Length: 2 days

Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials and a fundamental knowledge of plastic materials, plastic part design, and/or injection mold design.

Description: The goal of this course is to teach you how to use SolidWorks Plastics to optimize your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximize quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market.

The topics covered in this course are:

Introduction: About This Course; Use of Color

Lesson 1: Basic Flow Analysis

Lesson 2: Detecting Air Traps

Lesson 3: Detecting Short Shots

Lesson 4: The Model Manager

Lesson 5: Gate Locations and Sink Marks

Lesson 6: Multiple Cavity Molds

Lesson 7: Runner-Balancing

Lesson 8: Gate Freeze

Lesson 9: Optimizing Cooling Time

Lesson 10: Using Inserts

Lesson 11: Mesh Repairs

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