core & cavity design

Core & Cavity Design

Overview

What's New?

Getting Started

Importing the Molded Part

Defining the Main Pulling Direction

Defining a Direction for the Slider

User Tasks

Importing a Model

Defining the Main Pulling Direction

Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No Draft

Pulling Direction for Sliders

Comparing Two Molded Parts

Explode View

Transferring Elements

Splitting a Face

Creating a Parting Surface

Aggregating Surfaces

Smooth Edges

Surface Boundaries

Face Orientation

Bounding Box

Sectioning

Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis

Workbench Description

Menu Bar Description

Tool Bar Description

Import Part

Pulling Direction

Parting Line

Wireframe

Parting Surface

Operations

Advanced Replication Tools

Annotations

Specifications Tree

Reference Information

Import Model Parameters

Pulling Direction Parameters

Slider Lifter Direction Parameters

Transfer an Element Parameters

Compare Models Parameters

Split Mold Area Parameters

Face Orientation Parameters

Bounding Box

Glossary

Index

OverviewWelcome to the Core and Cavity Design User's Guide! This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product.

This overview provides the following information: ● Core and Cavity Design in a Nutshell

● Before Reading this Guide

● Getting the Most Out of this Guide

● Accessing Sample Documents

● Conventions Used in this Guide

Core and Cavity Design in a Nutshell

Core and Cavity Design is intended for:● a quick analysis of a molded part (cost feasibility),

● the preparation of the molded part for mold design and mold manufacturing.

Core and Cavity Design defines the core and cavity sides of a part, including any sliders or lifters that may be required, so as to produce a MoldedPart ready to be used with Mold Tooling Design. It includes functions that define: ● The pulling directions,

● the parting line

● the parting surface,

● the splitting surface,

along with analysis and fine tuning capacities.

Before Reading this GuidePrior to reading the Core and Design User's Guide, you are recommended to have a look at the Infrastructure User's Guide for information on the generic capabilities common to all products.

Getting the Most Out of this GuideTo make the most out of this book, we suggest that a beginning user reads the Getting Started chapter first of all and the Workbench Description to find his way around the Core and Cavity Design workbench. The User Tasks section gives a quick description of the operating mode of the various actions, whereas the Reference Information section lists the parameters used in those actions.

Accessing Sample DocumentsTo perform the scenarios, sample documents are provided all along this documentation. For more information about this, refer to Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide.

What's New?

New Functionalities

Bounding BoxThe creation of a bounding box is now possible.

Comparison of two modelsTwo molded parts can be compared to identify areas that have been modified.

Enhanced Functionalities

Surfacic Curvature AnalysisThe area that is analyzed for curvature radius can now be limited.

Main Pulling Direction/Slider and Lifter DirectionAn option allows you to undo the selection of faces for local transfer.

Face orientationFaces can be oriented in a reference direction defined by the user.

Getting StartedThis is a short tutorial that will help guide you through the key functionalities in the Core & Cavity workbench. You will learn how to take a part and define its core, cavity and slider areas.

The tutorial should not take you more than 15 minutes to complete.

Importing the Molded PartDefining the Main Pulling DirectionDefining a Direction for the Slider

Importing the Molded PartThis task shows you how to enter the Core & Cavity Design workbench and how to import a part to use there.Ensure that you have a product (and not a part) in the viewer.

1. Start the application with Start > Mechanical Design > Core & Cavity Design.

2. Click the Import model icon and import GettingStarted.CATPart from the samples directory.

3. Press OK.

Defining the Main Pulling DirectionThis task teaches you how to define the main pulling direction which, in turn, defines the core and cavity surfaces.

1. Click the Defines pulling direction icon .

2. Once the dialog box is open, click the part in the viewer.

The surface that you see is green because it corresponds to the cavity surface.

Turn the part over and you will see the core surface in red:

However, as you turn the part round you will notice that there is an area that is neither red (core) nor green (cavity). This area will require another pulling direction for the slider area that will be needed to ensure that the part can be correctly unmolded.

3. Press OK. The following elements are created in the specification tree:

● Core.1, i.e. the core area, displayed in red,

● Cavity.1, i.e. the cavity area, displayed in green,

● NoDraft_1deg.1, i.e. an area considered as vertical, giving a draft angle of 1 degree, displayed in pink,

● Other.1, i.e. an area that belongs neither to the core area nor the cavity area, displayed in blue (walls of the hole in the pink area).

You are now going to define the slider area pulling direction.

Defining a Direction for the Slider AreaThis task shows you how to define a pulling direction for a surface that is a slider area or a loose core.

1. Click the Slider Lifter Direction icon .

2. Drag the compass into the middle of the hole in the pink face so as to define the pulling axis for the slider area like this:

You could also enter the coordinates for the direction in the dialog box like this:

The pink surface has turned yellow. If you zoom in you see the walls of the hole are still blue.

4. In the dialog box, check Locked to lock the pulling direction, check Local Transfer to activate this functionality, in the first list, select Slider/Lifter as the destination area, in the second list select Point continuity as the propagation type.

Pick one blue face, this will select the second as well since they are continuous.

They turn yellow since they belong now to the Slider/Lifter area.

4. Press OK. The Slider/Lifter.1 element is created. It contains the Surface.6 created from Surface.4 taken from Other.1 and Surface.5 taken from NoDraft_1deg.1.

User Tasks

They are divided in several steps:

● Importing a Model,

● Defining the pulling directions and mold areas:❍ Defining the Main Pulling Direction,

❍ Defining the Pulling Direction for Sliders.

The following functionalities provide help for the tasks above:● Exploding the View,

● Transferring Elements,

● Splitting a Face,

● Aggregating Surfaces.

● Creating a Parting Surface.

Quality or visualization tools are also available:● Smooth Edges,

● Surface Boundaries,

● Face Orientation,

● Sectioning,

● Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis.

Importing a ModelThis task shows you how to open the workbench and to import a part. You can also use scaling and affinity functions to take account of shrinkage.

More information about the parameters is available in the Import Model Parameters chapter.

Ensure that you have a product (and not a part) in the viewer.

1. Open the workbench via Start > Mechanical Design > Core & Cavity Design.

2. Click the Import model icon and choose file FilterCover.CATPart from the samples/SliderDirection directory. Select a local axis system and enter a Scaling ratio of 1.01.

3. Press OK. The solid is imported and created in the screen and in the specification tree.

Defining the Main Pulling DirectionThis task shows you how to define the main pulling direction which is used: ● to define the core-cavity separation,

● to position the molded part in the mold.

More information about the parameters is available in the Pulling Direction Parameters chapter.

Core and Cavity and undercut areas are recomputed when you modify the input of the main pulling direction.You must have completed the chapter on importing a model before starting this one.

1. Click the Defines pulling direction icon . The dialog box is displayed. The compass is snapped automatically onto the current axis system.

2. Click on the part in the viewer.

The visible part of the part becomes green (Cavity, oriented in the pulling direction, up to 1 degree) and if you turn it over you will see that the underside is red (Core, oriented away from the pulling direction). Areas that cannot be associated to either Core or Cavity areas are shown in either pink (for virtually vertical surfaces, as here) or blue (Other, i.e. undecided cases). You can see that two faces of the hole are in pink. After having defined the main pulling direction, you will transfer the two other faces of the hole and the surrounding front face to Other.

3. Check Locked to lock the pulling direction.

4. Check Local Transfer and choose Other in the list.

5. Select the faces as shown.

6. Explode has become available to visually spread apart Core and Cavity areas. Enter 70 mm in the field below to define the spread. In the exploded view, you can see the Core side in green, the Cavity side in red and the Other side in blue. Note that the Other area has not moved: Explode takes only the Core side and the Cavity side into account.

7. Press OK. A progress bar indicates the advancement of the computation. Push the button Cancel to stop the computation, if necessary.

An axis system is created in the specification tree, under the Axis Systems body.

When several axis systems exist, you can make one current using its contextual menu.

Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No DraftThe No Draft option is used to search faces that are vertical (with respect of the Draft angle) and to send them to a dedicated Geometrical set. Usually, these faces will need to be drafted before being sent to the Mold Tooling Design application.

More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Defining the Main Pulling Direction.

More information about the parameters is available in the Pulling Direction Parameters chapter.

1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using the Import model command.

2. Click the Defines pulling direction icon . The dialog box is displayed. The compass is snapped automatically onto the current axis system. Make sure all the Areas to Extract are checked. Select the part to process. The Areas to Extract are displayed in their corresponding color.

3. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box. The vertical face found is sent to a dedicated Geometrical set NoDraft_xxxdeg.1, xxxdeg being the value of the draft angle.

Defining The Pulling Direction For Slider Areas

This task shows you how to define a secondary pulling direction for surfaces that are neither core nor cavity, in blue in the molded part.

More information about the parameters is available in the Slider Lifter Direction Parameters chapter.

Before defining a direction for a slider area, you must have defined the main pulling direction.

1. Still in the same CATProduct, click on the Defines slider lifter

direction icon .

The dialog box is displayed.

2. You are going to extract the Slider/Lifter area from the blue faces.Place the compass as shown.

3. Push the Reverse button and pick the large blue face. It turns red (it is seen as a core are).

4. Push the Switch button. The five faces turn yellow (it is seen as a lifter/slider area).

5. Press OK.

A progress bar indicates the advancement of the computation. Push the button Cancel to stop the computation, if necessary.

An axis system is created in the specification tree, under the Axis Systems body.

When several axis systems exist, you can make one current using its contextual menu.

The Slider/Lifter area is now defined.

Comparing Two Molded PartsThis task shows you how to compare two molded parts and identify any geometrical differences there may be.Before using the Compare Molded Parts function, you must have a molded part open in the workbench and you must have already performed a Main Pulling operation on it.

1. Open file FirstMoldedPart.CATPart from the samples directory and perform a Main Pulling Direction operation on it with the default options.

2. Click the Compare Molded Parts icon .

3. Select NewVersionMoldedPart.CATPart in the samples directory,

press the icon so that it becomes (because the models we are importing are sets of faces) and click OK.

3.

This opens another dialog box:

4. Click on Apply.

5. Uncheck the first two boxes (because we only want to see the faces that have changed between the two versions of the model, i.e. those that are specific to the new model).

6. Press OK. Two new items have been added to the tree.

Added surfaces are the new ones that come from the new model and they will need to be assigned to the Core, Cavity, NoDraft or Other areas.

Removed surfaces are those that have been replaced by the Added Surfaces in the Core, Cavity, NoDraft or Other areas.

7. Hide the Core, Cavity, NoDraft, Other and Removed surfaces.

Open the Main Pulling Direction dialog box ( ) and select the Added surfaces.

8. The surfaces have been analyzed according to the main pulling direction already used for the first model. Click OK to transfer them to the appropriate areas (core, cavity, etc.).

9. Select the Removed surfaces in the tree and delete them.

Explode ViewThis task allows you to explode the view of the core and cavity with the slider. This is useful to check the model for eventual problematic surfaces.


2. Define the main pulling direction using the Defines pulling direction command and the pulling direction for sliders using the Slider Lifter Direction command. Your model looks like this:

3. Click the Explode View icon . The Explode View dialog box is displayed and the

view of the model is exploded.

By default, all existing pulling directions are selected, and the Explode Value is set to 10 mm.

You can select one Pulling direction by picking it in the dialog box:

That is what you get in the Main Pulling Direction.1:

That is what you get in the Slider/Lifter Direction.1:

or several:

You can increase the Explode Value as in the images above.

Use Reset to revert to the default values and initial position.

Exit the action by pushing Cancel.

Transferring ElementsThis task teaches you how to transfer elements from one zone to another.

More information about the parameters is available in the Transfer an Element Parameters chapter.

You must have defined at least the main pulling direction on the part.

In the example below, we have extruded the lower edge of the large Slider/Lifter face (in yellow) to build a surface (Extrude.1).

If, for any reason, you want to move this face to the Cavity area, you will lose the structure of Extrude.1. The action Transfer an Element moves the face to another area without destroying the structure of any element built on it.

1. Click the Transfer an element icon and select Cavity as the destination.

2. Pick the yellow face. It is transferred to the cavity area

There is also a contextual menu on each element listed in the dialog box that allows you to transfer elements to the available destinations, modify or remove them.

3. Press OK.

The action Transfer an element removes the face transferred from the initial body (Slider/Lifter) and creates one surface in the destination Geometrical set (Cavity). Since a feature (Extrude.1) points to the initial surface, this initial surface is send to a new Geometrical set CCV_NoShow under the name TrfSurface.6 (the surface is hidden but the structure of Extrude.1 is preserved). In the image below, we have recovered the initial surface from the NoShow.

If no features point to the initial surface, the initial surface is deleted.

A progress bar indicates the advancement of the computation.

Splitting a FaceThis task shows you how to split a face, either: ● to facilitate unmolding of the part or

● to allow a face that belongs to two different zones to be divided so that it can be placed in the right areas (core, cavity, slider/lifter areas).

The output replaces the original face.

Split surfaces can be joined again, with the option "Simplification".

More information about the parameters is available in the Split Mold Area Parameters chapter

1. Still in the same CATProduct, hide all elements in the MoldedPart apart from the PartBody.

Make MoldedPart the Define in Work Object with its contextual menu and insert a new Geometrical set into it with Insert > Open Body.

2. You are now going to create two lines that will define the edge of the

face split. Click the Line icon . Choose tangent to curve as line type.

For the first line:

choose this curve, this point (element 2), and this support

and press the Reverse Direction button.

Press OK to create the line.

3. Create the second line with the same support but with this point and this curve:

4. Now we are going to join the lines. Click on the Join icon . Make sure that the Check connexity option is not active and select the two lines that you have just created.

5. Press OK.

6. In the tree, hide the PartBody and show all of the other elements in the MoldedPart.

7. You are now going to split the face with the hole with the join that you just created.

Click on the SplitMoldArea icon .

8. Select the face with the hole as the Element to Cut and the join you just created as the Cutting Element.

Press Apply.

Select Surface.16 in the dialog box, give Slider/Lifter.1 as the destination and press the Change Destination button. Repeat this for Surface.17 that you will send to Cavity.1.

9. Press OK.

Creating a Parting SurfaceThis task shows you how to create a parting surface.


2. Define the main pulling direction using the Defines pulling direction command.

3. Send Core.1, Other.1 and NoDraft_1deg.1 to the NoShow.

4. Create a Geometrical set and make it the Define in Work Object.Click the Sketcher icon and select the xy plane to draw a rectangle around the part.

Exit the sketcher.

We recommend that:● you create the sketch in a plane perpendicular to the pulling direction,

● you include the directions that will define the extrusion directions.

Note that the size of the sketch is used to control the length of the parting surfaces.

In short, the sketch is essential in the definition of the parting surfaces.

5. Click the Parting surface icon . The dialog box is displayed.

Creating a parting surface creates a surface around a portion of the outer boundary of the reference support, by extrusion.

Select Surface.3 in Cavity.1 as the Reference, i.e. the part around which you want to create parting surfaces. Once the part is selected, all vertices located on outer boundaries are made available and are displayed as white dots.

Select two vertices to define a portion of the outer boundary as the basis of the parting surface. This portion is highlighted.

Push the Complementary button if you want to use the other portion of the outer boundary.

Now select an edge of the sketch you have created. This edge will define both the extrusion direction and the extrusion length for the parting surface. The parting surface is computed and displayed. The Profile Definition and the Direction Definition fields are reset, ready for creating a new parting surface.

The extrusion direction is:● located in the plane of the sketch,

● normal to the selected edge.

The extrusion length is defined as follows:● when the parting surface is seen in the direction of the sketch, it seems to reach it

completely.

6. Now select vertices and the sketch as shown below. A parting surface is created from the portion of boundary and the extrusion parameters defined by the sketch edge.

7. In the Extrusion list, select the parting surface you have just created and remove

it.

According to your needs, you can use this menu to hide or show a parting surface, or to perform a reframe on it.

8. Now create the following parting surface:

Then the next one. Note that we have picked the sketch edge so as to redefine the extrusion direction.

Now, place the cursor in the Reference field and select Extrude.2 as the Reference as well as these vertices:

Select the sketch as shown:

The following parting surface is created.

9. Click OK to exit the dialog box and create the parting surfaces as extrude features. A join is also created if the Join parting surface option is checked.

By Loft

1. Now let's have a look at this portion of the parting surface:

2. Press the loft button.

3. select the two vertices that define the guide:

Then the two sections of the loft:

4. The proposed loft may be twisted due to the incoherent directions of the sections. In that case pick one red arrow to invert the direction of one section.

5. Click OK to validate the loft and exit the action. The loft is created as a PrtSrf_Multi-sections Surface.x if the Join parting surface option is not checked. A join is also created if the Join parting surface option is checked.

Aggregating SurfacesThis task shows you how to aggregate surfaces of an Geometrical set to improve performances.

1. Still in the same CATProduct, click the Aggregate icon .

2. The dialog box is displayed.

Select the Geometrical set where you want to aggregate surfaces in the list proposed.

The list of the surfaces contained in this Geometrical set and that are not in the NoShow is displayed.

If you want to create a join datum, check the option.

Press OK. One surface or one join is created for each connex domain and the initial surfaces are deleted.

Before After

if Create a join datum is not checked

if Create a join datum is checked

or

Smooth Edges This command provides a shortcut to customize the view type of smooth edges.

It is similar to Customizing the View Mode in Using Rendering Styles in the Infrastructure User's Guide.

Surface BoundariesThis task shows you how to display or hide the boundaries of surfaces.

1. Open file GettingStarted.CATPart in the samples directory.

2. Select the Analyze/Surface Boundaries menu . The dialog box is displayed.

3. This action is a toggle:

● check the Display Surfaces Boundaries option to display the boundaries of all surfaces,

● or uncheck it to hide the boundaries of all surfaces.

4. Click OK to valid your choice, or cancel to exit the action.

● This action is a quick way to activate or de-activate the display of surfaces boundaries. In this regard, it is equivalent to the Tools > Options > Display > Visualization/Surfaces'Boundaries option.

● In the Tools > Options > Display > Visualization tab, you can change the boundaries color and line type.

● Both actions may require that you force the refresh of the graphic screen.

Face Orientation This task shows you how to check the orientation of faces by colors and reorient them.

More Reference Information is available in the Face Orientation Parameters chapter.

Use this functionality should be used before computing a main pulling direction.The model with faces to re-orient should be geometrically and topologically correct

1. Open file FirstMoldedPart.CATPart in the samples directory.

2. Click the Face Orientation icon , select all the faces and change the Reference Direction to 0,1,0 (as in the picture below).

3. Click on Apply. The dialog box tells you that there are 113 faces in the model and that 73 of them need to be reoriented.

4. Press the icon to see the list of surfaces that need to be inverted and to modify the selection (if required). Press Close to return to the Surface Orientation dialog box.

5. Press OK to invert the surfaces that need to be and to close the dialog box.

Bounding BoxThis task explains how to create a bounding box around a molded part.

You must have a molded part in the workbench.

1. Open FilterCover.CATPart in the samples/import directory.

2. Click on the Bounding Box icon .

3. Select the part. A dialog box is displayed that contains the minimum and maximum values that are required in X, Y and Z to create a box that would surround the part. The default box is displayed in bold dark lines.

You can modify the X,Y,Z values if you choose.

4. You can also change the axis system used to define the rough stock by clicking on Select an axis and then choosing either:

● an axis in one of the other axis systems,

● a plane,

● or a planar surface.

5. Press OK to create the rough stock.

SectioningThrough Sectioning, you can quickly estimate the thickness of the molded part, and thus the fabrication costs.

About Sectioning

Creating Section Planes: Click the icon.

Creating 3D Section Cuts: Create a section plane then click the icon.

Manipulating Section Planes Directly: Create a section plane, drag plane edges to re-dimension, drag plane to move it along the normal vector, press and hold left and middle mouse buttons down to move plane in U, V plane or local axis system or drag plane axis to rotate plane.

Positioning Planes with respect to a Geometrical Target: Create a section plane, click the icon then point to the target of interest.

Positioning Planes Using the Edit Position and Dimensions Command: Create a section plane, click the icon and enter parameters defining the plane position in the dialog box.

Using the Section Viewer: Create a section plane then click the icon.


● This command is not available with the Generative Shape Design 1 product.

● Used in Part Design workbench, this command requires the configuration mode.

This task shows how to analyze the mapping curvature of a surface.

Open the SurfacicAnalysis1.CATPart document.

● The visualization mode should be set to Shading With Edges in the View -> Render Style command

● The discretization option should be set to a maximum: in Tools -> Options -> Display -> Performances, set the 3D Accuracy -> Fixed option to 0.01.

● Check the Material option in the View -> Render Style -> Customize View command to be able to see the analysis results on the selected element.

You can now perform an analysis on the fly even if the Material option is not checked. No warning message is issued as long as no element is selected.

● Uncheck the Highlight faces and edges option in Tools -> Options -> General -> Display -> Navigation to disable the highlight of the geometry selection.

1. Select a surface.

2. Click the Surfacic Curvature Analysis icon in the Shape Analysis toolbar.

The Surfacic curvature dialog box is displayed, and the analysis is visible on the selected element. It gives information on the display (color scale), the draft direction and the direction values.The Surfacic Curvature.1 dialog box showing the color scale and identifying the maximum and minimum values for the analysis is displayed too.

● You can right-click on a color in the color scale to display the contextual menu:

- Edit: it allows you to modify the values in the color range to highlight specific areas of the selected surface. The Color dialog box is displayed allowing the user to modify the color range.

- Unfreeze: it allows you to perform a linear interpolation between non defined colors. The unfreezed values are no longer highlighted in green.

- No Color: it can be used to simplify the analysis, because it limits the number of displayed colors in the color scale. In this case, the selected color is hidden, and the section of the analysis on which that color was applied takes on the neighboring color.

● You can also right-click on the value to display the contextual menu:

- Edit: it allows you to modify the edition values. The Value Edition dialog box is displayed: enter a new value (negative values are allowed) to redefine the color scale, or use the slider to position the distance value within the allowed range, and click OK.The value is then frozen, and displayed in a green rectangle.

- Use Max/Use Min: it allows you to evenly distribute the color/value interpolation between the current limit values, on the top/bottom values respectively, rather than keeping it within default values that may not correspond to the scale of the geometry being analyzed. Therefore, these limit values are set at a given time, and when the geometry is modified after setting them, these limit values are not dynamically updated.

The Use Max contextual item is only possible if the maximum value is higher or equal to the medium value. If not, you first need to unfreeze the medium value.

- Interpolation: by default the interpolation is linear.

Type

3. Select the type analysis:

In the following examples, we defined minimum and maximum values and used the on the fly option (except for Limited and Inflection Area type)

● Gaussian

● Minimum: to display the minimum curvature value

● Maximum: to display the maximum curvature value

● Limited: the quick mode is displayed and the Limited Radius type is selected.In the Surfacic curvature dialog box, you are able to modify the radius value using the up and down arrows. The value is automatically updated in the color scale.

● Inflection Area: enables to identify the curvature orientation:

❍ In green: the areas where the minimum and maximum curvatures present the same orientation

❍ In blue: the areas where the minimum and maximum curvatures present opposite orientation

See also Creating Inflection Lines. Note that these inflection lines are always created within the green area, i.e. when the curvature orientation is changing.

Display options● Uncheck the Color Scale checkbox to remove the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.1 dialog box.

● Activate the On the fly checkbox and move the pointer over the surface.This option enables to perform a local analysis.The curvature and radius values are displayed under the pointer, as well as the minimum and maximum curvature values and the minimum and maximum curvature directions. As you move the pointer over the surface, the display is dynamically updated.

The values are expressed in the units set in using the Tools -> Options -> General -> Parameters -> Units tab.

The displayed values may vary from the information displayed as the Use Max / Use Min values, as it is the precise value at a given point (where the pointer is) and does not depend on the set discretization.

The On the fly analysis can only be performed on the elements of the current part. It is not available with the Inflection Area analysis type.

Right-click a point to display the contextual menu. It allows you to :

- keep the point at this location (under the pointer)- keep the point corresponding to the minimum value- keep the point corresponding to the maximum value

A Point.xxx appears in the specification tree.

In P1 mode, this contextual menu is not available.

● Activate the 3D MinMax checkbox to locate the minimum and maximum values for the selected analysis type.

Analysis options

● Uncheck both Positive only and Radius Mode analysis options to get analysis values as curvature values

● Check the Positive only analysis option to get analysis values as positive values.

● Check the Radius Mode analysis option to get analysis values as radius values.

These options are not available with the Limited and Inflection Area analysis types.

4. Once you have finished analyzing the surface, click OK in the Surfacic Curvature Analysis dialog box.

The analysis (identified as Surfacic Curvature Analysis.x) is added to the specification tree.

This capability is not available in P1 mode.

● You can display the control points by clicking the icon, still viewing the surfacic curvature analysis.

This allows you to check the impact of any modification on the surface.Here are examples using the 3D MinMax capability.

If you double-click the Surfacic Curvature Analysis.xxx in the specification tree, the Minimum and Maximum values are updated in the Surfacic Curvature.1 analysis but not in the color scale.

To update the values in the color scale, right-click the minimum value and the maximum value and select respectively Use Min / Use max from the contextual menu.

● Surfacic curvature analyses can be performed on a set of surfaces.

● If an element belongs to an analysis, it cannot be selected simultaneously for another analysis, you need to remove the current analysis by deselecting the element to be able to use it again.

● In some cases, even though the rendering style is properly set, it may happen that the analysis results are not visible. Check that the geometry is up-to-date, or perform an update on the involved geometric element(s).

● The analysis results depend of the current object. May you want to change the scope of analysis, use the Define in Work object contextual command.

● You can customize the values expressed in the color scale and in the 3D geometry.To do so, select the Tools -> Options -> General -> Parameters and Measures -> Unit command, then define or redefine the default units.For further information, refer to the Customizing Units chapter in the CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide documentation.

Workbench DescriptionThis section describes the menu commands and icon toolbars that are specific to the Core &Cavity Design workbench.

Menu Bar DescriptionTool Bar DescriptionSpecifications Tree

Menu Bar DescriptionThis is the menu bar for the Core &Cavity Design workbench.

Start SmarTeam File Edit View Insert Tools Analyze Window Help

Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the CATIA Version 5 Infrastructure User's Guide.

Start

Starts the Core & Cavity Design workbench

Insert

Annotations Adds text and hyperlinks to the part

Axis system ... Creates an axis system.

Models ... Creates a model-related operation

Pulling Direction Creates a pulling direction operation

Parting Line Inserts a parting line element

Parting Surface Inserts a parting surface element

Wireframe Inserts a wireframe element

Operations Inserts an auxiliary operation

Advanced Replication Tools Provides PowerCopy operations

Annotations For See

Text with Leader Creating Textual Annotations

Flag Note with Leader Creating Flag Notes

ModelsImports a model into the workbenchCompares two molded partsCreates a bounding box around the model

Pulling Direction

Defines Pulling Direction Defining the Main Pulling Direction

Defines Slider Lifter Defining the Pulling Direction for Slider Areas

Transfer Transferring Elements

SplitMoldArea Splitting a Face

Aggregate MoldArea Aggregating Surfaces

Explode view Explodes the part in the view

Face orientation Checks the orientation of faces

Parting Line

Boundary ... Creating Boundary Curves

ReflectLine ... Creating Reflect Lines

Curve Smooth... Smoothing curves

Parting Surface

Parting surface... Creating a Parting Surface

Fill ... Creating Fill Surfaces

Extrude ... Creating Extruded Surfaces

Sweep ... Creating Swept Surfaces

Loft ... Creating Lofted surfaces

Extrapolate ... Extrapolating Surfaces or Extrapolating curves

Blend ... Creating Blended Surfaces

Wireframe

Point ... Creating Points

Line ... Creating Lines

Plane ... Creating Planes

Projection... Creating Projections

Intersection... Creating Intersections

Parallel Curve... Creating Parallel Curves

Connect Curve... Creating Connect Curves

3D Curve ... Creating Splines

Curve on SurfaceCreating Free Form Curves on Surfaces in the FreeStyle Shaper Optimizer & Profiler User's Guide

Operations

Join ... Joining Surfaces or Curves

Untrim ... Restoring a Surface

Split... Splitting Geometry

Trim ... Trimming Geometry

Extract ... Extracting Geometry

Shape Fillet ... Creating Shape Fillets

Edge Fillet Creating Edge Fillets

Variable Fillet ... Creating Variable Radius Fillet

Face-Face Fillet ... Creating Face-Face Fillet.

Tritangent Fillet... Creating Tritangent Fillets

Translate... Translating Geometry

Rotate... Rotating Geometry

Symmetry... Performing a Symmetry on Geometry

Advanced Replication Tools

PowerCopy Creation... Creating PowerCopy Save in Catalog... Saving PowerCopies into a CatalogInstantiate From Document... Instantiating PowerCopies

Analyze

Sectioning Sectioning

Surface Boundaries Surface Boundaries

Smooth Edges Smooth Edges

Surfacic Curvature Analysis


Tool Bar DescriptionThese are the specific icon toolbars that belong to the Core &Cavity Design workbench.

Import PartPulling Direction

Parting LineWireframe

Parting SurfaceOperations

Advanced Replication ToolsAnnotations

Import Model Tool Bar Imports a molded part into the workbench.

Compares two models to find the differences between them.

Creates a bounding box around a part.

Pulling Direction Tool Bar Defines the main pulling direction.

Defines a pulling direction for the slider or lifter areas.

Transfers elements from one side to another.

Splits a face into facets.

Aggregating Surfaces

Explodes the part in the view

Checks the orientation of faces

Parting Line Tool Bar

Creates a boundary from a surface.

Creates a reflect line.

Smoothes curves

Wireframe Tool Bar

Creates one or more points.

Creates a line

Creates a plane

Projects a point or a curve

Creates an intersection

Creates a parallel curve

Creates a connecting curve

Creates a curve

Creates curves on surface, see FreeStyle Shaper Optimizer & Profiler

Parting Surface Tool Bar Creates a parting surface around the part

Creates a filled surface inside a closed boundary.

Creates an extruded surface.

Creates a swept surface.

Creates a lofted surface.

Creates a surface or curve by extrapolation.

Blends two surfaces.

Operations Tool BarSee the Generative Shape Design & Optimizer user's guide for more information on how to use these functions.

Joins curves or surfaces.

Untrims an element.

Cuts and relimits an element using a cutting element. Trims two elements.

Extracts a face or an edge from a surface.

Creates a shape fillet.

Creates a fillet on an edge.

Creates a variable fillet.

Creates a fillet between faces.

Creates a tritangent fillet.

Translates an element in a given direction.

Rotates an element around an axis.

Transforms an element by symmetry.

Advanced Replication Tool BarSee the Generative Shape Design & Optimizer user's guide for more information on how to use these functions.

Creates PowerCopy elements

Stores PowerCopy elements into a catalog

Instantiates PowerCopies

Annotations Tool BarSee the Generative Shape Design & Optimizer user's guide for more information on how to use these functions.

Creates text with a leader line attached to the part

Adds a hyperlink to the document

Specifications TreeThe icons in the specification tree are standard.

Reference InformationReference information that is specific to the Core and Cavity Design can be found in this section

Import Model ParametersPulling Direction Parameters

Slider Lifter Direction ParametersTransfer an Element Parameters

Compare Models ParametersSplit Mold Area ParametersFace Orientation Parameters

Bounding Box

Import Model ParametersMore Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Import Model.

Model

Reference

Path and name of the CATPart you are going to use. Push the icon to browse your directories to the location of the CATPart.

Body

Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.● If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by

default.

● If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.

For a quick overview of the model, you can choose to work on a set of loose faces instead of closed solids.

If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the icon (for importing closed solids) so

that the icon for importing a set of faces is displayed, , then choose your file.

Surface

Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a choice of surfaces to use in the body. The surface proposed by default is the last surface in the Geometrical set, because it should be the most complete surface, i.e. the most susceptible to be closed.

● This is what you get when you import a PartBody:

● This is what you get when you import an Geometrical set:

External References is the link with the initial model.

● You may also get this message and this specification tree as you push the Close button::

This means that the surface you have selected could not be closed by a planar face. The CloseSurface required by Core and Cavity could not be created. You must delete the invalid elements created in the specification tree (you can use the Undo function) and restart the import with a valid model.

● To avoid this problem, you can open your model in another window to visualize the element you import.

Axis system

Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.

The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :

● Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the part.

● Center of gravity: the origin is the center of gravity of the model.

● Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis system.

● Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you are importing.

The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected : ● with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,

● with the other options: with the standard main planes.

Only the Coordinates menu option enables you to edit the origin directly in the dialog box.

Shrinkage

Plastic shrinkage can be allowed for either by:

● Scaling : the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The reference point for Scaling is the origin of the Axis System defined just before. This point cannot be modified in this frame.

● or Affinity which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed is 1 along the 3 axes. You can modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin, Plane XY, Axis X) is the one defined just before. This axis system cannot be modified in this frame.

You should avoid changing the affinity default value until just before removing the material.

Pulling Direction ParametersMore Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Defining the Main Pulling Direction and Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No Draft.

Draft: Pulling Axis System

Direction

Pulling axis direction that can be defined: ● either by entering the X,Y,Z coordinates,

● or by using the compass. The compass is snapped automatically onto the current axis system. You can change the location of the compass, or rotate it. The direction in the dialog box is updated accordingly, the main direction being the Z axis of the compass.

The pulling axis direction can be locked once you have set the axis system so as to avoid unintentional modifications that can be made when you are moving the compass.

You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.Locked

Lock the Pulling axis direction before using:● the Local Transfer,

● the Fly analysis,

● the Explode option,

Fly analysis

Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the mouse pointer over the surface.

Draft angle

Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the main pulling direction.

Mold Areas

Areas to extract

They are the Core side (displayed in red), the Cavity side (displayed in green), Other (displayed in blue) and No Draft (displayed in pink). Other indicates surfaces that are neither core or cavity and that will be dealt with later. No Draft is made of the surfaces that are vertical with respect to the draft angle.

Facets to ignore

If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole face will be considered to be "other" and displayed in blue. You can use the Facet Display option to solve this problem.

One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets. To do so, check the Facets to ignore option and use the slider to define this percentage.

Consider this example.

We have checked the Facet display option:

It is clear that a little amount of facets is considered as belonging to the Core and not to the Cavity. If those facets were ignored, the blue portion would belong to the Cavity, which is what we want.

We have unchecked the Facet display, checked Facets to ignore and defined the percentage of facets to ignore with the slider. This is what we get:

Undercut

Undercut zones are recognized via the facettisation of the part. Zones are defined by the angle formed by the facet normal and the pulling direction. Under cut areas that make the un-molding of a zone impossible are ignored. This leads to incorrect definition of areas. For example, the small green face below, seen as a Cavity area, should be blue, i.e. belonging to Other areas.

Undercut off Undercut on

Check Undercut to take account of hidden faces for a given pulling direction.

Switch

The orientation of the facets normals may also lead to "inverted" core and cavity areas for a given pulling direction, i.e. the expected Core area is recognized as a Cavity area, and vice-versa.

Push the switch button to invert those areas directly, without inverting the orientation of the normals nor the pulling direction.

Local Transfer

Transfers one face of the part to one of the three areas to extract (Core, Cavity, Other).

Local transfer is available in exploded view.

1. Lock the Direction.

2. Check Local Transfer.

3. Select the area where you want to transfer the face in the list.

4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.

● No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.

● Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same initial color that have a point continuity with this face will be selected and transferred.

● By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the destination faces, but are not connected to each other:

You select one red face and all the other red faces found among the green ones will be transferred.

The faces selected are transferred to the destination area, this transfer is taken into account immediately.

Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally,

press the Undo button .

Visualization

By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are displayed.

The definition of the core and the cavity is based on a facetisation of the faces. The deviation of the normal to a facet with the pulling direction defines whether the facet belongs to the core or the cavity. If one facet in a face does not clearly belong to the core or the cavity, the whole face will be considered to be "Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is interesting to know how all the facets of the face behave, to decide to split the face, or to transfer it to the core or the cavity side.

Facet Display

Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is (are) not compatible with the rest of the face and solve the problem.

Faces display:

Facets display:

Explode

Displays the graphic visualizations of the Core area and of the Cavity area apart from each other, along the current pulling direction.

● The Other area is not taken into account.

Slider Lifter Direction Parameters

More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Defining The Pulling Direction For Sliders.

Draft: Pulling Axis System

Direction

Pulling axis direction that can be defined:● either by entering the X,Y,Z coordinates,

● or by using the compass.

It can be locked once you have set the axis system so as to avoid unintentional modifications that can be made when you are moving/manipulating the compass.

You can use the Reverse button to reverse the pulling direction.Locked

Lock the Pulling axis direction before using:● the Local Transfer,

● the Fly analysis,

● the Explode option,

Fly analysis

Check this option to display the normal to the face when you move the mouse pointer over the surface.

Draft angle

Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the slider area pulling direction.

Mold Areas

Areas to extract

They are the Slider/Lifter (displayed in yellow) and Other (displayed in blue/red). Other indicates surfaces that will be dealt with later.

Facets to ignore

If even only one facet a face is not clearly either core or cavity, the whole face will be considered to be "other" and displayed in blue. You can use the Facet Display option to solve this problem.

One solution is to "ignore" a given percentage of those alien facets, as for the Main Pulling Direction. To do so, check the Facets to ignore option and use the slider to define this percentage.

Connected area

Lets you choose whether you want to use all of the faces that are connected to the face you selected (active) or all of the faces in the body, whether connected or not.

Switch

The orientation of the facets normals may lead to "inverted" Slider/Lifter and Other areas for a given pulling direction, i.e. the expected Slider/Lifter area is recognized as an Other area, and vice-versa.

Push the switch button to invert those areas directly, without inverting the orientation of the normals nor the pulling direction.

Local Transfer

Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract (Slider/Lifter, Other).



3. Pick the face to transfer. The face is transferred to the selected area, this transfer is taken into account immediately.

Local Transfer

Transfers one face of the part to one of the two areas to extract (Slider/Lifter, Other).

Local transfer is available in exploded view.

1. Lock the Direction.



4. Select the kind of propagation you want to use from the list.

● No propagation: you pick the faces you want to transfer one by one.

● Point continuity: you pick one face and all the faces of the same

initial color that have a point continuity with this face will be selected and transferred.

● By area: useful when a few faces of a given color are found among the destination faces, but are not connected to each other:

The faces selected are transferred to the destination area, this transfer is taken into account immediately.

Should you wish to change the selection to transfer locally, press the

Undo button .

Visualization

By default, Faces display is active, i.e. the faces of the part are displayed.

The definition of the slider area and the lifter area is based on a facettisation of the faces. The deviation of the normal to a facet with the pulling direction defines whether the facet belongs to the slider area or the lifter area. As said above, if one facet in a face does not clearly belong to the slider area or the lifter area, the whole face will be considered to be "Other" and displayed in blue. In this case, it is interesting to know how all the facets of the face behave, to decide to split the face, or to transfer it to the slider or the lifter area.

Facet Display

Displays the facets on a blue face so that you can find which one(s) is (are) not compatible with the rest of the face and solve the problem.

Faces display:

Facets display:

Explode

Displays the graphic visualizations of the Slider/Lifter area and of the Other area apart from each other, along the current pulling direction.

Transfer an Element Parameters

More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Transferring Elements.

Elements To Transfer

Propagation type

There are three ways of selecting faces based on a Propagation type:● No propagation lets you select faces by hand in the viewer,

● Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity, other) that have a contact point with the selected face,

● Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are tangent to the selected face.

You can also use the Polygon Trap icon to select faces.

Click the places in the viewer where you want the corners of the polygon to be.

Double click to end corner definition.All faces that are situated entirely within the polygon are selected.

● Select the type of propagation you wish to use before selecting a face.

● The elements selected take the color of the destination.

Information

The information in the dialog box is:

where● N° gives the number of the element to transfer in the list,

● Element gives the name of the element,

● Source says where the element came from before transfer,

● Destination gives the destination for the element after transfer,

● Move/Copy indicates whether the element was moved or copied from its source to its destination.

A contextual menu is available on each element :

● Reframe On: reframes the view on the selected element.

● -> Cavity, -> Core, -> Other: defines the destination of the element without selecting the destination in the Destination list and pushing the Modify Element button.

● Modify Element: modifies the destination of the element.

● Select the destination in the Destination combo list,

● Select the element,

● Select Modify Element in the contextual menu.

Similar to the push button below.

● Remove Element: removes the element from the list. Similar to the push button below.

Options● Move: moves the element from its source to its destination.

● Copy: keeps an instance of the element in its source and copies it to its destination.

Destination

Lists the possible destinations and displays the one selected.

Compare Models ParametersMore Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Comparing Two Molded Parts.

Model

Reference

Path and name of the CATPart you are going to compare with the CATPart that is already in your workbench.. Push

the icon to browse your directories to the location of the CATPart.

Body

Element in the reference file that you wish to import. Use the combo list to select it.● If the CATPart selected contains a PartBody, i.e. a solid, this PartBody is proposed by default.

● If there is no valid PartBody available, the first non-empty Geometrical set is proposed.

If you wish to import a set of faces, first press the icon (for importing closed solids) so that the icon for importing

a set of faces is displayed, , then choose your file.

Surface

Surface that you wish to use for the computation and is only displayed when you have a choice of surfaces to use in the body. The surface proposed by default is the last surface in the Geometrical set, because it should be the most complete surface, i.e. the most susceptible to be closed.

Axis System

Defines the origin of the Molded Part, and also the initial axis system.

The Origin position (X,Y,Z) is defined via one of the following menu options :

● Bounding box center: the origin is the center of the virtual bounding box around the part.

● Center of gravity: the origin is the center of gravity of the model.

● Coordinates: you can enter an origin and the system will be parallel to the main axis system.

● Local axis system: the origin is that of the axis system that is defined in the model you are importing.

The Axis system is generated according to the option which has been selected : ● with Local axis system: with the axis system planes of the model imported,

● with the other options: with the standard main planes.

Shrinkage

Plastic shrinkage can be allowed for either by:

● Scaling : the default Scaling ratio proposed is 1. You can modify this value. The reference point for Scaling is the origin of the Axis System defined just before. This point cannot be modified in this frame.

● or Affinity which is defined by giving 3 axis ratios. The default Affinity ratio proposed is 1 along the 3 axes. You can modify the 3 ratios. The Axis system of the Affinity (Origin, Plane XY, Axis X) is the one defined just before. This axis system cannot be modified in this frame.

Comparison

Pressing OK in the Compare Molded Part dialog box displays the Comparison dialog box.

Check the box for the faces that you want to display after analysis. You can choose to display one or more:● Similar faces displays the faces that are identical in both models,

● Specific current model displays the faces that are specific to the original model,

● Specific new model displays the faces that are specific to the new model (the one that was selected in the Compare Molded Parts dialog box).

The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in and allow you to differentiate the faces on screen. You can change the colors by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you want to use.

Tolerance gives the distance within which two faces are considered to be identical.

Split Mold Area Parameters More Operating Mode information is available in the Basic Task Splitting a Face.

Elements to Cut

Propagation type

There are three ways of selecting faces based on a Propagation type:● No propagation lets you select faces by hand in the viewer,

● Point continuity selects all the faces in the same body (core, cavity, other) that have a contact point with the selected face,

● Tangent continuity selects all of the faces in the same body that are tangent to the selected face.

● Select the type of propagation you wish to use before selecting a face.

● The elements selected turn to gray.

Elements list

When you select faces either by point or tangent continuity, the dialog box indicates the number of elements selected. Use the contextual menu Display list to display the list of elements so that you can modify its contents. The contextual menu Reset list can also be used to clear the list.

Once the list is displayed, you can select elements in it to remove or you can clear the list.

Remove

Removes selected elements from the list.

Reset

Resets the list of selected elements.

Cutting Element

Displays the name of the element selected as a cutting element.

Element Destination

After Apply, displays the result of the split with their proposed destination.

Switch Destination

Switches the destination of the computed surfaces.

Change Destination

Becomes active when an element is selected in the list and changes its destination to that of the Destination field.

Contextual menu● -> Cavity, -> Core, -> Other: changes the destination of the element

without selecting the destination in the Destination list and pushing the Change Destination button.

● Change Destination: equivalent to the Change Destination button.

Destination

Lists the possible destinations and displays the one selected.

Face Orientation Parameters

The information in this section will help you check the orientation of faces and re-orient the ones that need to be so that you can then use the model n the main pulling direction action.

More Operating Mode information is available in the Face Orientation Basic Task.

Reference Direction

Defines the direction that is used to define whether a face is correctly oriented or not.

Lock

Locks the Reference Direction so that you can perform a Fly Analysis.

Fly Analysis

Displays the normal to each face you move the cursor over.

Faces to invert

Gives information on the number of:● faces in the model,

● faces that need to be reoriented,

● faces that do not need to be reoriented.

See below for information on how to change the colors of the slabs.

Press the button to display a list of all of the faces in the model, sorted according to their orientation and where you can modify the selection of faces to invert.

The color slabs give the color that the corresponding faces are displayed in and allow you to differentiate the faces on screen. You can change the colors by double clicking on the slabs and then selecting the colors you want to use.

Bounding BoxMore Operating Mode information is available in the Bounding Box Basic Task.

Axis Definition

Direction

Standard X,Y,Z orientation is the default value for this parameter.

Click on a face or an axis if you wish to change the orientation of the resulting bounding box (the coordinates defining the bounding box are automatically displayed in the Bounding Box Definition and can be modified by hand).Bounding Box Size

The lengths given here are for information only and cannot be modified.

Glossary

A aggregation Aggregation is the recovery of the topological connections

which existed in the original molded part prior to successive transfer of some faces in a new Geometrical set.

C cavity area Area that can be removed from the mold in the pulling

direction.

core area Area that can be removed from the mold in the direction opposite to the pulling direction.

Fflag note A hyperlink.

Llifter A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts

with hollow inside areas from the mold.

Pparting line The outer boundary of the molded part where no

undercut is found.parting surface The surface delimiting the separation between core area

and cavity area.

powercopyA set of features that are grouped in order to be used in a different context and that can be re-specified according to

the context when pasted. pulling direction Direction of removal from the mold.

Sslider A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts

with draft surfaces from the mold.split the operation consisting in generating the parting surface

on the core and cavity.

U undercut Area that can not be removed from the mold.

Index

AAffinity

Compare

Import model Aggregate

command

Create a join datum analyzing

curvature Areas to extract

Defining a pulling direction for slider areas

Defining the main pulling direction

BBlend

command Body

Compare

Import model Boundary

command Bounding Box

Bounding Box Definition

Bounding Box Size

Direction Bounding Box Center

Compare

Import model Bounding Box Definition

Bounding Box Bounding Box Size

Bounding Box

CCavity

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Center of Gravity

Compare

Import model Change Destination

Split a mold area

colorscale Command

Explode View command

Aggregate

Blend

Boundary

Create a connecting curve

Create a curve

Create a parallel curve

Defines pulling direction

Edge Fillet

Extract a face or a surface edge

Extrapolate

Extrude

Face Orientation

Face-Face Fillet

Fill

Flag Note with Leader

Import model

Instantiate from document

Intersection

Join curves or surfaces

Line

Loft

Parting surface

Plane

Point

PowerCopy Creation

Project a point or curve

ReflectLine

Rotate

Save in Catalog

Sectioning...

Shape Fillet

Slider Lifter Direction

Smooth Edges

Split

SplitMoldArea

Surface Boundaries...

Surfacic Curvature Analysis

Sweep

Symmetry

Text with Leader

Transfer an element

Translate

Trim

Tritangent Fillet

Untrim Surface or Curve

Variable Radius Fillet Compare

Affinity

Body

Bounding Box Center

Center of Gravity

Coordinates

Local Axis System

Reference

Scaling

Shrinkage

Similar faces

Specific current model

Specific new model

Surface

Tolerance Complementary

Parting surface Connected area

Defining a pulling direction for slider areas Contextual menu

Split a mold area Coordinates

Compare

Import model Copy

Transfer elements Core

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Create a connecting curve

command Create a curve

command Create a join datum

Aggregate Create a parallel curve

command curvature

analyzing Cutting Element

Split a mold area

DDefines pulling direction

command Defining a pulling direction for slider areas

Areas to extract

Connected area

Direction

Draft angle

Explode

Faces display

Facet Display

Fly analysis

Local Transfer

Locked

Progress bar

Reverse

Switch

Undo

Defining a pulling direction for sliders


Areas to extract

Direction

Draft angle

Explode

Faces display

Facet Display

Facets to ignore

Fly analysis

Local Transfer

Locked

Progress bar

Reverse

Switch

Undercut

Undo Destination

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Direction

Bounding Box


Defining the main pulling direction Direction Definition

Parting surface Display list

Split a mold area Draft angle



EEdge Fillet

command Element

Transfer elements Element Destination

Split a mold area Elements list

Split a mold area Elements to Cut

Split a mold area Elements to Transfer

Transfer elements Explode


Defining the main pulling direction Explode Value

Explode View Explode View

Command

Explode Value

Pulling direction

Reset

Extract a face or a surface edge

command Extrapolate

command Extrude

command Extrusion

Parting surface

FFace Orientation

command

Faces list

Faces to invert

Fly Analysis

Lock

Parameters

Reference Direction Face-Face Fillet

command Faces display


Defining the main pulling direction Faces list

Face Orientation Faces to invert

Face Orientation Facet Display



Facets to ignore

Defining the main pulling direction Fill

command Flag Note with Leader

command Fly Analysis

Face Orientation Fly analysis



IImport model

Affinity

Body

Bounding Box Center

Center of Gravity

command

Coordinates

Local Axis System

Reference

Scaling

Shrinkage

Surface Information

Transfer elements Instantiate from document

command Intersection

command

JJoin curves or surfaces

command Join parting surface

Parting surface

LLine

command Local Axis System

Compare

Import model Local Transfer


Defining the main pulling direction Lock

Face Orientation Locked


Defining the main pulling direction Loft

command

MModify Element

Transfer elements Move

Transfer elements Move/Copy

Transfer elements

NNo propagation

Split a mold area

Transfer elements

OOther

Split a mold area

Transfer elements

PParameters

Face Orientation Parting surface

command

Complementary

Direction Definition

Extrusion

Join parting surface

Profile Definition

Reference

Up to sketch

Vertex Plane

command Point

command Point continuity

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Polygon Trap

Transfer elements PowerCopy Creation

command Profile Definition

Parting surface Progress bar



Transfer elements Project a point or curve

command Propagation type

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Pulling direction

Explode View

RReference

Compare

Import model

Parting surface Reference Direction

Face Orientation ReflectLine

command Reframe On

Transfer elements Remove

Split a mold area Remove Element

Transfer elements Reset

Explode View

Split a mold area Reset list

Split a mold area Reverse


Defining the main pulling direction Rotate

command

SSave in Catalog

command Scaling

Compare

Import model Sectioning...

command Shape Fillet

command Shrinkage

Compare

Import model Similar faces

Compare Slider Lifter Direction

command Smooth Edges

command Source

Transfer elements Specific current model

Compare Specific new model

Compare Split

command Split a mold area

Cavity

Change Destination

Contextual menu

Core

Cutting Element

Destination

Display list

Element Destination

Elements list

Elements to Cut

No propagation

Other

Point continuity

Propagation type

Remove

Reset

Reset list

Switch Destination

Tangent continuity SplitMoldArea

command

Splitting a face Surface

Compare

Import model Surface Boundaries...

command Surfacic Curvature Analysis

command Sweep

command Switch


Defining the main pulling direction Switch Destination

Split a mold area Symmetry

command

T

Tangent continuity

Split a mold area

Transfer elements Text with Leader

command Tolerance

Compare Transfer an element

command Transfer elements

Cavity

Copy

Core

Destination

Element

Elements to Transfer

Information

Modify Element

Move

Move/Copy

No propagation

Other

Point continuity

Polygon Trap

Progress bar

Propagation type

Reframe On

Remove Element

Source

Tangent continuity

Transferring elements

Translate

command Trim

command Tritangent Fillet

command

UUndercut

Defining the main pulling direction Undo


Defining the main pulling direction Untrim Surface or Curve

command Up to sketch

Parting surface

VVariable Radius Fillet

command Vertex

Parting surface