In the injection molding process, there are areas of the mold that may have a higher or lower temperatures due to part/mold design. A Cool analysis will predict and take into account such local variations in the temperature of the mold.
If you do not have the Cool module, however, you can manually assign separate cavity-side and core-side mold temperatures to assess the effect these variations and bottom side of the element is determined by the orientation of the element.
To set separate cavity-side and core-side mold temperature values for specific elements of a surface, complete the following steps.
- Click
(), then Show to display the orientation of all elements. - Select the required elements in the model pane, right-click and select Properties.
- Select the Mold Properties tab, then select Local mold surface temperature in the Cavity/core side assignment.
- For Dual Domain elements, enter the mold surface temperature value in the edit box provided. For Midplane elements, click Edit temperatures to display the Local Mold Surface Temperature dialog, enter the required top and bottom mold temperature values, then click OK.