Core Cavity Extraction

Version 5 Release 14
Core and 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 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
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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
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Overview
Welcome 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

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.
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Before Reading this Guide

Prior 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 Guide

To 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 Documents

To 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.
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What's New?
New Functionalities
Bounding Box
The creation of a bounding box is now possible.
Comparison of two models
Two molded parts can be compared to identify areas that have been
modified.
Enhanced Functionalities
Surfacic Curvature Analysis
The area that is analyzed for curvature radius can now be limited.
Main Pulling Direction/Slider and Lifter Direction
An option allows you to undo the selection of faces for local transfer.
Face orientation
Faces can be oriented in a reference direction defined by the user.
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Getting Started
This 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.
Defining a Direction for the Slider
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This 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

from the samples directory.
3. Press OK.
and import GettingStarted.CATPart
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This 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:
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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.
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Defining a Direction for the Slider Area

This 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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Importing a Model
This 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.
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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.
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This 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.
. 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.
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3. Check Locked to lock the pulling direction.

4. Check Local Transfer and choose Other in the list.
5. Select the faces as shown.
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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.
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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.
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Defining the Main Pulling Direction with No Draft

The 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.
. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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The Slider/Lifter area is now defined.
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Comparing Two Molded Parts

This 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:
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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).
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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 (
surfaces.
) and select the Added
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.
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Explode View
This 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.
1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart using
the Import model command.
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

view of the model is exploded.
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. The Explode View dialog box is displayed and the
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:
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or several:
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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.
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Transferring
Elements
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This 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
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and select Cavity as the destination.
2. Pick the yellow face. It is transferred to the cavity area
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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.
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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.
Core andA
Cavity
Design bar
progress
Version 5 of
Release
14
indicates the advancement
the computation.
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Splitting a Face
This 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.
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2. You are now going to create two lines that will define the edge of the
face split. Click the Line icon
type.
. Choose tangent to curve as line
For the first line:
choose this curve,

this point (element 2), and this support
and press the Reverse Direction button.
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Press OK to create the line.

3. Create the second line with the same support but with this point and
this curve:
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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.
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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
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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.
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This task shows you how to create a parting surface.
1. In the Core and Cavity Design workbench, import the GettingStarted.CATPart
using the Import model command.
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.
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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
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. 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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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This 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.
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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
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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.
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Surface Boundaries
This 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

displayed.
. The dialog box is
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.
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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.
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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.
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5. Press OK to invert the surfaces that need to be and to close the dialog box.
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Bounding Box
This 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.
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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.
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Sectioning
Through 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.
Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis

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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.
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- 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:
Core and Cavity

- Design
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.
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- 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
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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.
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Inflection Area: enables to Version 5 Release 14

identify the curvature orientation:
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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.
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Core and Cavity

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

Specifications Tree

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This 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.
Annotations
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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
For
See
Text with Leader
Creating Textual Annotations
Flag Note with Leader
Creating Flag Notes
Models
Imports a model into the workbench
Compares two molded parts
Creates a bounding box around the
model
Pulling Direction
Defines Pulling Direction
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Defining
the Main Pulling Direction
Transfer
Defining the Pulling Direction for Slider

Areas
Transferring Elements
SplitMoldArea
Splitting a Face
Aggregate MoldArea
Explode view
Explodes the part in the view
Face orientation
Checks the orientation of faces
Boundary ...
Creating Boundary Curves
ReflectLine ...
Creating Reflect Lines
Curve Smooth...
Smoothing curves
Parting surface...
Fill ...
Creating Fill Surfaces
Extrude ...
Creating Extruded Surfaces
Sweep ...
Creating Swept Surfaces
Loft ...
Blend ...
Creating Lofted surfaces

Extrapolating Surfaces or Extrapolating
curves
Creating Blended Surfaces
Point ...
Creating Points
Defines Slider Lifter
Parting Line
Parting Surface
Extrapolate ...
Wireframe
Version 5 Release
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Line ...
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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
Creating Free Form Curves on Surfaces
in the FreeStyle Shaper Optimizer &
Profiler User's Guide
Curve on Surface
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
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PowerCopy Creation...
Save in Catalog...
Instantiate From
Document...
Creating PowerCopy
Saving PowerCopies into a Catalog
Sectioning
Sectioning
Surface Boundaries
Surface Boundaries
Smooth Edges
Smooth Edges
Surfacic Curvature
Analysis
Performing a Surfacic Curvature

Analysis
Instantiating PowerCopies
Analyze
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These are the specific icon toolbars that belong to the Core &Cavity Design
workbench.
Import Part
Pulling Direction
Parting Line
Wireframe
Parting Surface
Operations
Annotations
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.
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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.
Explodes the part in the view
Checks the orientation of faces
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Parting Line Tool Bar

Creates a boundary from a surface.
Creates a reflect line.
Smoothes curves
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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.
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Operations Tool Bar

See 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.
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Advanced Replication Tool Bar

Creates PowerCopy elements
Stores PowerCopy elements into a catalog
Instantiates PowerCopies
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Annotations Tool Bar

Creates text with a leader line attached to the part
Adds a hyperlink to the document
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Specifications Tree
The icons in the specification tree are standard.
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Reference Information
Reference information that is specific to the Core and Cavity Design can be
found in this section
Bounding Box
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More 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
directories to the location of the CATPart.
icon to browse your
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
that the icon for importing a set of faces is displayed,
icon (for importing closed solids) so

, then choose your file.
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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::
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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.
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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.
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More 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
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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.
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Draft angle
Defines the minimum un-molding angle between the surface and the main
pulling direction.
Mold Areas
Areas to extract
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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:
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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More 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.
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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
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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.
Core Check
and Cavity
Design
the
box
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Box
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More 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.
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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.
F
flag note
A hyperlink.
L
lifter
A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts

with hollow inside areas from the mold.
P
parting 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.
A set of features that are grouped in order to be used in a
powercopy
different context and that can be re-specified according to
the context when pasted.
pulling direction Direction of removal from the mold.
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S
slider
split
A mobile part designed to facilitate the removal of parts

with draft surfaces from the mold.
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
A
Affinity
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
B
Blend
command
Body
Compare
Import model
Boundary
command
Bounding Box
Bounding Box Definition
Bounding Box Size
Direction
Bounding Box Center
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Compare
Import model
Bounding Box Definition
Bounding Box
Bounding Box Size
Bounding Box
C
Cavity
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
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Extrude
Face Orientation
Face-Face Fillet
Fill
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...
Sweep
Symmetry
Text with Leader
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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
Contextual menu
Split a mold area
Coordinates
Compare
Import model
Copy
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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
D
Defines pulling direction
command
Areas to extract
Connected area
Direction
Draft angle
Explode
Faces display
Facet Display
Fly analysis
Local Transfer
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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
Direction Definition
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Parting surface
Display list
Split a mold area
Draft angle
E
Edge 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
Explode Value
Explode View
Explode View
Command
Explode Value
Pulling direction
Reset
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Extract a face or a surface edge

command
Extrapolate
command
Extrude
command
Extrusion
Parting surface
F
Face Orientation
command
Faces list
Faces to invert
Fly Analysis
Lock
Parameters
Reference Direction
Face-Face Fillet
command
Faces display
Faces list
Face Orientation
Faces to invert
Face Orientation
Facet Display
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Facets to ignore
Fill
command
command
Fly Analysis
Face Orientation
Fly analysis
I
Import 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
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command
J
Join curves or surfaces
command
Join parting surface
Parting surface
L
Line
command
Local Axis System
Compare
Import model
Local Transfer
Lock
Face Orientation
Locked
Loft
command
M
Modify Element
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Transfer elements
Move
Transfer elements
Move/Copy
Transfer elements
N
No propagation
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
O
Other
Split a mold area
Transfer elements
P
Parameters
Face Orientation
Parting surface
command
Complementary
Direction Definition
Extrusion
Join parting surface
Profile Definition
Reference
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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
R
Reference
Compare
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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
Rotate
command
S
Save in Catalog
command
Scaling
Compare
Import model
Sectioning...
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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
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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
command
Sweep
command
Switch
Switch Destination
Split a mold area
Symmetry
command
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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
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Translate
command
Trim
command
Tritangent Fillet
command
U
Undercut
Undo
Untrim Surface or Curve
command
Up to sketch
Parting surface
V
Variable Radius Fillet
command
Vertex
Parting surface
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Core and Cavity Design

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

a quick analysis of a molded part (cost feasibility),

The pulling directions,

the parting line

the parting surface,

the splitting surface,

along with analysis and fine tuning capacities.

Core and Cavity Design

Before Reading this Guide

Getting the Most Out of this Guide

Accessing Sample Documents

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Importing the Molded Part

2. Click the Import model icon

and import GettingStarted.CATPart

Core and Cavity Design

Defining the Main Pulling Direction

Core and Cavity Design

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

Core and Cavity Design

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

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,

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Defining a Direction for the Slider Area

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

4. Press OK. The Slider/Lifter.1 element is created. It contains the

Core and Cavity Design

Defining the Main Pulling Direction,

Defining the Pulling Direction for Sliders.

The following functionalities provide help for the tasks above:

Exploding the View,

Creating a Parting Surface.

Quality or visualization tools are also available:

Performing a Surfacic Curvature Analysis.

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

2. Click the Import model icon

Core and Cavity Design

Core and Cavity Design

Defining the Main Pulling Direction

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

Core and Cavity Design

2. Click on the part in the viewer.