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How to design a mould in Catia V5 and Solidworks 2011 from an existing part file?

By Abhijeet on 17 Jan 12:38 1 answer 1528 views 0 comments

How to design a mould in Catia V5 and Solidworks 2011 from an existing part file?

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  • Sudhir Gill
    Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago

    Here is the Tutorial!

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    1. Step 1

      First of all open any part file in Solidworks.

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    2. Step 2

      Choose Mold tools tab and then parting line option.

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    3. Step 3

      Under direction of pull select the pulled surface.

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    4. Step 4

      Choose Draft analysis for positive and negative draft analysis.

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    5. Step 5

      Choose Parting line option.

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    6. Step 6

      under parting line option choose an edge like i selected for parting line

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    7. Step 7

      Choose propagate for SolidWorks to automatically select the parting line to form a closed loop

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    8. Step 8

      Click OK and you can notice a blue edge. Now choose Shut off surface option to close the open holes etc.

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    9. Step 9

      Solidworks will automatically select the edges to form shutoff surface in direction of pull. Click OK then. You can notice surface to be formed on holes.

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    10. Step 10

      Now choose parting surface. It will be the surface which will be the surface to split core cavity body.

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    11. Step 11

      Solidworks will automatically select the parting line. if don't you can select the parting line. And change the parting surface distance to something greater like 14.6mm etc. And choose OK. You can notice a surface around the parting line.

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    12. Step 12

      Now choose tooling split to form the core cavity bodies mould.

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    13. Step 13

      Select the parting surface formed as the sketch plane.

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    14. Step 14

      Sketch workspace will be opened.

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    15. Step 15

      Now draw a circle between the edge of the parting surface and the parting line.

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    16. Step 16

      Choose OK. Now you can notice the formation of the tool cavity around the body.

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    17. Step 17

      Change the view to Isometric if needed.

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    18. Step 18

      Click OK. Now you can notice that the body was enveloped in another body.

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    19. Step 19

      Now hide the parting surface. If Needed.

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    20. Step 20

      Now go to Insert>>Features>>Move/Copy...

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    21. Step 21

      Translate the upper body in Y axis.

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    22. Step 22

      Repeat the same step for the lower body and u are most probably done.

      Additional information:- Scaling the body is necessary before making mould to counter shrinkage.

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