CatiaSurface PDF

CATIA Training
Exercises
Generative Shape
Design
Version 5 Release 8
January 2002
EDU-CAT-E-GSD-FX-V5R8
Copyright DASSAULT SYSTEMES 2002 1

Table of Contents
Master Exercise : the Mobile Phone p.4

Creating the Wireframe Elements p.7
Creating the Surfaces p.11
Performing Operations p.13
Analyzing and Modifying p.18
Offsetting a Solid p.21
Wireframe Geometry Recap Exercise p.24
Surface Geometry Recap Exercise p.26
Operation Recap Exercise p.29
Managing Features Recap Exercise p.33
The Knob p.
Generating the Wireframe p.7
Extruding Basic Surfaces p.11
Performing Operations p.13
Analyzing and Modifying the Draft p.18
Offsetting a Solid p.21

Table of Contents
The Plastic Bottle p.35

Creating the Bottom of the Bottle p.38
Creating the Body of the Bottle p.43
Creating the Bottleneck p.47
Assembling the Three Open Bodies p.57
Creating the Bottleneck Screw p.63
The Space Mouse p.68
Creating the Base Pad and the Upper Fillet p.71
Creating the Surfacic Elements p.74
Sewing the Surface on the Pad p.78
Step 4 to 7 p.80
Creating the Holes and Pockets p.85
Assembling a New Body to the Part Body and Patterning it p.90
The Shampoo Bottle p.94
The Lemon Squeezer p.98
Completing the Wireframe Geometry p.101
Creating the Basic Surfaces p.107
Creating a Blend Surface with Coupling Points p.111
Creating the Filtering Holes p.117

Master Exercise
60 min.
In this exercise you will have the opportunity to complete a telephone part by creating the place for its
screen.
You will create the supporting Wireframe and build the base surfaces.
Next, you will trim,.
You will then perform a Draft analysis on the surfaces to determine if the telephone can be extracted from a
mould.
You will modify a supporting sketch and will see the automatic propagation of this change through to the
final Skin.
Finally, you will see how to work in a Hybrid environment by creating a Solid by offsetting the Skin.

Design Intent: The Mobile Phone
Variable fillet (from
2mm to 4mm)
Adaptative
sweep and
0.5mm fillet.
1mm fillet
0.1 mm. Thickness

2mm fillet
Sewed surface

Design Process: The Knob
1
Generating the
Wireframe
Creating the
Surfaces
3
Performing operations :
Symmetry, trim, fillet, join
4 Create a solid from

5 the surface.
Analyzing and
splitting the part

Master Exercise
The Mobile Phone (Step 1): Creating the Wireframe Elements
10 min.
In this step you will create :

•Parallel curves on a support
•Extracted curves
•Connect Curves
•Corners
•Circles
•Projected curves

Do It Yourself (1/4)
Extract these edges from the original surface :
Extract this face from the blue surface :
You created the basic elements to complete the wireframe geometry.

Now you can hide the blue datum surface.
Load:
CATGSD_F_Phone_Step1_start.CATPart

Create a parallel curve from the top extracted edge using

the extracted face as support (offset=45mm) :
Create the vertex point of the created parallel curve :
Create a parallel curve from the side extracted edge

using the extracted face as support (offset=1.5mm) :
Create a parallel curve from the top extracted edge using

the extracted face as support (offset=2mm)

Create a connect curve using the first

and the last parallel curve as support
and project this connect curve to the
extracted face :
Create a 3mm corner using the

extracted face as support, the second
parallel curve and the previously
created project curve :

Create a point on the YZ plane :
Create a circle using the previous

point as center and the YZ plane as
support (radius=4mm) :

Master Exercise
The Mobile Phone (Step 2): Creating the Surfaces
10 min.
In this step you will create :

•An adaptative sweep
•A swept surface
•A fill surface

Do It Yourself (1/6) Load:
Insert a new open body and rename it 0.8 point
“Surfaces”. Define in work object this

open body.
You are going to create points that are
necessary to define the sections of the
adaptative sweep :
Create two points on the corner curve 0.2 point
using the ratio 0.8 and 0.2.
You are now going to create the

adaptative sweep based on these two
points, the corner curve’s vertices and
the corner curve :
• Open an adaptative sweep dialog
box clicking on the adaptative
sweep icon :
Select the corner curve as guide curve.

Right click in the “sketch” field and
select “create sketch”.
This dialog box appears :
Select this vertex as point defining the
first sweep section :
Click OK to access the sketcher and

design the first sweep section.

When in the sketch, design this profile :
Construction horizontal line
Exit the sketcher.

You are back in the adaptative sweep

dialog box. Select the 0.8 ratio point to
define the second section ….
….. then select the 0.2 ratio point

to define the third section …
….. finally select the corner

curve’s vertex to define the
last section.

In the adaptative sweep dialog box,

modify the sections parameters :
1st section parameters 3rd section parameters
2nd section parameters

Parameters correspondence 4th section parameters

Click OK to confirm the adaptative sweep surface creation :
Create a linear sweep using the circle as guide curve and the YZ plane as
reference surface (length1=7mm, length2= 5mm, angle=100deg) :
Finally, create a fill surface using the upper boundary of the previously
created sweep :

Master Exercise
The Mobile Phone (Step 3): Performing operations
20 min.
In this step you will perform :

•A symmetry
•Join operations
•Trim and split operations
•A variable fillet
•Edge filets

Insert a new open body and rename it “operations”. Define in work object
this open body.
Apply a symmetry an the adaptative sweep using the ZX plane as
reference. Join the two surfaces :
Join the linear sweep and the fill surface.

Trim the datum blue surface with the first join :
Load:
Split the second join surface with the previous trim surface :
Create a variable radius fillet on these two edges (from 2mm at the phone
top to 4mm at the phone bottom) :

Create a 1mm edge fillet on these two edges :
Create a 2mm edge fillet on these two edges :

Create a 0.5mm edge fillet
Create a 0.2mm edge fillet

Master Exercise
The Mobile Phone (Step 4): Analysis and Modifications
10 min.
In this step you will :

•Perform a draft analysis on the surface.
•Modify the adaptative sweep parameters.
•Create a reflect line to split the surface and make it extractible from a mold.

Insert a new open body and rename it “Analysis”. Define in work object
this open body.
Create a reflect line using the surface as support, Z as direction and an
angle of 90deg :
CATIA asks you if you want to
keep only one sub-element of
the generated reflect line. Click
YES and use the point (0,0,0) to
define the near element :
Load:
Use this reflect line to split in two parts the surface, keeping both sides.
Two split entities are generated. Rename the top surface “top” and the
bottom one “bottom”.
Hide the top surface.
Perform a draft analysis on the bottom surface :
Hide the bottom surface

and show the top
surface.

Perform a draft analysis on the top surface :
Click on this
button to invert
the analysis
direction
There is a red area in this analysis : that
means that the upper surface cannot be
extracted. It needs to be modified.

Access the surface open body and edit the adaptative sweep.
Modify the section.1 and section.2 angle parameter :

Confirm the Adaptative sweep modification by clicking OK in the

adaptative sweep dialog box.
The complet surface is updated and the analysis becomes :
The top surface is now OK.

Master Exercise
The Mobile Phone (Step 5): Offsetting a Solid
10 min.
In this step you will :

•Add thickness on the surfaces.
•Perform a Boolean operation.
•Sew a surface.
•Create an edge fillet.

Access the part design workbench.

Insert a new body.
In this new body, apply a thickness to the top surface :
Define in work object the part body.

Apply the same thickness to the bottom surface :
Load:
Add these two bodies :
In the operation Open Body, show the splitted antenna :

Sew this surface to the previously created solid :
Reference model : CATGSD_F_Phone_Step5_end.CATPart

Exercise
Wireframe Geometry Recap Exercise

10 min.
Create Extremums
Create a Connect Curve using these Extremums as endpoints

Do It Yourself
Create a Maximum Z Extremum on the left curve and a Minimum Z

Extremum on the right curve
Create a Connect Curve using the Extremums (Tangency Continuity; Trim
Option)
Optional: Create a Swept Surface per parameters above using the Connect
Curve you just created
Load: wireframe_recap_begin.CATPart

Exercise
Surface10Geometry
min. Recap Exercise
Create:
Offset, Blend, Sweep, and Loft Surfaces

Offset 7 surfaces (1 mm.) from the inside of the Solid Clamp.

Create a Blend Surface (Tangent Limits) to close off the Offset Surfaces.
Extra Credit: Insert a JOIN operation to assemble all the Offset surfaces
and the Blend surface into one single surface.
Load: exhaust_begin.CATPart

Extract a Boundary Curve from this JOIN surface.

Create a Segment Sweep Surface using the black circle as a profile, the
Output1-Plane as reference surface, a –88 degree angle and 100mm for
length1.
Create a Loft tangent to the Join and the Sweep surfaces and using Spline.1
as the Spine. (Make sure that the Closing Points are on the same side and
that the section curves are oriented in the same direction - see arrows -
otherwise you will have a twisted Loft).
Reference model : exhaust_end.CATPart

Exercise
Operation Recap Exercise

15 min.
This Dolphin is a fun part that would normally be most

efficiently created as a solid. However, creating it as a
surface model, although leading to a heavier model, will
allow us to practice creating all the different types of
Fillets available:
Shape, Edge, Variable, Face-to-Face, and Tri-Tangent.

For this exercise, go to the menubar and change the Units to Inches. (Note:
The model is quite heavy so be patient during your interactions.)
Create a Face-Face Fillet (Radius 0.9 in.) selecting faces on the two upper
fins.
Trim this Fillet with all the side fins (Join.15)
Load: dolphin_begin.CATPart

Create two Variable Fillets on these edges from (R=0.1in.) at the bottom to
(R=0.03in.) at the top.
Create Tri-Tangent Fillets for the four side fins.

Create a (R=0.25in.) Shape Fillet between the last Tri-Tangent and the Nose
surface of the Dolphin - use the Trim option to obtain a single surface as the
result.
Create (R=0.25in.) Edge Fillets between the body and the two front side fins.
Reference model : dolphin_end.CATPart

Exercise
Managing Features and Open Bodies Recap Exercise
10 min.
You will use the Group management tool to organize the specification tree of
the Dolphin part Shape, Edge, Variable, Face-to-Face, and Tri-Tangent.

Do It Yourself
Create a Group “SurfaceModel” from the Open Body leaving out the six
sketches.
Rename the sketches to the names below and change the sketch color and
line width for easy visualization.
Go into the Front_Top_Fin sketch and drag the top right control point.
Exit the sketch and update the part.
Load: dolphin_adv.CATPart

Exercise
The Knob
60 min.
In this exercise you will have the opportunity to model an appliance Knob starting from an empty model.
You will create the supporting Wireframe and build the base surfaces for a quarter section of the Knob.
Next, you will trim, fillet, and perform symmetry operations on these surfaces to obtain the complete Knob.
You will then perform a Draft analysis on the surfaces to determine if the Knob can be extracted from a mould.
In order to obtain a 4 Degree draft, you will modify a supporting line segment and will see the automatic
propagation of this change through to the final Skin.
Finally, you will see how to work in a Hybrid environment by creating a Solid by offsetting the Skin.
A completed model “Knob_Completed.CATPart” is available for reference.

Design Intent: The Knob
R=5 mm. Fillet

all around Fillet varying
from R=20 mm.
to R= 10 mm.
4 mm. Thickness
4 Degrees Draft
(Inside and Outside)

Design Process: The Knob
1
Generating the
Wireframe
2
Extruding basic
surfaces
3
Performing operations :
Trim, fillets, and
symmetry
5
Offset a solid
4
Analysing and modifying
draft

Exercise
The Knob (Step 1): Generating the Wireframe
10 min.
In this step you will sketch

and constrain the wireframe
geometry that will support the
surface.

Using the ZX Plane as Support, draw on

the fly a quarter circle with R=64 mm,
centered on the origin ; as shown.
Rem. : ➨Do not use the sketcher.

➨Use the stacking commands
functionality
Load: Knob_Step1_start.CATPart

Using the YZ Plane as Support, draw the

highlighted arc on the right at the
position shown.
Rem. : ➨Do not use the sketcher.

➨Use the stacking commands
functionality

Using the YZ Plane, Sketch the line

on the right and set all the
Constraints as shown.
Save your Part. Call it

“Knob_Step1”

Exercise
The Knob (Step 2): Extruding Basic Surfaces
10 min.
In this step you will create

the basic surfaces for the
Knob.

Do It Yourself
Extrude the two arcs by 70 mm and revolve the line by 90 Degrees.

Save your part. Name it “Knob_Step2”.
Load: Knob_Step2.CATPart

Exercise
The Knob (Step 3): Performing operations
20 min.
In this step you will perform the following operations

on the Knob:
Trim
Split
Extrapolate
Variable Fillet
Edge Fillet
Symmetry
Join

Trim the first Extrusion with the Revolution.

Split the second Extrusion with the Trim.

Extrapolate the Split “Up to Element” - specify the Trim. Use the “Assemble
Result” option.
Extrapolate the Extrapolation “Up to Element” - specify the Trim. Use the
“Assemble Result” option.
Trim this second Extrapolation with the first Trim.

Rotate the part around. Put in a fillet varying from 20 mm. on the left to 10
mm. on the right.
Apply a R = 5 mm constant EdgeFillet on the edges shown below.

Perform a Symmetry on the resulting EdgeFillet. Now, Join the two

symmetrical parts.
Perform a Symmetry on the Join and once again, Join the two symmetrical
parts.
Save your part as “Knob_Step3”.

Exercise
The Knob (Step 4): Analyzing and modifying draft
10 min.
In this step you will perform Draft Analysis on the Knob. You will
then modify underlying Wireframe geometry in order to increase
the Draft Angle.
Notice how the change propagates to downstream surfaces and
how the Analysis visualization is immediately updated.

We will apply a 4 Degree draft

angle to this vertical wall.
To see the result of the Draft Analysis, the current Render Style must be
“Customized” with “Materials” active.
Select the final surface and activate the Draft Analysis Tool.
Set the Color Code Bar as above.

Close the Color Code Bar. Double-Click into the Line Sketch and change
the angle to 86 Degrees.
Upon exiting from the Sketcher, the software propagates the change to the
surfaces and the Draft Visualization is updated immediately.

Exercise
The Knob (Step 5): Offsetting a Solid

10 min.
In this step you will see how surfaces are useful for creating complex solids. In
this exercise you will specify an offset on the final surface to obtain a solid with
a specific wall thickness.

Change to the Part Design Workbench.

Select the final join and create a 4mm Thicksurface pointing inward.
No-Show the open body to see only the solid.
Switch the render style to wireframe mode and look normal to the YZ plane.
Notice that the offset of the 4 mm Degree drafted wall has resulted in a non-
horizontal footprint for the knob.

Perform a Split on the solid using the XY plane to take off the excess.
Add a material – Rubber – and switch to the Customize Render Style.
Reference model : Knob_End.CATPart

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle

3 hours.
In this exercise you will see how to create a plastic bottle using the Generative
Shape Design workbench functionnalities :
Creating wireframe elements (point, line, plane..)
Creating surfaces (sweep,loft, extrude,revolve…)
Manipulating surfaces (trim, symmetry, join…)

Design Intent: The Plastic Bottle
• Creation of wireframe geometry : points, lines, planes, helix

using the stacking commands
capabilities and working on support
• Creation of surfaces using Sweep, Loft, Extrude and Revolve
• Operations on surfaces using Fillets, Trim, Join and healing
• Analysing the surfaces using the connect checker.

Design Process: The Plastic Bottle
1
Creating the
Bottom of the
bottle
Assembling the
three open bodies
Creating the body
of the bottle
4
2
3
Creating the
Bottleneck
5
Creating the
bottleneck screw on
the assembled part

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle (Step 1): Creating the bottom of the bottle
30 min.
In this step you will complete the

existing Wireframe and create the
bottle’s bottom surfaces.

Intersect.1
Sketch.2
Insert a new Open Body, rename it as Bottle_Bottom.

Create an Intersection point between the Intersect.1 axis and the green
profile Sketch.2.
Working on the ZX plane support, draw a circle by Center and point
(creating the center point on the fly) with the following characteristics :
Center point on the pink axis and 5 mm below the Intersection point just created
(Intersect.4)
Intersect.4 as point and –90 and 90 degrees as Start and End angle.
Load: start_bottle.CATPart

Create a point on plane (-15mm ; -20mm) with the Intersect.4 as reference.

Create a Symmetry of this point using the pink axis (Intersect.1) as
reference.
Using these two points, create two bi-tangent lines with the previous circle.
Trim the two created lines with the circle.
Exit the Work on support mode.
Create two symmetric planes with a angle of 36 degrees with the YZ
reference plane.

Create an Explicit sweep using the Trim.2 as profile and the green Sketch.2
as Guide curve.
Create a 180 degrees revolved surface using the Sketch.1 as profile and the
Intersect.1 as axis.
Trim the two created surfaces.

Create a Variable edge fillet as shown.

Split the created EdgeFillet.1 with the two 36 degrees planes created before.
Create 4 Rotate surfaces (72 degrees) to complete the bottom.
Join the created surfaces an rename the Join as Bottle_Bottom.
Reference model : bottle_step1_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle (Step 2): Creating the bottle body
30 min.

existing Wireframe and create the bottle’s
body surfaces.

Circle.1
Parallel.3
Parallel.1 Parallel.2
Sketch.4
Circle.1
Insert a new Open Body, rename it as Bottle_Body.

Create two parallel curves of the Sketch.4 on the ZX plane at a distance of 3mm in
both directions.
Create a parallel curve of the Circle.1 on the Plane.2 at a distance of 1.6mm inward.
Create 2 Combined curves between the Circle.1 and the two curves Parallel.1 and
Parallel.2
Create a Combined curve between the Sketch.4 and the Parallel.3
Load: bottle_step2_begin.CATPart

Create a Implicit Circular Swept surface with three guides using the three
created combined curves as guide curves.
Create 3 instances of this Sweep using a Translate along the Z axis and the
Repeat object after OK option. For the distance between the instances,
create the formula :
Starting_crv\Plane.2\Offset.1\Offset /5
Join the created surfaces with the original sweep.

Sketch.3
Create an Revolved surface using the Sketch.3 as profile and the the
Intersect.1 as Revolution axis.
Trim the created revolved surface with the previous Join.
Create a 2 mm edge fillet on the edges resulting of the previous Trim.
Rename the created fillet as Bottle_Body.
Load: bottle_step2_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle (Step 3): Creating the bottleneck
60 min.

existing Wireframe and create the
bottleneck surfaces.

Insert a new Open Body, rename it as Bottle_Body.

Create a Point between the Intersect.2 and Intersect.3 points with a ratio of
0.6
Create a plane parallel to the Plane.2 through the created Point.3

Draw this Sketch on the ZX plane.

Create two extremum ( Minimum and Maximum) points on the sketch in the Z
direction.

Create an Revolved surface using the Sketch.3 as profile and the the
Intersect.1 as Revolution axis.
Create a Boundary curve with the lower edge of the revolution surface.
Create a point on the boundary at a quarter distance from the Extremum.2
Load: bottle_step3_revol.CATPart

Plane.5
Point.3
Create a 12 mm Extruded surface with the

Circle.1 in the Z axis direction upward.
Create a Boundary curve with the lower
edge of the revolution surface.
Create a 35 mm radius circle on the Plane.5
with the Point.3 as center.

Create two projected points of Extremum.2

on the Circle.3 and on the Boundary.2
Create a Loft between the three sections :
Boundary.1 ; Circle.3 ; Boundary.2
Use the boundaries surfaces as tangents
and the Extremum.2 and its projections as
closing points

Create a Line on the Loft. Starting from the extremum.2 with an angle of 45
deg with the upper boundary and with a length of 500 mm.
Create a second line on the Loft, starting of the Point.4 with all the same
characteristics than the previous line.
Load: bottle_step3_loft.CATPart

Create a new boundary curve on the

revolution surface relimited by the two
previous lines.
Create a second boundary on the Extruded
surface relimited by the two previous lines.
Hide the Loft and create a Fill surface with
four previous curves.

Create 7 rotated instances of the fill surface around the Intersect.1 axis (45deg
rotation)
Analyze the gap between the Fill.1 and the first rotated surface.

Create a healing surface with the Fill.1 and all the rotated surfaces. Define a
Merging distance of 0.5mm
Join this surface with the revolution and the Extruded surfaces.
Rename the Join as Body_Style.
Reference model: bottle_step3_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle (Step 4): Assembling the three open-bodies
20 min.
In this step you will complete

the existing Wireframe and assemble
the previous bodies with trim
operations and fillets.

Insert a new Open Body, rename it as

Bottle_Assembled.
Create a 2mm upward offset plane from
the Plane.1.
Create a 2mm downward offset plane
from the Plane.2.

Create an Intersection between the Plane.7 and the Bottle_Body.

Create an Intersection between the Plane.6 and the Bottle_Body.
Create an Intersection element between the Plane.1 and the Bottle_Bottom.

Create an Implicit linear swept surface with two guide curves : Intersect.6
and Intersect.7
Create an Implicit linear swept surface with two guide curves : Intersect.5
and Circle.1
Trim the upper swept surface with the Bottle_Body.

Trim the previous Trim with the Body_Style surface.
Trim the lower swept surface with the Bottle_Bottom.
Trim the two last trims.
Create an 5mm EdgeFillet on the two salient edges.

Rename the fillet as Bottle_Assembled.
Reference model: bottle_step4_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Plastic Bottle (Step 5): Creating the bottleneck screw
20 min.
In this step you will

complete the existing
Wireframe and
bottleneck screw
surfaces.

Insert a new Open Body, rename it as Bottleneck_Screw.

Create on the fly a point and a plane with the characteristics shown below.

Create a Helix starting from the last created Point.5 with Intersect.1 as axis
and with the following parameters : Pitch = 3 mm / Height = 7mm /
Orientation = Counterclockwise
Create a line normal to the helix on the last Plane.8 starting ay 1.6mm from
the Point.5 with a Length of 20mm

Create a point on the helix at a distance of 0.8mm from the starting Point.5
Create a Connect Curve to link the Helix with the Line.5

Create an Implicit cirular profile swept surface. Choose Center and radius
as subtype, Connect.1 as Center curve and a radius of 0.8mm.
Trim the created sweep with the assembled bottle.
Reference model :
bottle_step5_end.CATPart
Exercise
The Space Mouse

3 hours.
In this exercise you will see how to create an Hybrid part using
the Generative Shape Design and the Part Design
workbenches :
Creating Wireframe elements.
Creating surfaces and solids.
Assembling surfaces and solids.

Design Intent: The Space Mouse
• Build an hybrid part : the Space Mouse Base that is used in an Assembly.

Design Process: Space Mouse
1
Create the base pad 2
and the upper fillet
Create the surfacic
elements
3
Sew the surface on
the pad
6 5 4
Shell the created solid. Split the part with the Create the groove.
imported surface
8
7 Create the holes
Create the shaft and the pockets
9 Assemble a new body

and create a circular
pattern.

Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 1): Creating the base pad and the upper
fillet
30 min.
In this step you will create the

base sketch, the main pad of the
part, and you will fillet the upper face
of the pad.

Draw the following sketch on the
XoY plane.
Create a plane with an angle of 6.5
deg with the XoY plane.
Offset this plane upward of 15mm.
Load: SMBase_begin.CATPart

Create a Up-to-Plane pad with the previous sketch and the upper plane.
Create a 3mm edge fillet on the upper edge of the previously created pad.
Reference model :
SMBase_step1.CATPart

Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 2): Creating the surfacic elements
20 min.
In this step you will create two

profiles, a loft from these profiles, a fill
surface, and finally you will split the
surfaces with the pad.

Create a 10mm offset from the XoZ
plane.
Create a 110mm offset from the XoZ

plane in the same direction.
On the first plane draw this sketch :
On the second plane, draw this sketch :
Load : SMBase_step1.CATPart

Create a loft using the two created sketches :
Create a line closing the first profile :

Create a fill surface between the line and the first sketch.
Join the filled surface with the previous loft.

Split this join with the lower face of the pad.

Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 3): Sewing the surface on the pad
5 min.
Sew the just created surface on the

solid.

Do It Yourself
In the CATIA Part Design workbench,
sew the previously created split surface
with the solid.

Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 4 to 7):
20 min.
In these steps, you will create a

groove, split the part with an imported
surface, shell the solid and create a
shaft.

Do It Yourself : step 4
On the YZ plane, draw
the following sketch :
Groove the created

profile as shown :
Load :

Select the
imported_surface in the
tree and put it in Show
mode :
Split the solid with the

blue surface :
Load :

Create a shell of the solid with a 2mm inside thickness :

Sketch this profile :
Create a shaft with

this profile.
Create a 2mm edge

fillet as shown :
Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 8):Creating the holes and pockets
20 min.
In these steps, you will create holes,

instantiate holes with a user pattern and
create pockets.

Create a 28mm diameter

hole on the shaft.
On the upper plane of the

part, sketch the following
profile :

Create a Up_to-Next pocket

with the sketch you have
just created
Create a 11mm diameter

hole as shown on right :

Create the following sketch

on the upper plane of the
part :
Reuse this sketch to

instantiate the previous
hole on the part :

Create a 0,5mm edge fillet

an the upper edges of the
created holes.
Sketch the following profile
on the ZX plane.
Create a pocket from this
sketch.

Exercise
The Space Mouse (Step 9):Assembling a new body to the part body and
patterning it.
20 min.
In these steps, you will create a new

body, a shaft and pad under this new body,
assemble this body with the part body, and
create a circular pattern of this assembled
body.

Insert a new body.
Sketch the following profile

on the YZ plane.
Create a 12,5 degree

symmetrical shaft from the
previous profile.

Create a 0,5mm edge fillet on
the 5 edges as shown.
Sketch a 8mm diameter circle
on the bottom face of the part.
Create a 3mm pad from this

sketch.
Assemble the body with the

part body.

Create a circular pattern of the assembled body as shown below.
Reference model : SMBase_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Shampoo
3 hours. Bottle
In this exercise you will:

• Create wireframe elements
• Create Lofted Surface
• Create Extrude Surfaces
• Create Fill Surfaces
• Create Fillets
• Create Join
• Create Split

Design Intent: The Shampoo Bottle
Extrude Surfaces
Trims
Joined Edge Fillets

Surfaces
Symmetry
Loft
Variable Edge Fillet

Design Process: The Shampoo Bottle
1 2
Creating a Lofted
Creating Basic Shape
Surface
Wireframe Geometry
3
Creating the
Filled Surface
5
Creating
Join Surfaces 4 Bottleneck
7 6
Creating The
Create a Symmetry and Bottom Fillet
Join the surfaces
10
Thick the Surface
8
Creating the Handle of 9
the Bottle Creating Fillets

Do It Yourself
Reference model :
Shampoobottle_end.CATPart
Exercise
The Lemon
3 hours.Squeezer
In this exercise you will create a Lemon Squeezer starting from an existing model.
First you will complete the supporting Wireframe using :
• Evolution laws
• Extremum points
• Wireframe relimitation
Next, you will create the surfaces using :
• Swept and fill surfaces
• Blend surfaces with coupling points
• Trim operator
Then you will add fillet on sharp edges and you will create filtering holes in the lemon squeezer using :
• Circular patterns
• Projected curves

Design Intent: The Lemon Squeezer
Blend surface
Fill surface
Swept surfaces
Handle
1 mm fillets
Filtering Holes

Design Process: The Lemon Squeezer
1
Completing the
Wireframe
2
Creating basic
surfaces
3
Creating blend surface with
coupling and adding the
handle
4
Creating filtering
holes

Exercise
The Lemon Squeezer (Step 1): Completing the Wireframe Elements
30 min.
In this step you will:
•Create an evolution law
• Use it to create a driven parallel curve
• Create an extremum point
•Re-limite the existing Wireframe elements

Using the Knowledge advisor create an evolution law in

the PART 2 : Y=abs(2sin(10  X))
Rem. : ➨Before creating the law the part has to be active as shown below.
Load : lemon_start.CATPart

Create a parallel curve to Circle.1 on Plane.3 using the law

mode : select Law.

Create the symmetry of Parallel.1 using Project.2 as

reference.
Join it to the previously created parallel curve.

Create the minimum point on Sketch.1 along the Z axis.
Split Sketch.1 by 2 points : Point.3 and Extremum.1

Translate Project.2 :
Direction = Plane.3
Distance = 10mm.
Create a plane parallel to Plane.3 through point.
On the previously created plane create a circle :

Radius = 2mm.
Translate the previous point of 1.2mm.

➨The wireframe is completed. It will support the
surfaces creation in the next step.
Reference model :
lemon_step1_end.CATPart

Exercise
The Lemon Squeezer (Step 2): Creating the basic surfaces
30 min.

•Create swept surfaces
• Create fill surfaces
•Join the result

Create the following explicit sweep and create the lower

boundary :
Load : lemon_step1_end.CATPart

Create the following explicit sweep and create the lower

boundary :
Join the 2 previously created surfaces.

Fill the Circle.5 passing through the point called Translate.

3:
Reference model :

Exercise
The Lemon Squeezer (Step 3): Creating a blend surface with coupling points
and adding the handle
30 min.

•Create coupling points
• Create blend surface using the coupling points
•Add the handle to the result

Create the upper boundary of the entity Join.3.
Create a plane passing through this boundary and its
central point.
Using the previously created elements create a polar
extremum on the boundary :
Keep only one sub-element using the Point.3 :

Load :

Create a point on the boundary curve using the extremum
point previously created as reference.
Repeat the operation in order to obtain :

Put Circle.5 in the No-Show and create the boundary of the
fill surface Fill.3.
Project all the previously created points on this boundary
(you can project them in one operation).

Create a blend to complete the part using the previously
created points as coupling points :
Join all the created surfaces

Show the handle and trim it with the previous Join.
Add a 1mm fillet on the inner edge.
Reference model :
Exercise
The Lemon Squeezer (Step 4): Creating the filtering holes
30 min.

•Create a sketch
• Create a circular pattern
•Project curves
•Trim a surface with curves

Create an offset plane from XY (10mm and –Z direction)
and create this sketch in this plane :
Load : lemon_step3_end.CATPart

Create a circular pattern from the previous ellipse on the
Plane.7 :

Project in the Z direction the ellipse and the circular pattern on

the main surface (keeping all the sub-elements) :

Split the Lemon Squeezer with the previous projected curves :
Rem. : ➨The projection of the circular pattern engenders a single non-

connex entity. This reduces the number of Split operations.
Reference model :

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The Plastic Bottle p.35

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0.1 mm. Thickness

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4 Create a solid from

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In this step you will create :

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Extract these edges from the original surface :

Extract this face from the blue surface :

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Create a parallel curve from the top extracted edge using

Create the vertex point of the created parallel curve :

Create a parallel curve from the side extracted edge

Create a parallel curve from the top extracted edge using

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Create a connect curve using the first

Create a 3mm corner using the

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Create a point on the YZ plane :

Create a circle using the previous

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Insert a new open body and rename it 0.8 point

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You are now going to create the

Select the corner curve as guide curve.

Click OK to access the sketcher and

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When in the sketch, design this profile :

Construction horizontal line

Exit the sketcher.

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You are back in the adaptative sweep

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….. finally select the corner

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In the adaptative sweep dialog box,

1st section parameters 3rd section parameters

2nd section parameters

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Click OK to confirm the adaptative sweep surface creation :

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In this step you will perform :

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Join the linear sweep and the fill surface.

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Create a 1mm edge fillet on these two edges :

Create a 2mm edge fillet on these two edges :

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Create a 0.5mm edge fillet

Create a 0.2mm edge fillet

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In this step you will :

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