Design for manufacture in solidworks: plastic parts

[@DesignMountain]

Learn how to design a basic injection moulded part in solidworks This design is based on the parts we looked at in the reverse engineering video last week if you missed the video check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOyiqyBp6itoaM

[@mateusmartins5711]

Nice vídeo! I am a Brazilian engineer and his last 2 videos have helped me understand plastic parts.

[@DesignMountain]

Hey thanks for the comment. There is a lot more detail etc.. but hopefully it will give some idea.

[@949needleguy]

Very nice! Keep it up, please!

[@DesignMountain]

Thanks

[@heel3r970]

I see some people creating a trough around the bottom of the boss to encourage uniform wall thickness where the boss originates from...is that really needed? it's mentioned in quite a few guidelines but I never see anyone on KZbin do it that way.

[@DesignMountain]

Hi by a trough do you mean a relief cut? I haven't seen this and would imagine putting a cut at the bottom of a boss would encourage stresses and weaken it.

[@eatinMcdonaldsfryz]

I design housings/clamshells for a living and uniform wall thickness is 100% needed. Nobody on KZbin making these videos does a thickness analysis because they don't actually know about design for manufacturability, they just know how to make things in CAD.

[@sahityakashyap9245]

@@eatinMcdonaldsfryz DAMN RIGHT

[@sahityakashyap9245]

WHY DIDNT YOU USE RIB COMMAND FOR MAKING RIBS?