Core & Cavity Design: CATIA Training

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Core & Cavity Design
Version 5 Release 8
March 2002
EDU-CAT-E-CCV-FF-V5R8
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Course Presentation
Objectives of the course

In this course you will learn how to use workbench Core & Cavity Design to create the
Core and Cavity sides of a part, including sliders and loose cores, required for the
design of a plastic injection mold.
Targeted audience
New Core & Cavity Design users
0.5 day
Prerequisites
CATIA V5 Fundamentals

Table of Content (1/2)
1. Introduction to Core & Cavity Design p.5

Introduction p.6
Accessing the Workbench p.7
User Interface Presentation p.8
Core & Cavity Design Functions p.9
General Design Functions included p.10
User Settings p.13
Core & Cavity Design : General Process p.14
2. Importing the Part to mold p.15

Selecting the Part p.16
Defining the Axis System p.17
Applying Shrinkage p.18
Additional Information p.19
3. Defining the Main Pulling Direction p.22

Defining the Main Pulling Direction p.23

Table of Content (2/2)
4. Transferring Elements p.31

Transferring Faces p.32
5. Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction p.36

Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction p.37
6. Splitting Elements p.42

Splitting a face of a Mold area p.43
7. Creating Parting/Addenda Surfaces p.46

Introduction to Core & Cavity Design
You will discover CATIA V5 Core & Cavity Design user interface and you will
review the general process to create the parting surfaces required for the
design of a mold.
Introduction
Accessing the Workbench
User Interface Presentation
Core & Cavity Design Functions
General Design Functions included in the Workbench
User Settings
Core & Cavity Design : General Process Description

Introduction
The scope of workbench Core & Cavity Design is to provide the mold
designer will all the necessary functions to create the surfaces (Core,
Cavity, Moving elements) required to create his mold tool.
Workbench Core & Cavity Design is not intended to offer tools to

repair the Design Part if its geometrical or topological quality is not
adequate (e.g. on Parts imported via IGES). Such repair tasks should
be carried out prior to designing Core & Cavity surfaces, for example
with workbench Generative Shape Design.

Accessing the Workbench
Workbench Core & Cavity Design (CCV) is a member of the family of Mechanical Design applications :

User Interface Presentation
Once inside workbench Core and Cavity Design, you have access to :
• Dedicated Core & Cavity Design tools
• General Wireframe and Surface Design tools
• Standard tools
CCV Tools
General
Standard Wireframe
Tools and Surface
Design Tools

Core & Cavity Design Functions
Dedicated Core & Cavity Design functions :
Import MoldedPart
Draft Pulling Direction

Pulling Direction
Draft Slider Lifter
Transfer…
Split…

General Design Functions (1/3)
General Wireframe and Surface Design functions :

These functions are the same as those present in workbenches Wireframe and Surface
Design and Generative Shape Design.
Sketcher
Points
Create a Point
Create a line
Points and Planes Repetition
Create a plane
Extremum
Connect Curve
Create a curve
Boundary
Reflect Line


Project a point or a curve
Create a parallel curve
Join
Split
Split/Trim
Trim
Extract a face or a surface edge
Edge Fillet


Fill
Extrude
Sweep
Loft
Extrapolate

User Settings
There is no specific settings for workbench Core & Cavity Design

There is no specific recommendation on general settings

Core & Cavity Design : General Process
Import
Design Part
Define Main
Pulling Direction
Refine
design of
Core &
Cavity
sides of
the Part
Refine design of Define Additional

Slider/Lifter Pulling Directions
surfaces
Molded Part
ready for Mold
Tool Design
Create outer
Parting/Addenda surfaces

Importing the Part to mold
You will see how to create the Molded Part from the initial Design Part.
Selecting the Part

Defining the Axis System
Applying Shrinkage

Importing the Part to mold : Selecting the Part
You must first have an active Product in the 3D viewer.
1
Click icon Import Molded Part
2
Select the file name of the Part
4
If there are several surfaces in the selected
Open_body, you must then pick the surface to
import.
3
Select the body to use.
It can be a Body (Solid

Part) or an Open_body
(Surface Part).

Importing the Part to mold : Defining the Axis System
You must define the axis system that will be used to position the Part
when you import it. It can be :
Bounding box center : the center of the bounding box of the Part to import
Center of gravity : the center of gravity of the Part to import
Coordinates : You can define an axis system by entering an origin, then the
application will create an axis system parallel to the main axis system.
Local Axis System : the current active Local Axis System in the Part to
import

Importing the Part to mold : Applying Shrinkage
The shrinkage that will be applied to the plastic part can be defined in one of the
following ways :
Scaling : You must define the ratio value. The center of the scaling operation will be
the origin of the axis system selected previously.
Affinity : You must define a ratio value for each of the three axes of the axis system
selected previously.

Importing the Part to mold : Additional Information (1/2)
If the Part imported was originally a Solid Part, the Molded Part resulting
from the Import operation will reference it as a Solid with link
(associative), on which Scaling or Affinity operation will then be applied.
Note that a Local Axis

System has been created
according to the option
you had selected.

Importing the Part to mold : Additional Information (2/2)
If the Part imported was originally a Surface Part, the Molded Part
resulting from the Import operation will first create a CloseSurface from
it, on which Scaling or Affinity operation will then be applied.
An associative link with the original surface is kept (External Reference).
Note that a Local Axis

System has been created
according to the option
you had selected.

Exercise Presentation
And now practice on Step 1 of the Master Exercise, to learn about :
Selecting the Part to mold

Defining the Axis System
Defining the Shrinkage

Defining the Main Pulling Direction
You will see how to analyze the Part to define the optimum Main Pulling
Direction (direction corresponding to the opening of the Mold Tool).

Defining the Main Pulling Direction (1/6)
The direction resulting from the analysis performed will be used as the
opening direction for the Mold Tool.
The purpose of the operation is to identify the various areas in the

Molded Part :
The area of the Part which will correspond to the Cavity side in the Mold
The area of the Part which will correspond to the Core side in the Mold
The area(s) of the Part which will correspond to undercut region(s) for which
a moving element (Slider or Loose Core) will have to be created in the Mold.
For these elements, additional pulling direction(s) will have to be defined.

1
Click icon Draft Pulling Direction
Note that the Compass has

been automatically positioned
onto the Local Axis System
2
Pick anywhere on the part
to select it
You can see that several

regions have been identified
in the Part (green, red, blue).
The area of each region is
computed and shown in the
dialog box.

The faces which are colored in green have the normal vectors of their facets parallel to the Z direction,
within the range defined in parameter Draft angle in the dialog box. They will correspond to the Cavity
Side.
The faces which are colored in red have the normal vectors of their facets parallel to the opposite Z
direction, also within the range of Draft angle. They will correspond to the Core Side.
The faces which are colored in blue correspond to the remaining areas of the Part. Rework is necessary in
order to determine :
• Undercut areas, requiring creation of a slider or lifter (note on the picture that the square and round
holes on one extremity of the handle correspond to such a situation).
• Faces which will have to be transferred to another area (core, cavity, or slider/lifter)
• Faces which will have to be split and distributed between these other areas.

When you rotate the compass along each direction, you

see that the color analysis is instantly updated. You can
then adjust it to find the optimum pulling direction.
You can also define the Pulling axis direction by entering

numerical X,Y,Z values instead of using the compass.
You can also modify the value of the Draft angle.
You can also :
• Revert the Z orientation of the compass by

clicking button Reverse
• Go back to the original position of the compass

by clicking button Reset
• Lock the current position of the compass by

activating option Locked

You can compute all or only some of

the three regions, by selecting in the
dialog box only the areas you wish.
A face is painted in blue when at least

one facet of its graphic tessellation is
not clearly on Core side or on Cavity
side (which means that the Parting
Line is crossing it).
If you activate option AutoSplit, the

color display is then done for each
facet, so you can identify which facets
of a face belong to one side and which
ones belong to the other.
Therefore you can fine tune the
analysis of the blue areas and split or
redistribute faces in other areas using
functions Transfer… or Split...

As result of the operation, three new Open_body elements are

created in the specification tree, each constituted of a Join
feature containing the relevant faces :
• Open_body Core : Red faces
• Open_body Cavity : Green faces
• Open_body Other : Blue faces

Defining the Main Pulling Direction : Additional Information
Current limitation : The function considers only the normal vectors to the
facets obtained by tessellating a face. It does not take into account cast
shadows.
The top face inside the square hole should

not be red (i.e. identified as belonging to
Core Side), since it obviously corresponds
to an undercut area.
This is the same for the rear face of this

square hole, which should not be
considered as green.


Transferring Elements
You will see how to transfer faces from one Mold area to another in order to
fine tune the definition of the Core, Cavity and Sliders/Lifters.
Transferring Faces

Transferring Faces (1/2)
1
Click icon Transfer…
2
Pick in the 3D viewer the faces you want to
transfer.
You can predefine a default destination by

using field Destination in the dialog box.

Transferring Faces (2/2)
3
You can edit individually the destination of a face
by selecting it in the dialog box and choosing
another destination in its contextual menu.
You can achieve the same result by changing the

default destination, selecting the face in the dialog
box, then clicking button Modify Element.
Depending on which option is active, the face can

will be transferred (option Move) or duplicated
(option Copy).
4
You can remove a face from the selection by
selecting it in the dialog box and activating
function Remove element in its contextual menu.
You can achieve the same result by selecting it and

picking button Remove Element.
After validating operation, the color of the faces is updated in

accordance with the mold area they have been moved to.
The content of the Join features in the specification tree is also
updated.

Transferring Faces : Additional Information
Starting with V5R8 SP1, the faces selected during transfer will appear in
the 3D viewer with the color of their target destination. For example, if
you move a face from Other to Cavity, its color will change from blue to
green when picked. In V5R8 GA, the color is changed only if you select
button Apply in dialog box Transfer…, or once the operation has been
validated by clicking OK.
Starting with V5R8 SP1, an additional possibility is offered in action

Transfer.
When selecting with Shift+MB1 a face in the 3D viewer, the system will
select not only the face picked, but also all faces which can be linked
from it by point continuity.
Starting with V5R8 SP2, an additional possibility is offered in action

Transfer…
When selecting a face with Ctrl+MB1, the system will select non only the
face picked in the 3D viewer, but also all faces which can be linked from
it by tangency continuity.

Transferring faces between mold areas

Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction
You will see how to analyze the Part to define additional Pulling directions in
the case of undercut areas.
Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction

Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction (1/3)
If there are some undercut areas in the Molded Part, one or several other
Pulling Directions need to be defined in addition to the Main Pulling
Direction defined previously.
1
Click icon Draft Slider Lifter
Note that the Compass has

been automatically positioned
onto the Local Axis System

2
Position the compass according to the desired
direction.
You can also directly enter values in field Direction.
In this example, you can

select the axis of the hole as
pulling direction
3
Pick the blue area on which you want to
define the new direction.
Adjust the direction if needed.
Adjust Draft angle if needed.
Use button Reverse if needed.

4
Once the operation is validated, the green faces
resulting from the additional direction analysis turn to
yellow in the 3D viewer.
They have been transferred to a new Join feature in a

new Open_body named Slider/Lifter.1.
An additional Axis System has also been created.
5
You can use operation Transfer… or Split… to
refine the content of this new Surface.
You can define other additional directions if needed.

Other Open_body elements Slider/Lifter.n will then
be created.

Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction : Additional Information
Starting with V5R8 SP2, an additional possibility is offered in action Draft

Slider/Lifter.
When selecting with Shift+MB1 a face in the 3D viewer, the system will
select not only the face picked, but also all faces which can be linked
from it by point continuity.

Creating a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction

Splitting Elements
You will see how to split a face and redistribute the resulting faces into different
mold areas.
Splitting a face of a mold area

Splitting a face of a mold area (1/2)
1
Define first the wireframe elements which will
be used for splitting the face. You can use
standard functions such as Line, etc.
Note that the support geometry for these

elements must be the Part itself, not the Join
features resulting from the Pulling Directions
operations, because it would lead to errors
when performing the Split (loop situation).
2
Click icon Split…

Splitting a face of a mold area (2/2)
3
Select the face to split and select the splitting element.
The two faces which will result from the effective split are highlighted with the color of their target
destination. You can update it as desired in a similar way as in operation Transfer… (field Destination
and button Change Destination).
Button Switch Destination allows to switch the current destination areas between the two proposed
Split elements.

Splitting a face of a mold area

Creating Parting/Addenda Surfaces
The Parting Surfaces (filling of functional holes, outer parting surfaces)

necessary to split the Mold plates and Moving elements can be created using
standard Surface design functions available in workbench Core & Cavity
Design (Fill, Sweep, Extrude, etc.).

To Sum Up
In this course you have seen :
How to import the Part to mold

How to define the Main Pulling Direction
Transfer faces between mold areas
Define an additional Pulling Direction
Split mold area faces

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Objectives of the course

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1. Introduction to Core & Cavity Design p.5

2. Importing the Part to mold p.15

3. Defining the Main Pulling Direction p.22

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4. Transferring Elements p.31

5. Defining a Slider/Lifter Pulling Direction p.36

6. Splitting Elements p.42

7. Creating Parting/Addenda Surfaces p.46

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Workbench Core & Cavity Design is not intended to offer tools to

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Dedicated Core & Cavity Design functions :

Draft Pulling Direction

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General Wireframe and Surface Design functions :

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General Wireframe and Surface Design functions :

Project a point or a curve

Create a parallel curve

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General Wireframe and Surface Design functions :

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There is no specific settings for workbench Core & Cavity Design

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Refine design of Define Additional

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Selecting the Part

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You must first have an active Product in the 3D viewer.

It can be a Body (Solid

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Note that a Local Axis

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An associative link with the original surface is kept (External Reference).

Note that a Local Axis

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And now practice on Step 1 of the Master Exercise, to learn about :

Selecting the Part to mold

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Defining the Main Pulling Direction

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The purpose of the operation is to identify the various areas in the

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Note that the Compass has

You can see that several

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When you rotate the compass along each direction, you

You can also define the Pulling axis direction by entering

You can also modify the value of the Draft angle.

You can also :

• Revert the Z orientation of the compass by

• Go back to the original position of the compass