Parting Analytic Tools : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Select Parting Analysis Tools > Parting Analytic Tools from the Parting Guide Toolbar.
Select Parting Analysis Tools > Parting Analytic Tools from the Mold Design Guide Toolbar.

Analyze the quality of the parting (QuickSplit) work and parting surfaces creation.

See Geometry Inspection Tools for additional information.

Once the analysis is completed, the operations to be performed to fix any problematic areas, depends on results of the analysis. See the example operation below.

Required Step 1

The operation to be performed in this step depends on the dropdown option selected. The following options are displayed:

The screen parameters that are displayed, depend on the option selected. To perform the open edge analysis, pick the required entities according to the option selected:

Analyze Free Edges: Pick faces.	Analyze by Split Direction & Parting Faces: Pick a face with a QuickSplit attribute.


Analyze Free Active Faces: Pick a split direction by indicating a face.	Analyze Partial Undercut: Pick a split direction by indicating a face.	Mark Unassigned Faces:

Analyze Free Edges

This analysis detects and marks edges (or segments of edges) that do not "touch" other edges. This is useful for detecting parting surfaces that do not match neighboring active faces.
The Max. Gap parameter is displayed for this option - see below.

Analyze by Split Direction & Parting Faces

This analysis checks the integrity of the "sheet" of faces created by the active and parting faces of the split direction, and makes sure it is ready to be used to cut the active part (core, cavity, slider, etc.).

The following toggle parameter is displayed Pick Faces by indicating Split Directions/Free Selection which gives you a choice of how to pick the faces.
The Max. Gap parameter is displayed for this option - see below.

Pick Faces by indicating Split Directions

Pick the parting faces by indicating split directions. In this case, the split directions must have attached parting faces.

This option can only be used if split faces exist in the assembly. If there are no split faces in the assembly, nothing can be picked (as there are no split directions); in this case, toggle to the Free Selection option.

Using this method from the Graphics Area:

Only single selection is available (selection By Box or Select All is not available).
Only faces with a split attribute are can be selected.
After picking a face with a split attribute, all the parting faces related to the picked split direction are added to the selection.

Using this method from the Parting Tree, the following popup menu options are available from the appropriate parting surface node:

Select Faces: the faces belonging to the appropriate parting surface node are selected.
Clear Selection: the faces belonging to the appropriate parting surface node are unselected (if they were previously selected).

The following dropdown list of options are displayed when Pick Faces by indicating Split Directions is chosen:

Parting Faces Only

After picking a face with a split attribute, only the parting faces related to the picked split direction are added to the selection.

All faces can be picked, except those attached to QuickSplit sets. The system ignores these assigned faces.

QuickSplit Faces Only

After picking a face with a split attribute, only the QuickSplit faces related to the picked split direction are added to the selection.

QuickSplit & Parting Faces

After picking a face with a split attribute, the QuickSplit and parting faces related to the picked split direction are added to the selection.

Free Selection

Pick the parting faces using the normal selection methods. The following toggle option is displayed when Free Selection is chosen:

Ignore Assigned Faces	All faces can be picked, except those attached to QuickSplit sets. The system ignores these assigned faces.
All Faces	All faces can be picked, including those attached to QuickSplit sets.

Analyze Free Active Faces

This analysis is useful for detecting missing internal parting surfaces by looking for active faces that do not have a neighboring parting surface.

Select an opening direction by picking a face. The result of this option is the same as the preview that is displayed when running the Draft Angle Analysis function on the parting surface part.
The Max. Gap parameter is displayed for this option - see below.

Analyze Partial Undercut

Display partial undercut problems. This analysis is the same as the QuickSplit analysis that shows faces that form a partial undercut.

Mark Unassigned Faces

This analysis marks unassigned faces in a model to ensure that the QuickSplit is correct. This option places a green dot on any face in the work part that has yet to be assigned a pull direction. This is especially useful for locating small faces in complex designs that may have been overlooked.

This same analysis can also be run from the Parting Tree. Right-click over the unassigned set in the tree and select Mark Faces.

Max. Gap

This parameter controls the tolerance of the stitch and is used by the Analyze Free Edges, Analyze by Split Direction & Parting Faces and Analyze Free Active Faces options. The Max. Gap value remains the same for all these toggle options.

The initial default tolerance value is as defined in the Preferences. See the same Preference also for the tolerance range.

Changes to the tolerance will not be reflected on the screen until the Preview button is pushed.

Once the analysis is completed, the operations to be performed to fix any problematic areas, depends on results of the analysis. See the example operation below.

In this example, the two areas marked in the blue circles were detected as problematic areas. The open edges are colored in yellow.

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

When exiting the function, the detected open edges are marked as follows (if required, you can Hide/Show Open Edge Analysis):

Fix the problematic areas (see the example operation below) and re-invokere-invoke (for more, click Access at the top of this Help topic) the Parting Analytic Tools function. If there are no open edges, an appropriate message is displayed.

Example Operation

Once the analysis is completed, the operations to be performed to fix any problematic areas, depends on results of the analysis.

In this example, the two areas marked in the blue circles were detected as problematic areas. The open edges are colored in yellow.

When exiting the function, the detected open edges are marked as follows (if required, you can Hide/Show Open Edge Analysis):

In this example, zooming into one of the problematic areas reveals the following:

In this example, the problem can be fixed by activating the work part, invoking the Close Open Gaps function and selecting the edge as indicated in the images below:

When you exit the Close Open Gaps function by pressing OK, the gap is closed; as shown below.

To verify this, re-invoke the Parting Analytic Tools function and analyze the relevant area.

The gap is closed. When all gaps have been closed the function displays an appropriate message.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.