This tool allows you to create a mold insert in your design. A mold insert can be of a different material from the rest of the mold base, for example, a special steel used to produce a core or a copper alloy for efficient heat removal. To access this tool, click 
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In addition to modeling a different mold material, a mold insert can represent a thermal interface between the insert and the rest of the mold.
Note: An insert is modeled as a closed volume. Optionally, it can have water lines passing through it, as in a baffle.
Dialog elements
- Select
- Allows you to select the model entities that define the mold insert you wish to create.
- Direction
- Allows you to specify the direction of the mold insert. The direction can be:
- Normal to the part
- Parallel to the X axis
- Parallel to the Y axis
- Parallel to the Z axis
- Projection distance
- Allows you to specify the size of the mold insert, by specifying the distance of projection from the mold base.
- Create as
- Allows you to simultaneously create a modeling entity and assign properties to it. For example
- You can create a curve and assign runner properties to it.
- You can create a region and assign part surface properties to it.
In some cases you have the option to Create as modeling entity. No properties will be assigned. This option may be appropriate if, for example, you are creating curves to construct a region. You must assign properties to the region, but you don't need to assign properties to the curves.
Tip: To change the properties of an entity, click Change. - Filter
- The filter helps you select a desired model or mesh entity. When you use a filter, the pointer will snap to the specified entity.