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Add a lifter part from the catalog.

Cut a lifter by active and parting surfaces.

Create a new object that will be marked and used as a cutting object.

Insert a cavity in the relevant active part(s) to make room for a lifter.

Create the insert geometry and its cutting object including reliefs and cut the plate with it.

Add an insert part from the catalog.

Add a part/component to the assembly/sub-assembly.

Add a wedge to a solid object to lock it in position. A cutting object can also be selected.

Cut component(s) automatically by component(s) with Cutting Objects according to their cutting rules.

Cut an insert by active and parting surfaces.

Create a new object that will be marked and used as a cutting object.

Extrude a contour to add or remove material.

Insert a cavity in the relevant active part(s) to make room for an insert.

Add an assembly of mold plates and components.

Delete the mold configuration.

Edit the mold configuration.

Define the mold configuration. Create mold plates and components from a catalog configuration.

Add injection devices from your catalog to your mold.

Add mold parts from the catalog to your mold.

Add plates from the catalog to your mold.

Add screws and bolts from the catalog to your mold.

Add a slide unit (or a new slider mechanism) from the catalog to your mold.

Add cooling items (plugs, nipples, baffles, etc.) from the catalog.

Add cooling items (plugs, nipples, baffles, and so on) from the catalog and create cooling channels for them.

Analyze and mark faces belonging to conformal cooling circuitscooling circuits (A sequence of cooling channels that creates "one water body", including pockets of nipples, baffles bores, and O-ring grooves.) and cooling items. Conformal cooling circuits are those that are conformal to the shape of the product.

Analyze and mark faces belonging to cooling circuitscooling circuits (A sequence of cooling channels that creates "one water body", including pockets of nipples, baffles bores, and O-ring grooves.) and cooling items.

Cut the mold plates and inserts by cooling objects (cooling channels) and cooling items (nipples, plugs, etc.).

Create a line to be used as a cooling line in a cooling part. A cooling part will be created if it does not already exist.

Create an object that will define the holes that will be created around the cooling lines.

Create a sketch of cooling lines in a cooling part. A cooling part will be created if it does not already exist.

Create an inclined plane (in a cooling part) to have cooling lines created on it. A cooling part will be created if it does not already exist.

Create a parallel plane (in a cooling part) to have cooling lines created on it. A cooling part will be created if it does not already exist.

Remove the holes of connected cooling lines. This enables you to quickly edit cooling systems.

Create a Table of Baffles. The function automatically selects known baffles, numbers them, and creates corresponding numbers as engravable text on the baffles and their holes in the plate. Several options allow you to control the numbering scheme as well as the size and style of the text. In addition, the function also outputs a full table of the baffles to an Excel report, with information such as the baffle diameter, length, XY location, and BOM ID number.

Add an external runner to the assembly.

Cut plates and inserts by the runner body.

Design the melt entrance gate.

Create a line.

Merge objects together.

Create a parallel plane (in a runner part) to have a runner contour created on it. A runner part will be created if it does not already exist.

Create a sketch in a runner part. A runner part will be created if it does not already exist.

Create an object that defines the runner; this will be created around the runner contour.

Add ejection devices from the catalog to your mold.

Add ejectors from the catalog to your mold.

Create pockets (holes) for the ejectors in mold plates and inserts in a single step. This allows you to assign a variable clearance depth and a diameter to any number of ejector pins, then use these values to cut holes in the mold plates. The ejector pocket may either be created in Preview mode or in Cut mode.

Trim ejectors by active parts or faces.

Create a Table of Ejectors. The function automatically selects known ejection devices, numbers them, and creates corresponding numbers as engravable text on the pins and their holes in the ejector retainer plate. Several options allow you to control the numbering scheme as well as the size and style of the text. In addition, the function also outputs a full table of the ejectors to an Excel report, with information such as the ejector diameter, length, XY location, and BOM ID number.