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Getting Started With CATIA Version 5
Getting Started With CATIA Version 5
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CATIA V5 Settings
WB
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Menus
Icon of active
workbench
Window of
active
document
Tree
&
Toolbars of active
workbench
Geometry
Tree
scrollbar
Toolbars
Prompt zone
Undo icon to
cancel actions
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Double arrow
indicates more
toolbars
Click OK to confirm
Click Apply to pre-visualise the result
Click Cancel to leave the function
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MB3
To display the
contextual menu
MB1
To select and
edit objects
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?If the part disappears, get it back with the Fit-All-In icon in the View
toolbar.
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?To change the rotation axis, click once on MB2 on the element
that you want at the centre of the screen.
?P.S.: if you see a + or a Forbidden sign it means that you
have not held MB1 and you will duplicate the geometry
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Click on + to expand
Click on to shrink
Expand / Shrink
? Note that you can use the scrollbar to display the top or bottom of the tree
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Click mouse
button 1 (MB1)
on a tree
branch
Current workbench
Current document
.CATProduct
Part Design
Sketcher
.CATPart
Generative &
Interactive Drafting
.CATDrawing
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Inactive documents
have a grey title bar
Workbench
toolbars
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Current document
(blue title bar)
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WB
SKETCHER Workbench
Presentation
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Learning Sketcher
Exercise
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Learning Sketcher
Exercise
Select the Constraints
icon and set dimensions
? To modify a Dimension,
double-click on the green
dimension value box.
? Change the value and
click OK to validate
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Learning Sketcher
Exercise
Click OK to validate
? You can change the length
value before validation
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Learning Sketcher
Exercise
Double- click on Sketch.1 in the Tree
to enter Sketcher
? Double-click on the 110
dimensions
? Change the value to 120
? Click OK to validate
? Exit the Sketcher
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Learning Sketcher
Exercise
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Click OK to validate
? You can change the depth
value before validation
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? Others tools such as Animate Constraints enable the user to explore design
alternatives
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Learning Sketcher
Accessing the Workbench
?Select Start + Mechanical Design + Sketcher
?Select a plane or a face of an object
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Learning Sketcher
Sketcher Workbench overview
?A new Sketch will appear in the Part Tree when entering the Sketcher Workbench
Tools & Operations
Part tree
Go to 3D
view
New Sketch
Exit a
function
Constraints
Icons
Sketcher
Design Tools
Work in
normal view
Standard
tools
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes
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Learning Sketcher
Exit Sketcher
Sketcher Tools
Profile
Rectangles, Keyholes, Polygons
Circles, Ellipses, Arcs
Spline
Ellipse
Line
Axis
Points
Corner
Chamfer
Trim options
Break
Symmetry
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Projection
Constraints dialogue box
Constraints
Auto Constraints
Animate Constraints
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes
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Learning Sketcher
Terminology
The Sketch is the holding place for a group of 2D elements on
a specific plane. There can be more than one Sketch using the
same plane as support.
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Learning Sketcher
General Process
An In-Work Sketch is
added to the
Specifications Tree
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Create Geometric
Elements and
Constraints
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Exit the Sketcher
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