Week 8 - Challenge 1 - Draft Analysis on a Fan Cover

DRAFT ANALYSIS REPORT:

• Draft: Draft is an angular tapering given at the design stage to every Plastic Component that has to be manufactured. It is given in the direction of the Mold Movement. The Draft allows the parts to release easily from the mold without creating friction between the surface of component and the core and cavity plates.
• Draft Analysis: Draft Analysis is a tool in CATIA which identifies the zones which deviates from the specified values of angles along a defined draft direction using colour codes. It highlights the regions of draft using colours. Draft analysis is the first step performed after receiving the Class A of the component.

• Draft Angle:This is the angle that the draft faces make with the pulling direction. This angle may be defined for each face.

• Tooling Axis: Tooling axis defines the mold or core and cavity opening direction. we should create a tooling axis in such a way so that it should cover most of features,holes,geometries and most of the crossectional area.