The part, feed system and cooling channels should all be meshed before you mesh the mold.
- Make sure that the layers representing the part, feed system, cooling channels and mold are all visible.
- Using the Ctrl key and the
Select tool, rotate the mold and select all 6 faces. - Click
() to open the Define Mesh Density dialog. - Set the Global edge length to reflect the mold internal edge lengths, or accept the default value.
- In the left-hand panel, select the first mold face, then deselect Use global edge length in the Mesh density of selected entity section. This will activate the Target edge length entry box.
- In the Target edge length box, enter a suitable edge length for the mold external edges. Mold external edges may be as much as 3-4 times as long as the internal edges.
- Click Apply to accept the new external edge length for that mold face.
- Repeat steps 5 - 7 for all the remaining mold faces, then click Close.