Mold Commands V4.2E

Mold Commands V4.2E

Win64, English

SpaceControl Inc.
Provide several modeling commands for manufacturing molds based on product solids.

General Usage Instructions

  1. Remove holes - If the product solid has holes, this command closes holes and creates a solid (hole's parts) that will become a hole.
  2. Parting surfaces generation command by parting lines extrusion - Generate parting surfaces by extruding edge lines (parting lines).
  3. Parting surfaces generation command by parting lines offset - Generate parting surfaces by offsetting the edge lines (parting lines).
  4. Connection surface generation (fill the gap between parting surfaces) command - Generate a parting surface in the gap between parting surfaces that are not connected.
  5. Parting surface stitch command - Created parting faces join into one surface body.
  6. Create a nested box - A die outline (cuboid) is generated by giving a margin distance or x-axis, y-axis, and Z-axis dimensions to the product solid.
  7. Create a nested cylinder - A die outline (cylindrical body) is generated by giving a cylindrical radius, height, and depth distance to the product solid.
  8. Split command by parting surface - The mold core is divided into the cores on the parting surface.
  9. Hole part join command - Joins the hole parts generated by the hole remove command to the cavity solid or core solid.
  10. Parting extraction command - Take out the surface of the solid and save it as a parting surface in the parting surface storage component.
  11. Parting combine command - If the two generated parting surfaces overlap, combine the two parting faces into one.

Click here for details on how to use mold commands

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

Install:
The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. Or, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin.

Uninstall:
You can unload the add-in without uninstalling it by clicking the "Stop" button when the add-in is selected in the list box on the "Add-Ins" tab of the "Scripts and Add-Ins" dialog.
Unchecking "Run on Startup" causes the add-in not to be loaded in future sessions of Autodesk® Fusion 360®.
To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button.
Or, you can uninstall it from 'Control Panel/Programs and Features' (Windows 10/11), just as you would uninstall any other application from your system.

Additional Information

Please let us know if there are any bugs, commands you want to fix, or commands you want to add.

Known Issues

Depending on the parting surfaces of the product solid, the cavity and core separate may fail. We are planning to upgrade the version to increase the success rate of cab core division.

Contact

Company Name: SpaceControl Inc.

Author/Company Information

SpaceControl Inc.

Support Information

Click here for trouble support, requests, etc.

If there is a solid that cannot be separate into cavity and cores on the created parting surface, please send the data to the support. We plan to support it in future version upgrades.

Version History

Version Number Version Description

V4.2E

It corresponds to when there is a hole in the product. Add commands such as hole remove, parting face join, and hole part join, and use the parting face store component and hole part store component. In V4.1, in order to increase the success rate of cavity and core separate, the parting surface extraction command and the parting surface combine command have been added. In V4.2, changed menus,fixed minor bugs and help, and changed the user interface of the stitch parting faces command and Stick holes command.

V4.1E

It corresponds to when there is a hole in the product. Add commands such as hole remove, parting face join, and hole part join, and use the parting face store component and hole part store component. In V4.1, in order to increase the success rate of cavity and core separate, the parting surface extraction command and the parting surface combine command have been added.

V4.0.0E

It corresponds to when there is a hole in the product. Add commands such as hole remove, parting face join, and hole part join, and use the parting face store component and hole part store component.
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