Duplication dialog

To access this dialog, click (Geometry tab > Layout panel > Duplicate).

Note: The available modeling tools depend on the mold type you selected.

Once you have duplicated the part, you can use the Runner System Wizard to connect all the cavities, or model the runner system manually.

Dialog elements

Layout

Choose Radial to arrange the cavities in a circle, or Grid to arrange the cavities in rows or columns.

Grid / Radial Layout

Define the number and spacing of duplicated cavities.

Total entities

Specifies the number of cavities to be created, calculated from the values entered in the Rows (Y) and Cols (X) text box.

Tip: Use the Spacing to: drop-down to define the radius characteristics.

Grid Layout

Sketch grid Layout / Draw

Specify the layout and number of cavities required by the graphical representation of rows and columns.

Rows (Y)

Specify the number of cavities you wish to create in the Y-direction.

Columns (X)

Specify the number of cavities you wish to create in the X-direction.

Row/Column spacing

Specify the space between part cavities in your multi-cavity layout.

Tip: Use the Spacing from: drop-down to define the spacing characteristics.

Spacing From

Specify the position from which the cavity spacing is measured.

Row Major / Column Major

Row Major maintains the injection location on the same side across the row. Column Major maintains the injection location on the same side up and down the column.

Radial Layout

Radius

Specify the distance from the mold center to a particular point on the part.

Measured to

Specify the point on the duplicated model to which the radius is measured.

Number of entities

Specify the number of cavities required in the mold.

Start Angle

Specify the angle from which the models start to be duplicated, relative to the existing model position.

For example, 6 cavities duplicated from 0 through to 180 degrees, will create 5 additional cavities equally spaced from the original model finishing at 180 degrees.

End Angle

Specify the angle at which the last model duplication is created, relative to the existing model position.