Week 11 - Project - A pillar Design with Master Section
MAKING A-PILLAR OF A CAR FOLLOWING MASTER SECTIONS:- (THICKNESS:2.5mm)
A-PILLAR:
A-PILLARS ARE THE VERTICAL AND INCLINED STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TO THE AUTOMOTIVE BODY STRUCTURE, AND IT HELPS TO ENCLOSE THE FRONT DOORS AND FOR THE ROOF."THE RED-MARKED AREA IS THE A-PILLAR OF A CAR" AND THERE ARE TWO A-PILLARS ARE THERE IN THE CAR.
MASTER-SECTION ARE THE SECTION THAT GUIDES FOR THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS WHICH DECIDES THE COMPONENT PACKAGING AFTER TECHNICAL STYLING SURFACES, ALL THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, AND THE DESIGN INFORMATION EVERYTHING PROVIDED BY THE MASTER SECTION
FOLLOWED METHODOLOGY TO MAKE THE A-PILLAR
INPUT (CLASS A SURFACE)
TOOLING DIRECTION
CLASS B SURFACE
CLASS C SURFACE (WITH APPROPRIATE DRAFT ANGLES)
JOINING CLASS A SURFACE AND CLASS C SURFACE
TRIM BOTH CLASS A+C AND CLASS B
CLOSED SURFACE COMMAND
SIDE CORE TOOLING DIRECTION
DOG HOUSE FOLLOWING MASTER SECTION
DRAFT ANALYSIS.
CLASS A SURFACE:
"CLASS A SURFACE" IS THE SURFACE WE CAN SEE EASILY IN THE VEHICLE IT ONLY HAS AESTHETIC DESIGN, HERE THERE IS NO ENGINEERING FEATURE PRESENT IN CLASS A SURFACE. HERE THE INPUT IS THE CLASS A SURFACE.
THE PLASTIC PRODUCT DESIGNER IS TO MAKE THE B SURFACE AND THE C SURFACE FROM THE INPUT FOR THAT SOME PROCEDURE WE SHOULD FOLLOW.
TOOLING DIRECTION:
FIRSTLY WE SHOULD CREATE A TOOLING AXIS ( WHY MEANS? - WHEN THE MATERIAL IS MANUFACTURED USING THE INJECTION MOULDING IT SHOULD EASILY COME OUT WITHOUT ANY DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL FOR THAT HERE FIRSTLY WE CONSIDER THE TOOLING AXIS FOR THE MATERIAL TO GET THE BEST RESULT.
HERE I USED THE BISECTING METHOD TO CREATE THE TOOLING AXIS FROM THE MASTER SECTION AFTER MAKING ISOLATION OF THE LINE WHICH I EXTRACT (BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL CREATION SHOULD NOT BE THE CHILDREN OF THE MASTER SECTIONS).