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Detailed Steps Connector Housing

Connector Housing (1): Creating the Main Pad and OtherFeatures

Extruding the Main Pad 1. 1. Select the connector profile

2. 2. Using the Pad function, create a 70mm long pad from the connector profile

Designing the Catch1. 1. Create a plane offset 35mm from yz plane

2. 2. Sketching on the offset plane, create the above sketch and constraints



3. 3. Create a coincidence constraint between the bottom line/pad top and a distanceconstraint between the vertical line/pad back. Change all dimensions to match

4. 4. Exit sketcher, create catch pad, 8mm on each side of offset plane for a total of 16mm

Hint: Use Mirrored Extent option



Making the Detent Pocket1. 1. Create a plane offset 20mm forward of the back face of the main pad

2. 2. Enter sketcher on offset plane, use “Cut Part by Sketch Plane” to make sketchingpossible, viewing from the front, draw profile with constraints for pocket

3. 3. Exit sketcher, create 9.5mm long detent pocket using the pocket tool



Designing the Clip

1. 1.

Select end of main pad and enter sketcher

2. 2. Sketch the clip in it’s rough position

3. 3. Create a coincidence constraint between the upper line/pad bottom and a coincidenceconstraint between the top right point/offset plane from detent. Create all other constraints




Connector Housing (2): Dressing-up the Connector

Drafting Surfaces Pad 5. 1. Select all perimeter vertical faces (5 faces) and apply a 3deg draft, using the connector

bottom as the neutral element

6. 2. Apply a 3deg draft to the connector step face using the lower upper face as the neutralelement

Filleting Edges 7. 1. Create two 1mm fillets on the upper and lower edges of the upper front face



8. 2. Variable fillet (linear) the four corner edges, each with a radius of 1mm at the top and2mm at the bottom

Shelling the PartPocket9. 1. Shell connector with 1mm wall thickness, removing the bottom face and the inside three

faces of the clip



Adding Fillets10. 1. Create 1mm fillet around top of part

11. 2. Hide unnecessary elements

Creating a Hole12. 1. Create a hole, 3.5mm diameter, located 15mm from right edge and 10mm from front

edge on the upper face



Creating a Pattern 13. 1. Use a rectangular pattern to create the second hole, using the first hole as the object

and spacing it 40mm from the first hole. Use the front edge for the direction of the pattern

Front Edge

Adding Standoffs and Reordering14. 1. On the underside of the part, sketch the above profile and constraints for the standoff



15. 2. Exit sketcher and create 4mm standoff using the pad tool

16. 3. Reorder the standoff before the hole in the specification tree so the hole goes through

17. 4. Use rectangular pattern to duplicate standoff and reorder it before the hole




Connector Housing (3): Modifying the Part

Editing Feature Parameters18. 1. Edit the first pad’s (Pad.1) width from 35mm to 40mm

19. 2. A wider connector is the result

Editing a Sketch20. 1. Edit Pad.4 sketch to include two tangent lines, perpendicular to each other with

constraints



21. 2. Trim circle to the new lines

22. 3. Exit sketcher and update part if needed (If Auto Update is off)

Editing Fillets23. 1. Edit fillet radius (EdgeFillet.1) from 1mm to 1.5mm



A larger fillet radius is the result

Editing a Hole Type

24. 1. Edit Hole.1 to be a Counterbored Hole type with a diameter of 5mm and a depth of

1.5mm for the counterbore



Editing Feature Properties25. 1. Modify the properties of the catch (Pad.2) so that it is red

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