Getting started (tutorial)

This tutorial will familiarize you with the user interface and teach you how to import a model.

Tutorial duration: Approximately 50 minutes

This product helps you determine the ideal combination of part geometry, material, mold design, and processing conditions that will produce quality finished parts.

The main tasks that you will perform are:

  1. Importing a model.
  2. Creating a mesh to represent the model geometry (also known as meshing the model).
  3. Repairing the mesh if it contains errors.
  4. Modeling the mold (cavity layout, feed system, and cooling).
  5. Analyzing the study.
  6. Viewing and interpreting the results of the analyses.
  7. Adjusting the molding parameters based on the analysis results.

Each of these tasks will be covered in the tutorials.

In the Getting Started tutorial, you will:

Tip: The list of tasks below can be displayed at any time in the Help search panel. If this panel is not visible, click the Show icon at the top of the help screen. Click the Contents tab, Tutorials > Getting Started, and the task required.

Tasks list