Parting Lines
Parting lines lie along the edge of the molded part, between the core and the cavity surfaces. They are used to create the parting surfaces, and to separate the surfaces. You create the parting lines (external link to MySolidWorks.com) after the model is scaled and proper draft is applied.
You can create:
- Multiple parting line features in a single part.
- Partial parting line features.
You can also split a face by selecting a sketch segment, a pair of
vertices, or a spline on a surface. Before creating parting lines, you can use
Parting Line Analysis
to visualize and optimize possible
parting lines.
To make parting line features visible
even when they are not selected, click View Parting
Lines
(View toolbar) or .
When you create the first parting line in a part, the software
automatically creates the Cavity Surface Bodies
and Core
Surface Bodies folders
and populates them with the appropriate surfaces. See Mold
Folders.