How do I core a part in Solidworks?

How do I create a core in Solidworks?

To create a core:

1. Open a sketch on the inside face of the Cavity Body, as shown.
2. Sketch the outline of the core you want to create. Front view. …
3. Close the sketch.
4. With the sketch selected, click Core. …
5. In the PropertyManager, set the options as described below, then click .

How do you make a cavity part in Solidworks?

Click Cavity on the Mold Tools toolbar, or click Insert > Mold > Cavity. In the PropertyManager, under Design Components, select the design parts from the FeatureManager design tree.

How do you offset a body in SolidWorks?

Offset Surface

1. Click Offset Surface (Surfaces toolbar) or Insert > Surface > Offset.
2. In the PropertyManager: Select surfaces or faces in the graphics area for Surface or Faces to Offset . Set a value for Offset Distance. You can create an offset surface with a distance of zero. …
3. Click OK .

How do you split a core and cavity in Solidworks?

Open a part containing a core surface body, a cavity surface body, and a parting surface body. Select a face or plane that is perpendicular to the direction of pull. The selected face or plane is used to define a sketch outline that splits the core and cavity segments. Click Tooling Split (Mold Tools toolbar).

How do I open mold tool in Solidworks?

Open up SolidWorks. To turn on the tool bar with the mold tools we will be using in this tutorial, right click in blank portion of the tool bar and this will open the “CommandManagers” – about half way down you find an icon labeled “MoldTools”.

How do you cut out in Solidworks?

Click Cut With Surface on the Features toolbar, or click Insert > Cut > With Surface. In the PropertyManager, under Surface Cut Parameters, select the surface or plane to use to cut the solid bodies. Examine the preview. If necessary, click Flip cut to reverse the direction of the cut.

How do I fill a hole in Solidworks?

To create a filled surface, click Filled Surface on the Surfaces toolbar, or click Insert > Surface > Fill, set the PropertyManager options, and click OK . Set the PropertyManager options based on the type of filled surface you want to create. This example of an imported surface has a gap along the front face.

How do you cut intersecting parts in Solidworks?

Intersecting Bodies to Modify Part Geometry

1. With the part open, click Insert > Features > Intersect .
2. For Solids, Surfaces, or Planes, select the bodies to intersect or merge.
3. Select Cap planar openings on surfaces to cap flat openings in surfaces.
4. Click Intersect. …
5. Select regions to exclude. …
6. Select options as required: