To create a 3D mold mesh from mold block surfaces

For mold block surfaces defined by the Mold Block Wizard, creating the 3D mold mesh is the final step before running a Cool(FEM) analysis.

Make sure you have created a mold surface mesh before you attempt to create a 3D mold mesh.

To convert a mold surface triangular mesh into a 3D mold mesh:

  1. Double-click mold mesh Create Mold 3D Mesh in the Study Tasks pane to open the Generate Mold Mesh dialog.
  2. Select the Tetra tab and check the values and edit if necessary.
  3. Click Mesh, to launch the Simulation Compute Manager.
  4. In the Simulation Compute Manager, select the solve location, then click Launch to generate the 3D mold mesh.
Parent page: Generating the mold mesh