MOLD SERVICES:

Ideas in 3D has over 30 years moldmaking experience. We no longer build complete molds. We now specialize in digitizing solutions for free form cavities that are creating problems for you. We will digitize your problem area, providing you with a CAD file that you can use.

We also feel that it's not really the digitizing that you need, but the end result that 3D digitizing can provide. We can provide you with finished CNC machined cores & cavities or punch & die sets ready to mount in your base.

Ideas In 3D is a very cost effective service for toolmakers. We know how to solve 3D digitizing problems. The toughest part of the job for us is evaluating which of the several approaches we use will work best in your specific case. An important part of our decision is choosing the most cost effective approach. We want repeat business from happy customers.

Mold and Electrodes

NOTE: If the NURBS free-form surfaces that you create in your CAD software are wavy and irregular, CLICK HERE for the answer as to why this is happening.

Here is a partial list of what, for us, are everyday routine jobs.

Click on any of the topics below to go to into more detail about how we can help you save time, money and headaches:

Retool a mold where the original sculpted masters are not available.

Masters exist, but they must be modified.

Mold parting line needs to be repaired and re-contoured.

Reduce labor needed to blend areas of new cavities because of CAD/CAM limitations.

Modify a cavity in which 3D contours must be changed locally, with a perfect blend between old & new.

You have modified a CNC model and now you need to get the changes back into the CAM program.

Convert a CAM file into a CAD file for the designer.

You want to know if 3D digitizing will meet a specific need you have.