Week 8 - Challenge 1 - Base Bracket Design

CHALLENGE 21 – BASE BRACKET DESIGN & DRAFT ANALYSIS

Aim: Given Class A input surface, complete the thickened Base Bracket part and perform draft analysis on the completed part.

CLASS A SURFACE

We were provided the Class A Surface as below.

Fig 1 – Original Class A Surface before Translation

We first translated the Class A surface to the Global Origin. We then created a dummy tooling direction along the Z Component and through the center of the large hole. Next, we took an Intersection through the center of the large hole.

Fig 2 – Translated Class A Surface, with Intersection line and Dummy Tooling Direction

We used the Intersection to obtain the edges to derive lines to bisect to produce the final Tooling Axis.

Fig 3 -- Tooling Axis Creation

After creating the Tooling Axis, we created the Class B and Class C surfaces and trimmed them with the Class A surface. Finally, we used Close Surface to produce a final, thickened, solid part.

Feature Tree

Fig 4 – Feature Tree

VIEWS

Below are four views of the final part (Iso, Front, Side, Top):

Iso


Fig 5a - Iso

Front

Fig 5b - Front

Side


Fig 5c - Side

Fig 5d – Top

Draft Analysis

Fig 6 -- DRAFT ANALYSIS

The Draft Analysis validated the design for manufacturability from the Draft perspective.

Conclusion: We were able to successfully model the part and successfully verified it with Draft Analysis.