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1. Select the face and sketch point in sequence Click this icon Ga 108 EE Select the face and sketch point in sequence 109 For part file when Path option is selected click Apply the interface pop outs as shown Define path FY Simple drill Fi connect drill ZA Mb Arbitary drill Up to selection dre E Methods available for creating the cooling path Simple drill Connect drill Arbitary drill Angular drill 110 EO Simple drill The cooling channel built is perpendicular to the selected face and extends to a certain length or passes through a certain face Selection ill Up to selection 160 00mm SEE f D Drill from Select a face as reference to construct the cooling path The preview of the sketch line is displayed Drill length Define the length of the sketch line Click Create to create the sketch Click Undo to cancel the last created sketch line 111 7 Fj Up to selection Edit initially set the position and relation There are two cases 1 Point and Point Adjust position between points The selected points could be set as Equal X Equal Y and Equal Z 112 Selection Point Equal s a Pe Equal J p 2 Line and Line Adjust relationship between lines They could be co linear and perpendicular Selection Colinear Perpendicular Rule of adjusting the position
2. System Options External References System Options Document Properties General F Open referenced documents with read only access gt Drawings fe Don t prompt to save read only referenced documents discard changes Display atvle d Allow multiple contexts for parts when editing in assembly Area Hatch Fill Colors Load referenced documents Changed Only ru Sketch F warn about saving referenced documents Relations Snaps Displav Selection Performance Update out of date linked design tables to vw Assemblies External References gade Default Templates File Locations Update component names when documents are replaced Search File locations For external references F Automatically generate names for referenced geometry FeatureManager MO Do not create references external to the model Spin Box Increments View Rotation Backups Data Options File Explorer Collaboration 8 When file with other type like igs stp etc is imported data translation errors may occur and the imported body or surface body will contain gaps and errors The Solidworks application has tools to help find and repair these problematic areas on translated models as shown below Gk Surface Imported Feature Surface Imported1 z Imported Edit Feature Import Diagnostics AN 3D QuickMold advises the user to start project with new SolidWorks part To do this you can open a new part insert the original pl
3. 44 Rotate Rotate the selected cavity Different situations will depend on Mold Center s state amp Mold Center is unchecked 1 Rotate the selected cavity about a selected point and perpendicular to the Z axis If several points are selected the rotation center will be the center of the polygon formed by the points the cavity is rotated perpendicular to the Z axis 3 Ifno point is selected the cavity is rotated about its center Mold Center is checked The cavity is rotated perpendicular to the Z axis about the Origin of the generated Project sldasm FEN tuu IK Y 7 translate Radial translate O Rotate Align centralise Duplicate Selection Parti 4ssembly 2tmParki Pre vertex lt 1 gt Partl Assembly F Mold center A pes B Align alight horizontally or vertically to the selected point Alight is in sequence the first selected point or few vertex moves alights to the last selected vertex stationary 45 Edit Pattern IK 7 translate Radial translate Rotate Align centralise Duplicate Selection Align along amp Align along Align along 7 For example selected the vertex of the cavity to be translated and the destination vertices in sequence 46 Edit Pattern Os v 7 translate Radial translate gt Rotate Align I centralise Tu Duplicate Selection W Align along Align along Align a
4. Farameters A KO F Orientation t Fj Direction Project name Part1 Project Runner part Runner part name Parti Runner E Cooling part Cooling part name Parti Cooling Available patterns as follows Single cavity 2 cavities 4 cavities 6 cavities 8 cavities 16 cavities Linear Serial 1 Linear Serial 2 Circular Serial 28 OG Single Cavity 2 Cavities 4 Cavities 68 Cavities 16 Cavities I Linear Seriali1 I Linear Serial z Tu Circular Serial Block size Parameters d Sd Direction 29 Single Cavity 2 Cavities 4 Cavities 6 Cavities 16 Cavities I Linear Seriali I Linear Serial 2 Circular Serial GOSE E IREN Block size Parameters a t Direction Dimension A is used to control the pattern details 30 W Single Cavity 2 Cavities 68 Cavities 16 Cavities OG Linear Seriali1 I Linear Serializ Circular Serial Block size Parameters d KO Fj Orientation t a Direction B Dimension A and B are used to control the pattern details 31 2 Single Cavity gt Cavities 4 cavities GO 8 Cavities 16 Cavities W Linear Seriali2 Circular Serial d ET GO mn Ti Linear Seriali Hit H D Block size Farameters d 32 W Single Cavity 2 Cavities 4 Cavities 5 Cavities Linear Serial 14 W Linear Serial Circular Serial d 3 m
5. 126 Cut Revolvel Apply all channels Edit parameters a Fj Diameter Q Start diameter 12 OOMMm d Start depth 15 00rm EO a d End diameter ihr b S 12 00mm E L E a End depth 15 ULU EOI a Drill angle 115 00deg ME d Drill extension UO DOIT d OG Apply all channels Apply the changes to all the cooling channels 4 Accessory Some typical standard parts for cooling such as End plug and O ring are provided The adding of these parts is required to perform in assembly files 127 3DQuickMold Cooling WE ath I Parameters GO KEAK 3 7 Daido Favorites SUTU Hasco SUTU Mi sumi 128 3D QuickMold Cooling rath W Parameters Edit E Accessory GO E Favorites BE Baffle Flug SLOFRT M Circuit Plug SLIFRT BE Cooling Tube SLIPRT EEAO Ring SLUPRT BE Pressure Plug SLOPR BE Water junction SLIP NA Confizurat1 ve BSPT 0 25 mer mr Preselection is required for adding the cooling accessories Except Circuit Plug adding other parts requires preselecting a circular edge Click Apply to add Multiple cirular edges can be preselected to add the cooling accessories Adding a Circuit Plug is required to preselect a circular edge and a sketch point Select the required accessory to add the preview of the part is shown in the dialog Select type in the configuration field Input the name o
6. The following 4 icons can be used on the assembly or part Extend lifter body to the selected plane Method select a reference plane and the inclined face on lifter body in order click the icon s shown below 139 El Extend lifter body to the selected plane but using a narrower profile Method Select a plane and an inclined face on the lifter body in order click the icon As shown below 140 da Extend or shorten the length of lifter body Different result depends on the selection point 1 To shorten the length Select the inclined face that is at acute angle with the lifter bottom face click the icon As shown below Ho esel 141 2 To extend the length select the inclined face that is at obtuse angle with the lifter bottom base click the icon As shown below E Used to create a feature on a special lifter body as the picture shows To do this select the inclined face that is at acute angle with the lifter bottom face click the icon As shown below 142 Click HL seperately the result are shown as follow The following four icons are applicable on part file only they are used to modify the lifter bottom area to suit different lifter assembly structure Ne Type I Method select the inclined face click the icon 144 Result GEO Type 2 Method select the inclined face click the icon As shown below 145 result wH Type 3 Method select the inc
7. A new ejector location can be added Besides the pattern of the ejector location can set here Ejector Diameter define the diameter of the ejector the preview is shown Linear pattern generate linear pattern for the current selected ejector location 81 Position Screen point Middle point Circle center 124 90mm 2 SOmm Round up Circular pattern generate circular pattern for the current selected ejector location 82 Position FR Oper Screen point Middle point Circle center 17 27 rm 29 91mm Z Round up AO Linear pattern Circular pattern 10 0 mm Different data row will be activated for different pattern Click Next to apply After setting all the ejector locations click OK a new sketch is generated in the feature manager tree Click Ejector Manager Position menu again new location can be added the newly add location will be stored in the previous sketch The ejector location can be defined outside the Ejector Manager by editing the sketch directly After the sketch is completed go back to the assembly sldasm is the name of the file to continue to load the ejector into the assembly Click Ejector Manager if the current window is a assembly file Position is disabled 83 2 Add ejectors 3DOuickMold Ejectine Option rosition GO Trim Pocket Edit Favorites I Ejector Blade I Ejector Fin I Ejector
8. Use Solidworks sketch utilities to put more constrain For example edit the cooling sketch Select the point and line as shown select Concident in relation Selected Entitjes d Existing Relations d ZA Under Defined Add Relations d Ld Midpoint P Coincident KE E Line segment pass through 2 layers of water channel is obtained 117 Up to sketch Select this option The newly generated sketch line will end at the connection path Selection dk pn I cross sketch Up to sketch cross sketch OG Up to sketch ei Ord E Arbitrary drill For the case that sketch line is not perpendicular to the selected face 118 FY Simple drill Connect drill a Point to point Parallel Yz Parallel 7x Parallel xy Horizontal Vertical 10 Q0000000r09 ll Drill from Starting face of the sketch line to be created Drill to Select a face as the ending face of the cooling path the preview is displayed Point to point Create the sketch line by connecting 2 selection points on the 2 faces 119 Eee Point to point Parallel Yz Parallel Zk i Parallel x OG Horizontal Vertical 108 2657 7646mm Parallel YZ The sketch line cooling path is parallel to YZ plane Parallel ZX The sketch line cooling path is parallel to ZX plane Parallel XY The sketch line cooling path is parallel to XY plane Horizontal the path is parallel to the x axis Vertical
9. 3 Quick body The functions here require pre selection They are used to create sub insert body effectively using those no PMP style interface will pop up Quick body E s m m o s i Select in sequence the bottom face of the mold core or cavity and some faces for building the subinsert Follow the order to select the bottom surface of the mold core cavity and the required one or more faces to define the sub insert 169 Click this icon and the result is shown Loe il Hei SSS Select in sequence the bottom face of the mold core and cavity and a closed chain edges to define the sub insert body 170 Click this icon the result is shown d This function is particularly used to combine with the Paste Body operation For example the blue body shown below is created by the Past Body 171 Click the icon DO dk The most flexible method to create sub insert is to use pre defined sketch this sketch should be created on the bottom face of core or cavity 172 select the sketch on the bottom as shown Click this icon the result 1s shown 4 Create holder Select Create Holder then Apply to build Subinsert holder Under type circular and retangulr type are available Create Pocket Make this option checked a pocket will be created as well to fit the created subinsert The number below affects the value of the gap between the sub insert and th
10. A connected sketch line is create 102 The selected points and line above is corresponding to the points and line in red on the icon and form the water path corresponding to the black line on the icon Besides the order of point and line selection affects the feasibility of constructing the channel and the outcome After quick construction of the water channel a 3D sketch is created in the feature tree If positioning the cooling path is requird edit the sketch Note the construction of complex cooling path may require several methods The following example demonstrates a usual method to construct cooling path 103 Click _ to finish the first three sketch lines 104 Then clic a with two points selected and one sketch line as reference 105 Click again to obtain the last two sketch lines Quick tools on assembly This function is for the assembly file only The following demonstrates the use of each commond Quick tools on assembly Hole Extend distance mm SR LZ i Cut hole directly through the mold plate litte EEE Procedure 1 define the diameter of the hole if the input is 0 the diameter will be the diameter of the selected circle 2 Select in sequence a face the circular edge of the hole of the cooling channel 106 ee extend the cooling sketch line set the length of extension Select line segments and its vertex to extend respectively 107
11. Usuallly there are two methods for sub insert desgin Method 1 Design sub insert on product this step is done before mold spliting Method 2 Design sub insert on core or cavity it is done after mold spliting Sub insert Manager is mainly used for the above method 2 Click icon de the following pop outs 162 W Define bady D Create holder I Components Quick body Insert name Typical design procedures as follows Define sub insert body Create holder gt Save sub insert For Define body and Create holder select the option click Apply to enter the the property manager page Qlick Done to quit dialog The icons on Quick body are used to quickly generate the Sub inserts body Before using this icons some pre selections are needed 1 Components In component list all sub insert design related files are listed double click on the parts or assemblies to activate the working document 163 DQuic kMold Sublnsert 1 Holder W Define body gt Create holder 2 Define body Define Body I Circle fe F Rectangle o Ih E 164 E Faces Define the sub insert body using selected faces E select a plane to be the reference plane for the sketch 3DQuickMold will automatically select the bottom face as the reference plane E Select the face to build the sub Insert i Circle E F Rectangle Fre 165 Circle create a circular sub insert Selection gt Faces BG
12. mj ES E ESI EE ZO ZG GIE ES D EZI ES ZE S S B ar EZE There are two different methods to design slide and lifter 137 One is to use the whole set of standard parts where the angular pin guide rail and slide body are all imported to the assembly Standard lifter and Standard slide are of this method this approach could be seen in many other mold design solutions it looks quite effective but less flexiability Another method is to add parts one by one which enhances the flexibility It is implemented when Component option is selected These two methods both have their own advantages users can choose between them according to the need 1 Components Some icons below are used to add special features for slide and lifter body Others are used to add some common slide and lifter components to the assembly Nene oid den cut Option O Components I Standard lift WStandard slic P Librarie Relevant documents bly SLDASM re Insert7 SLIFE 138 Relevant documents Quickly activate the working document by double clicking the file name in the list There are 6 rows of icons totally as the above picture shows The first 3 rows is used for lifter design the last 3 rows are used for sidecore design Icons on the first row are used on part and assembly files icons on the second and the forth row are used on part files icons on the third and the fifth row are used on assembly file Lifter design tools icon
13. 3 ACTIVATE WORKING MODEL ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 4 TWO PERPENDICULAR ITEMS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED CHAPTER 5 ENTITY GROUPING ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 1 CAVITY FACES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 2 CORE FACEGS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 3 OUTER EDGES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 4 INNER EDGEGS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 5 PATCHING SURFAGES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 6 PARTING SURFAGES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED CHAPTER 6 OTHER TOOLS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED CHAPTER 7 STANDARD PARTS IN 3DQUICKMOLD e ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED A Preparation 3DQuickMold is professional plastic mold design software seamlessly integrated with Solidworks This manual is based on the platform Solidworks 2006 Please do the following after the installation 1 Open Tools gt Add Ins Select 3DQuickMold KUE ns 13D Instant Website MED QuickMold2005 eDrawings 2006 Featureworks POM Works 2006 Photolworks 3Pouickmold2005 S0QuickMold2005 Professional Plastic Mold Design Solution CA Program Files 30 QuickMold2005 dll LrtmlAsiFFi ll 2 Select the Option as follows Tools gt Options gt System Options gt External References gt Allow multiple contexts for parts when editing in assembly For the latest edition this option is selected when 3DQuickMold is started
14. Assembly which will be mentioned later After OK remember to save the created Assembly sldasm file otherwise it will be a blank file if Solidworks is ended Product assembly Part assembly name Parti Assembly Sidecore name 21 After setting is completed click OK 6 reference planes with the workpiece as border are created the first five reference planes are hidden Mold Front is shown the distance between Mold Front and sketch is the height of the workpiece the size of the whole work piece is visualized A sketch of Block Sketch with Mold Back as reference is also created This block sketch determine the size of the final size of the core and cavity the dimension of the sketch is the dimension of the projected image of the workpiece on the xy plane Mold Bottom Mold Left Mold Bottom Mold Back are created with reference to the starting reference planes which is the Right Plane Top Plane Front Plane of the part e Mold Right Mold Top Mold Front are created with reference to Mold Left Mold Bottom Mold Back 22 As the following pictures shown Right Flane Mola Right Aold Right The sketch of the Block Sketch is the bottom shape of the Cavity and Core created later The sketch can be edited in the edit feature 23 4 Product Assembly This function is mainly used e as the final stage of the automatic split core cavity e to regenerate the core cavity when the parting surfa
15. 0 Core Faces 0 Outer Edges 0 Inner Edges 01 Patching Surface 0 Parting Surfaces 01 Start Project button will be at the same time became grey disabled this is because in 3DQuickMold only one plastic part can be exist only after all the documents were closed or existed from current design Start Project button will become highlighted again If two part set as plastic part before exist at the same time the following dialogue box pops up SolidWorks 3 Workpiece Workpiece is used to define the dimension of mold core It should be used before building the parting surface 18 Click Workpiece gt on the 3DQuickMold Toolbar 3DQuickMold will define the smallest dimension of the workpiece according to the default coordinate system and create a preview Adjust the size when needed 32997 ZORI 7 16970735in A Y A Y A Y A Y A Y A Y ru Corner position Product assembly a Part assembly name Cordless Brill Assembly Sidecore name Cordless Drill Sidecore Insert name Cordless Drill Insert Here provides two coordinate sytems to define workpiece Part Csys Use the part coordinate system as the reference User Csys Use the user defined coordinate system as the reference 19 Part Cys D User Csys L Coordinate System 6 32997259M 23 07 90324mm EO a 1 35in 120 61400144mm LA d 169707 35in 2
16. Make sure that Display Annotations option is checked Annotations EG Details Display Annotations 3 Show Feature Dimensions GO Show Reference Dimensions Insert Annotation view GA Aukomakically Place into Annotation views Enable Annotation view Visibility GO To Customize Menu 68 Screw offset Edit the screw position This function can only edit the screw position on the line up direction Although there are both X and Y direction for translation only the direction along the length of the space block could be edit Click Apply to translate the screw click Reset button to move back to the original position Screw offset d Mone top screw Stalkm ci Ax 0 00mm Sd AY IU 00mm Libraries Add standard libraries for moldbase Select any databases 3DQuickMold displays the entire relevant componets drag and drop the parts onto the mold base In Configuration select as appropriate The next line is the part name Similar operation is available in the Library Manager this option will be removed in future 69 Visual setting Fj Upper half Fj Lower half Py Plates Fj Accessories Option WS Dimensions SO Libraries WaAddfRemove Open Close I Configuratio W Pocket bo c FUTABA FUTABA GEA FUTABA GEBE FUTABA GPA ag TU TSU Configurati M GBALBx019 d FUTABA GBA N GBALBx 1 The Library is in the installation folder library Moldbase Component b FUTABA TH
17. Side gate he Submarine gate me Tunnel gate Gate definition d e rr a A F Reverse 4 A te b dE Flip the direction of the gate select a plane or a line to define the direction ed define the length of the gate If a circular edge or planar face is selected this meaure is the extension from the plane or circle center If a spherical face is selected the measure is the extension from the top of the curved surface define the taper angle of the gate d diameter of the gate 2 le side gate 189 D BE mee Gate design I Pinpoint gate e EE GO Side gate he Submarine gate me A Tunnel gate Gate definition d 100 E NK select a sketch point or sketch segment adjust the the position ratio of a point on the sketch segment This is activated when a sketch segment is selected select a reference plane or a linear edge to define the direction flip the direction of the gate Fix Move half change the gate location it could be on fixed half or moving half define the lenght of gate define the width of gate define the thickness of gate approaching angle A approaching angle B 190 k approaching angle C 3 te Submarine gate Gate design I Pinpoint gate e ES i Side gate be Submarine gate i A Tunnel gate Gate definition eg ABEE A Fj Reverse E tome T eee select a sketch point or sketch segment E
18. Sleere I Stepped Ejector Hasco Add the ejector to the assembly generate the ejector part and save it to the the working directory Add ejector is only for assembly file Click Add ejectors select a type of ejector in the library Click Apply the Add Ejectors property manager and the Parameters message box pop out 84 Parameters Parameters d Ejector Sketch drAkBShoulder Sketch Shoul der e z41 2 x100 ba EEE E ETZE EO OffsetZ Shoulder Sketch GO O Mo cut L Fl anel e esi DialPocket Sketch ingle cu m Double cut wallmount ref Ejector Hasco 741 Position ejector Dia dz F Identical ejectors oe Ejecting Plane A Reverse direction DP In parameter the dimension of each ejector can be edited with reference to the picture at the bottom of the message box For example to define the clearance between the ejector and the mold plate edit Dia and d as shown in above Length select the length of the ejector The length of the ejector is associated with the configuration If the length is changed the configuration will change accordingly Diameter select the diameter of the ejector The diameter of the ejector is associated with the configuration If the diameter is changed the configuration will change accordingly Configuration Select configuration for the ejectors If the Configuration is changed the length and the diameter will change accordingly No cut no cut
19. assembly Select ejector select the ejector as pocketing tool After set up is completed click OK 3DQuickMold will pocket the selected mold component the pocketed component will be rebuilt 91 Trim Pocket Ejectors O He ZA GAZ Selection Trim ejector i Pocket ejector Untrim ejector Restore the trimmed ejectors When performing Trimming if there is error on selecting the CoreSheet or the Core requires a great change use this function to restore the ejector 4 Edit Ejectors To change the Fit height and Clearance height of ejector and core Different parameter can be changed especially the clearance 92 EI Parameters Parameters Value holder in 1 ref Ejector4 1 holder IE ders m l re yector holder LEFL anel DleLength d Ejector Sketch dibul der sketch Dffsetl Shoulder sketch Offset2 Shoulder sketch Angle Shoulder sketch Shon der Fit Pocket Sketch DiGFocket Sketch Di a Focket Sketch DiGPoacket Fit height Clearance height i E 0i0 0000mm 241 7 x160 More parameters Select ejector select the ejector to edit 160 0000 100 0000 T 0000 12 0000 6 0000 6 0000 0 0000 5 0000 10 0000 BO 0000 5 0000 360 0000 Similar ejectors select all the ejectors of the same type and same configuration All ejectors select all ejectors and add to the ejector selection list Fit height After selection the fit height of the ejector a
20. d adjust the the position ratio of a point on the sketch segment This is activated when a sketch segment is selected amp select a reference plane or a linear edge to define the direction flip the direction of the gate define the length of the gate va define the angle between the gate and XY plane GO x define the angle between gate and runner projected in Z direction Tk approaching angle diameter of submarine gate 191 A DE Tunnel gate Gate design I Pinpoint gate Le i Side gate he Submarine gate GS Tunnel gate Gate definition d ea Reverse t7 F FixMove half W 5 00mm M JO DDT JE e 50mm z po B b select a sketch point or sketch segment E d adjust the the position ratio of a point on the sketch segment This is activated when a sketch segment is selected select a reference plane or a linear edge to define the direction flip the direction of the gate E Fix Move half change the gate location it could be on fixed half or moving half FF inner radius E outer radius E offset between two circular center define the angle between gate and runner projected in Z direction 6 Tools Some effective tools to define the runner path or modify runners 192 Ti Horiz runni Overt FUNNE Eunner patter Gate design I References For all effective tools pre selections are needed to perform those functions there is no PMP styl
21. desired option click Apply to enter PMP style interface click Done to terminate the electrode design Reporting area at the bottom of the dialog will display the electrode s information such as position height 1 Tools Some effective tools for electrode design at the bottom of the dialog electrode file d Derive Part To avoid creating the electrodes on the core cavity part directly we need to create a new Solidworks part with the core or cavity inserted This way the associativity could be maintained and the total mold assembly won t become very complex 206 DQuickMo d Electrode Option Position Holder Body I Define body Wreate holde Create assembl Extend distance mm o Electrode file Name SLOFET Eled4BOTTOMI ref Core erive part D Name Name for the the new part Link Specify if the external reference of the new created part is locked or not Checked ity The feature in the tree indicate that the external reference is unlocked amp Unchecked p REF Cavity The feature in the tree indicate that the external reference is locked The icons on the upper part of the dialog are some tools for electrode design Extend distance mm og Select 2 vertice to build a 3D line it is a Solidworks 3D curve TSO face EE 207 Eee j eri Two vertices a 3D curve f Select the face on the electrode to be changed and a face on the core or ca
22. on the ejector flange 85 Single cut Cut the ejector flange on single side Double cut Cut the ejector flange on double sides Naming ejector name the ejector In Position ejector Sketch Select the sketch generated in Position all the selected ejector locations will be listed in sketch point list this is a quick selection of all ejector locations Select the location to add the ejector If the sketch is selected in the previous step the points in the sketch will be added automatically to here the points of ejectors of the same type and same configuration can be selected To select the points of ejectors of different type or ejectors of same types but with different dimensions require more steps Identical ejectors select whether to add the same ejectors for the above selected points It is especially for interchanging ejector reduces the number of different parts in the assembly as a result easier to manage Reference plane the reference plane which the ejector will mate to In 3DQuickMold the Ejecting plane is the default reference plane Other plane such as Bottom plane will be used to place ejector sometimes Reverse direction reverse the direction of the ejector Select a circle It can determine the diameter of an arc Select an arc a message box showing the diameter of the arc will appear at the lower left hand corner It helps to determine the size of ejector easier Particularlly for ejector sleeve A
23. screw FE Screw configuration can be obtained by selecting the length and diameter 131 The a new configuration is selected the screw length and diameter will be updated accordingly Save as Screw Name i de i After the screw is generated corresponding pocket can be done by using Pocketing in Mold tools 2 Adding spring To add a spring at least two mate constrains should be applied In another word two mates are needed to place a spring on the assembly model 132 3D QuickMold Library MG Locating King 7 ME Moldbase Component Do Screw ME Spring eM Favorites HEN Rect Spring SLDPRT ME Sprue Bushing i MG Undereut Accessory b pere e Configuratio EITE SZ 80 00mm im g ZE DOIT Z 5100mm Gr d ERNE eee e Name SImmAZSmm Save as IDLY D DO erry E 5 refs Rect Spring bese Position spring mate reference It could be the spring origin or the XY plane Front in the spring model E target mate Mate reference on the assembly model If the above selection is the spring origin this face should be a cylindrical face If the above selection is a plane accordingly a planar face is required to be picked up here Undo last mate Click Undo last mate to cancel the mating relation Size bo spring configuration length of spring 133 St Thickness of spring _ inner diameter of the spiring outer diameter of thr spring Naming Tz Prefi
24. side Gate System SDO mai H D Uk bi Offset mm Offset3 mm AK Assembl Flip orientat ak OTe 55 Front view SIUSITSRNRRI PITZ D E Series ER futaba da E futaba da 5 EO futaba da E futaba db EOI futaba de a L futaba dd ES futaba ea Configurations 350 1 Offset mm Offset3 mm H1 cavity Total ao HF core Assembl NA T Aw1 H3 space H Flip orientat Ej Show bitmap H1 cavity Define the thickness of A plate Standard thickness is available in the pull down menu All the value is standardized custom input is not allowed at this time If custom input is required first arbitrarily select a value to generate the moldbase then click Moldbase to enter the edit mode to edit H2 core for B plate H3 space block for C plate To edit the thickness of other plates first generate the moldbase and then click Moldbase again to perform editing Offsetl The spacing from cavity plate to moldbase center Offset2 The spacing from core plate to moldbase center Offset3 The spacing between ejector plate and bottom plate 56 SI Job name Prefix for all components in the mold base Assembly will not be affected Total Height of the mold base this value for reference only it cannot be edited directly Assembly The relation between the mold layout and the mold base There are altogether 6 directions the X Y Z X Y
25. there are 6 options Dimensions Libraries Add Remove Open Close Configuration Pocket Option QW Dimensions y I Libraries M hdd Remove Open Close Ti Poni gratia W Pocket EE Dimensions 65 Dimensions Gu E d Ap Ppa Dimensions General size A KZ 160 00mm General size 160 00mm 160 00mm 160 00mm Ene E Flush moldbase 160 00mm EC re 160 00m O E Flush moldbase EG oo as Return Pin Position Guide Pin Position Ejector Screw Position Bottom Screw Position d 200 00mm Ka Ax 10 00mm ep ON 0 00mm b OE BK 3 a Rl Screw offset E b Dimension of all the plates of the moldbase can be edited length of moldbase i width of moldbase Flush moldbase Check this option An I type moldbase will become H type 66 width of bottom plate thickness of spacer block width of ejector plate thickness of plate A thickness of plate B fl al El got a height of the spacer block Notes For some dimensions not listed in the dialog user can double click the component in the graphic area to display its standard dimensions and do the editing After editing clicks rebuild or go to the property tree to perform the edit dimension For example double click the bottom plate to display all dimensions change the dimension from 700 to 800 Rebuild model 67 Component position Edit the position and dimension of the accessories
26. 00 27 BAL dT AE EE BE b A 0 0 mm d g GS S I I E E I I a 0 D A Y O 00in KE Re sf L Wi H EU E EZ 0 00rn l pa Corner position Corner position Fd Product assembly a Py Product assembly Part assembly name Part assembly name Cordless Drill Assembly wallmount ref assembly Sidecore name Sidecore name Cordless Drill Sidecore wallmaunt ref Sidecore i dua du Insert name Insert name Cordless Drill Insert wallmaount ref Insert ap BE gt B In Definition define the dimension of workpiece and the offset of the whole workpiece along the x y and z direction Length Define the length of the workpiece W Width Define the width of the workpiece H Height Define the height of the workpiece l Shift the workpiece along the x direction E E Shift the workpiece along the y direction Shift the workpiece along the z direction 20 Check Corner Position the position of the workpiece relative to the coordinate system is shown The value in Corner position is the minimum value of the workpiece in the x y z direction The workpiece can be offset by changing the value of x y z com E WL 74 70324975mm Z 7 109 03718824mm Z Check Product assembly 3DQuickMold will create a Assembly sldasm assembly file is the name of the plastic part The number of Sidecore and Insert can be defined here It can be defined in the Product
27. 3DQuickMould User Manual To Enable Tooling Engineers To Use The Power of 3D Design Contents As PREPRATION EA D B SOFTWARE INTERFACE nnnnnnennennnvnnevnnnnnennennnn 9 C FUNGTIONS ennnnrnnvnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnennn 13 CHAPTER 1 DESIGN MODULES AND TOOLS 13 1 PRODUCT SHRINKAGE rennnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnennnennnn 13 2 START PROJEGL es 17 S WORKPIECE Ls 18 4 PRODUCT ASSEMBLY i annnnenannnvnnnnnnnnnvenannnnnnurn 24 5 LAYOUT MTAKA ZAZIO SOROEN 27 6 MOLDBASE MANAGER rannnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnennn 52 7 EJECTOR MANAGER unnananvnnvnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnennn 78 FP TIM 78 ZANE 84 TN 87 OG DO EE MER 92 8 COOLING MANAGER nnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnvnnennn 94 LPG NN 95 STN 126 4 ERNA saa Ne 127 9 LIBRARY MANAGER aunnvnuvnunnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnunne 130 10 UNDERCUT MANAGER i navnnnnnnunnnnunnnnnvnnnnvnunn 137 EE MDG Se 138 PATI eN OO vaar 160 STI 160 FT bane 161 11 SUBINSERT MANAGER menauvnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennunn 162 Dec TEA Ot i D EAEN Ea 164 2 Create holder vakse 173 Pokus 178 12 FEED MANAGER nanannunuvnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnunvnnenun 179 TRANS 180 SG ETO SEAU BaT AAE 184 SN CEUICAL Uuu AEA 185 Cold sus veks 192 HETE ENN EEAO 187 13 ELECTRODE MANAGER meavaunnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnunnun 205 LEDENE PA see 206 Demcaaonavavvv5v4vvrrrvvvv EE EA E E AT 210 Sd b ez ia Ta DG aA 215 SEAU AAE 219 CHAPTER 2 DESIGN UTILITIES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 1 SOLID UTI
28. 80 Show Hide cavity Show Hide core Show sHide product Search instances eze forente Runner Lewallmoun Sketch plane pg Gate reference Show hide cavity Show or hide cavity in the current assembly This option will be disabled when Reference faces ands earch instances are selected Show hide core Show or hide core in the current assembly Show hide product Show or hide product in the current assembly Reference faces select the face to be the reference face for the runner design Search instances for multi cavity layout select a face on product core cavity click this icon 3DQuickMold will automatically add the same face from the other cavities to Reference faces Select a face on one product file as the following pictures shows 181 Click Search instances eri I A Runner part runner will be saved as a single part input the name of the runner part here Sketch plane Select a plane as reference for the main runner creation 182 183 2 Horizontal runner Design runner that is parallel to the PL parting line face Runner type Arc4asketchl Ode I Semi Circle e i Trapezoid g i U Shape EGOE s L Select sketch segments to define the runner path segments selected should not be crossed and must be continuous If many runners have to be created create the runner one by one The shapes of runner are categorized as follows 1 9 select circle as cr
29. E ED SEW ba TED Bk aie HAHEI C Program Files 30DQuickMold2005V library Moldbase Componenti FUTABA Ere assembly library gal E library O Cooling Accessory EG EG cjectorPin M ae EE Locating Ringa BER E OO Moldbase Component ZO FUTABA IG LEM C MISUMI Z Gy Screw IO Spring O Sprue Bushing IO Undercut Accessory res C Tutorial FUTABA GPA SLDPRT 70 Add Remove Add or remove selected mold plate this function can produce multiple nonstandard mold base Options Be Add plate Ee Remove plate Selection h m Above plate D Under plate Plate name Er add mold plate in the moldbase E remove the added mold plate in the moldbase reference plate when adding mold plate the mold plate will be added above or below the reference plate Click to show the preview If mold plate has to be removed this would be the plate to be removed the basic plate for the mold base could not be removed Note when a mold plate is selected 3DQuickMold decides whether a plate can be added above or below the reference plate There are some rules for adding a plate Top plate can only be added above it so it the ejector plate Bottom plate can only be added under it Spacer block is not allowed to be reference plate Other plate can be added either above or below the reference plate eitia ite 71 Add Remove Plate Options Be Add plate E Remove plate S
30. LITIES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED Ds ZOO ataa akade Error Bookmark not defined De SOM PA EEA Error Bookmark not defined da Sold OEE ANA AAE eee Error Bookmark not defined 4 ROEN bake Error Bookmark not defined S Sold ALLEL EEEa Ee Error Bookmark not defined 2 SURFACE UTILITIES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED IS BRUSRSGEI Uuuu RU AAE Error Bookmark not defined ZTE MN sutta Error Bookmark not defined Mule ops Error Bookmark not defined 4 Compositeloss2v444244944924 NN Error Bookmark not defined SALT a Do vase Error Bookmark not defined 6 QUUICK Au TE Error Bookmark not defined SOAK dul egada LAA Error Bookmark not defined 3 MOLD TOOLS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED L Pocketma Ja Error Bookmark not defined 2 ESS GUA Error Bookmark not defined SARR WOO AAO Error Bookmark not defined d Save Hoel Error Bookmark not defined S Mold MONO ai a Error Bookmark not defined GPO OM Error Bookmark not defined TAG e ANANA Error Bookmark not defined SCL SO USETE Error Bookmark not defined CHAPTER 3 SELECTION TOOLS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 1 CONTINUOUS EDGES ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 2 BOX SELECTION ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 3 FACE SEARCH ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED CHAPTER 4 VIEW TOOLS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 1 CUSTOM VIEW ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 2 TOGGLE HIDE SHOW ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED
31. Methods available for creating cooling path on assembly amp Simple drill amp Connect drill amp Continuous The function of Simple drill and Connect drill for assembly file and part file is nearly the same The difference is that for assembly file the Hide Show function is available hide or show the solid bodies Continuous Build the sketch of the path continuously As shown below select the point on a sketch line input the value of extension in AX AY AZ translation in 2 or 3 directions is accepted Change the value to its negative to reverse direction The created line is the line joining the selected point and the translated point 123 ES Simple drill Connect drill oO Continuous Selections mnd 2 Parameters It is for building the cooling channels Select Parameters click Apply to enter the Parameters interface For part file and assembly file the interface is slighty difference 124 Parameters Reverse direction a pom E Type bitmaps Simple Tap Simple Tap Simple Simple Simple Counterbore Counterbore Tap Counterbore Simple Counterbore Counterbore When Type bitmaps is selected the types of cooling channel will be displayed Simple Tap Simple Simple Simple Counterbore Counterbore Tap Counterbore Simple Counterbore Counterbore Parameters A Reverse direction a kum B Type bitmaps Simple Tap NA a D Start
32. Ocirce L beea Rectangle Oam B Sketch Center d im E Te 166 P select edges and vertice as the reference to define the circular sub insert body The selected entities are used to define the minimum circular profile G the diameter for the circular sub insert Sketch Center dE Select coordinate Px Display the position of the center of the Subinsert relative to the coordinate system If the coordinate system is not selected the part coordiate system is selected The center of the sub insert can be changed by changing the setting here Selection ml Rectangle ope dl Fac Edo MRectangle create a rectangular sub insert 167 Selection d Al Faces DB Gid Hm Rectangle o pee pem am B 9 Sketch Center d DO select edges and vertice as the reference to define the rectangular sub insert body The selected entities are used to define the minimum rectangular profile D1 define the length of one side D2 define the length of anther side gt define the angle of rotation of the sketch Sketch Center dk Select the coordinate system Px Display the position of the center of the sub insert relative to the coordinate system If the coordinate system is not selected the original part coordiate system is selected The center of the sub insert can be changed by changing the setting here 168 Selection ml Rectangle me
33. R PLANE gt TOP POSITION be CAVITY POSITION dan CORE POSITION b Return Pin Position b Guide Pin Position b Ejector Screw Position b Bottom Screw Position mp Mates The moldbase assembly includes 60 EE REF Assembly Default lt Display State 1 gt e Annotations SA Design Binder Lights and Cameras ZO Front Plane ZO Top Plane ZO Right Plane je Origin ZE Ejecting Plane gt Ze Position Plane gt ZE Bottom Plane gt ZE Top Position gt Op Cavity Position S Core Position gt SQ REFI lt 1 gt SQ REF Cavity lt 1 gt gt Sy F REF Core lt 1 gt gt i Mates KO Center Axis 1 reference planes to represent some important moldbase positions 2 all moldbase components such as mold plates and screws 3 sketches to control screws guide pins return pins and etc Feature of Moldbase e native Solidworks features e mate constrains based on mold open close movement e support direct editing e pockets ready After the mold base is added click the Moldbase Manager to enter the Moldbase editing function current working window will automatically switch to the Moldbase assembly To construct non standard moldbase first select a similar standard one and then do the custom editing The following situation can be carried out in the edit mode e changing the dimension of the mold plate and the position of the standard parts e add or remove extra mold plates such as manifold plate double eject
34. Z direction for selection The preview can be seen in the working window This option is used for the part not using Z direction for assembly Flip orientation Adjust the relative direction of the moldbase and mold layout The following pictures show the two different situations Flip Orientation is checked or unchecked 58 Show bitmap Show bitmap at the top left corner of the working window After setting up click Apply 3DQuickMold will generate the moldbase The moldbase generated will be stored in the current working directory but not the default directory of the 3DQuickMold It may take time to finish as there are many parts Click Done to quit from the dialog A moldbase assembly appears under the Project sldasm tree All reference plane related to the moldbase will be copied into Assembly sldasm Those planes will be used for place some components such as ejectors and mounting screws EE REF1 Project Default Display State 1 gt Annotations Sa Design Binder Lights and Cameras ZO Front Plane a Top Plane ZO Right Plane Je Origin EE EO REF Assembly lt 1 gt Default lt Display State 1 gt SG PF REF Runner lt 1 gt fs Fi lkm dit FOF OCF 00x 700 lt Display State 1 gt Annotations Sa Design Binder gt Front ZO Top gt Right d Origin a CLEARANCE PLONE1 ZO CLESRANCE PLANE Upper half Lower half UI Mates gt BOTTOM PLANE ZO POSITION PLANE Zn SPACER PLANE dan EJECTO
35. ace searching tool Face Search Face searching tool Custormer View Change design view Toggle Hide Show Toggle hide show solid bodies 2 3DQuickMold toolbar The corresponding icons of the above modules are listed below 3DQuickMold he SES EZE ASTE SZ KKFAGAPOEL The icons list can be classified as four categories they are Basic Functions Useful tools Quick selection tools and Assistant tools 3DQuickMold 3 3DQuickMold Manager As shown below Entity Grouping Cavity Faces 0 Core Faces t0 Outer Edges 0 Inner Edges 0 Patching Surface 0 Parting Surfaces 03 Cavity Faces Faces belong to the cavity side Core Faces Faces belong to the core side Outer Edges Outer parting lines related to the parting surfaces Inner Edges Inner parting lines related to the patching surfaces Patching Surface Surface used to patch the holes Parting Surfaces 12 4 Others Select one edge on part model and right click pull down menu pop out as follows K Delete pearance d F Body Properties Sequential Edges Chain Edges Reset Mold Entities Customize Menu Select one face and right click pull down menu pop out as follows Delete Appearance Fr Body Properties Open Drawing Identical color faces Reset Mold Entities Customize Menu Note that the circled function blocks activate only when the plastic part is activated C Functio
36. astic model file This can retain the completeness and independency of data of the original part Adjust a suitable origin and position The default mould open direction of 3DQuickMold is the Z axis fine Solidworks application Draft Analysis EA and Undercut detection Ga can be used to analyze the draft on a molded part When a part is not drafted properly the mold designer must fix the part to ensure that the part ejects from the mold A arde ES bide Face classification Find steep faces Color Settings Positive draft g DEO dit Color Requires draft 9 Se dit Color Negative draft o Straddle faces E pF D dit Color B Software Interface When 3DQuickMold is started the pull down menu toolbar and 3DQuickMold manager appear as shown below 3DQuickMold manager appears only when a plastic part is activated it is used to record and process geometric information relative to core cavity separation like parting line parting surface and Patching surface etc Lr SolidWorks Office Professional 2006 Cordless Drill ref SLDPRT File Edit View Insert Tools b Window Help IDSRSS DR ZE NEE a SRE STE QQAQ Sd GGe TS bag Ee den IgE ZE BE B BI worper USA A EA AAA d E EA Ezer EKO IR BS Bed BEN AZA E AZA AAA AZAR e SubInsert Manager erre A Product Assembly A Feed Manager Layout Manager Moldbase Manager Ejector Manager Cooling Manager Library Mana
37. by dimensions 175 dU Rectangular base dU Rectangular base Create pocket Create pocket tom E tom E Parameters d Parameters d L Wi J pom E npe Center position Px 19 534mm 12 058mm Px 12 058mm d b s No edge is not seleted Set the following dimension to define the holder size 176 L Define the length of the holder E Define the width of the holder Define the height of the holder D Define the angle of rotation Select one edge Select two edgtes SE If one or more edge is selected set the following dimensions IE Offset value d Define the height of the holder Center Position Used to define the center position ek Tt is for selecting coordinate system Px Display the position of the center of the Subinsert relative to the above selected coordinate system If the coordinate system is not selected the coordiate system is the part s one The center of the Subinsert can be changed 177 5 Quick Pocket Quick body H BEZA 6 Aft other Insert name Prefix for the sub insert to be saved Show hide the sub insert s bodies For example on mold cavity click this icon to hide all bodies but the main body click this icon agin all hidden bodies well be shown again insert Save the sub insert to a separated component and insert it the product assembly This function can be used on both part file and assembly file To r
38. ce is changed e toadd additional side cores or sub insert parts to the product assembly Click d on the 3DQuickMold Toolbar the property manager pop out If the number of Sidecore and Insert of the workpiece is not specified before specify it in the Product assembly 24 Assembly name done Sidecore name 3 done Parti Sidecore Cavity component d ler nt nanan Cavity name Part1 Cavity y Re generate Core component d Core name Farti Core 4 Re generate Assembly name Input name of the product assembly If that assembly is already generated in Workpiece the name field will be greyed out Sidecore name Input the name of the side core the number inside the bracket indicate the existing number of sidecore If the number of sidecore is not sufficient add by selecting a suitable number Insert name The configuration of Insert is the same as sidecore 25 Sketch Select sketch of the workpiece 3DQuickMold will select the sketch of Block Sketch generated in workpiece Plane 3DQuickMold will automatically select the Mold Front generated in Workpiece as the reference plane This plane will be used to define the end condition of extrude feature Custom sketch and plane can also be used It is recommended to use the default selection Cavity name Input the name of the cavity Re generate If the property of the finished cavity is changed rebuild to replace the original cavity Core na
39. created the path is parallel to the y axis Drill length define the length of the sketch line cooling path Note If the selection is not appropriate there may be contradiction of constrain and the sketch will be over defined 120 Selection d op OG Point to point Parallel Yz Parallel ZX Parallel i OG Horizontal Vertical wt 362 02808078mm Creat Oe FEJLE Angular dill V shaped connection E Methods d EZ Simple drill Connect drill arbitary drill Angular drill 121 Drill from Select a starting face of the sketch line Parallel YZ the generated cooling path is parallel to the YZ plane Parallel ZX the generated cooling path 1s parallel to the ZX plane Parallel XY the generated cooling path is parallel to the XY plane Drill length Define the length of the sketch line Drill angle define the angle of the V shaped connection Click Create to create the path After the setting of path is completed click OK All the path will be built in a 3D sketch If the accurate position of the cooling path has to be defined edit the 3D sketch to become fully defined For assembly file with Path selected click Apply on the cooling manager dialog the following interface pop outs 122 EE Simple drill Connect drill Tu Continuous Up to selection A EE 4 rdi HE b nati i E IN Hide Show bodies Inblank
40. de pocket on the plate The Extrude Sketch is necessary and the End plane should be selected as well Pocket GEA End End plane EE 76 Tool components tool components for pockting for example guide pin guide bush screw ejector pin etc If many parts of the same type exists select one of them use Siblings to search and select all the parts of the same type Siblings Select all the parts of same type at the same assembly level Sketch list list of sketches to pocket Target plates target plate to pocket Click Apply Start to pocket holes on targeted plate cut features apperars of Pocket appears on the property tree 71 7 Ejector Manager Ejector Manager is used to add edit and adjust the ejector pin and trim the core and plate passing through by the ejector Ejector pin can be added after the mold base has already been loaded Click on the 3DQuickMold Toolbar to start the design of the ejector The steps are as follows Define the position of the ejector pin Add the ejector pin Trim the ejector pin Create pockets on the core and mold plates that the ejector pins are passing through Adjust ejector pin 1f it is not suitable 1 Position If the file is a part file click Ejection Manager only Position is activated which is used to define the position of the ejector pins There is another method Use the sketch points on the part to define a 2D sketch and then define the position of
41. e interface will pop up Select the face required to extend or shorten set the offset distance click this icon to perform ORRE Select the end faces on runner that will add cold well on them click this icon to perform Cold wells of Runner with different cross section are shown as follows d 193 The functions below are for the quick build of runner path 194 Select as shown below the orgin and a point on an edge 1 Click the icon to obtain the following sketch The line obtained is the projected line by the the two point line on XY plane 195 Select as shown below the origin and a point on an edge Click the icon to obtain the sketch The Origin is the center point of the line obtained 196 Prai Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve O E gt ia ca b O WO Click the icon to obtain the sketch te The two intersected lines are equal with the Origin as the center 197 Saal Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve I E Click the icon to obtain the sketch The sketch consists of a line and two arcs and symmetrical about the Origin 198 2 1 Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve I j Click the icon to obtain the sketch The sketch consists of two lines and two arcs and symmetrical about the Origin 199 i Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve The sk
42. e pocket 173 d Circular base dU Rectangular base Create pocket Parameters dk Circular base Used to add a circular holder For circular holder multiple bottom faces can be selected at a time The default dimension 1s the smallest dimension ll Select a bottom planar face on the sub insert to define the holder sketch E Define the Diameter of the holder HEI Define the distance if the desired bottom shape is required for round one set this value equal to the diameter Single side The above cutting is on one side if this option is checked The preview as following picture shown 174 dk Define the height of the holder Define the angle of rotaton Center Position By default the holder sketch is located at the center of the selected bottom face when this option is selected it is position could be specified ek Tt is for selecting the coordinate system Px Display the position of the center of the Subinsert relative to the above selected coordinate system If the coordinate system is not selected the coordiate system 1s the art s one The center of the Subinsert can be changed by changing value p ged Dy ging TRetangular base Used to add a rectangular holder D Select a bottom face on the sub insert to define the holder SE Select one or two edge on the bottom face as the references to define the offset on the holder If no edge is selected 3DQuickMold will define the holder
43. e position in the top down left and right of the original cavity A there may be also B C E Parameters to control the layout dimension 41 100000 flo Tips change the orientation of the preview to Front view the original cavity will look like the icon ed the bottom left 42 For product which have been already Layout if Layout is click again the Edit Pattern Manager will pop out Note The value entered in the field will return to O after clicking Apply as the value is the relative value When the value has returned to O no change will appear if Apply is clicked If the value entered is not suitable enter the negative value to undo the change X Y Ztranslate Translate the selected cavity along the X Y Z direction After the mold base is inserted Edit Z to alight the parting surface on the mold base TOK Y 7 translate Radial translate Rotate Align centralise Duplicate Selection sy om E sz pom E Radial translate Move the selected cavity along the line joining the center of the selected cavity and the center of the layout 43 Select the required cavity enter the translation distance mv Z translate Radial translate Rotate Align Centralise Duplicate Selection d gt d ZG 10 00mm Click Apply the cavity position will update mY translate Radial translate Rotate Align Centralise Duplicate Selection ae I a gt
44. e the configuration of a mold component All the configuration of all the standard parts is listed For example if the mold base is enlarged screw pin etc have to be enlarged 74 Components Mone bottom screw 3 Mone bottom screw 2 Mone bottom screyw 1 Mone ejector screw 4 Mone ejector screw 3 Mone ejector screw 2 Mone ejector screw 1 Mone guide pin Mone guide pin 3 Mone guide pin 2 guide pin 1 Mone return pin 4 Mone return pir 3 Configurations 5izelz SizelS m Size20 Size Size30 Size35 Apply all instances Selection select the component to be edited Components select component form the list The component is displayed in Selection Configurations relative configuration if the configuration has to be changed select and change the relative configuration Apply all instances Decide whether to apply the changes to the parts with same configuration Note after editing some parts may not be changed Click Rebuild to apply the changes Pocket perform pocketing on the plates Pocket can only be applied on the assembly 75 EE Revolve pocket a Extrude pocket Tool components LEM Guide BushB Nom 5ize16 48 Sketch list Target plates None bottom plate L lkm ci Revolve pocket perform revolve pocket on the plate Revolved body like guide pin guide bushes screw and ejector pin can be pocketed using this function Extrude pocket perform extru
45. election Mone cavity plate l lkm ci fom i o ea di Gsm 8 ESk A Above plate E Ounder plate Plate name Preview of a plate to be added under the cavity plate 12 Result after the plate was added E length of the mold plate to be added As the moldbase is a standard moldbase the length of the mold plate cannot be edited here it is controlled by 3DQuickMold The length here is for reference only The length here is defined by the reference plate Ba width of the mold plate to be added it cannot be changed and for reference only ZE thickness of the mold plate to be added EE add a plate above the reference plate some types of plate cannot be added above the reference plate this option is disabled for these types of plate E add a plate under the reference plate some types of plate cannot be added under the reference plate this option is disabled for these types of plate Plate name Name the mold plate to be added Open Close Show the mold Open Close condition 73 Option WS Dimensions de WLibraries WaAddfRemove Open Close WConfi eurai o WPocket oe Open Close select Open Close click Apply The upper mold will move up the upper mold and the ejector plate can be dragged but only in the Z direction The lower half is fixed and cannot be dragged Click Apply again the moldbase returns to the previous condition and it cannot be moved Configuration chang
46. etch consists of 3 lines When the view is changed to front view the sketch displayed is same as the icon 200 The sketch consists of 3 lines When the view is changed to front view the sketch displayed is same as the icon 201 Se Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve ce ea EE EO EGO WO Q 202 a Select as shown below the origin and a point on the curve Cc E A erria STKO L Click the icon to obtain the sketch A I E 203 Please note that If the first selection is the Origin a new sketch will be created If the first selection is a sketch point the new sketch segment will be created on the existing sketch where the sketch point lies on If such sketch is to be built on other reference plane the first selection should be the reference instead of the Origin For example select the datum plane Plane17 in the following picture po Elei the left icon Flanel ed gt The sketch obtained is built on the selected reference plane 204 13 Electrode Manager Electrode Manager is usually used after mold split It is for the design of electrode The electrode design flow Derive part from core cavity or side core it could be any kind of part Create the electrode body Create the holder Create an electrode assembly 205 Option Position I Define body Wreate holde Create assembl Wools X pos Y pos 71 Select the
47. f the part in the name field 129 9 Library Manager To increase the design efficency and reduce the duplicating procedure 3DQuickMold provides a standard library manager Those libraries include locating ring sprue bushing screw spring and parts for slide and lifter Adding standard parts from the Library to mold assembly can only be used in Assembly file Locating King I Moldbase Component EO J Serey Spring EO Sprue Bushing Undercut Accessory Preview bitmap 1 Adding Screw To add a screw select a type a part bitmap is shown Click Apply the property manager of the screw pops out the size position plane and relation can be defined 130 3D QuickMold Library ER Locating King G E Moldbase Component asci GA ZEZ SLOFET Per Ee S D Ge d Reverse direction g Do Sprue Bushing Point2 Sketch2 Point3 Sketch re Und t w Undercut Accessory Point4 Sketch2 Poinkim Sketch2 a Make point Selection Vertex lt 2 zire Core 1 he Z350 12x JU KA Save as GU UZU SE Screw mate reference please select a planar face Reverse the screw direction the position of the screw this can be a sketch point or a vertex of a line mate point When this option is checked a concentric condition is applied to the the screw and the selected point M The screw diameter i length reference reference vertex to determine the screw length E length of the
48. fter the setting is done click the OK button 3DQuickMold will load the ejectors automatically the ejector generated will be saved in the current working directory it take a moment to generate all the ejector if the no of ejector 1s too many In addition amp When the ejector is added it is not yet fully constrained Still can rotate for ejector blade additional mate is necessary to align its orientation Ejector sleeve will take two steps to complete the design Put an ejector on the Bottom Plane and Ejector sleeve on the Ejector Plane 86 3 Trim Pocket 3DQuickMold Ejecting Position ada OTrimfPocket Edit Ejector name Cente wallmount ref Ejectorl 3 wallmount ref Ejectorl 2 wallmount ref Ejectorl 4 wallmount ref Ejectorl l wallmount ref Ejector4 1 wallmount ref Ejector5 l wallmount ref EjectorS 1l This function is mainly used for 1 Trim ejector 2 Create pockets for ejectors 3 Undo the trimming To trim the ejectors automatically there must be a sheet body named as CoreSheet in the core part which is actually the entire core faces When the core cavity is separated successfully the CoreSheet should be generated 87 Trim Pocket Ejectors SEE Ct LCI NC SUE EN EP YIN de Trim ejector W Pocket ejector Untrim ejector G Fit height Clearance height Fom E Trim ejector trim ejector so that the end surface of the ejector match the core profile Tool surface cu
49. ger Undercut Manager Electrode Manager Solid Utilities Surface Utilities b Mold Tools b Continuous Edges Box Selection Face Search Customer View Toggle Hide Show Keen d 1 3DQuickMold pull down menu Click 3DQuickMold in the menu bar pull down menu pop out as follows 10 Product Shrinkage workpiece SubInsert Manager Feed Manager Product Assembly Layout Manager Moldbase Manager Ejector Manager Cooling Manager Undercuk Manager Electrode Manager Solid Utilitjes Surface Utilities Mold Tools Continuous Edges Box Selection Face Search Customer View Toggle Hide Show Customize Menu each mold design module is listed below Product Shrinkage Scale the part to allow for shrinkage Start Project Start a new project Workpiece Dimension the workpiece mold SubInsert Manager Sub insert design Feed Manager Runner and Gate design Product Assembly Split the core cavity Layout Manager Arrange the core cavity layout Moldbase Manager Load and edit mold base Ejector Manager Design ejectors Cooling Manager Cooling channel Library Manager Standard libraries for mold design Undercut Manager Slide and lifter design Electrode Manager Electrode design amp Solid Utilities Utilities handling solid related operations amp Surface Utilities Utilities handling surface related operations 11 Mold Tools Effective tools for mold design Continuous Edges Edge searching tool Box Selection F
50. ing mold e insert additional standard parts 61 Visual setting Fj Upper half Pg Lower hali Py Plates Fj Accessories Option OW Dimensions Sa I Libraries Ti Add Remove Open Close WConfiguratio W Pocket GO Fart Hame Fartl Fartl Farti Farti Fartl Farti Farti Farti Farti Farti Farti Fart Partl Partl ejector plate spacer left ejector retainer return pirn ejector screw bottom screw cavity plate bottom plate top plate core plate Spacer right guide pin guide bushl top screw Visual setting set the visibility of different mold base component Upper half show hide the Upper half Lower half Show hide the Lower half Plates Show hide the mold plates Accessories Show hide the accessories guide pins guide bushings screws The details are as follows 62 Visual setting Upper halt ra Lower halt Fj Plates Fj Accessories Option Dimensions Libraries Add Remove M Open Close WConfiguratio M Pocket Fart Hame Earl ejector plate Farti spacer left Partl ejector reta Farti return pin Partl ejector seres Farti bottom screw Partl cavity plate Partl bottom plate Partl top plate Partl core plate Earl spacer right Farti guide pin Farti guide bushl Farti top serew Visual setting Fj Upper half WY Lower halt Py Plates Fj Accessories Option A Dimensions Libraries E hdd Remove M Open Close Tr Configurat
51. ion Pocket Fart Hame Part ejector plate Farti spacer left Fartl ejector reta Farti return pin Partl ejector screw Farti bottom screw Farti cavity plate Part bottom plate Partl top plate Partl core plate Earl spacer right Partl guide pin Partl guide bushl Partl top screw 63 Visual setting Fad Upper half ra Lower half DY Plates Fj Accessories Option Di Dimensions Libraries D hdd Remove M Open Close Configuration M Focket Fart Hame Farti ejector plate Earl spacer left Partl ejector reta Farti return pin Partl ejector screw Farti bottom screw Fartl cavity plate Fartl bottom plate Fartl top plate Earl core plate Farti spacer right Partl guide pin Partl guide bushi Partl top screw Visual setting Fj Upper halt Fj Lower halt Py Plates Option Whimensions Libraries D Add Remove M Open Close D Configuratio M Focket Fart Hame Farti ejector plate Farti spacer left Farti ejector reta Farti return pin Partl ejector screw Farti bottom screw Farti cavity plate Farti bottom plate Farti top plate Partl core plate Partl spacer right Partl guide pin Farti guide bushl Farti top screw 64 Show all Show all components Reverse hide Show only the selected parts Select a few components and reverse hide the unselected Hiding the other parts facilitates some operations like Pocket Position or add Accessories to the moldbase assembly Under Option
52. is checked Perform mirror copy to the selected cavity any planar surface can also be selected as mirror face this can quickly produce 32 cavities 64 cavities mold etc As shown below 50 mv translate Radial translate Rotate Align Centralise Duplicate Selection ns EE Cover Assembly L CON COVER Assembly 2 C0N COVER Assembly 3 CC COVER Assembly 4 C04 COVER Assembly 94 C04 COVER ssembly 10 C lt Mirror copy 32 cavities layout as below K K Z translate Radial translate Rotate Align Centralise Duplicate Selection d Mirror copy 51 6 Moldbase Manager The moldbase manager can 1 Insert moldbase into the top assembly after Layout 2 Edit moldbase after the moldbase was inserted After Layout Project sldasm top assembly file is generated Click E the Moldbase dialogue box pops out 3D QuickMold Moldbase a LI LEM Configurations Offsetl mm Offset mm Offsets mm E b Fartl H1 cavity Total HG core Assembl d AXIS H space Flip orientat Fj Show bitmap a I Standard moldbase is available in this dialogue box the data listed is provided by the suppliers based on the published catalog The complete moldbase can be designed using the Moldbase manager including standard and customized moldbase The center of mold layout coincides with the moldbase center 52 Typical design process as follows Moldbase supplier Mold base t
53. lane in sequence as follows click the icon 154 ET Position I ca guide rail type I Method select the face as shown below click the icon 155 result Add guide rail type 2 Method Same as the above 156 yal Add wear plate Method select a face and an edge as follows click the icon 157 EE Add locking block type I Method Select 2 faces in sequence as follows 158 B Add locking block type 2 Method Select a face and a reference plane in sequence as follows D Not available at moment Ke Not available at moment 159 2 Standard lifter Some standard lifter structures 3D QuickMold Undercut Option I Components Standard lif I Standard slic M Librarie Favorites w pe di Uo 3 Standard slide Some standard slide structures 160 3D QuickMold Undercut Option W Components WStandard lif O Standard slit M Librarie ER Favorites MK lide Assembly SLDASM SDO Generic Sd DO Small Slide ere rre Ez 4 Libraries Some standard components for slide and lifter Method import the part place it to a suitable position 161 Ip QuickMold Undercut Option Components B Standard lif I Standard slit OLibrarie EE E Slide Elements I O Angular Fin a Em nano 1 ea pa __ Favorites a C HASCO Conti gurati ol AG 16 L Length Plane Se Name AG 1660 gm Er aU01 mn cami 11 Subinsert Manager
54. lined surface click the icon As shown below 146 wl Type 4 Method select the inclined surface click the icon As shown below result 147 result Note for the following type select an inclined face and a bottom face in order click the icon to finish 148 After selecting two faces click each icon respectively and the result are shown below 149 The following four icons are used on assembly file using those functions will add some extra components to current assembly Qa pin CP 22 Lifter house EE Lifter house Slider design functions icons 150 Icon for parts Slider body type I Method select two planes click the icon the first plane determines the orientation of slider body the second one is the face that the slider body will attach to As shown below Selections as follows in order Click the icon the slider body will be created as the following picture shows wl Slider body type 2 Method same as type 1 151 A different slider body will be created Bl Create a hole on slider body for angular pin Method select a face and an edge in sequence as follows click the icon 152 B Create two holes on slider body for angular pins Method select a face and an edge in sequence as follows click the icon 153 The following icons are used on assembly file Add angular pin for slider Method select the cylindrical face and a reference p
55. long Z Click Apply the cavity position will update 47 Edit Pattern IK Y 7 translate Radial translate Rotate Align centralise amp Duplicate Selection Vertex lt 5 gt Connector ref Align along x ar Align along Align along Z Centralize Adjust the centre of the layout The center point of the polygon formed by the selected points is alighted to the Origin This is an important step as the center point has to be adjusted after the cavity is being edited Select cavity and reference point as follows 48 Edit Pattern GEA ARE RRA AR A A AR A A ERARA AUR REO IK Y 7 translate Radial translate Rotate amp align centralise Duplicate Selection ee AR ARRA AAA AA E EA AR ERG EE Connector ref eggrrtki ZEI Connector ref Assembly 1 C vertex lt 5 gt Connector ref 49 Click Apply Edit Pattern eC ee ee ee a Ws Y Z translate Radial translate W Rotate align centralise Duplicate Selection EE Connector ref A4ssembly 2 C Connector ref 4ssembly AC vertex lt 5 gt Connector ref Duplicate Duplicate the selected cavity Different situations will appear if Mirror copy is checked or unchecked amp Mirror copy is unchecked Select the assembly to be duplicated click Apply to proceed The duplicate is overlapped with the original assembly amp Mirror Copy
56. ly file it is recommended to apply this method on the mold plate Fast pattern on part Apply on part file it is recommended to use this method on the mold core and cavity Click Apply the box below pop outs Different boxes appear for part file and assembly file 96 Define path O i EA A A Methods Define path EE Simple drill Connect drill Continuous Selectians Connect drill Arbitary drill E Up to selection 10 00rnrn Up to selection a ee ide Show bodies i Cnblank User defined sketch can be used to create cooling channel the tools provided are just for convinence The icons on Fast pattern The icons are applied on part file the following demonstrates the function of each icon b AS shown below select 3 points in sequence on part it could be cavity core or side core Click this icon 97 User will get the following result which consists of 5 sketch lines 98 La As shown below select two points and click this icon Three sketch lines will be created as below 99 ea Below provides two methods of combination Method 1 Select two points in sequence A sketch with two lines 100 Method 2 Select two points in sequence and select one more sketch line 3 as reference The selected line 3 indicate that the cooling channel passes through the selected reference sketch line 101 ees Pick up one point and one sketch line
57. me Input the name of the core Re generate if the property of the finished core is changed rebuild to replace the original core Tips After Re generate the newly generated part will replace the previous core cavity any special feature on the previous core cavity will not pass to the new one After the setting is completed click OK 3DQuickMold will generate core sldprt cavity sldprt and re build assembly sldasm side corel sldprt side core2 sldprt 26 5 Layout Manager The functions of Layout Manager 1 It can arrange the position of cavities of a muti cavity mold a Project sldasm top assembly file is built This function can be used after the Assembly sldasm product assembly is built To enable this function the plastic part must be activated 2 Edit the number and position of cavities of a Project sldasm top assembly file with finished layout Note for single cavity mold it also requires Layout otherwise the Project sldasm cannot be generated If there is not any Assembly sldasm file a warning message will pop out SolidWorks AN Please complete the part assembly First Click on the 3DQuickMold Toolbar the Layout Manager pops out Several patterns are available for selection 27 Single Cavity 2 Cavities a ls Cavities soe DS Cavities EGG 16 Cavities mi Linear Seriali mer fb Linear Serial 2 Dar Circular Serial DO Edge 6 gt Block size
58. n for the vertical runner 7 Tf the direction is not correct click this function to flip the direction lL Pick up a point to be the centre of the vertical runner sketch sketch point or sketch segment can be selected if an segment is selected will be highlighted Adjust the the position ratio of a point on the selected segment End Reference The ending surface of the runner Runner naming prefix Name the runner W define the diameter of the vertical runner H define the height of the vertical runner 186 V define the taper angle of the vertical runner a define the diameter of the other side of the runner For the latter four setting complete any 3 the remaining one will be computed automatically After setting up the preview is shown Click Create and the property tree will appear a extrude feature 4 Runner Pattern 5 Gate design Four types of gate are availiavle here Pinpoint gate Side gate Submarine gate and Tunnel gate 187 Gate design An Pinpoint gate n Side gate H Submarine gate OS Tunnel gate 1 Pinpoint gate E Select line or face to define the position of the gate Gate design I Pinpoint gate Ta I Side gate H Submarine gate fb Tunnel gate Gate definition d T I Edge lt 1 gt he A Reverse gm E be B d Hg E 188 uge a LEen EZ LD ZE Ede RU JOL LC ARGIRA i I oO Pinpoint gate Le
59. n type the newly added resin can be found 15 SEE Scale about centroid b settings E Resin type Solid Body lt 1 gt Scale about cet E Resin type SEA v 11 005 Z Y 11 003 5 1 003 Z Tips For convenience the name of resin can be changed to the format resin factor like BO AES 1 005 SA Edit shrinkage If the shrinkage is already defined mode 2 of Product Shrinkage pops out 16 Scale about Centroid Resin type 2 Start Project Initiallly many icons on the 3DQuickMold toolbar appear to be grey which are disabled Click Start Project to activate the icons and the 3DQuickMold Manager will be appeared as consequence Start Project is used for the following purposes amp If the plastic part is not set before this function will set the current part as plastic part If plastic part is set already the plastic part will be activated 3DQuickMold manager will appear most icons on the toolbar will be activated as well Click Start Project F if the part is not saved the following dialog will appear Just save the current part SolidWorks A Please sawe the document First If the current model is a part file and saved 3DQuickMold will remind you that the existing part will be considered to be the plastic part 17 The active part will set as plastic part Click Yes bo continue Mo ko quit TTU Entity Grouping Cavity Faces
60. nd Core is displayed below Clearance height After selection the Clearance height of the ejector and Core is displayed below Clearance height af i vertex lt 1 gt holder in 1 ref2 Core 1 I 36 0000mm a Original length total length of the ejector It is for reference only it cannot be edited 93 Ejectors type Ejector type It is for reference only it cannot be edited More parameters After selection the following dialogue box appears it displays all the details of the selected ejectors 8 Cooling Manager The uses of Cooling Manager are to build edit water channel and add common standard parts of cooling to the mold Normally the channels are built on the core plate cavity plate sidecore and larger insert The normal design procedure 1 Quickly define pattern and path of the cooling channel cooling channel is a 3D sketch 2 Define the accurate position of the sketch 3 Set the parameters of the cooling channels 4 Sdd standard cooling accessories Click E and the dialogue box pops out 94 3D QuickMold Cooling WS Parameters ZO Accessory d All the design process of cooling can be completed in this module Four options are provided which are path parameters edit and accessory 1 Path 95 3DQuickMold Cooling I Parameters SO Accessory d 3DQuickMold provides the following deign methods of the water channels l P Quick tools on assembly Apply on assemb
61. ns Chapter 1 Design Modules and Tools Product Shrinkage Every plastic material has a shrinkage factor assigned to it the part has to be enlarged proportionally to compensate the contraction After the above preparation set the skrinkage factor of the product 13 Select pi on the 3DQuickMold Toolbar for the skinkage factor is set or not yet set two different interfaces appear amp Add shrinkage mode I Edit shrinkage mode 2 1 Add shrinkage If the shrinkage factor is not defined mode I of Product Shrinkage pops out Solid Body lt i gt Scale about Centroid Resin type ABS 1 005 1 005 1 005 Different scale factor can be set to the product The product can be scaled in custom x y z direction The product can be scaled about the Centroid the Origin or a coordinate system for shrinkage origion 14 Different plastic material is available under Resin type The material database is located at the installation folder res shrinkage factor xls and it can be edited Below shows the adding of a new material in the shrinkage factor xls which is highlighted in grey shrinkage Density ABS 1 005 1 05 CPT 1 006 1 4 PVC 1 003 1 36 PE 1 016 0 95 FP 1 016 0 91 Ps 1 005 1 05 PG 1 006 ee PMMA 1 005 1 16 POM 1 02 1 42 MYLON ETU 1 016 1 1 MYLORN GE 1 016 1 15 PPO 1 006 1 07 PSF 1 006 1 24 PAS 1 008 1 36 P 1 006 1 36 SEA 1 003 1 On the Product Shrinkage dialog under resi
62. oss section of the runner KO In Parameters define the diameter for the runner t 2 select semi circle as the cross section of the runner In the Parameters define the radius for the runner t 3 8 select trapezium as the cross section of the runner In Parameters 184 T define the width of the top face of the trapezium TIE define the depth of the trapezium define the taper angle of the trapezoid MW define the corner radius for the bottom of the trapezium 4 8 select U shaped as the cross section of the runner In Parameters E define the radius for the U shape runner v define the taper angle of the U shape Create section After selecting the runner path and the cross section of the horizontal runner click this button a sketch will be created The L selection will be hidden Flip section button will be activated Horizontal runner O circle Semi circle F Trapezoid Oo U Shape Create section p Flip section o pom E Flip section Adjust the direction of the cross section of runner Click the function and the sketch will rotate by 180 Runner naming prefix Name the runner 3 Vertical runner 185 Used to design the runner that 1s perpendicular to the PL surface for example main runner Ee i Plane19 F Reverse direction t select a reference plane to be the sketch plane of the vertical runner an arrow will appear and indicate the directio
63. rea DE Offset distance dd D E A Reverse direction Rectangle OG cylinder Electrode Label Electrode E 7 Coordinate Systemi Ps E z Click OK an electrode holder is created There is an annotation attached to the holder major electrode s information is displayed on the screen such as its name coordinate system and positions Z1 and Z2 are the electrode s lowest and highest position value in the selected coordinate system 218 4 Create Assembly Create Assembly OMlL ref Core Assembly Solid Body lt 1 gt Solid Body lt 2 gt Combine1 Electrode 1 Electrode 1 Change name Associated 219 Save the electrode part with multiple bodies into an assembly Assembly name Input the name of the assembly to be created Body list List out all shown solid bodies in the electrode part Select electrode Select a solid from the shown body list Part name Input the component name By default the component s name is the solid body s name in the electrode part Change name Change the selected body name to the input one below Associated If this option is unchecked the imported body will be created in the assembly component In a certain situation the imported bodies could achive a better performance 220 3D QuickTools Limited SE 5 i VE e i p amp b Q i KO t N gt b N A i E y d KS D b 3D QuickTools Limited All right rese
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65. s The first selected line is moved and the latter selected lines will not be moved Fil Connect drill Create a sketch line that is connected to another sketch line 113 Methods FA Simple drill Connect drill ZA Arbitary drill E Angular drill Cross sketch OG Up to sketch ee f Undo E Drill from Select a face as the starting face of a sketch line the preview is displayed Select sketch segment Select another sketch line as the connection Cross sketch the newly generated sketch line pass through the connection path but the length is defined by dimension Drill length Define the length of the sketch line cooling path 114 Selection Cross sketch up to sketch Cross sketch Up to sketch e 6 re Un da For a water channel with many layers Cross sketch is a useful tool For example construct the selected vertical path passing through the two layers of horizontal cooling path 115 Select Cross sketch then select the corresponding face and line segment Methods ae Simple drill I Connect drill i Arbitary drill i Angular drill el i Face lt 1 gt J Cross sketch i Up to sketch 1000mm Click Create the following line segment is obtained 116 ME Ta Ole FY Simple drill Connect drill Srbitary drill D Angular drill J Cross sketch Up to sketch xf 10 00mm DE
66. shape iS End shape z Ao E REF Core 1 REF Cavity 1 125 L Select the path on the screen one path can only be selected every time w Reverse the direction 4 define the Diameter of the water channel Type biymaps Display type of cooling channel in graphic area bo Select the configuration of the channel diameter Select a type other parameters will change corresponding to the type User can check the data of different type of cooling channel in the installation directory res Cooling Parameters xIs configuration can be added and changed also Diameter Start diameter Start depth End diameter End depth Extension Angle 2 Customer E 12 15 12 15 10 115 3 Ermm z 12 15 12 15 10 115 A 10mm 10 20 15 20 15 15 115 5 12mm 12 25 15 25 15 20 115 Strat shape type of starting shape of cooling channel which includes Simple E and Counterbore H Counterbore diameter Counterbore depth End shape type of ending shape of cooling channel which includes Tap Simple Counterbore When Tap is selected Over drill length Angle at bottom When Counterbore is selected Counterbore diameter I Counterbore depth After setting a segment click Next to proceed to set the other segment 3 Edit After setting the Parameter user can enter Edit to edit the Parameter The dimension of the cooling channel can be edited here The position and the relation can be edited using the sketch function of Solidworks
67. sure that the electrode s holder won t be interfer with the part surface 211 Selection Selection Select Faces Select edges WJ Select vertices UW Select sketch Select faces Select some faces on the part to be the reference to create electrode 212 Select edges Select some edges on the part to be the reference to define the EDM area Those edges should be formed a closed area Select vertices Select some vertices on the part to define the electrode s profile Select sketch Select sketch on the part to define electrode s profile directly 213 L Select the sketch segment they should be a closed loop D middle point Select vertex edge or face here to define the electrode body Example to explain the difference in selecting vertex edge or face A sketch used to define the electrode body Select a vertex on the part Extrude feature will extend from the sketch plane to the body where the vertex belongs to 214 Select edge Select face 3 Create holder 215 Create the holder of the electrode the holder could be circular or rectangular type D ree A Reverse direction Rectangle cylinder Customer L 10 00mm MM 10 00mm A H 10 00mm gt jas B FJ Electrode Label El ectrode 1 Center d Reference vertices EO O Px 67 42462695mm 2 Pe 47 60448717mm Rectangle Create a holder with rectanglar shape Selec
68. t base face Select the base face to be the reference plane to create the holder Its minimum size is detemined and displayed automatically Reverse direction Reverse the direction of the holder if necessary Favorite size Select the standard or customized holder size available in the system Block Electrode xls could be found under the installation folder this file could be customized 216 ME E H vi L 2 Customer 10 10 10 3 EHB 5 5 5 5 10 A EHB 5 10 10 5 10 5 EHB 5 15 15 5 10 E EHB 5 20 20 5 10 7 EHB 5 25 25 5 10 8 EHB 5 30 30 5 10 L Define the length of holder W Define the width of holder H Define the height of holder gt Define the angle of rotation of the holder Electrode Label Electrode label name Electrode Name 3DQuickMold will add default name to the electrode if it 1s not specified Reference vertices The default holder center is the center of the selected face However it can be defined by specifying a reference vertex and its relative position ek Select a coordinate system for the position of the electrode Px the X coordinate of the centre of the electrode holder relative to the above selected coordinate system Px the Y coordinate of the centre of the electrode holder relative to the above selected coordinate system Cylinder Create a cylindrical holder 217 Gp Define the diameter of the holder Hi Define the height of the holder Mark Side The orientation of the mark a
69. th DO Block size Parameters a Px Orientation Direction t lt tom B 33 i Single Cavity i 2 Cavities T d Cavities sen S Cavities TI 16 Cavities HH I Linear Seriali z d Circular Serial 34 Single Cavity s Cavities 4 Cavities 5 Cavities 16 Cavities Linear Serialf Circular Serial EE Pred GO mn Ti Linear Seriali1 RA H D Block size Farameters d KO Orientation t Direction AS 0 00mm B oom E 35 W Single Cavity 2 Cavities 4 Cavities 6 Cavities 16 Cavities I Linear Seriali1 I Linear Serializa Circular Serial ORE HEX Block size Parameters d KO Orientation d Direction d BO Note for the construction of 32 cavities 64 cavities 128 cavities mold etc first select 16 cavities to create the pattern Then in Edit pattern use Mirror Copy to finish Reference edges They are used for preview purpose only If outer edges are defined in the Entity Grouping Outer Edges 3DQuickMold will automatically select all Outer Edges If nothing is selected in the Entity Grouping Outer Edges 3DQuickMold will select the circular edges on the part as the reference edge Edge can be added or deleted manually The quantity of edge enhances the convinence of viewing the orientation of cavities inside the mold but it does not affect the cavity layout Block si
70. the ejector pins by the 2D sketch 78 p GO Fosition KA D Trim Pocket Edit Click Apply to set the position of the ejector pin Actually the sketch points for ejector s position could be created on the Core or Product Assembly file For example the ejector that is used to eject the runner and gate may not locate on the core or Product it is usually created on the Product Assembly The system advises the user to create the sketch on Product file 79 Screen point amp middle point Circle center E 23 90mm 5 Y 21 60mm Z Round up Select point edge or face to define the center of the ejector pin here The center can be defined by the 3 methods below Screen point select the point on the screen Middle point select the middle point of the edge or face Circle point Select the center of circle x y coordinate system can also be used to define the position origin as the default reference point Round up Check this option the system will round up the coordinate value to 2 decimal places 80 xI 46 72605543mm xI 46 70mm Wo 1 59913743mm NI 150mm E ru Round up FJ Round up The default reference point of the x y coordinate is the part origin The reference point can be defined in the Sketch reference point Sketch reference point d When the position of the point is defined Click Next to create a sketch point and clear the previous ejector location
71. tting tool surface use this surface to trim all the ejector end surface as default 3DQuickMold will select the CoreSheet in the core represent the file name of the plastic part part for the tool surface user can define their own tool surface to trim the ejectors All ejectors Select all ejectors Select ejector Select the ejector to trim Fit height the height the ejector fit with the core 88 Value of the fit height select the fit height of the ejector pocket on the core insert The value is measured down from Tool surface Clearance height select this will influence the pocketing behaviour of the core insert it is the height of the clearance pocket measured up from the bottom surface of the core plate or from a vertex selected Fit height Clearance height dk vertex lt 1 gt Gwallmaunt ref i FE 10 00mm Vertex select a vertex as the starting point to measure the clearance Clearance select the clearance height The value is measured from the vertex in downward direction 89 After the setting 1s completed click OK 3DQuickMold will trim the ejector automatically the trimmed ejectors will then be rebuilt If there are many selected ejectors it may take a longer time to trim 90 Pocket ejector Pocket the mold core and mold plate which the ejector passing through Tool component Here are the ejectors to create the pockets All ejectors select the ejectors under the current
72. un this function you need to select a face on the sub insert mess a tend Extend the bottom face on the sub insert to a particular plane user needs to select one reference plane and one bottom face of the sub insert in sequence and click the icon It is normall used to extend the sub insert to the bottom plane of cavity plate or core plate As shown belows select a plane and a buttom face of the sub insert 178 Click Extend 12 Feed Manager Feed Manager is for runner gate design usually it is used after Layout In the option of Layout creation of a Runner sldprt file in Project sldasm is set as default and this file is used for runner design Click EE on the main toolbar to start feed manager 179 3DQuickMold Feeding I Horiz YI Overt FUNNE Runner patter Gate desi gn Ti Tools W References Note there are 6 options in Option group References can only be used on assembly file and the other 5 options can only be used on part file 1 References 3DQuickMold doesn t create feed system at the assembly envioroment directly instead it designs the runner and gate on part file which is prepared when the layout was created Reference helps to add the faces from the assembly file that is related to define the position of the runner to the runner file The runner is designed then This method helps to convert the work done from assembly to part it can improve the design performance greatly 1
73. vity click this button the face on the electrode is replaced by the selected face on the core or cavity gt Copy body Select a face on the existing electrode body and two vertices on the electrode part in order click this button electrode body will be copied from the first vertex to the second one 208 A similar function like the Solidworks one It is put here as this function is offen used in electrode design Select the face click Delete face the result as shown below Select N result R 209 select result Extend the selected face Offset value could be set 2 Define body 210 pes A Reverse direction E Yiee dim B Selection Select faces OW Select edges I Select vertices WJ Select sketch Holder plane Create sketch plane to define the electrode body There are two methods to obtain the sketch plane 1 Pass through a vertex and parallel to a reference plane or planar face 2 Parallel to a face or reference plane at a defined distance t Direction Select a planar face or reference plane to define the EDM direction Reverse direction Reverse the direction 1f the EDM direction is not the default one Select reference vertex Select reference vertex to define the offset value of the holder plane Ga Distance Input a distance to define the sketch plane there is a red dot on the screen to represent the holder position this position must en
74. x Tz Suffix Save as spring name First mate Reference plane Planar face spring mate reference mate target Second mate Spring origin Cylindrical face 134 Define the dimension and click OK After the spring is added pocket for spring can be done by using Pocketing in Mold tools 3 Adding Locating ring 135 3D QuickMold Library ER Locating King SL Dai do A Favorites a D Moldbase GE S D OGE ew e G5 Spring SE Sprue Bushing g DO Undercut Accessory Locating Ring a ZERE a GO ZZ MIRAZ SA Selection Configuratio GE ge Face lt 1 gt lkm ci 1 Cordless Drill r z NT Locating Ring 4 etena Face lt 3 gt MmLocating Ring 4 F EE b E LR100 NA eit Save 35 SRI Locating Ring LR 100 EE the face on top plate that mate with the locating ring HE the face on the locating ring that mate with the top plate 136 SE A cylindrical face of the locating ring Se the depth that the part of locating ring offset from the top plate bo Configuration of locating ring 10 Undercut Manager To design the side core mechanism including the slide and lifter design customer can chose the 3DQuickMold build in slide and lifter design user can also have their own design and build up their own standard for the undercut mold release mechanism Ti Standard lif I Standard slic P Librarie Relevant documents Part2 ref Assembly SLDASM f Core Insertl SLUPRI ZEI He Neo d
75. ype General dimension L amp W H1 H2 and H3 Gaps between fixed and movable half In 3DQuickMold standard Moldbase from FUTABA and LKM is available for selection more standards will be provided in future Customized moldbase could be added To construct the moldbase first select a standard moldbase then edit the parameter of the moldbase Select a type of moldbase the preview of the selected moldbase appears at the top left corner of the graphic area check Show bitmap at the bottom right corner of the dialogue box to preview As shown below IPQuickMold Moldbase D E Series E futaba da E futaba da 5 EO futaba da y E Futaba db futaba de 0 futaba dd E futaba ea Offset mm Offset3 mm dd Job name Farti Total Assembl zmis E Flip orientat il 53 Under Configurations different dimensions of the moldbase are shown Select one of them a 3D preview appears at the graphic area This can be view in different orientation Top view SUejiiele whole moldbk re B E _JD E Series Oo futaba_da E futaba da 5 pa futaba da y SDO 7 futaba db al futaba de OG futabs dd e DO futaba ea H1 cavity ba core BE Semb be H3 o ME Flip orientat FA Show bitmap gt Loa SS 7 Apply Tone 54 Use the Wireframe option to show a clearer view 3D QuickMold Moldbase a LI FUTABA e LU Sa Do Pinpoint Gate Syste a i
76. ze By default the Block size is checked maximum boundaries of core cavity block is used to calculate the distance between each cavity If Block size is unchecked maximum boundaries of the plastic part 1s used to calculate the distance between each cavity 36 If Block size is unchecked 0 dinstance between each core cavity is preview as following Ea JE 22 HOI III r l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l LE 37 While Block size is checked and 0 dinstance between each core cavity is set the layout preview is shown as following picture 38 Orientation Set the relative orientation of the other cavities to the original starting cavity The position of sidecore and the setting of runner should be taken into consideration when the oriention and direction are changed Parameters dd Px Fj Orientation t F Direction 39 Different sitution with Orientation unchecked and Direction checked Si 4 Cavities sexe MS Cavities T 16 Cavities fat Linear Seriali1 bed Linear Serialf Circular Serial ch D Block size Parameters Px Orientation t M Direction 40 Another situation with both Orientation and Direction checked Parameters d Px Fj Orientation t F Direction More sitution Parameters By check or uncheck Orientation and Direction the other cavities can be positioned on any of th

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