Edit Parting Shell

 

 

 

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This command allows you to modify an existing shell. It will be possible to modify the sewn surfaces list of the selected shell, and its opening direction.

 

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Select a shell shape and launch the Edit... command from the Parting Shell (Shape X) section in the contextual menu.

 

  1. Modify surfaces list of the shell and the sew options.

  2. Determine the opening direction.

  3. Validez

 

 

 

If you modify a shell, with adding a surface for example, this modification will be kept et re-calculated if you relaunch the Parting Shells command.

 

 

Available options:

 

 

 

  • Tool shapes: A shell is composed of the sew of a molding area of the part and the Parting surfaces connected thereto. It is possible to modify the list of the surfaces to be sewn.

  • Simplify geometry:

  • Tolerance: This option defines the sewing tolerance between the faces. For two surfaces to be able to be sewed together, the edges common to these two surfaces must not be farther apart than the sewing tolerance.

 

 

It is possible to set this tolerance by default in the document options: Options, Split Blocks, Parting Shell.

 

 

  • Number of iterations: Using this option, you can optimize the sewing of a set of faces.

    • If you validate the function, a first sewing is made as per the tolerance given. However, surfaces that are too far from each other will not be sewn.

    • The value of the tolerance is thus multiplied by 2 and new sewing of the remaining surfaces occurs with this new tolerance.

    • The value of the tolerance is then multiplied by 2 again and so on; as many times as the number of iterations.

For example, for a initial tolerance of 0.01mm and a number of iterations of 3, here is what will happen:

    • first sewing at the 0.01mm tolerance

    • second sewing has a tolerance of 0.02mm  (0.01mm x 2)

    • third sewing at a tolerance of 0.04mm (0.02mm x 2)

 

 

The maximum number of iterations is 10. And the minimum number is 1 (the first sewing).

 

 

  •  Merge: This option allows you to remove from the shell the smooth edges produced by the sewing.

    Creating the shell without the option.

    Creation of the shell with the Merge option.

 

  • Opening direction: This direction allows you to visualize the opening direction of the future block produced with the selected shell. It is important to check if this direction is the wanted one, because it will be used to create the Movement Prismatic Joint of the inserts, in the mold with the Mold joints command.

  • Opening distance: This distance makes it possible to limit the opening of the shell when one simulates its movement by the opening cursor.

 

 
  • Check: This option allows you to launch automatically the Check command to control the geometrical validity of the parting shell selected.