name: CoverMold.iam
- Mold Design File Location: This lists the default location in the Tutorial folder.
- This assembly will not be created so click Cancel.
- You now review the completed model that is currently open in Inventor. In Windows Explorer, click the folder to display its contents. Expand all the folders for easy viewing.