Chapter 39
Using Mold Tools
The SolidWorks Mold tools give you a process by which you can take parts designed for the injection molding process and split cavity and core blocks for them, as well as additional core pins or slides. This process often requires manual intervention.
To work with the tools in this chapter, you must understand how surfaces work. Features such as the Boundary Surface, Knit, Trim, and others are covered in Chapter 32, “Working with Surfaces.”
This chapter introduces you to both the formal Mold Tools process and the less-formal manual Mold Splitting methods used in the industry.
Working with the Mold Tools Process
The goal of the Mold Tools process is to start with the CAD data of a part engineered for molding, and from that data, produce geometry that can be used to create the cavity and core for injection molding that part...
