Mold Design and Casting Overview

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The Mold Design and Casting Help describes the procedure of creating mold core, cavity, and moldbase assemblies using Creo Parametric. 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