Challenge

Week 9 - Attachment Feature Creation (Ribs & Screw Boss) - Challenge 1

AIM: TO CREATE RIB AND SCREW BOSS ON GIVEN COMPONENT

GIVEN CLASS A SURFACE

DESIGN RULES FOR RIB CREATION

DESIGN RULES FOR SCREW BOSS CREATION

GIVEN IN THE CHALLENGE

General Guidelines for Bosses:

  • Draft - 0.5 degrees on the walls of boss
  • Thickness - Typically 40%* of the nominal wall at the base.
  • Height to Diameter Ratio - 3:1
  • Radii - 0.25mm maximum radii

LOCATION OF RIBS AND SCREWBOSS

CREATION OF TOOLING AXIS

  • USING MEASURE INERTIA OPTION
  • CLICK THE CLASS A SURFACE AND CREATE ASSOCTIAVTE GEOMETRY
  • A INERTIA POINT IS CREATED
  • USING THE POINT AS REFERNCE CREATE A LINE USING Y DIRECTION

  • ONCE THE LINE IS CREATED ITS IS TAKEN FOR DRAFT ANALYSIS
  • DRAFT ANALYSIS OF CLASS A COMPONENT
  • CHANGE THE VIEW MODE TO MATERIAL
  • USING DRAFT ANALYSIS COMMAND
  • CLICK THE COMPASS AND PLACE IT OVER THE TOOLING AXIS
  • AND CLICK ON THE SURFACE
  • WE CAN SEE SOME FACE ARE NOT DRAFTED PROPERLY

CLASS B SURFACE CREATION

  • CLASS B SURFACE IS CREATED USING EXTRACT
  • OFFSET
  • MULTISECTION
  • AND JOIN COMMANDS
  • OFFSET THE CLASS A SURFACE TO 2.5MM
  • WE CAN FIND SOME MISSING PATCHES
  • USING MULTISECTION COMMAND THE PATCHES ARE SLOVED
  • AND IT IS JOINED WITH THE OFFSET AND CLASS B SURFACE IS CREATED

CLASS C SURFACE CREATON

  • ONCE THE CLASS B IS DONE WITH HELP OF
  • BOUNDARY
  • SWEEP
  • EXTRAPOLTE
  • AND TRIM COMMANDS THE CLASS C SURFACE IS CREATED
  • SURFACE WHICH ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE TOOLING AXIS SWEEP COMMAND IS USED WITH REFERENCE SURFACE WITH 90 DEGREE
  • FOR PARALLEL TO TOOLING AXIS SWEEP IS CREATED WITH DRAFT DIRECTION WITH 3 DEGREE
  • USING EXTRAPOLATE INCRASE THE SIZE AND USING TRIM OPTION THE DESIRED CLASS C IS CREATED

  • ONCE IT IS DONE IT IS JOINED WITH CLASS A
  • AND USING CLASS A+C IT IS JOINED WITH CLASS B

AND MOVING TO PART DESIGN USING THICKNEN COMMAND THE FINAL BODY IS CREATED

CREATION OF RIBS

CREATION OF SCREW BOSS

FINALLY THE DRAFT ANALYSIS IS DONE FOR THE FINAL COMPONENT

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