Parting Shapes

This command allows to generate the Parting Shapes (or Split Shape) according the Stock and Parting Shells you previously defined.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the Split > Parting Shapes... command from the drop-down menu.

Available options:

You can handle the animation cursor to globally "move" the Parting Shapes.
If you want to animate only one Parting Shape, select it before the cursor handling.
It is possible to "double-click" or use the F2 key to rename the selected Block in the list or from the graphics area.

The following areas on the separations can be identified by different colors. This coloring can be useful to identify surfaces, for example for machining:
Molding areas.
Parting surfaces.
Inserts.

Shape attributes are set by default in the document options:
Split Blocks > Attributes > Parting Shapes allows you to color the faces of parting shapes from molded parts, parting surfaces or inserts.
Split Blocks > Attributes > Sets allows you to pre-define the different colors and transparencies of the parting shapes produced.
Selecting a shape in the parting shape dialog allows you to change locally the colors of the colorings on this shape.

Reverse trimminng : In some cases, the software trims the Stock shape with the Parting Shells, but does not keep the correct side of the shape. In this case, select the shape in the block list, then Reverse the trimming.
Check: This option allows you to launch automatically the Check command to control the geometrical validity of the parting shapes produced.
This option is not activated by default, because the calculation can be quite long. However, it is necessary to Check the shapes geometry before launch the Core cavity blocks command. Indeed invalid shapes will produce invalid blocks.

Modifications / Additional information:

The various shapes produced are automatically added to the Core Cavity Blocks, Inserts and Action Inserts set.
Shapes can be assigned a layer. These layers will be retained when creating Core Cavity blocks, and when including the assembly in the mold. It's a good idea to create a document template with the layers you've created, as well as a mold document template with the same set of layers.