‭DESIGN OF BUMPER USING‬‭CLASS A SURFACE-:‬

‭ IM: Design the bumper of a‬‭car(‬‭part ) using class‬‭A surface provided in‬
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‭CATIA sotfware‬

‭ BJECTIVE-:‬‭The main objective is to make use of the‬‭class A surface provided and‬

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‭generate the class B and class c surfaces and there by joining /trimming of the them‬
‭leads to the final closed surface and apply the solid surface feature to obtain a solid‬
‭body out of it...‬

‭STEPS INVOLVED‬‭:-‬

‭1-: Cheek the good plane (xy yz zx , / x, y , z)‬

‭2:-TOOLING AXIS‬

‭3:- DRAFT ANALYSIS‬

‭4:- CLASS B CREATION‬

‭5:- CLASS C CREATION‬

‭6:- FINAL TRIM‬

‭7:- SOLID BODY‬

‭ OOLING AXIS CREATION‬‭:- First of all check the boundary‬‭continuity of the‬

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‭class A surface using boundary feature or the join feature , then come to‬
‭conclude the best view for the creation of the tooling aaxis so that all the‬
‭components need to clear the draft in thet specified tooling direction ..‬

‭ LASS A SURFACE:‬ ‭Styling or A class surface are the‬‭terms used in plastic‬

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‭product design which means the surface of a component which is smooth(‬
‭aesthetic) or visible side to human eye after the part is assembled.‬
‭Generally this surface needs to be more asthetic and smooth for the‬
‭customer attention...‬
‭CLASS B SURFACE:‬

‭ lass B is basically referred as an engineering surface where lot of components like‬

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‭heat stakes, screw bosses,doghouses are designed It is the surface that lies beneath‬
‭the class A to a thickness range of upto 3mm.‬

‭CLASS C SURFACE:‬

‭ asically class C is the intermediate surface lies between class A and class B surface‬
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‭. It is the surface generated with the aid of class A surface.‬

‭COMMANDS USED:-‬

‭ .‬ ‭Boundary‬
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‭2.‬ ‭Extract‬
‭3.‬ ‭Offset surface‬
‭4.‬ ‭extrapolate surface‬
‭5.‬ ‭Sweep‬
‭6.‬ ‭Join‬
‭7.‬ ‭Disassemble‬
‭8.‬ ‭Multi section surface‬
‭9.‬ ‭spline‬
‭10.‬‭Point‬
‭11.‬‭Line‬
‭ 2.‬‭Trim‬
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‭13.‬‭Multi extract‬
‭14.‬‭Edge fillet‬
‭15.‬‭INTERCTION‬
‭Methods employed for generating the tooling axis is‬
‭1.‬ ‭Normal to surface method‬
‭2.‬ ‭Point to direction method‬
‭3.‬ ‭Bisecting method‬
‭16.‬‭For in case of bumper we generally choose the point - direction method for‬
‭creating the tooling axis by choosing the best view to make the component‬
‭completely visible for manufacturing .‬

‭ RAFT ANALYSIS:‬
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‭Work out for the draft analyis of class A surface whether proper draft is‬
‭provided on it For this go to analysis < draft analysis then point out the axis‬
‭system on the tooling axis and check for the draft themaximum draft that we‬
‭could able to provide is 3 degrees‬
‭If it is clearing then proceed to the model..‬
‭ es it is clearing the draft of 3 degrees all over the surface so, the position of‬
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‭the tooling axis is accurate so, we need to proceed for the creation of the‬
‭class B surface..‬
‭CLASS B SURFACE CREATION:‬
‭Based on the convience of the class A structure different approaches are‬
‭employed for creating the class B surface In the case of bumper class b‬
‭creation we offset the entire class A surface to 3mm beneath the class A‬
‭because the class B is generally termed as the engineering surface so it‬
‭always lies beneath the class A‬
‭Now when we offsetted the class A proper class B surface cannot be‬
‭generated which may leads to some patches at the filleted portions so, we‬
‭employ different features of the surface workbench to work on those patches‬
‭PATCH 01:‬
‭ or this patch, we use multi extract complementary mode to remove the‬
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‭number plate portion fron the offsetted surface. THen we use the same‬
‭offsetted surface to extract the number plate surfaces explicting the fillet‬
‭areas and untim them, and extrapolate the corners using point continuity for‬
‭the necessary distance .‬
‭Then work on the multi exract surface and extrapolate it to an extent . Then‬
‭apply trim for both the surfaces and then paste the fillets at the corners‬
‭requied..‬
‭METHOD TO FIND OUT THE VALUE OF THE FILLET :‬
‭Take an extract of one of the fillet portion from the offsetted surface then‬
‭mark a point at the mid then use a 3 point circle option to create a circle at‬
‭the fillet corner then m,easure the radius of the corner there you can get the‬
‭fillet radius‬
‭STEP01‬
‭STEP02-:‬
‭STEP 03 -:‬

‭STEP 04-:‬
‭PATCH 02-‬‭:‬

f‭or this patch use to join command check the sub elements to remove and‬
‭select the filleted edges and click ok then disassemble the join to two surfaces‬
‭for the surface 1 use the multi section surface to fill up the gaps and‬
‭extrapolate them to an extent . For surface 2 extrapolate to minimum‬
‭distance so that proper trim applied between two surfaces.‬
‭PATCH 03‬‭-‬
‭ ame process as mentioned above‬
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‭once all the patches are covered extrapolate the entire B surface to a small‬
‭distance of 3 to 4 mm so that problem rised during trimming with class C‬
‭surface then apply the overall fillets and publish the B surface‬
‭ LASS C SURFACE CREATION:‬
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‭It is an intermediate joining surface between class A and class B surface‬
‭created using sweep feature either with reference surface or by using draft‬
‭direction.If the class C is perendicular to tooling axis then use the sweep with‬
‭reference surface option with an angle of 90 or 87 degrees ( ensure 3 degree‬
‭draft) or if the C surface is parallel to the tooling axis then use the sweep with‬
‭draft direction with an angle of 0 or 3 degrees.‬
‭Join the‬‭class C surface with‬‭class A‬ ‭.‬
‭ hen trim‬‭the this join‬‭surface with class B surface to get the final component‬
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‭.‬
‭ hen define in the part body and apply the solid surface feature to get the‬
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‭solid body out of it Mirror the component about the plane to form the entire‬
‭bumper component..‬
‭ o perform the draft analyis whether all my surfaces clearing the draft or not‬
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‭.‬
‭ ONCLUSION:‬
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‭Thus with the help of the class A provided we generate the class B to an‬
‭offset value of 3 mm and generate the CLass C using sweep feature and‬
‭using the trim option to generate the complete surface and thereby using the‬
‭close surface feature to generate the solid body and performing the draft‬
‭analysis So the solid body part clearing the draft analysis and is ready for‬
‭furher proceedings‬
‭Views:( FRONT VIEW , TOP VIEW , SIDE VIEW, ISOMETRIC VIEW)‬
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