Resolve tooling issues for plastic parts.
- Category
-
Tooling
- Time Required
-
60 minutes
- Tutorial File Used
-
Mold.ipj, Control_Button_Solid.ipt, PFTutorial_Complete.ipt
Note: Click and read the required Tutorial Files Installation Instructions athttp://www.autodesk.com/inventor-tutorial-data-sets-2014 . Then download the tutorial data sets and the required Tutorial Files Installation Instructions, and install the datasets as instructed.
Before you begin, open and review the supplied plastic part. In this tutorial, you open an Inventor part file in the mold application. You use it to create the initial core and cavity of a mold design. To create the core and cavity, you require patching and runoff surfaces. To create these surfaces in the mold application, you modify some of the plastic part geometry. The edits do not change the shape of the part but are necessary for correct parting and patching surface generation.
You can complete the tutorial in segments by saving your work before you exit.
Objectives
- Insert one body from a multi-body plastic part in a mold assembly.
- Edit part features for use in the mold application.
- Generate patching and runoff surfaces.
- Generate a core and cavity.
Prerequisites
- Intermediate level of understanding part modeling.
- Completion of the General Mold Workflow Tutorial.
- Experience with Plastic Features and Multi-body part design.
- Activate the Mold.ipj project file.
Navigation Tips
- Use Next or Previous at the bottom-left to advance to the next page or return to the previous one.