Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challlenge

PARSING NASA THERMODYNAMIC DATA   AIM : The objective here is to extract data from a given file and utilize it to solve the polynomials that NASA created. Using which, have to plot graphs of Specific heat, Enthalpy and Entropy against Temperature. Also, have to calculate molecular mass for all the species available…

GENETIC ALGORITHM   AIM : The objective is to create a MATLAB program presenting the optimisation for a given function by using genetic algorithm process.   Genetic Algorithm A genetic algorithm (GA) is a method for solving both constrained and unconstrained optimization problems based on a natural…

PROGRAM SOLVING SECOND ORDER ODE   AIM : The objective is to write a code that solves second order Ordinary Differential Equation and presenting the results by plotting them.   Here, we will code a program that shows harmonic motion of a pendulum. The ODE for a simple ependulum is given by           This equation shows…

2R ROBOTIC ARM   AIM : The objective is to create a Matlab program to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm   Here, to create such program, make some assumptions of lengths of both the arms and the angle range in which the arm will rotate.  To get different positions of arms in the…

Quick Return Mechanism   To start off with the design of parts, start the Mechanical Part Design workbench  and create the necessary positioned sketches  Shown below is an illustration for one of the parts.    Here, use the pad feature  to extrude the sketch profile. Body 1  …

B PILLAR PLASTIC COMPONENT   Aim : The main objective here is to create a B Pillar plastic component from a given Class A Surface and validate the design by doing Draft Analysis on it. Also, B side features like ribs and locator pins are need to be created.    The approach towards it will be simple. We will create a closed…

WIRING HARNESS FOR TAILGATE   Aim : The main objective is to route a wiring harness for a tailgate of car in Catia V5.   In this project, the wiring harness will be carried out following all the standard practices and design parametres. Later, will flatten the bundle and create a draft sheet too.  …

WIRING HARNESS FOR V16 ENGINE   Aim : The main objective is to route a wiring harness for a V16 Engine in Catia V5.   In this project, the wiring harness will be carried out following all the standard practices and design parametres. Later, will flatten the bundle and create a draft sheet too.   Given…

DOOR APPLIQUE   The aim here is to design a door applique plastic component from given Class A surface and create locators and heat stakes for the same. Given are the surface inputs.   First of all, create a tooling axis for the surface. Follow the steps as below : Add a point on a larger surface in centre and…

Wiring Harness Flattening   Aim is to create a wiring harness flattening of a harness assembly and plot it onto drawing sheet. Here, we will take a harness assembly created for week 4 challenge consisting of 6 connectors nd 5 branchables. Follow the steps to create a flattened assembly : Create a new product file and open…

Wiring harness Bundle - Week 5 & 6 Challenge   As inputs, we are provided with connectors list and two layouts, according to which we will create a Wiring Harness Layout. First of all, download the CAD files of all the needed connectors and define them electrically. Now, follow the steps to create a harness layout…

Wiring Harness Layout - Week 4 Challenge   As inputs, we are provided with connectors list and a layout, according to which we will create a Wiring Harness Layout. First of all, download the CAD files of all the needed connectors from open source and define them electrically. Now, follow the steps to create a harness…

A.  P Clamp Aim is to define the standard component electrically. Here, we are provided with a P-clamp in .igs format, so load it into Catia V5. To make it an Electrical component follow the steps. Join the sub-surfaces together and convert into closed surface structure. Switch to Part workbench and solidify the closed…

Converting Standard component into Electrical component   Follow the steps below to define a standard component as Electrical one : Create or download the 3D part as requirement. We can download these parts from vendor sites in .igd or .step format. Here, we are taking a 3D part of a connector (C-DT06-08SA)  …

Screw Boss & Doghouse Feature for Coin Holder   Aim : The main objective is to create Screw Boss and Doghouse feature for coin holder. Here, we will use a coin holder plastic component as input. On draft analysis along already created tooling axis, it is readable that the side walls are perfectly parallel…

Rib Attachment Feature for Coin Holder   Aim : The main objective is to create rib feature for coin holder. Here, we are provided with a coin holder plastic component as input. First of all, create a tooling axis. Extract a flat surface and add a point in middle. Add an axis system there and create a line which…

CORE & CAVITY DESIGN FOR SWITCH BEZEL PLASTIC COMPONENT   Aim : The main objective here is to design Core & Cavity blocks for Switch Bezel plastic component.   We already have a component, so will take it as an input. Here are the closed surface and solid part of it. Lets ensure the design by draft…

CENTRE CONSOLE COIN HOLDER   Aim : The main objective here is to create a Coin Holder plastic component from a given Class A Surface and validate the design by doing Draft Analysis on it. First of all, join all the sub-surfaces and check if no gap is there is between them.   The approach towards the design…

DESIGN OF DOOR ARM REST   Aim : The main objective here is to create a Door Arm Rest plastic component from a given Class A Surface and validate the design by doing Draft Analysis on it.   The approach towards it will be simple. We will create a closed surface and later solidify the component. To start with, lets create…

SWITCH BEZEL PLASTIC COMPONENT   Aim : The main objective here is to create a Switch Bezel plastic component from a given Class A Surface and validate the design by doing Draft Analysis on it.   The approach towards it will be simple. We will create a closed surface and later solidify the component. To start…

BASE BRACKET DESIGN   AIM : The objective here is to create a base bracket plastic component from given Class A surface.    The approach here will be simple. First we will create a tooling axis for the given Class A surface. Later we will generate Class B & C surfaces and by using a closed surface,…

Draft Analysis : When a product is manufactured, whether it be sheet metal component or plastic part, the side walls or say the parallel walls along the reciprocating direction of machine, are tend to get rubbed against the machine tools or cavity block. This rubbing during the ejection of component can reduce the…

DESIGN OF BACKDOOR   OBJECTIVE : The main aim of the project is to design a backdoor for given styling surface of the backdoor. The inner panel with all the necessary embosses, cut-sections and reinforcements are to be designed. Also, all the necessary points regarding the approach are explained well.  …

ROOF DESIGN OBJECTIVE : The aim of this project is to design required flanges and reinforcements for a provided dumb body in the form of outer roof part. We will also study the curvature structure and do analysis of the design.  INTRODUCTION : Here, we are provided with an outer roof dumb part…

FENDER DESIGN   The Objective of this project is to design the mountings for fender from the given data.    First we will see, what actually a fender is? Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside).…

OBJECTIVE : The main aim is to analyse the strength of the hood and try to improve it by doing necessary changes to it.   SECTION MODULUS : Section modulus is a geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design of flexural members. Section modulus is the direct measure of the…

CAR HOOD DESIGN   OBJECTIVE : The aim is to design components of the hood/bonnet of a car and assemble them together.   INTRODUCTION : This project will make you understand about the hood of a car, explain some sheet metal operations that are commonly used in designing and take you to the step by step…

Underbody coating is usually a dense cladding (often based on rubber) applied uniformly to the undercarriage of the automobile. It comes in car as a stock or we can just normally get it sprayed or painted on later, when the car is just out for any service. The main purpose of undercoating is to check rust especially in…

BENCHMARKING Benchmarking is a technical term for comparing cars and its components within same brand and especially with other car makers which are already rolling out their products in the market. Basically, a car maker would compare with different cars and analyze what others are providing and from that they can decide,…

DESIGNING A METAL BRACKET IN NX   The Objective of this project is to create a metal bracket in Siemens NX sheet metal and learn about the features and tools used in NX.   INTRODUCTION : This report will take you to the entire procedure of designing a metal bracket in Siemens NX-12 from a 2D sketch.…

DESIGNING A BRACKET IN NX   The Objective of this project is to design a metal sheet bracket in Siemens NX-12 and learn about the tools and features from NX.   INTRODUCTION : In this project, we will see a step by step procedure of creating a bracket in Siemens NX-12. All the features used during the…

ODD ENCLOSURE IN NX   The Objective of this project is to learn tools and features used in designing a sheet metal model in Siemens NX-12 and convert it to a drafting sheet that can be used further for manufacturing purpose.   INTRODUCTION : This project will take you to a walkthrough of designing an…

SHEET METAL BOX ASSEMBLY   The Objective of this project is to create a sheet metal box assembly by using modelling tools and features and also learning about them in Siemens NX-12.   Introduction : This report is a step by step explaination of designing a box assembly by Siemens NX-12. Also, all the…

SHEET METAL CASE DESIGNING   The Objective is to create a sheet metal casing by using modelling tools and features in Siemens NX-12.   INTRODUCTION : This report will take you to the explanatory procedure of modelling a sheet metal component in NX-12. All the tools and features related to the design…

RADAR MAST   YACHT ASSEMBLY   PROJECT REPORT   SUNSEEKER PREDATOR YACHT - MODELLING AND RENDERING   THE OBJECTIVE of this project is to design a yacht through CAD and bring realistic previews out of it.   INTRODUCTION The following project will take you to the entire procedure of designing…

CLASSIC AMERICAN CHOPPER   Objective : The aim is to design parts, assemble them and then create an American Chopper using Solidworks and final rendering using PhotoView 360 and Visualize. Introduction : The entire approach towards the build of American Chopper is covered in this report, beginning from part modeling…