Split Direction

New Direction

We'll now set the opening directions of the mold and attach the relevant faces to each split direction.

1. Hide the layout part in the assembly tree for clarity.

2. Before you define the split direction, stitch the part in order to enable working with the advanced tools of the split direction analysis.
   

3. Click Parting > New DirectionParting > New Direction.

   

4. Select one of the faces in the Z open direction as indicated by the arrow in the following image.
   Accept the default arrow in the Z direction.
   Click Start Analysis to detect all relevant faces that are suitable for the Z open direction:
   

5. All the relevant faces are selected.  Click Apply in the Feature Guide.