Mold Design and Casting Overview

Mold Design and Casting > Mold Design and Casting Overview

The Mold Design and Casting Help describes the procedure of creating mold core, cavity, and moldbase assemblies using Creo+. Refer to these help topics for information on using the Mold Design and Casting environment, tools, and techniques.

Tasks for Mold Design and Casting
• Creating a Mold Design ◦ Adding Reference Models ◦ Applying Shrinkage ◦ Adding Workpieces ◦ Creating Parting Surfaces ◦ About Classifying Surfaces ◦ Creating Volumes ◦ Creating Sliders ◦ Extracting Mold Components ◦ Adding Mold Base Components • Adding Mold Features ◦ Creating Silhouette Curves ◦ Creating Draft Curves ◦ Creating Tangent Drafts ◦ Creating Runners ◦ Adding Ejector Pins ◦ Creating Waterlines	• Verifying Mold Design Models ◦ Performing Mold Analysis ◦ About Mold Model Accuracy ◦ Displaying Model Information • Automating the Design Process ◦ Using Mold Catalogues ◦ Customizing the Mold Catalogue ◦ Using a Mold Base in Mold Layout

Tasks for Mold Design and Casting

• Creating a Mold Design

◦ Adding Reference Models

◦ Applying Shrinkage

◦ Adding Workpieces

◦ Creating Parting Surfaces

◦ About Classifying Surfaces

◦ Creating Volumes

◦ Creating Sliders

◦ Extracting Mold Components

◦ Adding Mold Base Components

• Adding Mold Features