CATIA LABSHEETS

ZEIT 1501: Engineering Practice and Design

Dr. Hemant Kumar Singh

Dr. Khairul Alam

2014
 Important Information on CATIA Drawing Submissions: 2014

Please take note of the following:

(a) Please save your drawing frequently. Be aware of CATIA crashes and unfinished drawings cannot
be assessed.
(b) Please make sure you sign against your name each class you come in.
(c) The tutors will be collecting your CATIA drawings on their USB Drive at the end of each session.
(d) The name of the file should be “T1_z3314312.CATPart” for a student with id z3314312 for
Tutorial 1 submission. For tutorials which have part A, B and C, they would be names as
“T1A_z3314312.CATPart” and so on.
(e) Refer to “Setting Up” for setting up CATIA.
(f) Please refrain from jumping across groups and be on time for the classes.

Setting Up

1. Start-up is usually very slow….wait patiently.

2. Menu bar: Tools/Options/Infrastructure/Part Infrastructure/Display …. Display in Specification
Tree, check all buttons ON.
3. Menu bar: Tools/Options/Display/Performance/3D Accuracy and 2D Accuracy set to 0.01. Press
OK to save.
4. Menu bar: Tools/Options/Mechanical Design/Sketcher/Constraint …. Make sure ‘Creates the
geometrical constraints’ and ‘Creates the dimensional constraints’ are checked ON.
5. Create a Folder named as your student (Catia_zID) and put all your files for the tutorial in it
which will be collected at the end of each class.
6. Setting up steps 1-4 need to be done in every Tutorial Class.

Fig. 2: The screen that appears after closing the initial product file while starting CATIA

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 PLAN OF ACTIVITIES

Task-1A (50 Assignment-

Day-1 Introduction (90 mins)
mins) 1/2 (130 mins)
Task-2A (50 Task-2B (50 Task-2C (50 Assignment-
Day-2 Lecture (50 mins)
mins) mins) mins) 1/2 (70 mins)
Assignment-
Day-3 Lecture (20 mins) Task-3A (50 mins) Task-3B (100 mins)
1/2 (100 mins)

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Task-1: 5%
Task-2: 15% (5% each for 2A, 2B and 2C)
Task-3: 30% (10% for 3A and 20% for 3B)
Assignment-1: 25%
Assignment-2: 25%

Tasks 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed at the end of every class. Students are encouraged to seek feedback on
their tasks during the class so that they have the opportunity to correct/redraw.

Assignment-1 and 2 has to be submitted at the end of Day-3 (For all groups who have been through
Graphics cycle). For the groups who start with CATIA, Assigment-2 should be submitted by the end of
their Graphics cycle. Students are encouraged to seek feedback on their assignment tasks during the class
so that they have the opportunity to correct/redraw.

Lecture in Day 2 will also include principles of drafting which does not have any assessable task.

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 INTRODUCTION

1. Part Design: Creating positive features from a sketch

2. Part Design: Creating negative features from a sketch
3. Part Design: Dress Up features including Threads
4. Plumbing Part
5. Examination of Complex Part
6. Assembly: Manipulation and Constraints
7. Structural Joint
8. Mechanical Assembly

Background: CATIA, Version 5, Release 20, Dassault Systems

Acronym for: Computer Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application

Workbenches
1. Part Design workbench
2. Wireframe and Surface Design workbench
3. Assembly Design Workbench
4. Drafting workbench

Fig. 1: Basic workbenches in CATIA

CATPart
CATPart is a file extension associated with all the files that are created in the Sketcher, Part Design,
and Wireframe and Surface Design workbenches.

CATProduct
CATProduct is a file extension associated with all the files that are created in the Assembly Design
workbench.

CATDrawing
CATDrawing is a file extension associated with all the files that are created in the Drafting
workbench.

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Mouse Operations
1. Select: Left (L) Button Click. For multiple selections hold the CTRL key along with the Left
Button
2. Contextual menu: Right (R) Button Click
3. Object Manipulation: Mouse wheel, alone or in combination with L or R button
- Hold the middle button and move right or left to pan the object
- Press the centre and the right and hold to rotate the object
- To zoom hold the middle button and the CTRL key
Toolbars
1. Unpack and repack specific toolbars by dragging
2. Expand tools with sub-bars by selecting the black triangle (V)
3. If you accidentally close, restore the toolbars with Menu bar: Tools/Customize/Toolbars/Restore
All Contents and Restore position.

1. Standard Toolbar
This toolbar is common to all workbenches of CATIA V5.

Fig. 3: The Standard toolbar

2. View Toolbar
The buttons in the View toolbar are used for manipulating the view of the model.

Fig. 4: The View toolbar

3. Sketcher Toolbar
The Sketcher button in the sketcher toolbar is used to invoke the Sketcher workbench. After
choosing the Sketcher button, select a plane, or a planar face to invoke the Sketcher workbench.
You can select the plane and invoke the Sketcher or vice-versa.

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 Fig. 5: The Sketcher toolbar

4. Profile Toolbar
The tools in the Profile toolbar are used to draw the sketches. It is one of the most important
toolbars in the Sketcher workbench.

Fig. 6: The Profile toolbar

5. Constraint Toolbar
The tools in the Constraint toolbar are used to apply constraints to the geometric entities and
assign dimensions to a drawn sketch.

Fig. 7: The Constraint toolbar

6. Operation Toolbar
The tools in the Operation toolbar are used to edit the drawn sketches.

Fig. 8: The Operation toolbar

7. Sketch Tools Toolbar

The tools in the Sketch Tools toolbar are used to set the sketcher settings such as setting the
snap, switching between the standard and construction elements, and so on.

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 Fig. 9: The Sketch Tools toolbar

Once the basic sketch is complete, you need to convert it into a feature. Choose the ‘Exit Workbench
(icon on the right side of the toolbar, an arrow pointing up)’ button from the Workbench toolbar and
switch back to the Part Design workbench.
The following toolbars of the Part Design workbench are discussed next.

8. Sketch-Based Features Toolbar

The tools in the Sketch-Based Features toolbar are used to convert a sketch drawn in the
Sketcher workbench into a feature.

Fig. 10: The Sketch-Based Features toolbar

9. Dress-Up Features Toolbar

The tools in the Dress-Up Features toolbar are used to apply the dress-up features such as fillet,
chamfer, shell, and so on.

Fig. 11: The Dress-Up Features toolbar

10. Transformation Features Toolbar

The tools in the Transformation Features toolbar are used to apply the transformation features to
the part such as moving, mirror, pattern, and so on.

Fig. 12: The Transformation Features toolbar

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Specification Tree
The specification tree is a simplified file list. It keeps a track of all the operations that are carried out
on the part. You can use the tree to selects parts on the drawing. And you can switch the tree ON and
OFF using F3.
To increase/decrease the font of the tree: hold the CTRL key and rotate the mouse wheel

Fig. 13: The specification tree that appears on starting a new CATPart file

Compass
The compass is used to manipulate the orientation of parts, assemblies, or sketches. You can also
orient the view of the parts and assemblies.

Fig. 14: The compass

Constraints
Constraints are the logical operations that are performed on the selected element to define its size and
location with respect to the other elements or reference geometries.

1. Geometric constraints, and

2. Assembly constraints

Geometric Constraints
Performed in the Sketcher workbench to define the size and position of a sketched element with
respect to the other elements.

1. Distance: is used to apply a distance dimension between any two selected entities.
2. Length: is used to apply a linear dimension to the selected line.
3. Angle: is used to apply an angular dimension between any two selected lines.
4. Radius / Diameter: is used to apply a radius or a diameter to the selected circular entity.
5. Semimajor axis: is used to apply a dimension to the major axis of the selected ellipse.
6. Semiminor axis: is used to apply a dimension to the minor axis of the selected ellipse.
7. Symmetry: is used to force the selected sketched entities symmetrical about an axis. A line
segment can be used as an axis.
8. Midpoint: is used to force a selected point to be placed on the midpoint of the selected line.
9. Equidistant point: is used to force a selected point to be placed at an equal distance from any
two preselected points.

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 10. Fix: is used to fix a selected entity in terms of its position with respect to the coordinate system
of the current sketch.
11. Coincidence: is used to make two points, two lines, a point and a line, or a point and a curve,
coincident.
12. Concentricity: is used to make two circles, arc, an arc and a circle, a point and a circle, or a
point and an arc, concentric.
13. Tangency: is used to force the selected line segment or curve to become tangent to another
curve.
14. Parallelism: is used to force any two selected line segments to become parallel to each other.
The selected line segments can also be axes.
15. Perpendicular: is used to force any two selected line segments to become perpendicular to each
other. The selected line segments can also be axes.
16. Horizontal: forces the selected line segment to become horizontal.
17. Vertical: forces the selected line segment to become vertical.

Assembly Constraints
Performed in the Assembly design workbench to restrict the degree of freedom of the component
and to define its precise location and position with respect to the other components of the assembly.

1. Coincidence: is used to force two selected entities to coincide with each other.
2. Contact: is used to force two selected faces to create a contact between each other.
3. Offset: is used to place two different selected faces, planes, or central axes at a distance with
respect to each other.
4. Angle: is used to place two selected entities at an angle with respect to each other.
5. Fix: fixes the position of the selected part in the 3D space.
6. Fix Together: fixes the position of the two different selected parts with respect to each other.
7. Quick: is used to apply the most appropriate constraint to the elements in the current selection
set.
Sketch Constraints
1. Correct set of constraints are required for all engineering objects which is enforced in CATIA
through the use of constraints.
2. Two forms of constraints are available: Quick and through Dialogue box.
3. There are some sketcher auto-constraints-origin, horizontal, vertical etc which do not appear in
the tree.
4. Non-auto constraints can be deleted from the tree.
5. A fully constrained sketch is green, under-constrained is white and over-constrained is purple.
Geometrical Set
The geometrical set is defined as a body that includes the newly created planes, surfaces, wireframe
elements, and reference elements.
Feature
A feature is defined as a basic building block of a solid model. The combination of various features
results in a complete model. In the Part Design workbench, the features are of the following four
types:
1. Sketch-based features.
2. Dress-up features.
3. Transformation features.
4. Surface-based features.
Note
1. If you are trying to undo, and it shows undo empty selection, select the curve and then you can
undo till you are happy.
2. Use ‘Exit this workbench’, icon on the right side of the toolbar an arrow pointing up.
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 TUTORIAL 1A: CREATING POSITIVE FEATURES

Part Design

(** Close the Assembly design workbench that is opened by default when starting CATIA before
opening Part design workbench**)
1. Menu bar: Start/Mechanical Design/Part Design
2. Uncheck ‘Hybrid design’ and Check ‘Create a geometrical set’.
3. Invoke the Sketcher (Paper and Pen Logo on the Right Toolbar) and select a Plane. You can
select the plane and invoke the sketcher or vice versa. Initially, you can only sketch on the 3
Cartesian Planes, but once a Part is created, you can sketch on any of its planes or create
auxiliary planes.
4. Prompts will appear in the lower region of the window as you move the mouse, i.e. in the Status
bar.
5. Select/Tool or Tool/Select sequence is up to you but if you need to select multiple parts, select
has to come first.
6. Infinite UNDO is possible, but tools must be switched off first.
7. If you modify a sketch, double click on it in the tree and do not start a new sketch.
8. Draw the sketch of the model using the Profile, Line, Arc, and Circle tools.
9. Use of the Pad Tool to create 3D parts. Take Pad thickness of 30mm.

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 DRAFTING

In this section of the tutorial you will create a production drawing of the CATPart created in the previous
lesson (Tutorial 1A).

Drafting Workbench Toolbars

There are thirteen (13) standard toolbars found in the Drafting Workbench. Commonly used toolbars
including the tool name and a brief definition are shown below.

1. Drawing Toolbar
The tools in the drawing toolbar are used to create a new sheet and new views. The user defines
the view required.

Fig: The Drawing toolbar

2. Views Toolbar
The tools in the views toolbar are used to create different views and sections.

Fig: The Views toolbar

3. Dress-up Toolbar
The tools in the dress-up toolbar are used to fill areas, create lines and arrows.

Fig: The Dress-up toolbar

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4. Dimensioning Toolbar
The tools in the dimensioning toolbar are used to create dimensions.

Fig: The Dimensioning toolbar

5. Dimension Properties Toolbar

The tools in the dimension properties toolbar are used to set the dimension line representation and
the tolerance on a dimension.

Fig: The Dimension Properties toolbar

6. Annotations Toolbar
The tools in the annotations toolbar are used to create text, symbol and table.

Fig: The Annotations toolbar

7. Text Properties Toolbar

The tools in the text properties toolbar are used to modify the text and are identical to most
Microsoft text products.

Fig: The Text Properties toolbar

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Fig: Drafting of a CATPart (Tutorial 1A)

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 TUTORIAL 2A: CREATING NEGATIVE FEATURES

Part modification tools and their use

1. Pocket: Negative Pad: It’s a tool to remove material from an existing object by extruding the
sketch to a given depth condition. Take note that you can use the sketch in pocket to remove
material in either direction.
2. Hole: Special Pocket: You can select any region in the object and invoke the Hole tool. It will
ask for the diameter and has special features. Take note the Extension can be used to select the
depth or surface while the type offers taper, countersunk, etc and details of thread if needed.
3. Groove: Negative Shaft: It is a tool for removing material from an object that requires an axis
and a profile. It removes the material from the object by sweeping the profile about the axis.
4. Slot: Negative Rib: Take note for rib, it is not necessary to have the centre curve and the profile
attached. For a slot you need a solid object, a profile and a centre curve.
5. Shell: Hollowed out solid: Indicate the wall thickness and the faces to remove.

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 TUTORIAL 2B: DRESS UP TOOLS

Dress up tools and their use

1. Fillet: It is meant to round the edges or surfaces.
2. Chamfer: Meant to modify the edges with a plane.
3. Threads: Use the ‘Hole’ tool to create these. Select appropriate type. Metric Thick pitch (M1,
M10 etc) and notice that the pitch and hole diameter is automatically created. You will need to
click on the hole to find the details of the thread as the details of the thread will not appear in the
tree.
4. Pattern: Creating multiple copies such as holes/slots or any need for multiple instances within
an object.

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 TUTORIAL 2C: CREATING PLANES AND HOLLOW TUBE

The below sketch is for a Plumbers tube which is hollow and has a 45 degree joint. Use 100 mm as the
outer diameter for all the pipes and, the length and the thickness of the pipes are for you to choose any
value you want. The object should look similar to the one below.

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 TUTORIAL 3A: ASSEMBLY DESIGN

Case 1: The ring is 10 mm from the surface of the base plate.

Case 2: Create the base plate as a part and the bolts as another part. Create the assembly with 6 bolts and
the base.

For all the above examples, you are free to choose dimensions. Make sure they are constrained in the
sketches.

Fig.: Case 1

Fig.: Case 2

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TUTORIAL 3B: Geroller Pump Assembly

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 Assignment-I: VARNAMO Milling Machine Shaft

- Unserviceable/Damaged VARNAMO milling machine shaft will be provided in the class.

- Apply reverse engineering technique and standard limit fits and tolerances from the provided
catalogue to model the assembly.
- Here is how it is expected to look like.

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 Assignment-II: BEAM ASSEMBLY

- Use the standard dimensions from the catalogue provided. Here is how it is expected to look like.
- You have to draw two universal beams and one square hollow section as shown below.
- There are standard bolts, nuts and washers available in CATIA that are already drawn. You don’t
need to draw bolts, nuts and washers. During assembly you will bring them from CATIA library.

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Steel Section Index

Square Hollow Sections-Cold Formed..BS EN 10219:1997

Table of Dimensions + Properties

Corner Radii Second Torsional Constants

Area of Radius of Section Plastic Section
Size Thick's Mass/m Moment of
Section Gyration Modulus Modulus Surface Area
Ext'l Int'l Area Inertia Modulus
B T ro ri M/m A I r Z S J C As
mm x mm mm mm mm kg/m 2
cm cm
4 cm cm
3 cm
3 cm
4 cm
3 m /m
2
20 2 4 2 1.05 1.34 0.692 0.72 0.692 0.877 1.21 1.06 0.0731
20 2.5 5 2.5 1.25 1.59 0.766 0.694 0.766 1 1.39 1.19 0.0714
25 2 4 2 1.36 1.74 1.48 0.924 1.19 1.47 2.53 1.8 0.0931
25 2.5 5 2.5 1.64 2.09 1.69 0.899 1.35 1.71 2.97 2.07 0.0914
25 3 6 3 1.89 2.41 1.84 0.874 1.47 1.91 3.33 2.27 0.0897
30 2 4 2 1.68 2.14 2.72 1.13 1.81 2.21 4.54 2.75 0.113
30 2.5 5 2.5 2.03 2.59 3.16 1.1 2.1 2.61 5.4 3.2 0.111

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30 3 6 3 2.36 3.01 3.5 1.08 2.34 2.96 6.15 3.58 0.11

40 2 4 2 2.31 2.94 6.94 1.54 3.47 4.13 11.3 5.23 0.153
40 2.5 5 2.5 2.82 3.59 8.22 1.51 4.11 4.97 13.6 6.21 0.151
40 3 6 3 3.3 4.21 9.32 1.49 4.66 5.72 15.8 7.07 0.15
40 4 8 4 4.2 5.35 11.1 1.44 5.54 7.01 19.4 8.48 0.146
50 2 4 2 2.93 3.74 14.1 1.95 5.66 6.66 22.6 8.51 0.193
50 2.5 5 2.5 3.6 4.59 16.9 1.92 6.78 8.07 27.5 10.2 0.191
50 3 6 3 4.25 5.41 19.5 1.9 7.79 9.39 32.1 11.8 0.19
50 4 8 4 5.45 6.95 23.7 1.85 9.49 11.7 40.4 14.4 0.186
50 5 10 5 6.56 8.36 27 1.8 10.8 13.7 47.5 16.6 0.183
60 2 4 2 3.56 4.54 25.1 2.35 8.38 9.79 39.8 12.6 0.233
60 2.5 5 2.5 4.39 5.59 30.3 2.33 10.1 11.9 48.7 15.2 0.231
60 3 6 3 5.19 6.61 35.1 2.31 11.7 14 57.1 17.7 0.23
60 4 8 4 6.71 8.55 43.6 2.26 14.5 17.6 72.6 22 0.226
60 5 10 5 8.13 10.4 50.5 2.21 16.8 20.9 86.4 25.6 0.223
60 6 12 6 9.45 12 56.1 2.16 18.7 23.7 98.4 28.6 0.219
60 6.3 15.75 9.45 9.55 12.2 54.4 2.11 18.1 23.4 100 28.8 0.213
70 2.5 5 2.5 5.17 6.59 49.4 2.74 14.1 16.5 78.5 21.2 0.271
70 3 6 3 6.13 7.81 57.5 2.71 16.4 19.4 92.4 24.7 0.27
70 3.6 7.2 3.6 7.24 9.23 66.5 2.69 19 22.7 108 28.7 0.268
70 4 8 4 7.97 10.1 72.1 2.67 20.6 24.8 119 31.1 0.266
70 5 10 5 9.7 12.4 84.6 2.62 24.2 29.6 142 36.7 0.263
70 6 12 6 11.3 14.4 95.2 2.57 27.2 33.8 163 41.4 0.259
70 6.3 15.75 9.45 11.5 14.7 93.8 2.53 26.8 33.8 168 42.1 0.253
80 3 6 3 7.07 9.01 87.8 3.12 22 25.8 140 33 0.31
80 3.6 7.2 3.6 8.37 10.7 102 3.09 25.5 30.2 165 38.4 0.308
80 4 8 4 9.22 11.7 111 3.07 27.8 33.1 180 41.8 0.306
80 5 10 5 11.3 14.4 131 3.03 32.9 39.7 218 49.7 0.303
80 6 12 6 13.2 16.8 149 2.98 37.3 45.8 252 56.6 0.299
80 6.3 15.75 9.45 13.5 17.2 149 2.94 37.1 46.1 261 57.9 0.293
80 8 20 12 16.4 20.8 168 2.84 42.1 53.9 307 66.6 0.286
90 3 6 3 8.01 10.2 127 3.53 28.3 33 201 42.5 0.35
90 3.6 7.2 3.6 9.5 12.1 149 3.5 33 38.9 238 49.6 0.348
90 4 8 4 10.5 13.3 162 3.48 36 42.6 261 54.2 0.346
90 5 10 5 12.8 16.4 193 3.43 42.9 51.4 316 64.7 0.343
90 6 12 6 15.1 19.2 220 3.39 49 59.5 368 74.2 0.339
90 6.3 15.75 9.45 15.5 19.7 221 3.35 49.1 60.3 382 76.2 0.333
90 8 20 12 18.9 24 255 3.25 56.6 71.3 456 88.8 0.326
100 3 6 3 8.96 11.4 177 3.94 35.4 41.2 279 53.2 0.39
100 4 8 4 11.7 14.9 226 3.89 45.3 53.3 362 68.1 0.386
100 5 10 5 14.4 18.4 271 3.84 54.2 64.6 441 81.7 0.383
100 6 12 6 17 21.6 311 3.79 62.3 75.1 514 94.1 0.379
100 6.3 15.75 9.45 17.5 22.2 314 3.76 62.8 76.4 536 97 0.373

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100 8 20 12 21.4 27.2 366 3.67 73.2 91.1 645 114 0.366
100 10 25 15 25.6 32.6 411 3.55 82.2 105 750 130 0.357
100 12 36 24 28.3 36.1 408 3.36 81.6 110 794 136 0.338
100 12.5 37.5 25 29.1 37 410 3.33 82.1 111 804 137 0.336
120 3 6 3 10.8 13.8 312 4.76 52.1 60.2 488 78.2 0.47
120 4 8 4 14.2 18.1 402 4.71 67 78.3 637 101 0.466
120 5 10 5 17.5 22.4 485 4.66 80.9 95.4 778 122 0.463
120 6 12 6 20.7 26.4 562 4.61 93.7 112 913 141 0.459
120 6.3 15.75 9.45 21.4 27.3 572 4.58 95.3 114 955 146 0.453
120 8 20 12 26.4 33.6 677 4.49 113 138 1163 175 0.446
120 10 25 15 31.8 40.6 777 4.38 129 162 1376 203 0.437
120 12 36 24 35.8 45.7 806 4.2 134 174 1518 219 0.418
120 12.5 37.5 25 36.9 47 817 4.17 136 178 1551 223 0.416
140 4 8 4 16.8 21.3 652 5.52 93.1 108 1023 140 0.546
140 5 10 5 20.7 26.4 791 5.48 113 132 1256 170 0.543
140 6 12 6 24.5 31.2 920 5.43 131 155 1479 198 0.539
140 6.3 15.75 9.45 25.4 32.3 941 5.39 134 160 1550 205 0.533
140 8 20 12 31.4 40 1127 5.3 161 194 1901 248 0.526
140 10 25 15 38.1 48.6 1312 5.2 187 230 2274 291 0.517
140 12 36 24 43.4 55.3 1398 5.03 200 253 2567 322 0.498
140 12.5 37.5 25 44.8 57 1425 5 204 259 2634 329 0.496
150 4 8 4 18 22.9 808 5.93 108 125 1265 162 0.586
150 5 10 5 22.3 28.4 982 5.89 131 153 1554 197 0.583
150 6 12 6 26.4 33.6 1146 5.84 153 180 1833 230 0.579
150 6.3 15.75 9.45 27.4 34.8 1174 5.8 156 185 1922 239 0.573
150 8 20 12 33.9 43.2 1412 5.71 188 226 2364 289 0.566
150 10 25 15 41.3 52.6 1653 5.61 220 269 2839 341 0.557
150 12 36 24 47.1 60.1 1780 5.44 237 298 3231 380 0.538
150 12.5 37.5 25 48.7 62 1817 5.41 242 306 3321 389 0.536
150 16 48 32 58.7 74.8 2009 5.18 268 351 3830 440 0.518
160 4 8 4 19.3 24.5 987 6.34 123 143 1541 185 0.626
160 5 10 5 23.8 30.4 1202 6.29 150 175 1896 226 0.623
160 6 12 6 28.3 36 1405 6.25 176 206 2239 264 0.619
160 6.3 15.75 9.45 29.3 37.4 1442 6.21 180 213 2349 275 0.613
160 8 20 12 36.5 46.4 1741 6.12 218 260 2897 334 0.606
160 10 25 15 44.4 56.6 2048 6.02 256 311 3490 395 0.597
160 12 36 24 50.9 64.9 2224 5.86 278 346 3997 443 0.578
160 12.5 37.5 25 52.6 67 2275 5.83 284 356 4114 455 0.576
160 16 48 32 63.7 81.2 2546 5.6 318 413 4799 520 0.558
180 4 8 4 21.8 27.7 1422 7.16 158 182 2210 237 0.706
180 5 10 5 27 34.4 1737 7.11 193 224 2724 290 0.703
180 6 12 6 32.1 40.8 2037 7.06 226 264 3223 340 0.699
180 6.3 15.75 9.45 33.3 42.4 2096 7.03 233 273 3383 354 0.693

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180 8 20 12 41.5 52.8 2546 6.94 283 336 4189 432 0.686
180 10 25 15 50.7 64.6 3017 6.84 335 404 5074 515 0.677
180 12 36 24 58.5 74.5 3322 6.68 369 454 5865 584 0.658
180 12.5 37.5 25 60.5 77 3406 6.65 378 467 6050 600 0.656
180 16 48 32 73.8 94 3887 6.43 432 550 7178 698 0.638
200 4 8 4 24.3 30.9 1968 7.97 197 226 3049 295 0.786
200 5 10 5 30.1 38.4 2410 7.93 241 279 3763 362 0.783
200 6 12 6 35.8 45.6 2833 7.88 283 330 4459 426 0.779
200 6.3 15.75 9.45 37.2 47.4 2922 7.85 292 341 4682 444 0.773
200 8 20 12 46.5 59.2 3566 7.76 357 421 5815 544 0.766
200 10 25 15 57 72.6 4251 7.65 425 508 7072 651 0.757
200 12 36 24 66 84.1 4730 7.5 473 576 8230 743 0.738
200 12.5 37.5 25 68.3 87 4859 7.47 486 594 8502 765 0.736
200 16 48 32 83.8 107 5625 7.26 562 706 10210 901 0.718
220 5 10 5 33.2 42.4 3238 8.74 294 340 5038 442 0.863
220 6 12 6 39.6 50.4 3813 8.7 347 402 5976 521 0.859
220 6.3 15.75 9.45 41.2 52.5 3940 8.66 358 417 6277 543 0.853
220 8 20 12 51.5 65.6 4828 8.58 439 516 7815 668 0.846
220 10 25 15 63.2 80.6 5782 8.47 526 625 9533 804 0.837
220 12 36 24 73.5 93.7 6487 8.32 590 712 11149 922 0.818
220 12.5 37.5 25 76.2 97 6674 8.29 607 735 11530 951 0.816
220 16 48 32 93.9 120 7812 8.08 710 881 13971 1129 0.798
250 5 10 5 38 48.4 4805 9.97 384 442 7443 577 0.983
250 6 12 6 45.2 57.6 5672 9.92 454 524 8843 681 0.979
250 6.3 15.75 9.45 47.1 60 5873 9.89 470 544 9290 711 0.973
250 8 20 12 59.1 75.2 7229 9.8 578 676 11598 878 0.966
250 10 25 15 72.7 92.6 8707 9.7 697 822 14197 1062 0.957
250 12 36 24 84.8 108 9859 9.55 789 944 16691 1226 0.938
250 12.5 37.5 25 88 112 10161 9.52 813 975 17283 1266 0.936
250 16 48 32 109 139 12047 9.32 964 1180 21146 1520 0.918
260 6 12 6 47.1 60 6405 10.3 493 569 9970 739 1.02
260 6.3 15.75 9.45 49.1 62.6 6635 10.3 510 591 10475 772 1.01
260 8 20 12 61.6 78.4 8178 10.2 629 734 13087 955 1.01
260 10 25 15 75.8 96.6 9865 10.1 759 894 16035 1156 0.997
260 12 36 24 88.6 113 11200 9.96 862 1028 18878 1337 0.978
260 12.5 37.5 25 91.9 117 11548 9.93 888 1063 19553 1381 0.976
260 16 48 32 114 145 13739 9.73 1057 1289 23986 1663 0.958
300 6 12 6 54.7 69.6 9964 12 664 764 15434 997 1.18
300 6.3 15.75 9.45 57 72.6 10342 11.9 689 795 16218 1042 1.17
300 8 20 12 71.6 91.2 12801 11.8 853 991 20312 1293 1.17
300 10 25 15 88.4 113 15519 11.7 1035 1211 24966 1572 1.16
300 12 36 24 104 132 17767 11.6 1184 1402 29514 1829 1.14
300 12.5 37.5 25 108 137 18348 11.6 1223 1451 30601 1892 1.14

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300 16 48 32 134 171 22076 11.4 1472 1774 37837 2299 1.12
350 8 20 12 84.2 107 20681 13.9 1182 1366 32557 1787 1.37
350 10 25 15 104 133 25189 13.8 1439 1675 40127 2182 1.36
350 12 36 24 123 156 29054 13.6 1660 1949 47598 2552 1.34
350 12.5 37.5 25 127 162 30045 13.6 1717 2020 49393 2642 1.34
350 16 48 32 159 203 36511 13.4 2086 2488 61481 3238 1.32
400 10 25 15 120 153 38216 15.8 1911 2214 60431 2892 1.56
400 12 36 24 141 180 44319 15.7 2216 2587 71843 3395 1.54
400 12.5 37.5 25 147 187 45877 15.7 2294 2683 74598 3518 1.54
400 16 48 32 184 235 56154 15.5 2808 3322 93279 4336 1.52

Corner Radii Second Torsional Constants

Area of Radius of Section Plastic Section
Size Thick's Mass/m Moment of
Section Gyration Modulus Modulus Surface Area
Ext'l Int'l Area Inertia Modulus
B T ro ri M/m A I r Z S J C As
mm x mm mm mm mm kg/m cm
2 cm
4 cm cm
3 3
cm cm
4 3
cm
2
m /m

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KeyWay /Key Dimensions

keyways /keys dimension in accordance with BS 4235-1:1972: Specification for metric keys and keyways - Parallel and taper keys

Key KeyWay
Nominal Dia
Width b Depth
d
Tolerance Class Shaft t1 Hub t2 Radius r
bxh
width x Free Normal Close/Int - - - -
thck Nom
Over Incl Shaft Hub Shaft Hub Shaft/Hub
Nom Tol Nom Tol Max min
H9 D10 N9 Js9 P9
6 8 2x2 2 1,2 1,0 0,16 0,08
+0,025 +0,06 -0,004 +0,012 -0,006
8 10 3x3 3 0 +0,02 -0,029 -0,012 -0,031 1,8 1,4 0,16 0,08
+0,1 +0,1
10 12 4x4 4 2,5
0 1,8
0 0,16 0,08
+0,03 +0,078 0 +0,015 -0,012
12 17 5x5 5 3,0 2,3 0,25 0,16
0 +0,030 -0,030 -0,015 -0,042
17 22 6x6 6 3,5 2,8 0,25 0,16
22 30 8x7 8 +0,036 +0,098 0 +0,018 -0,015 4,0 +0,2 3,3 +0,2 0,25 0,16
30 38 10x8 10 0 +0,040 -0,036 -0,018 -0,051 5,0 0 3,3 0 0,40 0,25
38 44 12x8 12 5,0 3,3 0,40 0,25
44 50 14x9 14 +0,043 +0,12 0 +0,021 -0,018 5,5 3,8 0,40 0,25
50 58 16x10 16 0 +0,050 -0,043 -0,021 -0,061 6,0 4,3 0,40 0,25
58 65 18x11 18 7,0 4,4 0,40 0,25
+0,2 +0,2
65 75 20x12 20 7,5 4,9 0,60 0,40
0 0
75 85 22x14 22 +0,052 +0,149 0 +0,026 -0,022 9,0 5,4 0,60 0,40
85 95 25x14 25 0 +0,065 -0,052 -0,026 -0,074 9,0 5,4 0,60 0,40
95 110 28x16 28 10,0 6,4 0,60 0,40
110 130 32x18 32 11,0 7,4 0,6 0,4
130 150 36x20 36 12,0 8,4 1,0 0,7

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+0,062 +0,18 0 +0,031 -0,026

150 170 40x22 40 13,0 9,4 1,0 0,7
0 +0,080 -0,062 -0,031 -0,088
170 200 45x25 45 15,0 10,4 1,0 0,7
200 230 50x28 50 17,0 11,4 1,0 0,7
230 260 56x32 56 20,0 +0,3 12,4 +0,3 1,6 1,2
260 290 63x32 63 +0,074 +0,220 0 +0,037 -0,032 20,0 0 12,4 0 1,6 1,2
290 330 70x36 70 0 0,100 -0,074 -0,037 -0,106 22,0 14,4 1,6 1,2
330 380 80x40 80 25,0 15,4 2,5 2,0
380 440 90x45 90 +0,087 +0,260 0 +0,043 -0,037 28,0 17,4 2,5 2,0
440 500 100x50 100 0 0,120 -0,087 -0,043 -0,124 31,0 19.5 2,5 2,0

Key Dimensions

Width b Thickness h Chamfer S Range Of Lengths

Nom Tol(h9) Nom As indicated(h9/h11) Min Max From Inc
2 2 (h9) 0,16 0,25 6 20
0
0
3 -0,025 3 0,16 0,25 6 36
-0,025
4 4 (h9) 0,16 0,25 8 45
0
5 5 0 0,25 0,40 10 56
-0,030
6 6 -0,030 0,25 0,40 14 70
8 0 7 0,25 0,40 18 90
10 -0,036 8 0,40 0,60 22 110
(h11)
12 8
0 0,40 0,60 28 140
14 9 -0,090 0,40 0,60 36 160
0
16 -0,043 10 0,40 0,60 45 180
18 11 0,40 0,60 50 200
20 12 0,60 0,80 56 220
22 14 (h11) 0,60 0,80 63 250
0
0
25 -0,052 14 0,60 0,80 70 280
-0,110
28 16 0,60 0,80 80 320
32 18 0,60 0,80 90 360
36 20 1,00 1,20 100 400
0 (h11)
40 22 1,00 1,20 - -
-0,062
0
45 25 -0,130 1,00 1,20 - -
50 28 1,00 1,20 - -
56 32 1,60 2,00 - -
63 0 32 1,60 2,00 - -
70
-0,074 36 (h11) 1,60 2,00 - -
0
80 40
-0,160 2,50 3,00 - -
90
0 45 2,50 3,00 - -
100 -0,087 50 2,50 3,00 - -

Standard keylengths (mm)

6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 22 - 25 - 28 - 32 - 36 - 40 - 45 - 50 - 56 - 63 - 70 - 80 - 90 - 100 - 110 - 125 - 140 - 160 - 180 - 200 - 220 - 250

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- 280 - 320 - 360 - 400

b>Links Providing information on Keyways

1. Mitcalc.com...Excel based programme allowing detailed design of shaft connection (19 Eur)
2. Hercules -Keyways dimensions
...Download of keyway dimensions
3. Specifying Rectangular Keyways
...MDmetric document - useful check information for my tables
4. Transeals - Keyways
...Transeals - useful check information for my tables

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