topic Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving in 3D Part & Assembly Design

Mold cavity ID Engraving

SteveLucas — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 11:30:19 GMT

I was wondering what mold makers using Pro Manufacturing are doing to engrave cavity ID's. Right now we are labeling the ID using a sketchthen make an engraving program for each of the 64 cavities. So we have to edit the part file for each number as well as the engraving program

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

DogariuSebastia — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:01:19 GMT

I use a cosmetic in modeling. Then Engraving in manufacturing. All you have to do is to change the cosmetic and then Regenerate.

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

SteveLucas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:37:33 GMT

Yep that is what we do to but with a sketch. just wondering if anyone had any ideas for somehow automating it?

my only thought was doing a family table where the number would be the only change for each of the 64 parts. then just doing a replace of the model (replace works very well with family tables) in the manufacturing file .

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

SteveLucas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:11:46 GMT

I guess it's a datum curve not a sketch that we use instead of a cosmetic groove.

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

NickMihelich — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:18:21 GMT

I belive there is a way to include manufactuing information with features so that when the model is desinged all will be embedded. I will try to find more info about that.

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

SteveLucas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:31:23 GMT

Nick are you refering to annotation features? I haven't done much with them yet. Not sure of the capablilities of them.

The problem is right now some one (me Usually) has to take the 1 pin with the reversed engraving datum curve on it. Create a manufacturing program with my engraving sequence, cut the number 1 then go back to the model modify the datum curve from 1 to 2 then go back to the manufacturing file regenerate select the new datum curve for 2 then recode the file. Then do that 64 times. Very labor intensive... looking to automate it some how

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

NickMihelich — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:42:33 GMT

Yeah that is what i was refering to. Now I understand what you are doing... individual parts one at a time in a machine with a fixture. Is that correct?

Re: Mold cavity ID Engraving

NickMihelich — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:49:50 GMT

If that is the case then I dont have a good suggestion for automating this type of operation. unless you would build a fixture for all the pins to be machined togather as a assembly