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Does anybody have a cookbook or something else to use the
Molded Part Validation Analysis? Parting Manager - Design Regions -
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RE: Molding

What are you trying to do?  Design a mold?  Check mold feasability?

If you want to know _everything_, you probably want to start with the 5-day moldwizard class, or at least the online help/cast.  

There were some reasonably significant changes in nx6 too, and you didn't mention what version your on.  

 

NX 6.0.2.8 MoldWizard

RE: Molding

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The focus is on creating a parting line using the NX6 analysis tool. Is it ok or do you create the parting line with other tools , what about compley parts?
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RE: Molding

I never use moldwizard to make a parting line, that whole concept is waaaaaay optimistic.  

If your part is simple enough for it to work without hassle, then its certainly simple enough to model manually.  

If its complex, I find the wizard useless.  Typically a part needs some modification or slight tweaking to accomodate a good parting surface, and its a real chicken-egg catch 22.   

NX 6.0.2.8 MoldWizard

RE: Molding

Once I have a 3d parting surface and have made all the needed changes to the part model, THEN I begin a moldwizard session and start specifying design regions and so on.  The part surfaces must be split where there are slides or parting lines, all edges must line up exactly with the split surfaces, draft needs to be addressed.  

Until thats all sorted out I do ALL my work in a single component, the customer supplied model.   

NX 6.0.2.8 MoldWizard

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