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Norman F. Simms CAD Mechanical / Electrical Designer Mold Design in SolidWorks

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Presentation on how to create a mold for plastics using SolidWorks CAD

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Norman F. SimmsCAD Mechanical / Electrical Designer

Mold Design in SolidWorks

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Inserting Mounting BossesNorman F. Simms Mechanical / Electrical Designer 215-269-

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Creating a Reference Plane to Mirror Boss Features About

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Completing the Draft Check

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Adding Draft – Adding Draft to Yellow Area

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Applying Scaling – Due to Plastics Shrinkage when Cooling

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Generating Parting Lines

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Adding Shut-off Surfaces – Closing the Open Surfaces

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Creating Parting Surfaces

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Preparing for the Tooling Split – Creating a New Reference Plane

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Applying the Tooling Split

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Displaying and Moving the Core and Cavity Entities

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Displaying the Core and Cavity Entities

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Renaming and Saving the Tooling Bodies as Individual Parts

Core

Cavity

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Norman F. Simms Mechanical / Electrical Designer 215-269-0390

Mold Modeling is used in designing all types of complex parts, especially for plastics and is used more in our world today. As an designer, knowing how to create molds for components will always helpful to know.

If you are someone who is trying to understand CAD , I hope this was a help.

If you are someone who needs someone to help them create new designs. I hope you will use the number below and give me a call.

Thank You for Your Time.