Importing Injection Molding Data

You create a nonlinear study and import the in-mold residual stresses and temperatures at the end of the packing phase from SolidWorks Plastics.

1. Create a nonlinear static study with a name In-mold stresses.
2. Right-click the new study folder and click Properties.
3. In the In-mold stresses tab:
   1. Select Import in-mold stresses from SolidWorks Plastics.
   2. For File name, browse to location install_dir\samples\whatsnew\plastics and select inmold_stresses.POE.

      The file *.POE contains stress and temperature nodal data calculated after the packing process in SolidWorks Plastics. The file is in binary format and you cannot edit it.

   The option Include material from SolidWorks Plastics is selected by default, because the material has been assigned for the part in SolidWorks Plastics. To apply different material properties, clear this option and apply a material from the SolidWorks Material database.

4. Click OK.

   A new icon In-mold stresses appears under External Loads .

   The nonlinear solver applies the imported in-mold stresses and nodal temperatures from the end of packing phase at time t = 0.

   To simulate the cooling process, it associates internally the in-mold temperature data with a time curve decreasing from the initial values at time t = 0 to a room temperature (298 Kelvin) at pseudo time t = 1.0.