The Manual Sketch feature enables you to enter the sketch environment of a plastic part and draw a cooling sketch
Create cooling sketch manually
- In the Mold Layout tab, click Manual Sketch.
- In the Manual Sketch dialog box, select Cooling Sketch.
- In the graphics window, select the geometry to define a sketch plane.
- Click OK to enter the 2D sketch environment.
- In the 2D Sketch environment, draw a sketch by using the 2D Sketch tools.
- In the Sketch tab, click Finish Sketch.
Edit manual sketch
- In the Mold Design browser, right-click a Runner Sketch, Cooling Sketch, or Insert Sketch node.
- On the context menu, click Edit Sketch. Mold Design switches to the Model environment and the Sketch tab is active.
- Modify the sketch, and then in the Sketch tab, click Finish Sketch.
Redefine manual sketch
- In the Mold Design browser, right-click a Runner Sketch, Cooling Sketch, or Insert Sketch node, and then click Redefine.
- In the Manual Sketch dialog box, modify the parameters.
- Click OK.
Delete manual sketch
- In the Mold Design browser, right-click a sketch node, and then click Delete.