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This message – Parting line is OK, but you need to create shut off faces
Parting faces
If the system generated parting faces are not acceptable, create manual
faces
Parting surfaces must start from parting edges only
Make sure you move them to the ‘parting surface bodies’ folder
Shut off faces
All well
Problem!
Important note: If you wish to create shut off faces manually (due to the
complexity of the profile), you need to select that profile and mark it as ‘No fill’
in the shut off command
Conditions
All surface bodies should be in their respective folders. If you create parting or shut off faces manually,
make sure to move them to respective folders
The surface bodies setup should have a ‘watertight’ geometry
Surfaces should be knittable, without using ‘gap control’
Parting + Shut off + Core
Parting + Shut off + Cavity
If you cannot knit them without gap control – then you need to knit them manually. And finally there will
be these bodies
Single surface body, comprising of all parting surfaces
Single surface body, comprising of ‘Shut off + Core’ surfaces
Single surface body, comprising of ‘Shut off + Cavity’ surfaces
*Not necessarily ‘single’. There may be multiple bodies also – but they should be able to knit without gap control
In reality, there can be only two (or two sets of) surface bodies for a tooling split
Parting + Shut off + Core
Parting + Shut off + Cavity