Create a model in Autodesk Inventor Tooling and exported it to an accessible location for import into this program.
Note: Make sure you have Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Design Link and Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insightinstalled on your computer.
Steps 1-5 below refer to exporting a mold from Autodesk Inventor Tooling. Steps 6-8 explain how to add it to your study.
- Create the mold in Autodesk Inventor Tooling, according to the instructions in that program. Include a feed system and cooling channels if necessary.
- In Autodesk Inventor Tooling, click
() and select Autodesk Moldflow Insight from the Export Models section of the Export dialog. - Navigate to your preferred destination folder and change the name of your mold model, if desired.
- Click Export. All the mold details will be removed, leaving only the mold, and any feed system and cooling channels.
- In the Export Options dialog, all components will be pre-selected for export. De-select any components you do not want to export from both the Mold block tab and the Cooling system tab, then click OK to start the export process, then OK again to close the export successful dialog. The original model will be in AIT. The model for export will not be saved in AIT.
- With your relevant study open in Autodesk Moldflow Insight, click
() to add the mold to your part study. - Browse to the folder containing your mold, select the mold and click Open. The type of mesh will have been decided, based on your initial model.
- Confirm that the radio button associated with Direct Import using Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Design Link is selected, then press OK. The unmeshed mold will appear in your Project. You will now need to create the 3D mesh.