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  1. Leeroy605

    Solidworks mold tool for a B pillar trim.

    I cannot as it doesn't give me a specific area, just that it cannot knit the sheets together however I don't quite fully understand what this means. I cannot insert the cavity in the way you can, when I go to insert/feature/cavity the option is greyed out, and I have no experience using the...
  2. Leeroy605

    Solidworks mold tool for a B pillar trim.

    Right ok the IGES file is attached below. After import diagnostics no faulty gaps or faces are detected, and the feature recognition comes up with an unrecognised body, holes 1 & 2 and four Varfillets. One of the varfillets comes up with an error once the feature recognition is completed but the...
  3. Leeroy605

    Solidworks mold tool for a B pillar trim.

    Thank you for the replies Interesting thoughts on the uploading debate, I would have thought the actual part would be much more useful as people can load it up and poke around to see what I'm doing wrong. I did not know some sldprt files were incompatible with other versions of solidworks...
  4. Leeroy605

    Solidworks mold tool for a B pillar trim.

    Hello I'm trying to created a mold tool for a B pillar trim. The part was made in Catia V5 and imported into solidworks using the IGLES file type then saved as a solidworks file. I've followed the tutorial in solidworks exactly but however when I go to create a tooling split I get the message...

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