The Dimension summary report table summarizes each critical dimension you have defined.
It also summarizes the actual mold dimension required to obtain the desired dimension in the molded part if the single recommended shrinkage allowance value is used for the entire part. The desired part dimension column shows the desired part dimension obtained from the part model and the -/+ tolerances entered when the critical dimension was set.
The required mold dimension is obtained by scaling up the desired part dimension value by applying the recommended shrinkage allowance for the entire part. The tolerance value reflects the total error associated with the shrinkage prediction. A zero or negative tolerance for the required mold dimension means that tolerance cannot be met for a critical dimension if you use the recommended shrinkage allowance when cutting that mold dimension. The message "Not Met" appears in the Warnings column of the table if this is the case.
The last column shows the predicted final part dimension if the recommended shrinkage allowance value is used to cut the mold.
If some critical dimensions are not within tolerance, check the Full Dimension Summary Report table to determine whether tolerances cannot be met when using single value shrinkages for component directions. If warnings appear only for the total direction then it is possible to use the single value shrinkages for each component direction.
This table is similar to the dimension summary report, but also shows the required mold dimensions resolved into each of the component directions.
The recommended mold dimensions in the individual component directions may be useful when the material shrinks by different amounts in different directions, or when a critical dimension does not lie in one of the global coordinate planes.