Customization of sole mold requires different designs due to different materials. Among them, RB, EVA, TPR and other major materials are the most widely used molds. Generally speaking, the shoe mold belongs to the injection molding (injection) mold, there are some exceptions, such as the production process of CMEVA is a combination of injection and cold pressing, and part of the use of blow molding. Usually, shoe mold refers to sports shoes and beach shoes, slippers, rubber shoes and other footwear mold, among which sports shoes mainly.

The design of sole mould is an extremely important link in the production process of sole mould. The design process of sole mould is mainly divided into:
1. The development of the version, mainly determine the die plate, shape plate, side wall curve, etc
2. Draw 2D engineering drawings
3. Build 3D models
4. Write CAM programs
5. Fine carving processing wood mold
6. Wood mold modification confirmation
7. Remove the mold, will be different materials apart, so as to open the mold
8. Shrinkage mold, different materials shrinkage rate is different, especially IMEVA shrinkage rate needs to consider its different width and thickness and set different shrinkage rate
9. Put the whole set into mass production
10. processing a full set of production of wood mold