This tool allows you to create a mold insert in your design. A mold insert can be of a different material from the rest of the mold base, for example, a special steel used to produce a core or a copper alloy for efficient heat removal. To access this tool, click 
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In addition to modeling a different mold material, a mold insert can represent a thermal interface between the insert and the rest of the mold.
Note: An insert is modeled as a closed volume. Optionally, it can have water lines passing through it, as in a baffle.
Dialog elements
- Select
- Allows you to select the model entities that define the mold insert you wish to create.
- Direction
- Allows you to specify the direction of the mold insert. The direction can be:
- Normal to the part
- Parallel to the X axis
- Parallel to the Y axis
- Parallel to the Z axis
- Projection distance
- Allows you to specify the size of the mold insert, by specifying the distance of projection from the mold base.