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Generating a mould from stl file of the 3D drawing

garvind25

Generating a mould from stl file of the 3D drawing
May 07, 2018 03:01PM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 1

Hi,

I am new to the forum and wanted to know how to make a mould from a 3D drawing Hope someone could suggest.

Suppose I have a 3D drawing in .stl format (for eg. a cylinder) and I wanted to make the generate the design of its mould (ie the outer structure through which I could manufacture the cylinder). Is there any way to do so. Are there any tools to do so pls.

Thanks,

Arvind Gupta.

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Srek

Re: Generating a mould from stl file of the 3D drawing
May 08, 2018 02:41AM

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Posts: 2,470

A boolean operation can do the trick, but the main difficulty in creating molds is how you have to structure it to make it work. Simple convex shapes often don't require more than two parts, but more complex shapes can become very difficult quickly.

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cozmicray

Re: Generating a mould from stl file of the 3D drawing
May 09, 2018 11:01PM

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A web search for "mold design software" may be helpful

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cherryfan

Re: Generating a mould from stl file of the 3D drawing
July 27, 2018 03:37AM

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Whether or not to provide 3D is based on the complexity of the shape and structure of the product, if the product structure is complicated and the 2D engineering drawing cannot be clearly expressed, the customer is required to provide 3D, so that the quotation of injection mould can more accurately settle the processing cost and give a more reasonable quotation.