Work with Manual Sketch

The Manual Sketch feature enables you to enter the sketch environment of a plastic part and draw a cooling sketch

Create cooling sketch manually

1. In the Mold Layout tab, click Manual Sketch.
2. In the Manual Sketch dialog box, select Cooling Sketch.
3. In the graphics window, select the geometry to define a sketch plane.
4. Click OK to enter the 2D sketch environment.
5. In the 2D Sketch environment, draw a sketch by using the 2D Sketch tools.
6. In the Sketch tab, click Finish Sketch.

Edit manual sketch

1. In the Mold Design browser, right-click a Runner Sketch, Cooling Sketch, or Insert Sketch node.
2. On the context menu, click Edit Sketch. Mold Design switches to the Model environment and the Sketch tab is active.
3. Modify the sketch, and then in the Sketch tab, click Finish Sketch.

Redefine manual sketch

1. In the Mold Design browser, right-click a Runner Sketch, Cooling Sketch, or Insert Sketch node, and then click Redefine.
2. In the Manual Sketch dialog box, modify the parameters.
3. Click OK.

Delete manual sketch

• In the Mold Design browser, right-click a sketch node, and then click Delete.