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MODUL 1: BASICS SKETCH & PART DESIGN

Part to be completed:

1.1 Entering the Part Design Workbench

Steps 1 - Select the File -> New commands (or click the New icon).

Steps 2 - Select Part in the List of Types field and click OK.

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1.2 Sketching a profile

Steps 1 - Click the Sketcher icon to start the Sketcher workbench.

Steps 2 - Select xy plane to define the sketch plane.

Steps 3 - Click the Profile icon. Activating this command displays three options in the
Tools toolbar. The Line command is activated by default.

Steps 4 - First, create a line: click a point, drag the cursor and click a second point to end
your first line. CATIA uses a green symbol to call your attention on the line property. This line
is horizontal.

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Steps 5 - Click at the points as shown to sketch two additional lines. CATIA uses another
green symbol to mention that the second line you created is vertical.

Steps 6 - To end the profile, click at the starting point. The profile now looks like this.

Steps 7 - To complete the profile shape, create two arcs tangent to two lines: click the
Corner icon .

Steps 8 - Select both lines as indicated. The lines are then joined by a rounded corner which
moves as you move the cursor.

Steps 9 - Click in the area as shown to define the first corner:

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Steps 10 - Now, click anywhere outside the sketch to unselect the corner and repeat the
operation to create a second corner at the bottom of the profile.

Steps 11 - Now, set a dimension between two lines. First, multiselect the lines as indicated.

Steps 12 - Click the Constraint icon . This command sets a length constraint. The
distance between the lines you have selected is 200 mm.

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Steps 13 - Click anywhere to locate the dimension.

Steps 14 - Now, double-click the radius value of the first corner. The Constraint Edition
dialog box is displayed.

Steps 15 - Enter 45mm in the Value field to edit the corner radius.

Steps 16 - Click OK to confirm the operation.

Steps 17 - Repeat the operation to edit the second corner. Enter 53mm.

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Steps 18 - Click the Exit Workbench icon. Now, the Part Design workbench is
displayed and your profile looks like this:

Steps 19 - Click the Pad icon . The Pad Definition dialog box appears. Default options
allow you to create a basic pad. Set the length for 60 mm.

Steps 20 – Click OK. The pad is created. The extrusion is performed in a direction which is
normal to the sketch plane. CATIA displays this creation in the specification tree:

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Steps 21 - Click the Draft icon . The Draft Definition dialog box appears.

Steps 22 - Check the Selection by neutral face option to determine the selection mode.

Steps 23 - Select the upper face as the neutral element. This selection allows CATIA detect
the faces to be drafted. The neutral face appears in blue and the faces to be drafted in dark
red.

Steps 24 - Enter 9 degrees in the Angle field.

Steps 25 - Click OK. The part is drafted:

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Steps 26 - Click the Edge Fillet icon . The Edge Fillet Definition dialog box appears.
It contains default values.

Steps 27 - Select the edge to be filleted, that is, to be rounded. A default filleted edge is
previewed.

Steps 28 - Enter 7 mm as the new radius value and click OK.

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Steps 29 - Click the Mirror icon . The Mirror Definition dialog box is displayed.

Steps 30 - Select the reference face you need to duplicate the part. The name of this face
appears in the Mirroring element field.

Steps 31 - Click OK. The part is mirrored and the specification tree indicates this operation.

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Steps 32 - Select this face to define the working plane.

Steps 33 - Click the Sketcher icon to enter the Sketcher workbench.

Steps 34 - Once in the Sketcher workbench, click this Circle icon to create a basic
circle.

Steps 35 - Click the circle centre in the middle of the face and drag the cursor to sketch the
circle.

Steps 36 - Click once you are satisfied with the size of the circle.

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Steps 37 - Then, click the Exit Workbench icon to return to the 3D world. This is
your part:

Steps 38 - Select the circle you have just sketched, if it is not already selected.

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Steps 39 - Click the Pocket icon . The Pocket Definition dialog box is displayed and
CATIA previews a pocket with default parameters.

Steps 40 - Set the Up to last option to define the limit of your pocket. This means that the
application will limit the pocket onto the last possible face that is the pad bottom.

Steps 41 - Click OK. This is your pocket:

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Steps 42 - Select the bottom face of the part.

Steps 43 - Click the Shell icon . The Shell Definition dialog box is displayed.

Steps 44 - Select the face to be removed.

Steps 45 - Click OK to shell the part using the default inner thickness value.

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PRACTICE 1

PRACTICE 2

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PRACTICE 3

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