The Will my part fill? result becomes available at the end of the Fill + Pack phase of the analysis, and is located in the Fill tab of the Guided Results.

Result interpretation

In the Fill tab, the top section of the Guided results interprets the Fill confidence result and tells you how likely your part is to fill under the conditions specified in the study setup. The colors on the part match the colors in the guided results and the colors on the legend, to make it clear which locations of the part will fill easily, which locations will be more difficult, and where the part may not fill at all.

There are four possible outcomes from a Fill confidence result that indicate the likelihood of the cavity filling under the specified conditions:

1. Easy to fill
2. Difficult to fill, or may have quality problems
3. Unlikely to fill, or will have quality problems
4. Will not fill

As the percentage of yellow or red increase, the molding difficulty increases and the part quality decreases.

Next steps

The bottom half of the guided results panel provides you with options to increase the likelihood that the part will fill. Each of the recommendations is based on injection molding best practices and the study settings for the specific study.

In injection molding, changing one parameter may improve one aspect of the injection molding process, such as filling, yet have an adverse effect on another, such as warpage. Within the boundaries of injection molding best practices, therefore, adjusting the parameters is often simply an iterative process.

Tips

• Next steps are listed in order of increasing difficulty.
• If you plan to modify your model, select the Simulation model option to test out different modifications so you don't alter your original design unnecessarily.