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SOLIDWORKS Mold Design Course Overview

The “SOLIDWORKS Mold Design” course offered by designandprocess.com is a specialized training program aimed at teaching participants how to utilize SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools for efficient mold design. This course also introduces manual surface modeling techniques to assist in resolving mold-making challenges. It’s important to note that while the course focuses on using SOLIDWORKS tools specific to mold design, it does not cover the broader aspects of mold design itself.

This course is designed for individuals with a background in SOLIDWORKS who wish to specialize in mold design. It provides the tools and techniques needed to navigate the complexities of mold design within SOLIDWORKS, ensuring participants can turn their design ideas into practical mold solutions.

Skills Learned:

  • Understand the relationships between surface and solid models
  • Build core and cavity mold tooling
  • Analyze and apply draft to faces of the model
  • Analyze undercuts and create side cores and pins
  • Create custom parting lines and surfaces
  • Use the Cavity feature to create custom tooling
  • Add library components to create a complete mold assembly
SOLIDWORKS Mold Design Training

Course Duration

2 Days  (7 hours/day)

Prerequisites

SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling Course

SOLIDWORKS Essentials Course

SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling Course

General Knowledge of Mold Design

Experience with the Windows operating system

Mechanical design experience

Onsite Training

Course Examples

Side Cores and Pins
Design these manufacturing features (side cores & pins) critical part ejection
Advanced Parting Lines
Create parting lines automatically or manually
Side Cores and Pins
Design these manufacturing features (side cores & pins) critical part ejection

SOLIDWORKS Mold Design Course Syllabus

Lesson 1: Surface Concepts and Imported Geometry

  • Surfaces in Mold Design
  • 3D Model Types
    • Wireframe Models
    • Surface Models
    • Solid Models
  • Geometry vs Topology
    • What is a Solid?
    • Euler’s Formula
  • Behind the Scenes
    • Adjusting FeatureManager Settings
    • Extruded Surface
    • Turning on the Surfaces Toolbar
    • Planar Surface
    • Trim Surface
    • Untrim Surface
    • Face Curves and Mesh Preview
    • Surface Types
    • Four-Sided Surfaces
    • Knit Surface
    • Gap Control
  • Creating Solids from Surfaces
    • Create Solid
    • Thicken
    • Summary
  • Decomposing a Solid into Surfaces
    • Delete Face
  • Additional Surface Concepts
    • Boolean Operations
    • Edges vs. Holes
  • Surfaces Concepts Takeaways
  • Importing and Mold Design
    • Modeling Kernels
    • Contents of a CAD File
    • File Formats
    • Format Recommendations
  • File Translation
  • Why Do Imports Fail?
  • SOLIDWORKS Import Options
    • 3D Interconnect for Native File Formats
    • 3D Interconnect for Neutral File Formats
  • Case Study: Importing a STEP File
    • Import Diagnostics
    • Addressing Errors in 3D Interconnect Imports
    • Another Option
  • Comparing Geometry
  • Addressing Translation Errors
  • Repairing and Editing Imported Geometry
    • Check Entity
    • Display Curvature
    • Patching Strategies
    • Filled Surface
    • Another Strategy
  • Procedure for Rebuilding Fillet
    • Making Copies of Faces
    • Offset Surface
    • Extend Surface
    • Editing Imported Parts
    • Delete Hole
  • Exercise 1: Import Diagnosis
  • Exercise 2: Using Import Surface and Replace Face

Lesson 2: Core and Cavity

  • Core and Cavity Mold Design
  • SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools
  • Case Study: Camera Body
  • Mold Analysis Tools
    • GPU-based Processing
  • Analyzing Draft on a Model
    • What is Draft?
    • Determining the Direction of Pull
  • Using the Draft Analysis Tool
    • Positive and Negative Draft
    • Requires Draft
  • Draft Analysis Options
    • Gradual Transition
    • Face Classification
    • Find Steep Faces
  • Adding Draft
  • Scaling the Model
  • Establish the Parting Lines
    • Parting Lines Options
    • Manual Parting Lines
  • Shut-Off Surfaces
    • Shut-off Surface Patch Types
    • Manual Shut-off Surfaces
  • Creating the Parting Surface
    • Parting Surfaces Options
    • Smoothing the Parting Surface
  • Surface Bodies
  • Creating the Mold Tooling
    • Tooling Split
  • Seeing Inside the Mold
  • Interlocking the Mold Tooling
    • Creating Interlock Surfaces
  • Creating Part and Assembly Files
  • Sharing a Model
    • Completing the Mold
  • Exercise 3: Casting
  • Exercise 4: Ribbed Part
  • Exercise 5: Dustpan

Lesson 3: Side Cores and Pins

  • Additional Mold Tooling
  • Case Study: Power Saw Housing
    • Thickness Analysis
    • Detecting Undercuts
    • Undercut Analysis
  • Trapped Molding Areas
  • Side Cores
    • Core Feature
  • Feature Freeze
  • Lifters
  • Core Pins
  • Manual Selection Techniques
    • Selection Tools
    • The Message Pane
  • Case Study: Mixer Base
  • Modifying Shut-Off Surfaces
    • Manual Shut-Off Surfaces
    • Manually Selecting Loops
  • Completing the Tooling
  • Exercise 6: Towing Mirror
  • Exercise 7: Completing the Mixer Base
  • Exercise 8: Electrode Design

Lesson 4: Advanced Parting Line Options

  • Case Study: Manual Parting Line
    • Using Split Faces
    • Using Entities to Split
  • Case Study: Splitting a Part
    • Creating Ruled Surfaces
  • Exercise 9: Peeler

Lesson 5: Creating Custom Surfaces for Mold Design

  • Surface Modeling for Mold Design
  • Case Study: Drill Bezel
    • Manual Interlock Surfaces
    • Using Select Partial Loop
    • Ruled Surface Direction
    • Problem Areas
    • Creating the Parting Surface
    • Organizing Surfaces
  • Case Study: Router Bottom
    • Manual Parting Surface Techniques
    • Organizing Manual Shut-off Surfaces
    • Copying Surfaces
  • Exercise 10: Power Strip
  • Exercise 11: Router Top

Lesson 6: Advanced Surfacing for Mold Design

  • Advanced Surfacing for Mold Design
  • The Mixer
  • Case Study: Mixer Rear Housing
    • Manual Parting Surface
    • Insert Mold Folders
  • Case Study: Mixer Handle
    • Manual Shut-off Surfaces
    • No Fill Shut-off Surfaces
    • Manual Side Cores
  • Exercise 12: Mixer Switch
  • Exercise 13: Fan Bezel

Lesson 7: Alternative Methods for Mold Design

  • When to use Alternate Methods
  • Using Combine and Split
    • Copying Bodies in Place
  • Creating a Cavity
  • Case Study: Cavity
  • Case Study: Using Surfaces
  • Techniques for Mold Tooling
    • Using the Up To Surface Method
    • Using the Split Method
  • Exercise 14: Peeler Using Combine
  • Exercise 15: Handle
  • Exercise 16: Filter

Lesson 8: Reusable Data

  • Reusing Data
    • Library Features
    • Smart Components
    • 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace
  • Task Pane
  • SOLIDWORKS Resources
  • Design Library
    • Essentials of Using the Design Library
    • Folder Graphics
    • Main Directory Structure
  • File Explorer
  • Library Features
    • Two Techniques for Locating
  • Case Study: Create A Library Feature
    • Library Feature Characteristics
    • Organizing Library Feature Part Dimensions
    • Replacing Dimensions
    • Renaming Dimensions
    • Sorting Dimensions
  • Configurations in Library Features
  • Case Study: Water Line
    • Creating Library Features from Existing Parts
  • Smart Components
    • Create the Defining Assembly
    • Make Smart Component
    • Inserting the Smart Component
    • Inserting Smart Features
  • Exercise 17: Smart Components
  • Exercise 18: Complete Mold Insert Project
    • Developing a Plan
    • Modeling Repairs
    • Runners and Gates
    • Side Cores
    • Ejector Pins
    • Core Pins
    • Creating Individual Parts

Lesson 9: Completing the Mold Base

  • Case Study: Mold Base
  • Organizing the Assembly
    • Assembly Structure Editing
  • Modifying the Lifters
  • Lifter Motion
  • Ejector Pins
    • Adding the Bezel
  • Cooling the Mold
  • Making the Drawing
  • Making Changes
  • Completing the Process

SOLIDWORKS Mold Design Course Schedule

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