Week 9 - Challenge 2 - Switch Bezel Design

AIM : To Create the Switch Bezel Plastic component through the given Class-A surface. To begin with, the tooling axis for the given Class-A Surface should be created meeting the requirements of the draft angle and at the end perform the Draft analysis on the model.

Take the Thickness of the component to be 2.5 mm

1)An explanation should be given on the way of creating the tooling axis

• Tooling axis is the direction in which the core and cavity opens. It is basically the direction that the mold pulls apart. Creating a tooling axis is necessary to provide draft angle and analyze them. The tooling axis is created using Bisecting method and by visually checking too .
• The tooling axis is nothing but the mold opens or the cavity opens. To know the Tooling Axis ,Check Whether any Holes and large Flat Surface on the Given Class A surface exist or not so that Tooling Axis can be worked on .
• Initially ,Check visually which is the best possible tooling axis through Compass .
  Check all three axes.

In X Direction :

In Y Direction :

In Z Direction

By Comparing in all three Directions , Z Direction is most Preferrable as we can see the entire surface Clearly and this direction clears the entire Part

• First extract the Flat Base surface of Class A using " Multiple Extract "

• Now Create a " Point " on the extract surface as shown

• Now The Tooling Axis Direction is known

2)A detailed report should be done explaining the draft analysis

• Follow the steps : Insert--->Analysis----->Feature Draft Analysis
• Place the Compass on the Tooling Axis and Lock it
• Click on the surface of the part to see the minimum Draft angles on the part

Class A Surface :

Final Solid Part :

• Screenshots of the Draft analysis report for both the given Class-A surface and the final plastic component

Class A Surface

Final solid Part

• Screenshots of the solid model with the proper color code of the draft angle in various orientations (Isometric, Front, Side, and Top View)

ISOMETRIC VIEW

FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW