Is displaing undercuts possible ?

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 From:  tanguy (TANGUYBOD)
10896.1 
Hello, brand new here !
I was trying to find out if MOI has a way to show / display undercuts ?

Thank you !

Tanguy
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 From:  Michael Gibson
10896.2 In reply to 10896.1 
Hi Tanguy, there is not a display mode in MoI for showing undercuts but there is a Silhouette command that can generate curves at places where there are undercuts.

So for example with an object that has undercuts like this:



You can select it and run Construct > Curve > Silhou :



Set the option for View : Top and it will generate silhouette curves in the z axis direction which will be parting lines and also be present at undercut areas:



- Michael

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 From:  bemfarmer
10896.3 In reply to 10896.1 
Google of "cad undercuts display"

An undercut is a design feature that interferes with the ejection of a molded part from the mold. An undercut can include features such as holes or boses that are not aligned with the direction of ejection, threaded sections, and snap fingers.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/DFM/files/GUID-CCAB8DFA-9719-44C3-9C88-0C5A3185C148-htm.html#:~:text=An%20undercut%20is%20a%20design,threaded%20sections%2C%20and%20snap%20fingers.&text=The%20snap%20finger%20shown%20above%20has%20an%20undercut%20surface%20highlighted%20in%20red.

For a rotary shaft with an "undercut", a keyway,
this link has 3 good points:
1. Illustrate as a cross-section...
2. Never dimension to hidden lines.
3. The axis should be drawn so everyone can tell at a first glance. (Whatever that means?)
4. Dimension key cuts as a diameter of the shaft, from the bottom of the cut to the "other side" of the shaft, not as a depth of the cut.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/fore6a/in_cad_drawings_is_it_common_practice_to_omit_the/

https://imgur.com/1UWrBiQ

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/DFM/files/GUID-CCAB8DFA-9719-44C3-9C88-0C5A3185C148-htm.html

https://www.aegisdentalnetwork.com/idt/2011/10/the-cad-in-cad-cam
"Just about all CAD programs today automatically block out undercuts with a click of a button or check of a checkbox."
(Expensive dental CAD)

https://www.protolabs.com/resources/blog/design-validation-with-solidworks-injection-molding/

- Brian (I have no personal knowledge on this subject. But learned a little bit...)
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 From:  tanguy (TANGUYBOD)
10896.4 In reply to 10896.2 
Thank you so much for such a detail answer ! You won a customer for sure :)
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 From:  bemfarmer
10896.5 In reply to 10896.2 
So to clarify my understanding, the Sillouette result depends on the View, or cplane view "direction". And this direction corresponds to a "pull direction" that would be impeded, for a mold to form the object would use, to release the object? So a different pull direction would be needed, to release the object? Or the object might need to be cut into different sections?

- Brian

EDITED: 16 Nov 2022 by BEMFARMER

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 From:  Michael Gibson
10896.6 In reply to 10896.5 
Hi Brian,

re:
> So to clarify my understanding, the Sillouette result depends on the View, or cplane view "direction".

Yes it's the view direction. Except for if you use the 3D view and it's a perspective projection. In that situation it traces a silhouette based on the projection of a point in 3D space towards the camera/eye point.


> And this direction corresponds to a "pull direction" that would be impeded, for a mold to form the object would use, to release the object?

Correct.


> So a different pull direction would be needed, to release the object? Or the object might need to be cut into different sections?

I think usually it means the object needs to be modified so that it doesn't have an undercut like that.

- Michael
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 From:  bemfarmer
10896.7 In reply to 10896.6 
Michael, thank you for your clarification.

- Brian
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