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Check out this video on Tool Design & Mold Analysis from PTC Application Engineers
Presenters: Lee Goodwin (Technical Specialist), Lino Tozzi (Technical Specialist, Fellow) and Tom Quaglia (Creo Segment Sales )
Original Date Presented: September 16th 2021.
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Question from Al: How do you model/work with a mold that has a multiple core pins that creates cavities in the part?
Answer: You would create multiple volumes and extract them from the overall volume.
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Question from Anonymous: When are the menus going to be updated?
Answer: Good question! We left a few old school menus for nostalgic purposes 😉
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Question from Chris: There are complex parts that need 3 mold parts. Can you show us an example?
Answer: There can be hundreds of parts to the mold if desired. You do this by creating multiple mold volumes/parting surfaces.
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Question from Claudiu: Is Creo able to have analyze feature find a minimum distance between a Runner Mold Feature and a Cut or Hole? I've seen that there is an analyze feature (close proximity) between a Water Line and a hole, but I would like to be sure the hole is not closed to a runner.
Answer: You could do a minimum 3D thickness check. Aside from that, you have full measurement/clearance checking.
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Question from Kunal: How can we create undercuts?
Answer: Same as any other parting surface but the undercut will show up as a potential issue. You can leave it as is if you wish.
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Question from Michael: Is Creo able to determine the flow of your water lines and advise what your Reynolds number would be?
Answer: Yes, with Creo Flow Analysis.
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Question from Paul: With glass polyester, there is part shrinkage. How do you accommodate that?
Answer: Shrinkage can be added isotropic or anisotropic.
Being new(ish) to Creo we struggle with this as its so out dated compared to the rest of the software