Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality
- Click the green check mark button to accept the Parting Line feature.
- To create Shut-off faces, click the Shut-off Surface tool on the toolbar. It should
automatically find the hole in the middle of the part and understand where the shut-off
needs to go. Click the All Contact icon at the bottom of the PropertyManager and then
click the green check mark button to accept the feature.
- In the FeatureManager, expand the Surface Bodies folder. Notice that it has subfold-
ers for Cavity and Core Surface Bodies.
- To create the Parting Surfaces, click the Parting Surface icon in the
CommandManager. Assign a distance of 2 inches, and make sure that it automatically
picked up the Parting Line feature. The Mold Parameters option should be set to
Perpendicular to Pull.
- Examine the preview of the Parting Surface. Notice that it looks good, but not perfect.
In this case, you will call it “good enough,” although the angled lines around the rectan-
gular cut out are not really “good enough.” Ideally, you might remodel that face later,
given it should all be theoretically planar anyway. Notice how the surface handles the
stepped parting line created by the split line feature and the Step draft.
- Click the green check mark button to accept the feature. The part at this point is
shown in Figure 32.36.
FIGURE 32.36
The model as of Step 25
- Click the Tooling Split icon in the CommandManager.
- Select the Top plane, and draw a centerpoint rectangle centered on the Origin so
that it is 6 inches by 8 inches, and the sketch fits within the bounds of the parting
surface. Make sure that you are looking at the part from the Top view.
