Sand Casting, by default, does not place a feasibility constraint on part thickness. But if the Sand Casting setup option Minimum Wall Thickness Check is set to true (it is false by default), then Sand Casting is feasible only if the part’s Minimum Thickness equals or exceeds the material’s Minimum Wall Thickness. Simnilarly, if the Sand Casting setup option Maximum Wall Thickness Check is set to true (it is false by default), then Sand Casting is feasible only if the part’s Maximum Thickness equals or exceeds the material’s Maximum Wall Thickness.

Degating is included in the routing unless the part material is listed with No for Can Degate in the lookup table tblCanDegate. In starting point VPEs, the following materials are listed as incompatible with Degating: Ductile Iron, Gray Iron, Malleable Cast Iron.

See Coremaking Feasibility and Routing for Sand Casting for information on feasibility requirements for coremaking processes for sand casting.