The Bridge Between Design and Part: The Utility of an Auto Part Mold An Auto Part Mold acts as the critical physical link between a component's digital design and its tangible, mass-produced reality. The process begins with the part's 3D CAD model, from which mold designers create the tooling geometry, accounting for material shrinkage, draft angles for part release, and the placement of all functional systems. Once machined, assembled, and tested, the mold is...