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 (Edge length in Global meshing settings section) to reflect the mold internal edge lengths, or accept the default value.
- In the left-hand panel, select the first mold face, then click Add>>.
- Repeat this step for all the remaining mold faces. You can also use the Ctrl key to select all faces at the same time.
- Make sure that Apply global mesh settings is deselected. This will activate the Edge length entry box of the Mesh control group settings section. Enter a suitable edge length in this Edge length box, for the mold external edges. Mold external edges may be as much as 3-4 times as long as the internal edges.
- Click OK to accept the new external edge length for these mold faces and Close.