Challenge

Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation - Challenge 2

PART I: Creating Screw Boss and Doghouse design

1) Crew Boss Design:

Sketch

1. Isometric View

2. Front View

3. Side View

4. Top View

Design Report:

1. Outside Diameter of Boss: It is equal to 2.0 to 4.0 times the outside dia of screw or insert.

2. Draft: Inside and outside surface draft should be greater than or equal to 0.5 degree.

3. Fillet radius: It should be maximum 0.25 mm.

4. Thickness: It is typically 40% of nominal value at base.

5. Height to diiameter ratio: It must be of 3:1 ratio.

2) Doghouse design:

Sketch

1. Isometric View

2. Front View

3. Side View

4. Top View

Design Report:

1. Doghouse wall thickness: It should be 40% or less than the main wall thickness.

2. Draft: The minimum draft for a dog house is 1.5 degrees

3. Width: The minimum width for a doghouse is 12mm

4. Height: It should be between 3 to 6 mm.

5. Width to height ratio: 3:1 ratio is considered.

PART II: Draft Analysis

Tooling axis:

Side core axis:

1) Draft analysis of switch boss

1. Isometric View

2. Front View

3. Side View

4. Top View

2) Draft analysis of doghouse

  • Along the tooling axis

1. Isometric View

2. Front View

3. Side View

4. Top View

  • Along the side core axis

1. Isometric View

2. Front View

3. Side View

4. Top View

Draft analysis report:

  • The green color represents angle of surface with respect to tooling axis being greater than 3 degrees.
  • The blue color represents angle between 0 and 2 degrees.
  • The red color represnts angle lesser than 0 degrees. It represnets errorneous draft angle that needs to be corrected.

Complete switch boss and doghouse assembly on a coin holder:

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