Creo Parametric

You can produce mold components by filling the previously defined mold volumes with solid material. • Mold component features: – Contain an Extract feature. – Are fully-functional parts. – Maintain a parent/child relationship with their mold volumes. • Mold component color-coding: – Reference model color – Blue – Orange Figure 2 – Extracted …

The process of determining which individual closed islands of space should be included in the resultant mold volume is called classifying. • An island is a closed volume of space in the mold model. • Specify the islands to be included in the resultant volume. • Classifying islands enables you to create simpler manual …

The Blank and Unblank options enable you to add or remove mold items to the current mold model display. • Use these options at any time while in Mold mode. • You can blank and unblank the following: – Parting Surface – Volume – Component • Use the following methods: – Blank-Unblank Dialog Box – Right-click …

You can use multiple parting surfaces to split a workpiece or mold volume. • You can use multiple parting surfaces in a single split operation. • You can use multiple parting surfaces in multiple split operations. Figure 2 – Selecting Multiple  Parting Surfaces Figure 1 – Model Tree Containing Two Parting Surfaces Figure 3 – …

You can also split existing mold volumes to create volumes for sliders, lifters, inserts, and so on. • Split mold volumes using the Mold Volume split option. – Specify the volume to be split in the Search Tool. • The specified volume is split into one or two volumes. – Use a parting surface …

You can split the workpiece by using a parting surface or mold volume to create the core and cavity volumes of the mold model. • Split the workpiece using the All Wrkpcs split option. • A new mold volume is created equal to the workpiece volume. – Reference model geometry subtracted. • The volume …

You can create the parting surface manually in circumstances where the skirt surface does not provide the desired shape. • You can use a combination of manual parting surface and skirt surface techniques. • To manually create a parting surface: – Start the Parting Surface tool. – Create all surface features for a loop. – …

A saddle shutoff typically requires you to create multiple surfaces to achieve the desired shape. • Create the surfaces. • Perform surface manipulations. • Merge the surfaces to create the final shutoff. Figure 1 – Saddle Surface Created Figure 2 – Face Surfaces Created Figure 3 – Final Saddle Shutoff Creating Saddle …

Merging a quilt is required for operations such as creating solids from quilts. • Colors: – Orange = one-sided edges. – Purple = two-sided edges. • Merge makes one-sided edges two-sided. • Merge options: – Intersect – Join Figure 2 – Surfaces Edge Display of Separate Quilts Merging Surfaces Figure 1 – Surface Merge Keep Options …

When working with surfaces, it is often necessary to edit and manipulate quilts to achieve your desired design intent. • Tools include: – Extend – Trim – Copy and Paste – Offset – Mirror – Merge Figure 2 – Trimming a Quilt Figure 1 – Extending a Surface to Plane using Geometry …