Week 9 - Project 1 - Door Trim Lower with Engineering Features

CHALLENGE 29 – DOOR TRIM WITH LOCATORS AND HEAT STAKES

Aim: Thicken the Door Trim, add Two- and Four- Way Locators and Heat Stakes according to the design rules and verify with draft analysis.

COMPLETED DOOR TRIM

We were provided a Class A surface as below, with locations for Heat Stakes.

Fig 1a – Door trim with Heat Stake Positioning

We then created a Main Tooling Axis using Bisecting Lines as below.

The Main Tooling Axis was created along the Y-Component

Fig 2a – PARTIAL TOOLING AXIS

Fig 2b – PARTIAL TOOLING AXIS (Translated to Intersect with other PARTIAL TOOLING AXIS)

The Side Core Tooling Axis was created along the Z-Component

Fig 2c –TOOLING AXIS (PINK Line Bisecting the two Partial Tooling Axes – green and purple)

Thickened Part

After creating the Tooling Axes, we then thickened the Door Trim based on the completed Door Trim Class A, B and C surfaces. We next added Two Four-Way and One Two-Way Locators, and Fifteen Heat Stakes according to the respective design rules, with wall thicknesses of 1mm and heights of 20mm and 14mm respectively.

Feature Tree










Fig 3 – Feature Tree

VIEWS & DRAFT ANALYSIS

Iso

Fig 4a - Iso

Front

Fig 4b - Front

Side

Fig 4c - Side

Top

Fig 4d – Top

Bottom

Fig 4e – Bottom

Bottom Iso

Fig 4f – Bottom Iso

The Draft Analysis as shown above validated the design for manufacturability.

Conclusion: We were able to successfully model the thickened Door Trim with Locators and Heat Stakes and successfully verified the component for Draft Analysis.