Week 8 - Challenge 6 - Core & Cavity Design

Week 8 - Challenge 6 - Core & Cavity Design

Aim
The main objective is to create the core and cavity of the solid Base Bracket Plastic component using the Tooling axis and the created solid switch bezel.

Contents

• Tooling axis (By bisecting method)

To create the 'Tooling Axis', the given class A should be observed thoroughly, For the given switch bezel class A, Z-axis is the best suitable tooling axis, It is decided based on the complete visiblity of the class A. Then using the intersections made by the appropriate planes and the class A, We get a crossection sketch. The dummy axis is drawn on the z axis. Then the lines which are more or less parallel to the z axis are taken into consideration and drawn. By bisecting the two lines , As an output The Tooling clearing axis of both the planes are derived. This process is done twice using the zy and zx planes. After bisecting the tool clearing axes, we get a toolimg axis for the entire product.

• Solid switch bezel

• Draft analysis of Solid switch bezel

To perform the draft analysis of solid switch bezel, click on Insert >Analysis > Draft Analysis

Once the draft analysis toolbar is opened, The compass was selected and placed on the tooling axis, Then go to the display block and select the 'Analysis under the running point' command to check the angle for different sides on the solid switch bezel. The color scale on the bottom visualizes, whether the draft angle meets the requirements or not (3 deg) by indicating the colors Green, Blue and Red.

Screenshots of the Draft analysis report for the switch bezel plastic component

• Core created

surface

solid

• Cavity created

surface

solid

• Parting surface and parting line

Screenshots of the core and cavity blocks in various orientations (Isometric, Front, Side, and Top View)