CATIA V5: Design for Injection Molding

Learn how to use CATIA V5 to design for injection molding—the manufacturing process used for large volume production of plastic parts.

Introduction

• Designing an injection-molded part in CATIA
• What you should know
• Part overview and terminology

1. Initial Inputs

• Styling data
• Tooling direction
• Parting surface
• Drivers and parameters

2. Desiging Your Part

• Creating the B side
• Part thickness: Shell method
• Part thickness: Core cavity design
• Interfaces
• Setup for bosses and ribs
• Creating the bosses
• Boss removal
• Creating the ribs
• A-side cleanup

3. Analysis

• Draft analysis
• Draft edit
• Wall thickness
• Thickness edit
• Final fillets

Conclusion

• Conclusion