From the course: CATIA V5: Design for Injection Molding

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Setup for bosses and ribs

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Setup for bosses and ribs

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- [Instructor] Now I need to set up some references for some bosses in my ribs. The bosses are going to be used for mounting purposes and the ribs are used for stiffening purposes. To do so, I need to be back in Generative Shape Design. So I'm going to switch back over. Now that I'm here, I'm going to insert another geometrical set, and again give it a name. Something descriptive that you know what it's for. Call it bosses, ribs. To position my bosses and my ribs, along with the styling data we got these mounting points. Often times, you're going to get these points for specifically mounting. Again, you may have something to touch or clear. You may get a plane, so that styling import's very important. To make sure you get all your data across. Now you'll see I have these three mounting points. For my positions, all I'm going to do is generate a couple of axes so, we'll double-click on the axis system. The first one, I'm going to give it an origin this location, My X axis is going to…

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