Week 8 - Challenge 3 - Switch Bezel Design

Report :

Objective:

The main purpose of the challenge was to create the Class-B surface, Class-C surface with the given Class-A surface and performing the draft analysis by creating the tooling axis of the

plastic component switch bezel by taking the thickness of 2.5mm of the surface.

Tooling axis creation :

• in this cat part, we have 3 walls to create the bisecting line from planes x-axis and y-axis
• extract the base
• create a point on the surface and axis system
• create the 3D intersection using the axis system of y-axis and x-axis
• extend the lines on both sides
• create the bisecting lines for the lines of x and y-axis
• create the bisecting ling using both the lines get the tooling axis

Draft analysis :

1. with the help of the tooling, the axis creates the draft analysis.
2. check whether the mode is in the material mode.
3. using the compass fix and lock in the suitable direction.
4. give the draft angle for 3 deg .
5. Click on the part make sure that the colour code becomes green.

Tree:

Conclusion

The draft analysis was performed in Catia V5 to check the draft angle provided on the plastic component for easy removal of the part in the maufacturing process.