Making the inverse part (Part 1 - Part 2)

[ouijisan]

I have two parts: one is a wax block, and the other is the part I want to create in the wax block. The trick is that I want to create the inverse part in the wax block because I will be machining the mold in the wax. This means that instead of using the part, I want to remove the part from the wax block in pro/e. I know how to do this in solidworks (assemble ->remove material) and it is fairly simple but I am having some troubles in Pro/e WF4. I have seen to use the cavity mold program but that is much more complicated than it should be. All I am looking is to subtract one part from another. Thank you for your time.

 

[dgallup]

Create an assembly with the two parts then do a edit/component operations/cutout.

You will need some or all of these config.pro settings depending on what your default model reference scope settings are:

ALLOW_REF_SCOPE_CHANGE YES
DEFAULT_EXT_REF_SCOPE ALL
DEFAULT_OBJECT_SCOPE_SETTING ALL
DEFAULT_OBJECT_INVALID_REFS COPY
IGNORE_ALL_REF_SCOPE_SETTINGS YES
MODEL_ALLOW_REF_SCOPE_CHANGE YES
SCOPE_INVALID_REFS COPY

 

[JCReynolds79]

Or you could copygeom the whole Solid Surfaces set of the component into the model containing the wax block and either solidify (material removal option) if wax block is a solid or merge if both are quilts, then solidify if necessary.

Wax mould will update due to copygeom, if component is modified.