The Injection Location Advisor
assesses a part's geometry to identify up to ten suitable injection locations by considering
the specified material, process conditions, and mold opening direction.
To open the Injection
Location Advisor PropertyManager:
- In the PlasticsManager tree, right-click Boundary Conditions
and click Injection Location Advisor
.
The Injection Location Advisor
PropertyManager is available only for a Single
Material injection process. If a model has runner domains, you
cannot use the Injection Location Advisor
PropertyManager because the injection locations are already defined.
If a model already has injection locations specified, a warning message prompts
you to delete them before the Injection Location Advisor can assess the model
for potential gate locations.
The injection location advisor does not support studies with thermoset
materials.
Specify
| Number
of locations
|
Select
one of the following:
|
Automatic
|
SOLIDWORKS Plastics activates an
iterative approach to determine an optimal number of
injection locations (maximum 10) to fill a cavity.
|
|
User defined
|
Specifies a custom number of injection
locations to fill a cavity (maximum 10).
|
|
| Mold
open direction
|
Select one of the following:
|
Automatic
|
SOLIDWORKS Plastics scans the model's
geometry to determine the mold open direction along one
of the three default planes.
|
|
User defined
|
Specifies the plane for the mold open
direction. You can select an existing plane or pick a
planar surface or face to determine the mold open
direction.
|
|
| Excluded regions
|
Defines regions of the model that the Injection Location Advisor excludes
from consideration. |
| Result
Review
|
Shows the recommended injection
locations and a preview of the fill plot. Predicts how the plastic material fills the mold based on the
recommended injection locations.
|
 |
| A red glyph points to a potential
gate location selected by the Injection
Location Advisor. |