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Tutorial Objectives
Description
? This Tutorial is an introduction to Assembly Design.
Message
? Assembly Design is easy to use and powerful. The basics of product structure, constraints, and moving assemblies and parts can be learned quickly. ? In this tutorial you will understand the power of associativity in CATIA V5, creating design in context and realising operations directly in the assembly design. ? We will see the facility to use sub assemblies and constraints.
Duration
? 45 minutes
Product Coverage
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Step 1
? Add a part into an assembly
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? Fix create constraints between this new part and other parts
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? When the tweeter is inserted, repeat this operation with the woofer
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? Create Holes in the Box to add screws
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? Add screws from a catalog
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? Modify the size of the Box and check the associativity
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? Assembly Feature ? Manipulation with respect to the constraints
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? Exploded view
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? Hyperlinks
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes
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Settings
Depending on your needs, you may have to modify the CATIA V5 settings (units, default directory, visualisation parameters, etc) In order to use the appropriate settings for this tutorial, you have two possibilities:
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Settings 2/2
For this tutorial you also need to install a material catalogue: ? Do not do this step if you have already done it in getting started or in a previous tutorial
? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\French directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\German directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\Japanese directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials directory ? Answer Yes in order to replace the old catalogue
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Start Scenario
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? Select Start + Mechanical Design + Assembly Design to access the assembly tools ? Here we will change the name of the product ? Click on the Product1 name in the specification tree ? Click MB3 + Properties to display the Properties dialogue box ? Select Product tab ? Double-Click in the Part Number field ? Enter Loudspeaker instead of Product1 ? Click OK
? Click Open
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? Select the Commands tab ? Select Window on the left part of the window ? Select Tile Vertically on the right part of the window ? Click on Show Properties button ? Enter F4 into Accelerator ? Click Close ? You can check the result of your customisation ? Hit F4 to tile your windows vertically
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? Now you will continue inserting and constraining further parts in the assembly window ? Maximise the assembly window (Product.1) ? Select Fit all in ? Select Fix Component icon
? If you dont see the icon, it means that the corresponding toolbar is hidden due to your display settings. To find it, drag and drop the empty area from the bottom right side to the centre of the 3D view. Repeat this operation until you find the right toolbar. To put it back, do the reverse operation
? Click on the + sign of the Constraint line to display the constraints you have created
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? In the Insert an Existing Component window, Open \Assembly Design \Data\ tweeter\tweeter.CATProduct
? Place the mouse cursor on the vertical axis and when it turns orange, hold MB1 and drag the tweeter outside the box ? Using the other axis of the Compass, repeat the operation to position the tweeter as shown
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? Click MB3 on the face of the tweeter. Select Reframe On to zoom in on the tweeter
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? Select these 2 cylindrical surfaces (both internal hole faces) while holding <CTRL> ? Select Coincidence Constraint again
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? The tweeter will rotate into place ? You have seen two ways for the creation of a constraint : icon object / object - icon
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? Modify it from 223mm to 240mm and press <Enter> ? Select OK in Hole Definition dialog box
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? Maximise the assembly window ? Zoom out or Fit All In to show the entire speaker
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? Click Apply new position ? Select Close in Compass Manipulation dialog box ? Drag the compass away from the woofer ? Click anywhere in the background to deselect the geometries
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Creating Coincidence Constraint ? Adding a coincidence constraint ? Select Coincidence Constraint icon ? Click MB1 to select this cylindrical surface on the Diaphragm ? Click MB1 to select this cylindrical surface on the box
Creating Contact Constraint ? Adding a Contact constraint ? Select Contact Constraint icon ? Select this face on the woofer
? If the orientation of the view is not as shown, you can rotate the view
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? Click OK
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? Select Up To Next
? Selecting Up To Next means that if we modify the thickness of box, the hole will be adjusted accordingly
? Select Exit Workbench icon to exit the sketcher ? Click OK to close the Hole Definition window
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? You may have to zoom in on this area to select the right face
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? Select OK to close External Parameter selection window ? Select OK to close Formula Editor window ? Select the Reference element field ? Select the cylindrical surface of the box shown as the reference element
? Double click again on it to edit the definition of the circular pattern ? Zoom out to see the holes ? Change Instances from 4 to 6
? Use the up arrow or enter the value
? Select OK
? Notice the box has turned bright red indicating the hole pattern should be updated to match the pattern in the woofer
? Hit F3 to show the tree ? Double click Loudspeaker at the top of the tree
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? the links are automatically updated and you enter the Assembly Design workbench
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? Select Browse another catalog button ? Find and Double-click \Assembly Design\Data\ISO_4762.catalog
? You dont have access to the Standard Part catalog because you are in a Demonstration Mode. If you want to use the Full provided Catalog, do not hesitate to contact your Business Partner
? You see the screw in the tree but not in the 3D view. This is normal In fact, the screw is inside the Loudspeaker In the next step, we will move it.
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? Drag and drop ISO 4762 screw M5x20 into Loudspeaker at the top of the tree
? Dragging the compass, select either a green axis or a blue plane and move the screw to its approximate position ? When you are satisfied with the position of the screw, drag the red dot of the compass away from the tweeter holding MB1 + shift
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? Select the Contact Constraint icon ? Select the flat face on the woofer hole ? Select the flat face on the screw
? Dont hesitate to rotate the assembly using MB2 + MB1 (see Get Started exercises) then select the back face of the screw
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? You should see a + sign ? This will create another series of screws
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? Select Offset Constraint icon ? Select the flat surface on the tweeter ? Select the flat surface on the far side of the screw
?Rotate the view if necessary
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? Hiding all the constraints ? In the tree, select all the constraints you have just created and the three planes. Use the <CTRL> key (for multi selection) and click on the Hide/Show icon
? The speaker is now complete. Lets see what it looks like with another box configuration
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? Double-click on Configuration in the tree ? Select this button in the window ? Double click on line 2 ? Click OK
? The assembly needs to be updated
? Hit F3 to hide the tree ? Play a MP3 on your PC ? Select View + Full Screen ? Click MB3, then select Full Screen again to exit the Full Screen view
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? Double-click on Configuration in the tree ? Select this button in the window ? Double click on line 1 ? Click OK
? The assembly needs to be updated
? Hit F3 to hide the tree ? Play a MP3 on your PC ? Select View + Full Screen ? Click MB3, then select Full Screen again to exit the Full Screen view
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? Click OK
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? With a drag and drop, replace the compass on the bottom right axis.
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? Click on the two holes, as in picture 1 ? Click again on the Quick Constraint Icon ? Click on the two holes, as in picture 2
? Stay at the 3D view and approach the cursor on the second face, use the up arrow on the keyboard once, and then approach the cursor on the centre of the arrows. A circle will appear, click on it to accept the selection.
? You can turn the assembly around and select the face directly.
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? Do the same
? We have the entire Assembly now.
? In the tree, select the Two_way_box, then with the contextual menu on it ( MB 3 ), select Components/Isolate Part.
? You can isolate the parts from the links we created before at any time.
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? Select the icon axis rotation. ? And then select the axis as the picture by clicking on it. ? Zoom back
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? Click OK twice.
? You are now in the scene area, which has a green background
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? Select the Two_Way_box in the tree ? Change the Depth Definition for First level
? The sub assembly will move as a whole - not as parts.
? Click on Apply ? Click on the left arrow to return to the previous step. ? Click on the right arrow to chose the final exploded view and then click OK
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? We can now return at anytime to the exploded view by double clicking on the small view at the bottom left of the CATIA window.
? The exit will be like before
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? Select the top of the box ? Change the Name of the Hyperlink
? Change to Hyperlink
In \Assembly Design\Data\ ? You can now switch the Go to button to activate the link and open the file. ? Click on a line in the panel to activate the Go to button, and then click to active the link.
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Manual Settings
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Settings
Tools/Options
? We will configure the environment of CATIA ? Select Tools + Options menu ? We will erase any previous configurations. ? Click on General ? Click on the Reset Bottom ? Select for all the tabpages
? Click YES
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Settings
Tools/Options
? Under General select Parameters on the tree ? Select to check With value and With formula ? Under Infrastructure select Product Structure on the tree ? Select to check : Automatic Expand Parameters Relations Products
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Settings
Tools/Options
? Under Mechanical Design select Part Design on the tree ? Select the General folder ? Select Keep link with selected object ? Select Confirm when creating a link ? Select the Display folder ? Select Constraints, Parameters, Relations ? Thats all for the configuration ? Select OK at the bottom right
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CONGRATULATIONS
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