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Pocket Design 
Access: Open this function from the following location:
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Select Mold Design > Tools > Pocket Design from the menu bar.
Create a compatible hole for an insert. Use this function when a simple boolean cut operation does not meet your requirements.
MoldDesign creates a bounding body according to the shape of the insert and then automatically creates a Pocket Part which contains this bounding body. The assembly cut operation uses the Pocket Part as the cutting object. The analysis which objects are cut is also done automatically. The Pocket Part will be created in the active assembly and will cut only parts in its assembly scope.
Within every part that is cut by the Pocket Part, a standard Cut feature is created.
Note: The pocket is created only in components that are assigned to the active assembly.
General Interaction
The following is the Feature Guide for Pocket.
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Tip:Required Step 1 
: Pick the faces or objects that define the insert boundaries.
Note: Pick the bottom and upper faces of the insert. Do not pick vertical faces.
Required Step 2 
: Set the pocket parameters.
Detailed Interaction
See Options and Results.
Pocket Part
When executing the Pocket operation for the first time, per assembly, MoldDesign automatically creates a Pocket Part in the activated assembly. This Pocket part contains the pocket objects.
The Pocket part behaves as a standard Cimatron part that was created in the assembly environment. Note that MoldDesign creates only one Pocket part per assembly. The Pocket Part can contain many cooling objects.
Pocket Cut
To create the Pocket hole, MoldDesign automatically analyzes which components will be cut and uses the pocket part as the cutting object. Note that this cutting operation takes place in the assembly environment and is based on the Assembly Cut operation.
Within every part that is cut by the Pocket Part, a standard Cut feature is created.
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