CATIA Training

Exercises

Core & Cavity Design

Version 5 Release 8
March 2002
EDU-CAT-E-CCV-FX-V5R8

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Table of Contents

1. Master Exercise : the Pan Handle p.3

Design Intent p.4
Design Process p.5
Step 1 : Importing the Part to Mold p.6
Step 2 : Defining the Main Pulling Direction p.8
Step 3 : Transferring faces between mold areas p.10
Step 4 : Defining a Slider Pulling Direction p.12
Step 5 : Splitting a face between mold areas p.14

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle
1 hr

In this exercise, you will create the Core, Cavity and Slider areas of a Part

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Design Intent : The Pan Handle

Import the Part to mold

Create the Main Pulling Direction
Transfer faces between mold areas
Create a Slider Pulling Direction
Split a face between mold areas

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Design Process: The Pan Handle
1
Import the Part to
Mold

2
Create Main
Pulling Direction
3
Transfer faces
between mold
areas

4
Create Slider
Pulling Direction

5
Split faces
between mold
areas

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle - Step 1 : Importing the Part to Mold

15 min.

In this step, you will learn how to import your Part to Mold in workbench Core & Cavity Design.

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Do It Yourself

Enter workbench Core & Cavity Design

Create a new Product
Select the CATPart file
Select the Open_body and the Surface
Select Bounding box center as origin of Axis System
Apply Scaling 1.05 as Shrinkage factor

Load: \MasterExercise\Step1\PanHandle.CATPart

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle - Step 2 : Defining the Main Pulling Direction

10 min.

In this Step, you will learn to define the Main Pulling direction for the Part.

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Do It Yourself

Define main Pulling Direction

Analyze the effect of moving the compass and changing the draft angle

Load: \MasterExercise\Step2\Product1.CATProduct

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle - Step 3 : Transferring faces

10 mn

In this Step, you will learn how to transfer faces between different mold areas.

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Do It Yourself

Transfer relevant faces from Open_body Other to Open_body Cavity

Transfer relevant faces from Open_body Other to Open_body Core
Transfer relevant faces from Open_body Core and Open_body Cavity to
Open_body Other

Load: \MasterExercise\Step3\Product1.CATProduct

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle - Step 4 : Defining a Slider Direction

10 mn

In this Step, you will learn how to create an additional Pulling Direction to handle an undercut
area.

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Do It Yourself

Use as direction the axis of the round hole at the extremity of the handle
Create the Slider area
Transfer lateral faces of the square hole from Open_body Other to
Open_body Slider
Do the same for the inner faces of the round hole

Load: \MasterExercise\Step4\Product1.CATProduct

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Master Exercise
The Pan Handle - Step 5 : Splitting a face between mold areas

15 mn

In this Step, you will learn how to split a face between different mold areas.

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Do It Yourself

Create curves to split the front face in two elements

Split the face between Core area and Slider area

Load: \MasterExercise\Step5\Product1.CATProduct

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