UNDERBODY COATING   AIM: To make a detailed report explaining about underbody coating. THEORY: Underbody: Underbody parts are the elements and panels placed in the bottom side of the vehicle including the whole vehicle’s platform.   Most people live in the area of…

Benchmarking Benchmarking is the foremost important process to do on the pre-design & development phase. Benchmarking is a technical process of comparison between product in the aspects of specifications, performance, design, making, service delivery and supply chain management in order to make better profit of the…

HOOD DESIGN Aim: The main objective of this challenge is to learn the necessary commands, tools, and surface modelling methods for Hood design using Siemens NX Cad. To Develop a hood BIW design idea that satisfies the manufacturing feasibilities, functional requirements, and EURO NCAP standards. Introduction: Hood: The…

Section Modulus Calculation and Optimization Aim: To calculate the section modulus of the previously designed hood for analyzing its strength and stiffness. And also optimizing the hood design to study the variation in the section modulus value (strength).   Section Modulus: Section modulus is a geometric property…

Fender Design - Wheel Arch Challenge Aim: To calculate the Wheel Arch gap at required points and to check whether the car passes the European standard regulations. Fender: Fender is the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well. Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks,…

FENDER DESIGN AIM: To design a front fender of a car by following the given Drip area master section and Sill, Bumper, Baffle(Splash), and A-Pillar mount according to the Engineering standard. Introduction: Fender: A fender is the part of an automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well. Its…

ROOF DESIGN AIM: To design a roof assembly along with the reinforcements for a vehicle by using the given roof styling skin data, according to the vehicle norms and engineering standard and finally need to perform some calculations to find the roof strength and durability .   Introduction: Roof: An…

Back Door - Design AIM: To design a back-door assembly along with the reinforcements for a vehicle by using the given backdoor styling skin data, according to the vehicle norms and engineering standards. Introduction: BackDoor: The back door of an automobile is typically the rearmost door that provides…

Assembly Workbench OBJECTIVE: To create the assemblies with the provided 2D diagrams of the components and have to create the individual part files and then create a complete assembly of those part files in the assembly workbench. After creating the assembly make use of the drafting tools to create a 2D drawing in CATIA from…

Challenge 1 - Base Bracket Design OBJECTIVE: To create the Base Bracket Plastic component 3D Solid CATpart in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by using Close Surface feature to make a solid body from the surface by meeting the requirements of the draft angle. MAIN PROJECT:…

Challenge 2 - Switch Bezel Design OBJECTIVE: To create the Switch Bezel Plastic component 3D Solid CATpart in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by using Close Surface feature to make a solid body from the surface by meeting the requirements of the draft angle. MAIN PROJECT: Switch Bezel Plastic Design: Given: Class-A…

Wiring Harness Design in Catia V5 - 3D Modeling Week 2 Challenge   OBJECTIVE: To define all the necessary properties for connectors and clip by downloading the given connectors and connector clip CAD data from the provided link. 1. Deutsch DT06-08SA ( https://www.te.com/usa-en/product-DT06-08SA.html)…

Wiring Harness Routing & Packaging Rules - Week 3 Challenge OBJECTIVE: The given CAD data should be downloaded from the provided link to define all the necessary properties of the P Clamp and the Backshell and finally create corrugated tubes of various sizes and add them to the catalogue. Exercise -1: P Clamp…

Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 4 Challenge OBJECTIVE: To route the wiring harness layout for the connectors and add the protective covering on all the branches with an end extremity at 30mm ( from the connector end). GIVEN DATA: List of connectors: · DT06-2S · DT06-4S…

Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge   OBJECTIVE: To proficiently route the given harness layout within the Electrical workbench of CATIA by assumptions harness bundle diameters and utilizing the provided connectors. Upon successful routing, the following tasks should be accomplished:…

Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 7 Challenge   OBJECTIVE: To flatten the wire harness assembly completed in the week 4 assignment and place the flattened view on a drawing sheet. Also, ensure that the bundles with protective coverings have different visuals on the drawing view.  …

Challenge 1 - Attachment Feature Creation (Ribs & Screw Boss)   OBJECTIVE: To create an attachment feature like a rib and screw boss on a plastic door handle component 3D Solid CATpart in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by meeting the requirements of the draft angle and the attachment feature guidelines.…

Challenge 3 - Bumper Design OBJECTIVE: Generate a 3D Solid CATpart for the Bumper Plastic component in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by utilizing the Close Surface feature and make sure the 3-degree draft angle is followed. MAIN PROJECT:Switch Bezel Plastic Design: Given: Class-A SurfaceClass-A…

Challenge 1 - Attachment Feature Creation (Dog House)   OBJECTIVE: To create a dog house feature on a plastic door trim component 3D Solid CATpart in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by meeting the requirements of the draft angle and the attachment feature guidelines. MAIN PROJECT:A) Door Handle Plastic…

Challenge 3 - Door Trim Lower with Engineering Features OBJECTIVE: To create an attachment feature like Locators and Heat stakes on a plastic door trim component 3D Solid CATpart in CATIA from the given Class-A surface by meeting the requirements of the draft angle and the attachment feature guidelines. MAIN PROJECT:A) Door…

Project - A-Pillar Design with a Master Section OBJECTIVE: To create a dog house attachment feature on a 3D Solid A-Pillar CATpart component in CATIA using the provided Class-A surface and the master section and ensure it meets the requirements of the draft angle and the attachment feature with…

Final Project - Development of a Door Trim panel OBJECTIVE: The objective of the project is to develop a Door Trim panel with CAD modelling techniques by applying industry design standards particularly followed by OEM and Tier-1 companies. The project includes creating a Class A surface with nominal thickness based…

Project-2: Back Door Wiring Harness Design OBJECTIVE: To efficiently route the wiring harness for the car's back door body, adhering to industry packaging rules and best practices. This includes utilizing available connector 3D data sourced from www.te.com or other relevant sources and applying necessary protection coverings…

Project-1: Engine Wiring Harness Design OBJECTIVE: To efficiently route the wiring harness for the car's engine body, adhering to industry packaging rules and best practices. This includes utilizing available connector 3D data sourced from www.te.com or other relevant sources and applying necessary protection coverings…

Week 14 Challenge: Butterfly Valve Assembly & Applying GD&T   Objective: This project aims to design a 3D model of a butterfly valve and apply GD&T principles across its various components and assembly of the butterfly valve.  Introduction:A butterfly valve is a quarter-turn valve that regulates fluid…