A mold or die volume has no solid material. It consists of surfaces that locate a closed volume of space in the workpiece model or die block. Volumes are intermediate steps in proceeding from the workpiece or die block and reference model geometry to the final extract components.

You create mold components and die blocks by building volumes, and then filling the volumes with solid material to turn the volumes into fully functional parts. You can also create internal cavities, or sand cores, in a casting.

To define a single volume, you can:

You can use one or more features, including: