Hi,
I have a part I am trying to make a mold out of. There are sections of the parting surface that overlap or are missing. Can Solidworks 2014 still do manual mode to clean these surfaces up? I am new to this, so please elaborate in detail.
Thanks
Hi,
I have a part I am trying to make a mold out of. There are sections of the parting surface that overlap or are missing. Can Solidworks 2014 still do manual mode to clean these surfaces up? I am new to this, so please elaborate in detail.
Thanks
For example, if there is an overlap how would you delete this overlap? do you click the green checkmark and get out of the parting surface mode and manually edit it? I cannot seem to click on any of the node points. I have been watching videos and messing with it for hours. Did 2014 remove the manual mode feature?
Bob,
When you create the parting surface, you have the option to select manually from the parting line. If the parting line curves has complex shapes, there is a chance to have overlaps.
From my understanding, these overlaps are not ideal when making a mold. I am trying to figure out how to delete them so I can manually edit new ones to make a clean parting surface.
Ahh...I understand what you are talking about now. Yes, it looks like the "Manual" option in the Parting Surface tool no longer exists. (Personally I never did find it to be of any use, so I did not catch it's disappearance.) What I was refering to in my post above was deleting whatever undesirable surfaces were produced by the Parting Surface tool (using the Delete Face tool) and manually building a suitable surface using the other surface creation tools (Boundry Surface is a very powerful surface creation tool, and one I turn to often).
Doug,
The parting surface creation in 2014 is similar or even better than 2012.
If you delete the pre-selected parting line from the parting surface dialogue, it becomes manual (you can select individual lines/curves from the split line.) Hope this is what you are referring to..
Bob,
Instead of following the automatic surface creation, you can create the surface of your choice, sweep, boundary or ruled to create the proper parting surface.
I am still struggling with deleting overlaps. I can not seem to do this manually. Is there a video floating around that explains this?
John,
You do not seem to understand the "Manual Mode" of the Parting Surface tool.
Please watch this video so that you will understand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcicn7AyyUA
In SW2014, "Manual Mode" has been stripped out of the options when using the Parting Surface tool.
Doug,
Thanks for the video. It's a nice demo of mold split
Parting surface "manual mode" is still available in 2014.
That becomes active, only when the parting surface from the parting line becomes non-predictable in normal case or you can activate as shown below
John,
Take a look at the attached picture. A proper Parting Line feature is being used, yet Parting Surface does not have the Manual Mode option available.
If I delete and re-create the Parting Line feature, exactly the same as before, when I go into Parting Surface the Manual Mode is there.
It's a bug in the system.
Doug
I have a question about the manual parting line option. I used this optional only once worked fine. Moving the handles as I call them to adust the surfaces as needed. Close out and continue to build the rest of the parting..Again everything worked was able to do the split and continue. As I worked on my details and drawing I did a Ctrl Q for a regen and the parting line failed. All the handles have defaulted back to their original postion......What am I missing?....Do I need to toggle something on to keep my finish results (handles) in position? Thanks in advance.
Mel
Best option, avoid using "manual mode" altogether. Just make the parting surfaces manually by using the other surface creation tools.
Bob,
It appears that Manual Mode is very quirky in SW2014. I have been doing a little checking and on some models the Parting Surface tool has the Manual Mode option available while on other parts I do not get the option. You must first use the Parting Lines tool, and when using the Parting Surface tool you must use the parting line curve(s) created by the parting lines tool in order to have the Manual Mode option...and even then it is not alway an option.
Try deleting your Parting Line feature, create it again, and then click on the Parting Surfaces tool...do you have the Manual Mode option now?
I have still been trying to figure this out. Does anyone know how to either use manual mode in SW2014 or how to edit the parting surface? I can get 90% of the parting surface to look how I want. There are 2 problem corners. One corner doesnt show up and the other corner is all folded over and says "minimum radius of curvature". I have just signed up for a mold design class so I can figure this out, but thats in a few months...
I find it hard to believe that nobody has a tutorial or explanation on how to edit parting surfaces for mold design.
They exist, but to find them you need to look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzEDtLCFKMs
(There are more, that is just one example)
I do a lot of automotive tool design and TBH the parting line tools are a waste of time, yes I use split line but that is about it. I create the surfacing myself and then use them to split the tool.
Yes. Delete what you don't need/want, manually create what is needed to make it right (knit surface as/if needed), make sure all the parting line surfaces are in the "Parting Surface Bodies" folder, and the Tooling Split should still work.