Chocolate mold

[Anonymous]

Hello guys,
I am trying to make a mold with my logo to use with chocolate that will be carved in specific plastic.
I want to have a board with multiple cavities of same sizes and depth.
I was thinking to create a box and then find a tool to make many cavities with specific distance between them and then add my logo in each (hopefully that also can be copy/paste to every cavities) and define the different levels of carving.
But I am stuck with my box..

Obviously a very new beginner here... Following different online classes but not getting the intel I'm looking for so far.
Hope I can get some help here

Thanks

Florian

[davebYYPCU]

Box with internal draft?

Edit the sketch for dimensions, 

Edit the Extrudes for Depth and Angle.

Edit the Fillet to suit...

Might help.....

[Anonymous]

Hello Thanks for your answer. It did inspire me a bit but I'm still facing a problem.
I have now all my cavities and I manage to put my logo in it. Now I want to multiplicate the same thing all over.
How can I copy paste or anything?

Cheers

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

The pics don't show a Timeline, so don't know if you used a sketch, sketch pattern, or Model Pattern for the initial grid.  I would do the first tile in a corner, your Logo should have been incorporated with it. One complete tile.

however, it would be Solid > Create > Rectangular Pattern.  7 x 9 tiles.

Select the "Feature/s" you used to make the detail panel.  (3 cutting Extrudes?)

Set direction and distances in the Dialouge.

Might help....

[Anonymous]

Ok, I see
Didn't know that tool.
I created a whole box and then sketched the squares, shelled down the whole inside  and extruded to level the lines in between...
so it's all one piece.
I guess I'll have to begin again.

The logo was added afterwards with SVG file and is a sketch too.

If I create one cavity with logo already, how to copy it?

Great help thanks

[davebYYPCU]

Quick one to help out, 

2 Sketches, logo and plate,

Tile and border coordinated to be 20 with 5 spacing, (25), this pick is before OK, where you can deselect those that are not needed, with unticking the preview, if required.

Fusion failed with adjust so changed to Optimised, and still complained about slow performance, but works anyway.

Selecting the Features in the Timeline, Shift select, the extrudes and fillets that make up all the indentation.

File attached, step by step up the Timeline, for my settings and particulars.

Might help.....

[Anonymous]

Hello

Thanks a lot for your help. It's been a while but I didn't have time to do it before.
I tried another way and looks ok, does it? 😉

Any advices before production?

[Anonymous]

I just saw your example, looks so much easier hahaha
I'll try again.
I also tried to do the fillet but there was some error with the sketch apparently

[davebYYPCU]

I'll need the file,

Looks like you stuck to some Shell commands, yellow sketches should be fixed. and Move command is a red flag to most of us, that something is being fixed with it.

Might help.... 

[Anonymous]

Hello
I was able to do as you told me, Thanks a lot. Great help.

Still a small issue remains, it might come from the logo design itself. Some areas don't allow to perform the fillet tool.
Unfortunately I am not supposed to send that logo to anyone.
If you have any advices let me know. And if really not possible to see what is wrong without the file I'll find a way to send it.

I did two version of it as we are still thinking on which one will suit us the best.


Thanks again for your precious help

[davebYYPCU]

Looks like you got most of the fillets, 

they can misbehave if there is a super tight corner where the fillet will try to overlap itself.

you have to either open out that area, or make it into a sharp corner.

Might help....

[Anonymous]

Hello
I will see what I can do  with that 🙂

I have another question, feels a bit silly though but how to get an actual file from it? I can't manage to find where to generate the file I'll need to carve with CNC machine.
Is it because of the student licence?

Sorry to bother again

Cheers

[davebYYPCU]

There is a menu under the Design Button, Select Manufacture, 

There you have quite a bit of setup to do, but with a tutorial or two, you can select the contours pockets etc to cut.

you will need to find a compatible machine listing that you wish to use.

the system will simulate the machine activity, before you take the Gcode to your machine.

Might help....