How do you make a core and cavity in Solidworks?

How do you make a core and cavity in Solidworks?

Creating a Mold Core and Cavity

1. Open a part containing a core surface body, a cavity surface body, and a parting surface body.
2. Select a face or plane that is perpendicular to the direction of pull.
3. Click Tooling Split (Mold Tools toolbar).

How do you use the cavity tool in Solidworks?

Cavity PropertyManager

1. Optional: Insert the design parts and the mold base into an interim assembly.
2. In the assembly window, select the mold base, and click Edit Component on the Assembly toolbar.
3. Click Cavity on the Mold Tools toolbar, or click Insert > Mold > Cavity.

How do I activate mold tools in Solidworks?

Click Tools > Add-Ins, and select SOLIDWORKS PDM to activate this add-in. Replace an imported feature to incorporate a design change from the customer or supplier of the part.

What is core and cavity?

The core is the male part which forms the internal shape of molding. The cavity is the female part which forms external shape of molding.

How do you fill cavities in Solidworks?

SOLIDWORKS make this an easy process even if the part is complex….Filling a Mold Cavity Using Combine

1. Open the mold assembly in SOLIDWORKS.
2. Insert Components > New Part. Select a reference plane i.e. Top plane. Exit out of the sketch command.
3. Insert > Features > Join. Group select all of the parts of the assembly.

How do you fill a cavity in Solidworks?

How do you make a cavity part in Solidworks?

Click Cavity on the Mold Tools toolbar, or click Insert > Mold > Cavity. In the PropertyManager, under Design Components, select the design parts from the FeatureManager design tree.

Where is the mold tool in Solidworks?

To enable the SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools interface, right click on the Features tab (or any Command Manager tab) in the command manager and select “Mold Tools”. This will activate the Mold Tools tab.

What is mold tools?

The Mold Tools toolbar provides tools for creating mold tooling (cores, cavities, etc.) Planar Surface. Scale. Offset Surface. Insert Mold Folders.

How do I split the core and cavity segments in SolidWorks?

Select a face or plane that is perpendicular to the direction of pull. The selected face or plane is used to define a sketch outline that splits the core and cavity segments. Click Tooling Split (Mold Tools toolbar).

How do I create a cavity in Revit?

Click Cavity on the Mold Tools toolbar, or click Insert > Mold > Cavity. In the PropertyManager, under Design Components, select the design parts from the FeatureManager design tree. Select the point about which scaling occurs for Scale about.

How are cavities created in design parts?

A cavity in the shape of the design part is created in the mold base part. The cavity size reflects the scaling factor you specified. Any changes you make to the design part automatically update the cavity in the mold base, as long as the update path is available. See also External References.

How can I prevent the core and cavity blocks from shifting?

To help prevent the core and cavity blocks from shifting, you can add an interlock surface along the perimeter of parting surfaces prior to inserting a tooling split in a mold part. You can also create the interlock surface automatically when you insert the tooling split.