About Catalogs
The catalog functionality has been added to allow you to easily place mold catalog type items such as ejector pins, core pins, screws, and so on, by using an adaptive dialog box that is totally customizable. The Mold Catalog Engine supports the selection, placement and replacement, naming and renaming, and replacement of standard and user-defined catalog mold components. This functionality also supports several specific actions and manipulations that you can perform on these mold components once you place them, including trimming and creating clearance cuts.
The Mold Catalog Engine has the following capabilities:
• Selects the type and specific dimensions and parameters of a component
• Performs all of the engine actions on several standard components at one time
• Groups several components into a component set and provides the ability to manipulate one, some, or all of its members
• Generates a standard name for a standard component with the ability to use a customized name
• Modifies or replaces a component by batch modifying dimensions and parameters
• Trims the component to size by using a quilt, a plane, or another part
• Specifies clearance dimensions and creates clearance cuts
Until the Mold Component Catalog functionality is totally complete (including mold bases), you will still need access to the original Mold Base Library. To view the Mold Base Library as html, you must first have the latest mold base CD for 2000i or higher. You can open the html file located at LIBRARY_loadpoint/moldlib/mold_library.htm and select vendor headings such as DME, HASCO, FUTABA, and NATIONAL on the left side of the screen.