Week 8 - Challenge 2 - Switch Bezel Design
REPORT ON SWITCH BEZEL DESIGN & DRAFT ANALYSIS
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of Challenge to Create Switch Bezel by taking input Class A surface and Perform Draft Analysis on the same.
TOOLING AXIS:
Tooling axis is much more important in Designing Plastic components to analyse the Draft angle which is used to define the Direction in which mould core or cavity opens. The following steps used to create Tooling Axis.
- Created Sketch for Dummy Tooling Axis from input Class A surface between the faces of Y direction.
- Created another Sketch for Dummy Axis for X direction.
- Then Bisect the Axes to create main Tooling Axis.
The above image shows the example of Tooling axis (can see in Feature Manager Tree)
DRAFT ANALYSIS:
Draft analysis is done after determining the tooling axis, draft analysis is used to check whether the minimum draft (3 degrees) is maintained or not. Compass is used to define the draft direction.
- The draft analysis is to identify the body is in proper draft angles or not.
- The normal draft angle of the body is 3 deg.
- The draft angle allows the part to remove or eject from the mould.
The above image shows the Final Plastic Component Draft Analysis.
IMAGES:
FRONT VIEW
SIDE VIEW
TOP VIEW
ISOMETRIC VIEW
COLOR VARIATION IMAGE
FEATURE MANAGER TREES
