TUTORIAL: Basic Mold Design with

Pro/MOLD in Pro/E (Part 1)

TUTORIAL: Basic Mold Design with Pro/MOLD in Pro/E (Part 1)
Version: ProE Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0
This tutorial will guide you thru on how to design a mold cavity
using Pro/MOLD in Pro/ENGINEER. A simple mobile phone casing is being use in this
tutorial which it does not contain any slider and insert in the mold. The objective of this
tutorial is to help you to understand the process flow of the mold design.
Below is the process flow chart of mold design for a simple part in Pro/MOLD (clear parting
line, no undercut, and no slider / insert / side core)
Pre Mold Design
Draft Angle and Thickness Check

Create a new Manufacturing Mold Cavity file

and insert the part

Apply Shrinkage Factor

Create Workpiece

Create Parting Line

Create Parting Surface

Split Workpiece into Mold Volumes

by using the Parting Surface

Extract the Mold Volumes to Solid Components


Mold Opening and Interference Check
* Processes indicated in yellow are the steps which includes in this tutorial.
1. Open the cover_start.prt file and resume the suppressed feature.

2. Click File > New and choose Manufacturing and Mold Cavity from the option. Give a
proper name for the mold.

3. You should now enter the Pro/MOLD environment. A set of Pro/MOLD icons and the mfg
mold template should appear. Your screen should looks as shown below.

4. Click the Insert Part Icon

to insert the cover_start.prt. After that, the Create
Reference Model dialog box and Layout dialog box will prompt part placement defination. In
this tutorial, select the Same Model > OK and then Single > OK in the corresponding dialog
box.

Press the OK button on the accuracy confirmation dialog box when it prompts. The mobile phone case
should now appear in the mold model by now.

5. Click the Shrinkage by Scale icon

to define the shrinkage factor for the plastic part.
Select the coordinate system in the part and input the shrinkage ratio in the shrinkage
dialog box. (Example: 0.005 for 0.5%)

A Shrinkage feature is added into your part model tree.

About Pro/MOLD for Pro/ENGINEER

Version: Pro/E Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0

Pro/MOLD is an optional module that runs on top of Pro/ENGINEER. This module provides
specific tools which help you to design your molds easier and faster. Pro/MOLD is suitable
for plastics part mold maker as well as die casting mold maker.
By default, Pro/MOLD is installed during the standard Pro/ENGINEER installation but you
will need to have a Pro/MOLD license to run the application. [Pro/MOLD is currently
packaged under Tool Design Option (TDO) by PTC]
To access the Pro/Mold environment, click File > New and choose Manufacturing and Mold
Cavity from the option.

Pro/Mold menu manager and icons/tools appear in Pro/MOLD environment. The icons are
listed with process driven approach which you can just follow the icons sequences from top
to bottom when designing a mold cavity.
Below is the description for each icon.

Insert Part / Define Part Placement

Define Shrinkage

Define Workpiece

Create Volume (Slider and Insert)

Create Silhouette Curve (Parting Line)

Create Parting Surface (Skirting Surface)

Split Mold Volume

Create Mold Component (Solidify Mold Volume)

Trim Mold Volume

Moldbase layout (EMX)