Cimatron Parting Functions

The following functions appear under the Parting menu and/or the Parting Guide toolbar.

The table below can be sorted; it has clickable headers that sort the table by the clicked column. The table is initially sorted by Function name.

Menu Section	Function
Layout	Add Layout	Create a Layout Part as a skeleton for the multi cavity.
Layout	Add Parting Sub-Assembly	Add an existing parting sub-assembly.
Layout	Add Parting Surface Part	Create a new parting surface part.
Tools	Cut Active	Cut a part by active and parting surfaces of an opening direction.
Draft Angle	Delete Analysis Marks	Delete selected analysis marks created by the last used analysis operation. The markings are areas indicated as problematic during the analysis.
Draft Angle	Direction Analysis	Analyze selected faces and visualize their draft angle with reference to a defined direction.
Draft Angle	Draft Angle Analysis	Analyze faces assigned to opening directions and display their drafting angles with reference to those directions.
QuickSplit	Edit Split Direction	Edit a previously defined split direction. When you edit a direction, the faces that belong to this direction are automatically selected.
Parting Surface	External Parting Surface	Create an external parting surface.
Draft Angle	Hide/Show Analysis Marks	Hide or show the analysis marks created by the last used analysis operation. The markings are areas indicated as problematic during the analysis.
QuickSplit	Highlight Split Direction	Highlight the split direction of a face.
Layout	Layout UCS	Create a UCS to be used as a layout UCS and have work parts placed on it.
Layout	Load Work Parts	Import or add a work part to the assembly and position the work part onto the UCSs in the Layout Part. With this function, you can create a new work part from a master part file or load an existing work part.
Layout	Mark as Work Part	Mark a part as a work part.
QuickSplit	New Direction	Invoke the QuickSplit function and create a new opening direction.
Draft Angle	Parting Analytic Tools	Analyze the quality of the parting (QuickSplit) work and parting surfaces creation.
QuickSplit	Parting Attributes	Assign parting attributes to parting surfaces (faces)parting surfaces (faces). This attaches the parting surfaces to opening directions. Parting surfaces separate the core and cavity mold halves; they are the contact surfaces of the two halves of the mold. Parting surfaces do not form the molded part.
QuickSplit	QuickSplit	Split faces into opening directions based on their ability to be extruded in those directions and existing parting surfaces.
Layout	Shrinkage Compensation	Apply Shrinkage Compensation to compensate for part shrinkage during the mold material cooling process, after removal from the mold and cooling to room temperature.
Layout	Update Setup Bounding Data	Update the size of the bounding box around the work part(s) that are shown in the Setup Mold Layout tab.
Layout	Work CS	Create the main reference UCS (Work CS) in the work part, defining the position of the work part in the assembly.

The following menu sections are available under the Parting menu.

Draft Angle Tools	This group of functions is used to perform graphical analyses of draft angles (undercuts) in the model and verify the spilt model definition.
Layout Tools	This group of functions is used to add and edit a Layout part. A Layout part is a pattern of coordinate systems used to place the work parts (the next step in the Mold Design Guide Toolbar and Parting Guide Toolbar) within the mold. A layout part can be selected to meet the requirements for either a single or multiple cavity design. Each work part will be placed using a single coordinate system. You can also add a Layout part from the Mold Project Setup Wizard.
Parting Surface Tools	This group of functions is used for Parting Surface operations.
QuickSplit Tools	This group is functions is used to split faces, define opening directions and attach parting surfaces to the opening directions.
Tools	This is a general group of tools used for parting operations.

Note: All operations are also accessible either through the menu bar and / or toolbar icons.