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Don’t Sink the Boat
Sink marks are a common defect, in plastic injection molding, that are costly to fix, frustrating and not very pleasing! Reducing sink marks early in the design process using SOLIDWORKS Plastics achieves a better finished part.
... ContinuedGetting Started with SOLIDWORKS Plastics
Simulating the process of injection molding a plastic part is easy with SOLIDWORKS Plastics, crazy easy in fact. Here is a run-down of the simple steps you’ll follow to get started. Step 1: Create a 3D model, which you were
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Blow Molded Bottle Part 2 Tutorial
Blow Molded Bottle Part 2 – The Bottle: The preform from Part 1 is inserted into this part as the first feature, following the manufacturing process. The rest of the bottle is then modeled from the neck down. Suppressed features
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Blow Molded Bottle Part 1 – The Preform: This is a model of an injection molded preform which will be heated and blow molded into a bottle. Undercuts are removed from the threads so the part can be injection molded
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