Week 8 - Challenge 1 - Base Bracket Design

A detailed report should be done explaining the draft analysis and the tooling axis creation

Select the draft analysis then select the quick analysis mode then select the compass to the tooling axis, after that click anywhere on the Class A surface. A window popup and we can observe there 3 different color variations which means that we have given a draft angle of 3 degree

So, the green color represents the draft is more than three degrees

The blue color represents the draft is between 0 and 3 degrees

The red color represents whether the draft is negative or less than three

Screenshots for the explanation of draft analysis of class A surface

Screenshots for the explanation of draft analysis of plastic model of base bracket

Tooling axis creation-

Now creating the tooling axis by using bisecting line and a dummy axis-
1. open the file which contains the Class A surface, after creating a geometrical set "Tooling Axis" then select the most appropriate position, and in this select a hole.

2. Then create a point in the center of the hole selected then draw a dummy line on the z-axis.

3. After that create a plane on the point created with reference to XY plane direction.

4. Then select the intersect tool that gives the intersection on the Class A surface.

5. Now create 2 lines using the point and direction method as shown below screenshot.

6. the Last step create a bisecting line using the above 2 lines and named it as Tooling axis after that hide the dummy tooling axis

dummy tooling axis

final tooling axis using bisection method

isometric view

front view

back view

side view

top view

bottom view

the plastic surface solid to get the desired base bracket surface component