The Moldex3D Shell Utility Menu consists buttons that provide shortcuts to functionalities in HyperMesh. The layout of the buttons mimic the process flow required to set up a model for Moldex3D Shell.
The main Utility Menu is shown below, along with descriptions of each macro button.
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 | Tools | |
| Midplane Wizard | Opens the Midplane Wizard tab, which contains a step-by-step procedure to set up a midplane injection molding input data. See the Midplane Wizard submenu. | |
| Surfaces | ||
| Cleanup | Shortcut to the Edge Edit panel. This shortcut provides quick access to the Edge Edit, Defeature, and Point Edit panels for geometry cleanup operations. | |
| Midsurface | Shortcut to the Midsurface panel, which provides tools to extract a midsurface from selected surfaces. | |
| Lines | ||
| Create | Shortcut to the Lines panel, which is used to create lines. | |
| Edit | Shortcut to the Line Edit panel, which is used to edit lines. | |
| Shell Mesh | Opens the panel to generate surface mesh (tria). | |
| Runner System Mesh | Opens the panel to generate 1D beam mesh for the runner | |
| Coolant System Mesh | Opens the panel to generate 1D beam mesh for the coolant channel. | |
| Model Setup | ||
| Create Property Cards | Opens a submenu for setting up the model. See Create Property Cards for details. | |
| Diagnostics | Computes the element quality of the displayed solid elements. | |
| Export | Opens the Moldex3D MSH Export dialog for exporting the model. See Export for details. | |