Week 8 - Challenge 2 - Switch Bezel Design

TOOLING DIRECTION SELECTION:

THE TOOLING AXIS IS SELECTED BASED ON THE BISECTING LINE METHOD IN ONE PLANE AND ADJUSTING THE ANGLE THE DUMMY TOOLING AXIS IN THE OTHER ORTHOGONAL PLANE.

THE FINAL TOOLING AXIS IS CREATED BY CREATING BISECTING LINE FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED TOOLING AXES.

CREATING THE BISECTING LINE IN THE XZ PLANE:

THE TWO INCLINED WALL SURFACES ARE USED AS A REFERENCE TO CREATE TWO LINES THAT LIE IN THE SURFACES REPECTIVELY USING THE INTERSECTION METHOD.

USING THE BISECTING LINE METHOD, A LINE IS CREATED WITH THESE TWO LINES AS THE INPUTS. THIS WILL BE TREATED AS THE FIRST DUMMY TOOLING AXIS.

CREATING INLCINED LINE IN THE YZ PLANE:

USING THE INTERSECTION METHOD TO CREATE THE REFERENCE CURVE, A LINE IS CREATED ANGLED ATLEAST 3 DEGREES TO THE RELEVANT PART OF THE CURVE (DRAFT FACE).

THIS IS TREATED AS THE SECOND DUMMY TOOLING AXIS.

USING THE BISECTING LINE METHOD, THE FINAL TOOLING AXIS IS CREATED USING THE AFOREMENTIONED DUMMY TOOLING AXES.

DRAFT ANALYSIS:

THIS IS DONE TO ENSURE THAT THE PART IS CLEARING ALL THE FACES DURING THE PART REMOVAL PROCESS. THIS ENSURES THAT NO SURFACE DEFECTS AND DAMAGES OCCUR IN THE PART WHICH IN TURN ENSURES MINIMAL POST-PROCESSING.

THE DRAFT ANALYSIS FOR THE PART IS CONDUCTED W.R.T THE TOOLING AXIS CREATED.

CLASS A SURFACE:

FINAL PART:

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