Catia Tutorial PDF

CATIA V5 Fundamentals
CATIA V5
Fundamentals
Infrastructure
Sketcher
Part Design
Assembly Design
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General
The Workbench Concept

Each workbench contains a set of tools that
is dedicated to perform a specific task. The
following workbenches are the commonly
used:
• Part Design: Design parts using a solid

modeling approach
• Sketcher: Create 2D profiles with
associated constraints, which is then used to
create other 3D geometry.
• Assembly Design: Assemble parts together
with constraints
• Drafting: Create drawings from parts or
assemblies
• Generative Shape Design: Design parts
using a surface modeling approach
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General
User Interface C
A
D
Below is the layout of the elements of

G
the standard CATIA application.
A, Menu Commands B
E
B. Specification Tree H
C. Filename and extension of current
document
D. Icon of the active workbench
E. Toolbars specific to the active
workbench
F. Standard Toolbar
G. Compass
H. Geometry area F
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General
Type of Documents
The common documents are:

A, A part document (.CATPart)
B. An assembly document (.CATProduct) A
C. A drawing document (.CATDrawing)
C B
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General
Display Settings
To improve the 3D surface accuracy,
Use the Tools->Options... Command, then open
the tab page Display->Performances
Then lower the fixed sag value to make the

surface look smoother
You can also change the background color on the

tab page Display->Visualization
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General
View & Hide Toolbars

- Select “View > Toolbars”.
The list of current toolbars is displayed. Currently visible
toolbars are indicated by a tick symbol to the left of
the toolbar name.
In the list, click the toolbar you want to view or hide.
- You can detach toolbars from the application

window border by dragging the double line to the left
of the toolbar: you can drag the toolbar anywhere
around the screen, then dock the toolbar in the
same or in another location by dragging it onto the
application window border
- To restore the original positions of the toolbars on

the current workbench, select
“View>Customize>Toolbars>Restore position”;
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General
Change the view with the mouse

A. Panning enables you to move the
model on a plane parallel to the Middle button
screen. Click and hold the middle
mouse button, then drag the Right button
mouse.
B. Rotating enables you to rotate the

model around a point. Click and
hold the middle mouse button and
the right button, then drag the
mouse.
C. Zooming enables you to increase

or decrease the size of the model.
Click and hold the middle button,
then click ONCE and release the
right button, then drag the mouse
up or down.
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General
Rendering Styles
A. Shading
B. Shading with Edges
C. Shading with Edges but
without smooth edges
More:- To change the color or
D. Shading with Edges with the degree of transparency,
hidden edges right-click on the element
E. Shading with Material
F. Wireframe
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General
Show & Hide

A. Hide/Show
(Hide an element by transferring
it to the “No Show” space)
A B
B. Swap visible space

(Swap the screen from “Show” to
“No Show” or vice versa)
You can select any elements in

the “No Show” space and
transfer it back to the “Show” Elements
space by clicking the are now
“Hide/Show” icon hidden
For the hidden elements, their

icons are shaded.
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General
Reference Planes
The default reference planes
are the first three features in
any part file. Their names are
derived from the plane they
are parallel to, relative to the
part coordinate system:
XY plane
YZ plane
ZX plane
It is impossible to move or
delete the planes.
The planes can provide a

planer support on which to
create a 2D sketch. Global coordinate system
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Sketcher
Create a Sketch
1. Select a planer support (e.g.
datum plane, planer solid face)
from the specification tree or by
2
clicking the support directly.
2. Select the Sketcher Icon 1

from any workbench where is
possible to create a sketcher
(e.g. Part Design workbench).
3. CATIA switches the current

workbench to the sketcher
workbench; The viewpoint is
now parallel to the selected
plane. 3
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Sketcher
Toolbars in sketcher
A. Profile: Create 2D elements, such as
points, lines, arcs, circles and axes. A
B. Operation: Modify the existing
elements, such as chamfer, fillet, trim,
and mirror. B
C. Sketch tools: Provide option
commands
D. Constraint: Set various dimensional C
constraints (e.g. length, angle & radius)
& geometrical constraints (e.g.
coincidence, concentric, horizontal and D
symmetric)
E. Visualization: Simplify the view
E
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Sketcher
Construction Geometry
Construction geometry is created
within a sketch to aid in profile
creation. Unlike standard geometry,
it does not appear outside the
sketcher workbench.
Construction geometry is shown in

dashed format. When the
“Construction/Standard element”
icon is on, all sketched elements will
be created as construction elements.
You can also toggle any elements

from standard to construction, or
vice versa by clicking the
“construction/standard element”
icon.
Construction geometry
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Sketcher
Sketch Assistant
CASE-1
This is a line on the When the cursor is on the When the cursor is at the
sketch line, the line will turn in endpoint of the line, a solid
orange and an empty circle appears next to the
circle appears next to the cursor
cursor
CASE-2
Before clicking the second

point of the line, move the
Tangency cursor until the system can
detect that the line is tangent
We are going to draw a to the arc. Click and confirm
line, which is tangent to the position.
the arc
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Sketcher
Constraining the sketch

• Dimensional Constraints • Geometrical Constraints
(click the icon, then select the (multi-select the two elements by
element(s)) pressing “CTRL” key and click the
icon)
• Length • Perpendicularity
• Distance • Horizontal/Vertical
• Angle • Concidence
• Radius/Diameter • Tangency
Remark: To create the dimensions • Symmetry (multi-select the elements

continuously, double-click the icon so on the both side and then select the
that the icon is always on until you re- axis)
click it again
You can also create constraints with other sketches and 3D elements out of the sketch
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Sketcher
Controlling the direction of a
dimension constraint
The default dimension direction is

parallel to the line between the
circle centre. To change the
direction to horizontal or vertical,
right mouse click and select the
desired orientation.
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Sketcher
Color and Diagnostic

1. White: Under-constrained
2. Green: Fixed/Fully constrained
3. Purple: Over-constrained
4. Red: Inconsistent
Only case 1 & 2 are allowable

in CATIA; for case 3 & 4, you
must fix the error before
quitting the sketcher
workbench, otherwise a
warning message will pop-out
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Sketcher
View Orientation
• By default, the screen is parallel to
the sketch support.
• To making constraints between

the sketch geometry and the 3D
element, you may need to rotate
the model into a 3D view.
• To return the default orientation,

select the “Normal View” icon.
We can create a distance

constraint between the circle
centre and the solid edge
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Sketcher
Exiting the Sketcher

• To exit the sketcher
workbench, select “Exit
Workbench” icon
• After that, the screen will be

back to 3D view and the
workbench will be switched
back to the original.
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Sketcher
Sketcher
• EXERCISE 1
• Create a sketch on xy
plane
• Circle centre at (0,0,0)
• The geometry is
symmetrical along both x,
y axes.
• R40 must be tangent to
R16
• No endpoint is isolated
• Useless elements must
be cleared
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Part Design
• Feature-Based Solid Modeling
Sketch Pad
Hole
Fillet
If deleting Hole, If deleting Fillet, If deleting Pad,

Parent and Children Relation we get: we get: we get:
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Toolbars in Part Design

A. Sketch-Based Features: Create a solid
feature from a 2D sketch/profile
B. Dress-Up Features: Add fillets/chamfers A
on the solid edge, add a draft onto the
solid faces, Hollow the solid, offset
B
faces…
C. Transformation Features: Change the
3D position of the solid, duplicate the C
solid by mirroring/ patterning, scale
up/down the solid…
D. Surface-Based Features: Split the solid
with a surface/plane, adding material onto D
surfaces…
E. Reference Elements: Create a point, a E
line or a plane in the 3D space.
G
F. Boolean Operations: Join different bodies
in one/ Structuring the part history tree.
F
G. Analysis: To display information about
drafts/ surface smoothness/ threads & taps.
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Limit Type
Type of limit are :
A. Dimension A
B. Up to Next B
C. Up to Last C
D. Up to Plane
D
E
E. Up to Surface
surface
A new
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Pad & Pocket

A. Pad (material added by
extruding a sketch)
B. Pocket (material removed by A
extruding a sketch) B
You can define the extrusion direction by A

selecting a datum plane, a line, a planar
surface, and a straight solid edge.
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Shaft & Groove

A. Shaft (material added by
rotating a sketch)
B. Groove (material removed by
rotating a sketch) A B
axis
You can draw the rotation axis in the

profile sketch or draw another straight A
line as the axis
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Rib & Slot

A. Rib (material added by
sweeping a profile along a
center curve)
B. Slot (material removed by
A B
sweeping profile along a
center curve)
Profile Control
-Keep Angle
keeping the angle value
between the sketch
plane used for the profile
and the tangent of the
center curve
-Pulling Direction Center curve

Sweeping the profile
with respect to a Profile
specified direction
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Multi-sections Solid
A. Multi-sections Solid
(material added by sweeping
one or more planar section
curves along one or more A B
guide curves
B. Removed Multi-sections
Solid (material removed in
the same way) Section 3
- You can use an

additional guide
curve to control
sweeping path
- If sections do not
have the same
number of vertices,
Section 2
use “ratio coupling”
- You can always create Section 1

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planes
Comparison of common features

Add/Remove Section along Guide/Center Section profile
material the guide curve
Pad Add Same Straight line Planar
Pocket Remove Same Straight line Planar
Rib Add Same Curve Planar
Slot Remove Same Curve Planar
Multi-section Add Various Curve Planar

solid
Removed multi- Remove Various Curve Planar

section solid
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Hole
A. Hole (circular material
removed from the existing
solid); A
Several types of holes are available:
Simple, Tapered, Counterbored,
Countersinked, Counterdrilled.
To locate the center of the hole

precisely inside the sketcher
workbench, Select the Positioning the hole center
“positioning sketch” icon
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Fillet
A. Fillet (creating a curved face
of a constant or variable
radius that is tangent to, and A
that joins, two surfaces.)
Edge
Variable Radius
Face to face
- With the Tangency mode, a fillet is

applied to the selected edge and all Tritangent
edges tangent to the selected edge
- With the minimal mode, a fillet is
applied only to the selected edge
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Chamfer
A. Chamfer (removing & adding a flat
section from a selected edge to
create a beveled surface between
the two original faces common to A
that edge.)
Length1
Angle
Two Dimensioning
Modes
Length2
Length1
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Draft
A. Basic Draft (adding or
removing material depending A
on the draft angle and the
pulling direction) Draft Angle
Neutral Element
Pulling direction
Remark: Neutral element

always keeps unchanged
after a draft is created
Side faces to draft
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Shell
A. Shell (empty a solid while
keeping a given thickness on A
its sides)
Face to remove
The face-to-remove cannot be tangent to the nearby faces.

All edges around the face should be sharp edges.
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Translation & Rotation

A. Translation (translating a solid B. Rotation (rotating a solid about
along a direction) an axis by a certain angle)
Be careful, the sketch

won’t move with the solid.
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Symmetry & Mirror

A. Symmetry (translating a solid B. MIrror (duplicating a solid on the
to the other side of the mirror other side of the mirror plane)
plane)
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Patterns
A. Rectangular Pattern
B. Circular Pattern
C. User Pattern
(duplicate the features at
the points created in
sketcher workbench)
A
To duplicate a list of features,

multi-select the features before
clicking the icon “pattern” C
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Split the solid

A. Split (splitting a solid with a
plane, a face or a surface) A
The arrow is pointing to the

material to keep; you can click on
the arrow to reverse the direction
You can hide the cutting

surface after the operation
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Boolean Operations
A. Assemble A B C D
The positive bodies are added

+ = together and if anyone of the
body is negative then the
material is removed from the
B. Add other body.
+ = Two bodies are added together
C. Union Trim
The unwanted portion of the first
body is removed from the
second body.
- =
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D. Remove Lump
This option removes the
unwanted solid in the space.
=
E. Remove
E F
- = First body is removed from the

second body.
F. Intersection
Creates the intersection

+ = between two bodies.
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Analysis
A. Draft Analysis
A B C
The Draft Analysis enables
to detect if the part drafted
will be easily removed C. Tap and Thread Analysis
from the die.
B. Curvature Analysis
Curvature analysis
enables to map the Tap and Thread analysis shows
curvature of a given how to display and filter out
surface. information about threads and
taps contained in a CATPart
document
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Part Design - exercise

• EXERCISE 2-
STEP 1
Open the CATPART file done
in Exercise 1
Make sure that the current
workbench is PART DESIGN
Create a “Pad” with the
height 5.5mm (first limit)
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STEP 2
Create another sketch on zx-
plane
The sketch should have an axis
and a triangle with these
dimensions (45deg, 35deg,
2.5mm High)
One edge of the triangle should
sit on the bottom side of the pad
and its peak should not be inside
the pad
Exit Sketcher
Create a “Groove” with First
Angle Limit 360deg
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CATIA V5 Fu ndamentals

STEP 3
Create the 3rd Sketch on yz-
plane
The sketch should have an axis
and two lines, which are
symmetrical
One end point sits on the axis
and the other sits on the
outermost plane of the solid
Exit Sketcher
Create a “Pocket” and select
“Up to Last” for limits on both
sides
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STEP 4
Create the 4th Sketch (a
circle Dia 28mm) on the top
planar surface of the solid
Create a “Pocket” with depth
1.5mm
STEP 5
Create an offset “Plane”
(15mm from yz plane)
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STEP 6
Create the 5th sketch on the
offset plane
Draw a circle (Dia 3.0mm;
distance between the solid
base and the circle center is
2.5mm)
Exit Sketcher
Create a “Pocket” with first
limit “Up to Last”
STEP 7
Create “EdgeFillet” (2mm) at
the 4 corners
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STEP 8
Create another “EdgeFillet”
(5mm) to remove the four sharp
edges on the top surface
STEP 9

Create a “Chamfer” on both
sides
Length1= 1mm; Angle= 45deg
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Assembly Design
A Product stores a collection
of components (parts or sub-
products). The file extension
is .CATProduct.
Product Parts
bracklet
Sub-products ring
button
Storing the constraints body

between parts or sub-
products
bracklet
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Create a New Product

Create a New Product by:
A. Switching to Assembly Design
workbench; or
B. Clicking File/New/Product
A
You can change the
Product’s properties (e.g.
name) by right-clicking
here
Or
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Insert an existing component
Right-click the product tree, then OR Drag the part tree onto the product tree
select ”Components>”Existing component…”
-or
Use “copy & paste” function
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Move components by Compass

Active product
Component being moved
Drag any of the green lines of the

compass to move the component
Remark:
Drag the compass from the top-right (1)You can only move the components of the active product
corner of the window to the component
you want to move; the Compass will (2) To reset the compass, drag it onto the global coordinate
turn in green color system at the bottom-right corner of the window
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Constraints between components

A. Coincidence Constraint
B. Contact Constraint
C. Distance Constraint A B C E
D
D. Angle Constraint
E. Fix Component (fix a component
in space; normally we ‘d fix at
least one component)
When the cursor is pointing

at the curved surface of the
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CATIA V5Fundamentals
Updating Constraints
The constraints need
to be “Updated”
Use compass to drag a

component to another
position
After selecting “Update” icon,

the component is back to its
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Instant Simulation
Drag the compass while pressing

Their axes are The base is fixed “shift” key on the keyboard; you
coincided will see that other components will
move with the active component
with respect to constraints
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Interference check
Select Type “Contact & Clash”; Clash: RED Interference result

“Between all components”; then
Contact: Yellow
“apply”
Clearance: Green
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Sectioning
After clicking
“sectioning” icon, a
section plane will be
automatically created
parallel to the yz plane
at the product origin.
You can orient the section

plane by dragging the red- Volume Cut; When activated,
line of the plane one side of the volume will be
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Assembly Design - exercise

• EXERCISE 3-
• Build the rest of components,

such as ring, button, chain as
the separate parts
• Assemble them together
• Check any interference after
assembly
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CATIA V5 Generative Shape Design
CATIA V5
Parametric Surface Modeling
Generative Shape Design
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Generative
Shape Design
Toolbars in Generative Shape Design
A. Wireframe: Create 3D curves / lines/ points/

plane C
B. Surfaces: Create surfaces
C. Operations: Join surfaces, Split & Trim
surfaces, Change the 3D positions of surfaces, D
Fillets…
D. Replication: Pattern, Powercopy…
E. Analysis: Connection analysis, Draft analysis,
curvature analysis… E
F. Surface-based Features: (On Part Design
Workbench), create a solid from surfaces,
modify the solid by a surface…
F
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Generative
Shape Design
Point
Point (Create a point in the 3D space)
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Generative
Shape Design
Extremum (max or min point)

Extremum (create an extremum element (point,
edge, or face), which is at the minimum or
maximum distance on a curve, a surface, or a
pad, according to given directions. )
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Generative
Shape Design
Line
Line (Create a line in the 3D space)
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Generative
Shape Design
Plane
Plane (Create a plane in the 3D space)
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Generative
Shape Design
Projection onto a support

Projection (project one or more elements
onto a support. The projection can be normal
to surface or along a specified direction.)
Normal to surface
Along a direction
(vertical)
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Generative
Shape Design
Combine Curves
Combine Curves (create a curve resulting
from the intersection of the extrusion of two
curves. )
A 3D resultant
Curve
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Generative
Shape Design
Reflect Line
Reflect Line (create curves for which the
normal to the surface in each point present
the same angle with a specified direction.
They can be closed or open.)
The normal of surface

at all points along the
curve is 38deg from
the vertical axis
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CATIA V5 Ge nerative Shape Design
Generative
Shape Design
Intersection
Intersection (create wireframe geometry by
intersecting elements.)
Intersection curve
between two
surfaces
Intersection point between
a curve and a surface
Intersection curve between

a surface and a solid
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Generative
Shape Design
Parallel Curve
Parallel Curve (create a curve that is parallel
to a reference curve.)
Offset the curve on the

surface (The resultant
curve is still on the surface)
We have a curve lying on

the surface
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Generative
Shape Design
Corner
Corner (create a corner between two curves)
If several solutions may

be possible, click the
Next Solution button to
move to another corner
solution, or directly
select the corner you
want in the geometry
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Generative
Shape Design
Connect Curve
Connect Curve (create a connecting curve
between two curves. )
Point-continuous,
tangent-continuous or
curvature-continuous
Point-continuous,
tangent-continuous or
The curvature in the

middle can be
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Generative
Shape Design
Spline Curve
Spline Curve (create a 2D/ 3D spline curve)
We can create an
additional line to define
the tangent direction at
a point.
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Generative
Shape Design
Helix
Helix (create a helix curve like a spring)
First Create a point

and a straight line
(Optional) (Optional)
With Taper Angle Follows a profile
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Generative
Shape Design
Extrude
Extrude (create a surface by extruding a
profile along a given direction)
If the profile is
planar, the
direction will be
its normal by
default. But you
can change it to
other direction.
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Generative
Shape Design
Revolve
Revolve (create a surface by revolving a
planar profile about an axis)
Remark: The axis must be a straight line.
Sketch.1
Line.1
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Generative
Shape Design
Offset
Offset (create a surface, or a set of surfaces,
by offsetting an existing surface, or a set of
surfaces)
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Generative
Shape Design
Sweep
Sweep (create a surface by sweeping out a
profile along one or two guide curves)
Circular Conical
Explicit Line
Sweeping an Explicit profile
- With reference surface (optional)
Profile
- With two guide curves (optional)
- With pulling direction (optional)
(We can use the above three options to
control the profile orientation)
Guide Curve
Sweeping a Linear profile

- Two limits We first create a
- Limit and middle guide curve (4 lines)
- With reference surface
- With tangency surface
- With reference curve
Then create a draft
- With two tangency surfaces surface by sweeping an
- With draft direction inclined linear profile
along a guide curve
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Generative
Shape Design
Sweep – Con’t
Sweeping a Circular profile
- Three guides
- Two guides and radius
- Center and two angles
- Center and radius
- Two guides and tangency surface
- One guide and tangency surface
Sweeping a Conical profile

- Two guides
- Three guides
- Four guides
- Five guides
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Generative
Shape Design
Fill
Fill (create a surface to fill the opening
among a number of boundary segments)
We can specify the desired continuity type

between any selected support surfaces and
The four points must
the fill surface (Point, Tangent or Curvature
be tangent-continuous or continuous)
Passing through a
point (optional)
Support Surface
Support Surface
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Generative
Shape Design
Multi-sections Surface
Multi-sections surface (create a surface by
sweeping two or more section curves along an
automatically computed or user-defined spine. The
surface can be made to respect one or more guide
curves. )
Further control point-

point matching by
“manual coupling”
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Generative
Shape Design
Blend
Blend (Create a surface between two
wireframe elements or surface edges)
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Generative
Shape Design
Join
Join (join surfaces or curves as one element)
The two original surfaces

are hidden; a Join surface
is created
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Generative
Shape Design
Split & Trim

Split (split a surface or wireframe element by
means of a cutting element. You can split a
wireframe element by a point, another
wireframe element or a surface; or a surface Split
by a wireframe element or another surface. ) Trim
Cutting Element
Original Result by
“Split”
Element to Cut
Result by
“Trim”
Trim (trim two or more surface or wireframe
elements)
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Generative
Shape Design
Boundary
Boundary (create the boundary curve of a
surface)
We can select limit

points to limit the
boundary
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Generative
Shape Design
Extract
Extract (extract from elements (curves,
points, surfaces or solids)
Only Selected
surface
Only tangent
surfaces are
selected
All surfaces are

selected
For this case, the extracted

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Generative
Shape Design
Shape Fillet
Bi-tangent Shape Fillet (create a shape fillet
between two surfaces)
Smooth: a tangency constraint

is imposed at the connection
between the fillet surface and
the support surfaces, thus
smoothing the connection.
Tri-tangent Shape Fillet (create a shape

fillet between three surfaces)
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Generative
Shape Design
Edge Fillet
Edge Fillet (create a constant radius fillet
along the internal edge of a joined surface)
Select the edge of the

Join Surface
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Generative
Shape Design
Variable Fillet
Variable Fillet (create a variable radius fillet.
In this type of fillet, the radius varies at
selected points along a selected edge. The
fillet surface is obtained by rolling a sphere,
which radius would vary, over the selected
edge. )
Click the box

and select the
point
Create a point along

the edge before
filleting After entering a
new value for
this point, we
have a different
radius here
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Generative
Shape Design
Face-Face Fillet
Face-Face fillet (create a face-face fillet.
The fillet surface is obtained by rolling a
sphere, which radius is larger than the
distance between the selected elements,
between the selected surfaces. )
Remark: This is a “Joined” Surface
We can add this fillet

between two faces that
are not touching each
other
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Generative
Shape Design
Tri-tangent Fillet
Tri-tangent Fillet (The creation of tritangent
fillets involves the removal of one of the three
faces selected, as the fillet surface is
obtained by rolling a sphere, which radius is
automatically computed to be larger than the
removed surface, between the selected
surfaces.)
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Generative
Shape Design
Translate, Rotate, Symmetry, Scale
Translate
Rotate
Symmetry
Rotate Scale
Translate
Affinity
Symmetry
Scale
Affinity
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Generative
Shape Design
Extrapolate
Extrapolate a surface boundary:
Tangent Continuity
– this will be a
straight edge
Tangent/Curvature
We can join the

extrapolated
surface with the
original surface
Extrapolate a Curve:
Extrapolation without support Extrapolation with a support

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Generative
Shape Design
Patterns
Rectangular pattern
Circular pattern
User pattern
Rectangular pattern
First create a sketch

with points
User pattern
Circular pattern
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Generative
Shape Design
Connect Checker
Connect Checker (analyze how two surfaces
are connected )
Distance - minimal distance between two vertices

Tangency - angle between two surfaces
Curvature Difference (|C2 - C1|) / ((|C1 + C2|) / 2)
Curve Connect Checker

(analyze how two curves are connected )
Distance - minimal distance between two vertices

Tangency - angle between two curves
Curvature Difference (|C2 - C1|) / ((|C1 + C2|) / 2)
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Generative
Shape Design
Draft Analysis
Draft Analysis
(analyze the draft angle on a surface)
(Remark: To view the draft result, we need to use the Shading 1
with Material mode.)
STEPS:
1. Click “Feature Draft Analysis
3
2. Define the color scale (e.g. -1, 0, +1 deg) 4
3. Click the option “Compass” on the pop-up menu
4. Select all surfaces
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Create a New Geometrical Set

To CREATE a new geometrical set:-
- Select “Insert/Geometrical Set…” on the top menu
- Click ok
(Remark: Provided that Hybrid Design is

disabled, a geometrical set will be created
automatically when the first wireframe/
surface/ plane is created)
To MOVE a surface from One Geometrical

Set to the other:-
-Right-click on the surface to access the contextual
menu
-Select “Change Geometrical Set…”
-Select the other geometrical set from the list of
Destination
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Split (by Surface)

Remark:
The surface-based features (Split, Thick
Surface, Close surface & Sew) are available
only on Part Design Workbench
Split
(split a solid with a plane, face or
surface )
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Thick Surface
Thick Surface (add material to a surface in
two opposite directions or in one direction)
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Close Surface
Close Surface (Add material inside the
enclosed surface so that a solid is created)
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Sew Surface
Sew Surface (a Boolean operation combining a
surface with a body. This capability adds or
removes material by modifying the surface of the
solid.)
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Exercise
Exercise 1
- Sweep/ Extrude/ Offset
- Blend/ Split/ Boundary
- Fill/ Join
Exercise 2
- Revolve/ Sweep/ Split
- Shape Fillet/ Extrude
- Symmetry/ Join
- Thick Surface
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No sharp edges along

Exercise 1
the boundary
A
Section A-A
A
(1) Start/Shape/Generative Shape Design
(2) To make a Sweep surface:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select yz plane
• Draw an arc (R500) with one end (0,0) as shown Fig.1
in Fig.1
• Click “Exit” to complete
• Deselect Sketch.1
• Click “Sketch” icon again and select zx plane
• Draw an arc (R400) with symmetric endpoints as
shown in Fig.2 Fig.2
• Click “Exit” to complete 100
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Exercise 1
(Con’t)
• Click “Sweep” icon
• Select “Explicit” as Profile Type
• Select Sketch.1 as Profile
• Select Sketch.2 as Guide Curve
• Click ok to complete
• Hide Sketch.1 & Sketch.2
(3) To make an Offset Plane:-

• Click “Plane” icon
• Select xy plane as Reference
• Enter 160mm as Offset (upward)
(4) To make a sketch on the offset plane:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Plane.1
• Draw the Profile as shown in Fig.3
Fig.3
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Exercise 1
(5) To Project the sketch onto the surface:-
• Click “Projection” icon
• Select “Along a direction” as Projection type
• Select Sketch.3 as Projected
• Select Sweep.1 as Support
• Select xy plane as Direction
(6) To Split the surface:-

• Click “Split” icon
• Select Sweep.1 as Element to cut
• Select Project.1 as Cutting element
• (Click “Other Side” option to choose the outer portion)
• Hide Sketch.3 & Project.1
(6b) To Offset the surface:-

• Click “Offset” icon
• Select Sweep.1 as Surface
• Enter 6mm as Offset (Downward)
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Exercise 1
(7) To Create Two offset planes:- Plane.3
• Click “Plane” icon Plane.2
• Select zx plane as Reference
• Enter 50mm as Offset (positive side)
• Click “Plane” icon again
• Select zx plane as Reference
• Enter 230mm as Offset (positive side)
(8) To Split Surfaces:-

• Hide Surface Split.1; Show Surface Sweep.1
Result of Split.3
• Select Sweep.1 as Element to cut
• Select Plane.2 as Cutting element
Result of Split.2
• Click “Other Side” option to choose the smaller portion
• Click “Split” icon again
• Select Offset.1 as Element to cut
• Select Plane.3 as Cutting element
• Click “Other Side” option to choose the smaller portion
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Exercise 1
(9) To Create a Blend:-
• Click “Blend” icon
• Select the edge of Split.2 as First Curve
• Select Split.2 as First Support
• Select the edge of Split.3 as Second Curve
• Select Split.3 as Second Support
• Select Tangency for First continuity and Second
continuity
(10) To make a sketch on the offset plane:-

• Draw the Profile as shown in Fig.4
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Exercise 1
(11) To Project the sketch onto the Blend:-
• Click “Projection” icon
• Select “Along a direction” as Projection type
• Select Sketch.4 as Projected
• Select Blend.1 as Support
• Select xy plane as Direction
(12) To Split the Blend:-

• Select Blend.1 as Element to cut
• Select Project.2 as Cutting element
• (Click “Other Side” option to choose the inner
portion)
• Hide Sketch.4 & Project.2
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Exercise 1
(13) To Hide all constructive elements:- Split.4 Split.1
• Hide all elements except Split.1 & Split.4
(14) To make 4 boundaries:-

1st Boundary 2nd Boundary
(1st Boundary)
• Click “Boundary” icon
• Select “Tangency continuity” as Propagation type
• Select the edge as shown in Fig.5
(2nd Boundary)
Fig.5
• Click “Boundary” icon again
• Select “Tangency continuity” as Propagation type
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(3rd Boundary)
Exercise 1
• Click “Boundary” icon again
• Select the point as Limit 1
(4th Boundary)
• Click “Boundary” icon again 4th Boundary

• Select the point as Limit 1
• Click ok to complete Fig.6 3rd Boundary
(15) To Create a Fill:-

• Click “Fill” icon
• Select Boundary.1 then Split.4 then
Tangent
Tangent Split.4
Tangent Split.1
Tangent
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Exercise 1
(16) To Join surfaces:-
• Click “Join” icon
• Select Split.1, Fill.1 & Split.4
(17) Hide all Boundaries
Result: No sharp edge between

the step-down and the original
surface
END of Exercise.1
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Exercise 2
(1) Start/Shape/Generative Shape Design
(2) To make a Revolve surface:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select zx plane
• Draw an arc (R160) with one end (0,30) as shown
in Fig.1, which should be tangent to a horizontal
axis
• Draw another horizontal axis on x-axis (which will
be selected to be the axis of rotation later)
Fig.1
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Exercise 2
(con’t)
• Click “Revolve” icon
• (Sketch axis will be selected as
Revolution axis)
• Enter 0deg as Angle.1
• Enter 180deg as Angle.2
• Hide Sketch.1
(3) To make the 2nd Sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select xy Plane
• Draw an Arc (R90) as shown in Fig.2
• Click “Exit” icon to complete
Fig.2
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Exercise 2
(4) To make reference planes:-
• Click “Plane” icon yz plane
• select yz Plane
• then select the end point of the arc
• (“Parallel through point” will be automatically
selected as “Plane Type”)
• Click “Plane” icon again

• select yz Plane
• then select the end point of the arc
touching
Sketch.2
(5) To make the 3rd Sketch:-

• Draw an ellipse with one end touching
Sketch.2 as shown in Fig.3
• (While adding the constraint (D30), right-
click and select “semiminor axis”)
• Click Exit to complete
Fig.3
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Exercise 2
(6) To make the 4th Sketch:- touching
Sketch.2
• Draw an ellipse with one end touching
Sketch.2 as shown in Fig.4
• (While adding the constraint (D10), right-
click and select “semiminor axis”)
• Click Exit to complete
Fig.4 Result
(7) To make a symmetric curve:-

• Click “Symmetry” icon
• Select Sketch.2 as Element
• select zx Plane as Reference
Zx plane
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Exercise 2
(7) To make a Multi-sections Surface:-
• Click “Multi-sections Surface” icon
• Select Sketch.3 as Section#1
• Select Sketch.4 as Section#2
• Select Sketch.2 as Guide#1
• Select Symmetry.1 as Guide#2
• Hide Sketch.2, Sketch.3, Sketch.4,
Symmetry.1, Plane.1 & Plane.2
(8) To Split the surface:-

• Select Multi-sections Surface.1 as
Element to cut
• Select zx Plane as Cutting element
• (Click “Other Side” option to choose the
correct portion)
Zx Plane
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Exercise 2
(9) To make a Fillet between 2 surfaces:-
• Click “Shape Fillet” icon
• Select Split.1 as Support.1
• Select “Trim Support.1”
• Select Revolute.1 as Support.2
• Select “Trim Support.2”
• Enter 10mm as Radius
• (Click on the red arrow if it is not pointing
outward)
(10) To make 5th Sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select xy Plane
• Draw an Arc (R78, center at (0,0)) as shown
in Fig.5
• (One endpoint must be on x-axis) Circle center Endpoint
• Click ok to complete at (0,0) on x-axis
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Exercise 2
(11) To make an Extrude:-
• Click “Extrude” icon
• (The Sketch Plane, xy Plane will be
automatically selected as Direction)
• Enter 20mm as Limit.1
• Enter 20mm as Limit.2
(12) To Split Surface:-

• Select Fillet.1 as Element to cut
• Select Extrude.1 as Cutting element
• (Click “Other Side” option to choose the bigger
portion)
• Hide Extrude.1 & Sketch.5
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Exercise 2
(13) To make a Symmetry:-
• Click “Symmetry” icon
• Select Split.2 as Element
• Select zx Plane as Reference
(14) To visual-check the tangency

continuity along the interface:-
• Click “Shading” icon
• (All black surface edges now disappear)
• Check if any sharp edge appears along the
centre interface. If yes, go back to previous
step(s) to correct the error.
(15) To Join Surfaces:-

• Click “Join” icon
• Select Split.2 and Symmetry.2 as
Elements to Join
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Exercise 2
(16) To make a Solid:-
• Start/Mechanical Design/Part Design
• Click “Thick Surface” icon
• Click ok on the pop-up warning window
• Select Join.1 as Object to Offset
• Enter 2mm as First Offset
• (If the red-arrows are not pointing
inward, click “Reverse Direction” or
directly click on an arrow to change the
direction)
• Hide Geometrical Set.1
(17) To add Fillets onto the solid:-

• Click “Edge Fillet” icon
• Select all sharp edges
• Enter 0.5mm as Radius
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Drawing Management
To enter the Drafting workbench and start a new drawing:-
Select File -> New (or click the New icon).
The New dialog box is displayed, allowing you to choose the type of the document you need.
Select Drawing in the List of Types field and click OK.
OR
Select Start -> Mechanical Design from the menu bar.
Select the Drafting workbench.
OR
Select Start -> Drafting from the menu bar.
The New Drawing dialog box is displayed, allowing you choosing the
type of Standard, Sheet Style, Orientation you need. The sheet style
defines among other things the sheet format, scale and orientation.
Select the required standard and click the Landscape or Portrait

option.
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Make sure you customized

the units accordingly. For this:
1. Select the Tools ->
Options command to
display the Options dialog
box.
2. Click General >
Parameters and Measure
in the list of objects to the
left of the Options dialog
box.
Select the Units tab and set
Length to mm and then click
OK.
Save As: Exporting a Drawing

CAT Drawing file can save in the following formats:
.CATDrawing, .cgm, .svg, .gl2, .ps, .catalog, .pdf, .tif, .jpg, .dxf, .dwg, .ig2 (2D IGES), .3dxml
Importing From Files

You can import the following formats:
.3dxml, .dwg, .dxf, .cgm, .ps, .hpg, .svg, .pdf
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Sheets
Modifying a Sheet & Deleting a Sheet
Switching to Another Standard
Views Creation
Projections
Front view: Use a reference plane on the 3D part to create a front view.
View from 3D: Generate a view and the associated annotations from the 3D.
Projection views: Generate the projection views as desired.
An auxiliary view: Define a plane that will be used to generate the auxiliary view.
Isomeric view: Create an isometric view using a 3D part.
Advanced front view: Create advanced front views to configure such elements as the view name, view scale,
etc.
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Sections
Offset section view: Use a cutting profile to define and position the offset section view.
Aligned section view: Use a cutting profile to define and position the aligned section view.
Offset section cut: Use a cutting profile to define and position the offset section cut.
Aligned section cut: Use a cutting profile to define and position the aligned section cut.
Detail view
Detail view: Use a callout to create a detail view via a boolean operator from the 3D.
Detail view profile: Use a polygon to create a detail view via a boolean operator from the 3D.
Quick detail view: Callout to create a detail view by computing the view directly from 2D projection.
Quick detail view profile: Polygon to create a detail view by computing the view from 2D projection.
Clipping view
Clipping view: Callout to create a clipping view via a boolean operator from the 3D.
Clipping view profile: Callout to create a clipping view by computing the view directly from 2D projection.
Quick clipping view: Create a quick clipping view with a circle as callout.
Quick clipping view profile: Create a quick clipping view with a sketched profile as callout.
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Break views
Broken view: Create a broken view from an active and up to date generative view using two profiles
corresponding to the part to be broken from the view extremities
Breakout view: Remove locally material from a left generated view, to visualize the remaining visible internal part.
3D clipping: Clip a view by selecting in the 3D object the useful part.
View Modification
Move a view: Drag a view to a new location.
Position a view: Position Generative or Interactive views either by aligning them, superposing them and setting relative
view position.
Position a view independently of its reference view: Position a view independently of its reference view.
Locate reference/resulting views: Navigate easily between reference/resulting views in the case of section views,
section cuts, auxiliary views or detail views.
Isolate generated views: Remove associativity between an existing CATPart (or CATProduct or CATModel) and the
corresponding generated views.
Restore Overloaded Properties/Deleted elements: Restore 3D graphical dress-up and/or generated elements
that have been deleted from a view.
Lock a view: Use the contextual menu (Properties option) to lock a view.
Scale a view: Modify the scale of a view.
Rename a view: Give a new name to an existing view.
Modify a view projection plane: Modify the projection plane of any generated view.
Add a generative bill of material: Insert Bill of Material information into the active view.
Generating balloons on a view: Generate balloons on the active view.
Show geometry in views: Visualize geometrical elements in all viewpoints as well as in a 3D viewer corresponding to
the views analyzed.
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Modify a callout graphism: Modify the graphical attributes of one or more callout used when generating auxiliary,
section or detail views.
Modify a callout geometry: Modify the geometrical properties of a callout used when creating detail views, section
views and section cuts.
Overloading element properties: Overload the properties of generated elements in a view.
Modify a pattern: Modify the pattern of a view and apply a material to this pattern.
Duplicating generative geometry: Duplicate a generative view sub-element in order to modify a generated view sub-
part independently from the part linked to the drawing.
Modify a view's links: Modify the list elements pointed by a view.
Apply a view's links to another view: Apply the links of a view to another one.
Generative View Styles

Create views using generative view styles.
Switch a view to another generative view style: Switch a view which uses a given generative view style to another
style.
Apply the generative style of a view to another view: Apply the generative view style used to create a given view
to another view.
Apply a generative view style to a view: Apply a generative view style to a view which was created without one.
Dimension Generation
Generate dimensions in one shot: Generate dimensions in one shot from the constraints of a 3D part
(distance, length, angle, radius and diameter constraints).
Generate dimensions semi-automatically: Generate dimensions step by step from the constraints of a 3D
part (distance, length, angle, radius and diameter constraints).
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Dimension Manipulation
Dimensions/ half-dimensions: Create dimensions by clicking elements.
Chained dimension:
Cumulated dimension system on a view
Stacked dimension system on a view
Explicit dimensions: Create dimensions using explicit selection both of the desired icon and of the required
geometrical elements.
Chamfer dimensions: Create a chamfer dimension using selection.

Associative thread dimensions: Create associative thread dimensions.
Coordinate dimensions: Automatically create coordinate dimensions on elements.
Holes dimensions table: Create a table containing holes dimensions (diameter and center coordinates).
Points coordinates table: Create a table containing 2D and 3D points coordinates.
Dimension edition
Re-route dimensions: i.e. recalculate dimensions taking into account new geometry elements.
Interrupt one or more extension lines: Interrupt manually one or more extension lines of one or more
dimensions.
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The options in the Tools Palette allow you to position the dimension using one of the above indicated modes.
Tolerance
Datum feature: Use the Datum Feature Creation dialog box to create a datum feature.
Geometrical tolerance: Use the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Parameters dialog box to create
geometrical tolerances.
Annotations
Text
Free text: Create a text that either wraps or not, that is assigned an unlimited width text frame, even though this text
may reach the frame boundary
Text with a leader: Create a text with a leader either in the free space or associated
Text to be replicated
Create a balloon: Create a balloon using a dialog box.
Create a datum target: Create a datum target on a view.
Symbols
Roughness symbol: Create a roughness using a dialog box.
Welding symbol: Create a welding symbol using a dialog box.
Geometry weld: Create a geometry weld symbol.
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Table
Create/modify a table: Create, edit and modify a table.
Insert table from the file
Dress-Up Elements
Arrows: Create an arrow.
Axis & threads

Center lines (no reference): Apply a center line to one or more circles.
Center lines (reference): Apply a center line to one or more circles with respect to a reference (linear or circular).
Threads (no reference): Create a thread without a reference.
Threads (reference): Create a thread with a reference, either circular (circle or point) or linear (line).
Axis lines: Create an axis line by selecting lines.
Axis lines and center lines: Create an axis line by selecting lines.
Fill areas
Area-fill: Create an area fill, i.e. a closed area on which you will then apply graphical dress-up elements called
patterns (these can be hatching, dotting or coloring). Patterns can be applied to area fills created from both sketched
and generated elements.
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Properties
Edit sheet properties: Access and edit sheet properties.
Editing view properties: Access and edit view properties.
Editing 2D geometry feature properties: Access and edit information on 2D geometry features
(name and stamp).
Editing 2D element graphic properties: Access and edit graphic properties.
Edit pattern properties: Access and edit pattern properties.
Editing annotation font properties: Access and edit annotation font properties.
Editing text properties: Access and modify text color, position and/or orientation.
Editing picture properties: Access and modify picture position, size, scale and compression.
Editing dimension text properties: Access and edit dimension text properties.
Edit dimension font properties: Access and edit dimension font properties.
Editing dimension value properties: Access and edit dimension value properties.
Editing dimension tolerance properties: Access and edit dimension tolerance properties.
Editing dimension extension line properties: Access and edit dimension extension line properties.
Editing dimension line properties: Access and edit information on dimension line properties.
Editing dimension system properties: Access and edit information on dimension system
properties.
Editing 2D component instance properties: Access and edit 2D component instance properties.
Editing callout properties: Access and edit the callout properties.
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CATIA V5 Fundamentals

The Workbench Concept

• Part Design: Design parts using a solid

Below is the layout of the elements of

The common documents are:

Then lower the fixed sag value to make the

You can also change the background color on the

View & Hide Toolbars

In the list, click the toolbar you want to view or hide.

- You can detach toolbars from the application

- To restore the original positions of the toolbars on

Change the view with the mouse

B. Rotating enables you to rotate the

C. Zooming enables you to increase

Show & Hide

B. Swap visible space

You can select any elements in

For the hidden elements, their

The planes can provide a

2. Select the Sketcher Icon 1

3. CATIA switches the current

Construction geometry is shown in

You can also toggle any elements

Before clicking the second

Constraining the sketch

Remark: To create the dimensions • Symmetry (multi-select the elements

The default dimension direction is

Color and Diagnostic

Only case 1 & 2 are allowable

• To making constraints between

• To return the default orientation,

We can create a distance

Exiting the Sketcher

• After that, the screen will be

If deleting Hole, If deleting Fillet, If deleting Pad,

Toolbars in Part Design

Pad & Pocket

You can define the extrusion direction by A

Shaft & Groove

You can draw the rotation axis in the

Rib & Slot

-Pulling Direction Center curve

- You can use an

- You can always create Section 1

Comparison of common features

Pad Add Same Straight line Planar

Pocket Remove Same Straight line Planar

Rib Add Same Curve Planar

Slot Remove Same Curve Planar

Multi-section Add Various Curve Planar

Removed multi- Remove Various Curve Planar

To locate the center of the hole

- With the Tangency mode, a fillet is

Remark: Neutral element

Side faces to draft

The face-to-remove cannot be tangent to the nearby faces.

Translation & Rotation

Be careful, the sketch

Symmetry & Mirror

To duplicate a list of features,

Split the solid

The arrow is pointing to the

You can hide the cutting