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Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5

A comprehensive course on Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA-V5. This course is highly suited for beginners

12 weeks long course | 100% Online

Learn from leading experts in the industry

Project based learning with 5 industry level projects that learners can showcase on LinkedIn.

Learn Key Tools & Technologies CATIA V5

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Syllabus

This course is full of best-in-class content by leading faculty and industry experts in the form of videos and projects

Course Overview

The course gives you a brief overview of the different types of plastics used in automobiles.
Students will understand the need to use the injection molding techniques in plastic component manufacturing techniques in this course.
The course helps you understand the CATIA software from the basics of sketcher workbench to advanced surface design which helps you to understand how to design plastic components based on industry-standard prerequisites.

Course Syllabus

On a daily basis we talk to companies in the likes of Tata Elxsi and Mahindra to fine tune our curriculum.

Design Overview In Automotive Industry

In this session, you will learn
- Product Life Cycle
- Design Life Cycle

Plastics in Automotive Industry

In this session, you will learn
- Types of plastics (Thermoset Plastics, Thermoplastic)
- Engineering plastic Materials
- Manufacturing Process
- Injection Molding

Introduction to CATIA

In this session, you will learn
- Basic commands and operation
- Save feature, pan feature, rotate feature, etc

Sketcher workbench

In this session, you will learn the following
- Commands
- Rules to follow
- Working in exercise

Part Design Workbench

In this session, you will learn
- Pad and pocket
- Working on exercise

Advanced part design

In this session, you will learn
- Boolean operations
- How to work on a Boolean exercise
- How to work on After Tool Go modification on Automotive components. (OEM Working procedures)

2D Drawing creation

In this session, you will learn to
- Create a PCB Bracket using Boolean operations

Basic Surface Design Workbench

In this session, you will learn the following
- Commands (Types of Sweep)
- Working on exercise
- Draft analysis
- How to work on a surface exercise

Advanced Surface Design Workbench

In this session, you will learn the following
- Commands
- Creation of Closed body, Thickened body
- A parting line and parting surface

Creation of Door Switch Bezel and adding thickness to it

In this session, you will learn
- How to create tooling direction and do the draft analysis to ensure the part can be taken out of the tool?
- Adding the right thickness to the part and solving the issues.
- Create the parting line for the bezel.

Tooling Feasibility

In this session, you will learn
- What is a mounting feature?
- How to create a locator and dog house?
- Integrating the mounting features to the base part with Boolean operations

Modeling Exercise

In this session, you will learn
- The Clip mounting feature is in Plastic design.
- Design considerations for creating this feature
- Tooling analysis for the clip feature

Drafting Workbench

In this session, you will learn
- Drafting workbench
- Creation of detail drawing for the Components
- Views creations (basic view & section views)
- Application of GD&T in drawings
- Template settings

Mold Design Considerations

In this session, you will learn
- Creation of Paring line
- Creation of Tooling axis
- What is undercut and how to solve it

Complex Mold Design Parameters

In this session, you will learn
- Creation of simple mold for the Rear quarter trim Cupholder
- What are core and cavity
- Stripper, ejection, and system
- Draft analysis
Designing a mold gives a good working understanding of the molding aspects of a component

Our courses have been designed by industry experts to help students achieve their dream careers

Industry Projects

Our projects are designed by experts in the industry to reflect industry standards. By working through our projects, Learners will gain a practical understanding of what they will take on at a larger-scale in the industry. In total, there are 5 Projects that are available in this program.

Design of Coin Holder

In this project, you will design a coin holder plastic trim part from the given Class-A surface. Check if the product is manufacturable.

Design of Heat Staking

In this project, the students will design heat stakes for joining the plastic door. The students will apply the 3-2-1 principle for designing the plastic applique.

Design of Switch Bezel

This project is about the development of a car side door switch bezel. You will be creating the CAD model of the switch bezel from the given inputs.

Design of B-pillar Cover

The project deals with the design of a B-pillar cover. The students will create a Plastic B pillar trim from the given class-A surface.

Design of Side door Panel

In this project, you will create a complete side door panel. You will design all the sub-assemblies like the armrest, map pocket, and the lower substrate.