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Application of NX Wave
Technology in Die Design
Process
Presenter: Misha Bosnjakovic
Company: CADmech Design Inc.

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Application of NX Wave
Technology in Die Design Process
Seamless integration of part design information into tooling
design process

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Presentation Layout
•Overview of wave
•Demonstration of using wave illustrated
through a case study, “COOL RIM”
•Best practices
•Questions & Answers

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We’ll talk about

Application of WAVE functionality:

create and control upstream flow of design
information

“do things right from the beginning”

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Our case study – ‘COOL RIM’

Techniques for die-cast tooling design process:
applied to any popular molding technology

Integrates cool rim part design into die components

Demonstrates propagation of part geometry changes to
die assembly

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‘COOL RIM’ – WAVE Facts

WAVE – UG/NX technology of
linking inter-part geometry
creation of inter-part dependencies
Works on part topology level
Wave Geometry Linker
Requires assembly environment
does not require WAVE control
license

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‘COOL RIM’ – Flow of Information

Vertical WAVE Linking (in series)

Machined Casting Cavity Trim

Part Part Part

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‘COOL RIM’ – Machined Part

Step 1: “as machined” model
Development of end product (as machined)
Integration of casting design intent
For effective design
‘clean geometry’ is essential
Proper file organization
Modeling discipline and diligence

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‘COOL RIM’ – Flow of Information

Vertical WAVE Linking (in series)

Machined Casting Cavity Trim

Part Part Part

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‘COOL RIM’ – Casting Part

Step 2: ”As cast” model

Vertical wave link in time stamp
Additional casting features:
shut-offs added to casting model

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‘COOL RIM’ – Flow of Information

Vertical WAVE Linking (in series)

Machined Casting Cavity Trim

Part Part Part

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‘COOL RIM’ – Cavity Trim Part

Step 3: Cavity Trim Part
Vertical wave link to casting model
Apply shrinkage factor for cast material
(scale feature)
Extracted cavity regions – along parting line
divisions
Tooling seal-off faces developed and
attached to appropriate cavity regions to
form unique cavity trimming tools

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Trim Sheets

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‘COOL RIM’ – Flow of Information

Horizontal WAVE Linking (in parallel)

Die Top Level Assembly

Die Component Cavity Trim Part

Cover Ejector Slide#1 Slide#2

Insert Insert

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‘COOL RIM’ – Die Component

Startup die component model:
extruded block controlled by sketch
Add to top level die assembly:
waved into each cavity component
horizontal wave link
Overall die dimensions:
controlled from single file
Envelope
die component
of die
components

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‘COOL RIM’ – Cover Insert

Step#1 WAVE linked bodies Step#2 Cavity trim operation Step#3 Final component

Use trim sheet to

create the ‘cover insert’
from the original block

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‘COOL RIM’ – Ejector Insert

Step#1 WAVE linked bodies Step#2 Cavity trim operation Step#3 Final component

Use trim sheet to create

the ‘ejector insert’ from
the original block

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‘COOL RIM’ – Slide#1

Step#1 WAVE linked bodies Step#2 Cavity trim operation Step#3 Final component

Use trim sheet to create

the ‘slide#1’ from the
original block

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‘COOL RIM’ – Slide#2

Step#1 WAVE linked bodies Step#2 Cavity trim operation Step#3 Final component

Use trim sheet to create

the ‘slide#2’ from the
original block

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‘COOL RIM’ – Die Top Level Assembly

Final step in design integration process
From part model level to tool assembly level
Part design changes will propagate to tooling
components through top level die assembly
model

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‘COOL RIM’ – How does it work? Change

Propagation

UPDATED ‘COVER
FROM TO
INSERT`

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‘COOL RIM’ – How does it work? Change

Propagation

UPDATED ‘COVER
FROM TO
INSERT`

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What is important for successful design?

File organization: keep it simple and
straightforward

Proper and efficient use of modeling

techniques

Efficient WAVE management

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GOOD Design Practices

File Organization:
Layer structure / category naming
Modeling tree structure –
feature sequence/grouping/naming
Expression/formula definition
Defined geometry reference sets

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GOOD Design Practices

Modeling Techniques:
Fixed datums and primitives: as startup features only

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GOOD Design Practices

Modeling Techniques:
Fixed datums and primitives: as startup features only
Don’t be afraid of using sketches: avoid using non-
parametric “flying” wireframe

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GOOD Design Practices

Modeling Techniques:
Fixed datums and primitives: as startup features only
Don’t be afraid of using sketches: avoid using non-
parametric “flying” wireframe
Don’t multiply features: especially datums
Don’t patch model by adding features over existing ones
Don’t build deep model dependencies
Always check validity of model geometry

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GOOD Design Practices

Upfront planning investment into model and file organization

and diligence in keeping model files “clean & lean” will bring
multiple benefits to seamless flow of design information

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WAVE Management

Efficient WAVE management without WAVE Control License

Vertical (serial) WAVE linking
Horizontal (parallel) WAVE linking
Managing WAVE links - breaking, reattaching, up
dating links

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WAVE Geometry Linker – What are the benefits?

Full parametric integration of part design data into tooling

design process
Flexible management of linking process
“Geometry safe” method
Improved performance (smaller individual files)
No additional license required
Helps even with “challenging part geometry”

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Problem Geometry – How to deal with it?

Topology problems must be fixed – clean topology is a
MUST for math data integrity

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Problem Geometry – How to deal with it?

Topology problems must be fixed – clean topology is a
MUST for math data integrity
Well defined and simplified parting lines
With clean part geometry, even non-parametric data
integration can proceed
WAVE management is critical to preserve tooling data
integrity – breaking and re-establishing WAVE links, delayed
updates

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Contact us:
Presenter: Misha Bosnjakovic (misha@cadmech.com)
905.474.2577 x.224
General Inquiries: Jason MacFarlane (jason@cadmech.com)
905.474.2577 x.222

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