Manual cavity duplication

You can duplicate your model manually, or using the Cavity Duplication Wizard. This section describes how to perform this task manually.

Before duplicating the cavity, you should model your runner and gate, so all these components can be duplicated together.

1. Click (Geometry tab > Selection panel > Select All).
2. Click (Geometry tab > Utilities panel > Move tools > Reflect).
   Note: Using the Reflect tool, you will obtain a mirror image of the part. The Rotate tool will give you a copy of that part.
3. Select YZ plane from the Mirror drop-down list.
4. Activate the Reference point box and then click on the node furthest from the part, which you created when you made the runner. The coordinates of the node you created, when you made the runner, should now appear in the Reference point box.
5. Select Copy.
6. Select Attempt connection to existing model . When this option is on, Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight will automatically make any necessary adjustments to the model, for example, merging coincident or very close nodes to ensure that the copied entities are correctly connected to the original entities.
7. Click Apply and then Close.
8. Click Zoom All to rescale the model. There should now be two connected cavities.
   Note: You should now model the sprue.