CATIA Training

Exercises

Version 5 Release 7
June 2001
FOR-CAT-E-WFS-FX-V5R7

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Table of Contents

1. Master Exercise: Mobile Phone p.3

Creating the wireframe geometry p.6
Creating the surfaces p.9
Trimming and joining the body surfaces p.12
Creating the part body p.14
Modifying the geometry p.16
2. Recap Exercise: Button p.18
Creating the wireframe geometry p.19
Creating the surfaces p.21
Creating the solid p.23
Modifying the geometry p.26
3. Exercise: Wrench Body p.28
Creating the surface of the handle p.31
Creating a lofted surface to link the parts p.33
Creating the side surface of the head p.36
Creating a connecting surface p.38
Completing the wrench body p.40

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Master Exercise
Mobile Phone : Presentation
35 min.

In this exercise you will see how to create a mobile phone

body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part
Design workbenches:

Creating wireframe elements (point, line, translate)

Creating surfaces (sweep, extrude)
Manipulating surfaces (trim, symmetry, join)
Creating solid from surface (close, fillet, shell)
Modifying the geometry

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Design Intent: Mobile Phone

Creation of guide and center curves by using points, lines, sketcher and
translations
Creation of surfaces using Sweep and Extrude
Operations on surfaces using Trim and Join
Creation of solid from surfaces using Close, Fillet and Shell
Modification of the geometry by changing parameters of the surface
definition

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 Design Process: Mobile Phone
1
Enter the Create the
Wireframe and wireframe
Surface Design geometry
workbench

Create the
Enter the Part surfaces
Design 2
workbench

Trim and join

Create the part
the body
body
4 surfaces
3

5
Modify the
geometry

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Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 1): Creating the wireframe geometry
10 min.

In this step you will:

Create the guide
Create the center curves

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Do It Yourself (1)
Side Top surface guide
Parting surface D surface Center line
C
profile profile
I
E
B

A G
H Side surface guide 3
F Side surface guide 1
Side surface guide 2
Top surface profile

Mobile_phone_step1.CATPart
1- Create two points : (0,0,-10) and (0,130,-10). Rename them point H and I.
2- Draw a line between points H and I. Rename it Center line.
3- Draw a line between point H to the end of Side surface guide 1. Rename it Side surface guide 2.
4- Create a plane with an offset of -10mm offset from the xy plane.
5- Open the Sketcher in the created plane and draw a rough arc from point I to the other end of
Side surface guide 1 then build three coincidences :
• between the arc extremity and the Center line extremity,
• between the arc extremity and the Side surface guide 1 extremity,
• between the center point of the arc and the Center line.
Rename it Side surface guide 3.
6- Draw a spline passing through points A, B, C and D. Rename it Top surface guide.
7- Draw a conic on the zx plane with start point E, end point F, tangent intersection point G and
parameter 0.5. Rename it Side surface profile.
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Side surface
center 1

Side surface
center 3

Side surface center 2

7- Translate Side surface guide 1 by 50mm in the negative OX direction then rename
the result Side surface center 1.
8- Translate Side surface guide 2 by 50mm in the positive OY direction then rename
the result Side surface center 2.
9- Translate Side surface guide 3 by 50mm in the negative OY direction then rename
the result Side surface center 3.

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Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 2): Creating the surfaces
10 min.

In this step you will:

Create swept surfaces
Create extruded surfaces

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Do It Yourself (1)
Side surface 1

Side surface 2

Mobile_phone_step2.CATPart

Work in the SURFACE DEFINITION open body to create the surfaces :

1- Create a swept surface with Side surface profile as profile, Side surface guide 1 as guide
curve and Side surface center 1 as spine. Rename the result Side surface 1.

2- Create a swept surface with following parameters (check that the Reference tab is active):
• Side surface profile as profile, Side surface guide 2 as guide curve and Side surface center 2
as spine
• Check the Position profile option, select Apply and invert the X axis of the surface by double-
clicking on it
• Display the parameters and enter a rotation angle of –30deg.
• Rename the result Side surface 2.
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Do It Yourself (2)

Parting surface Side surface3

Top surface

3- Create a swept surface with following parameters (check that the Reference tab is active):
• Side surface profile as profile, Side surface guide 3 as guide curve and Side surface center 3
as spine
• Check the Position profile option, select Apply and invert the X axis of the surface by
double-clicking on it
• Display the parameters and enter a rotation angle of –120deg.
• Rename the result Side surface 3.

4- Create a swept surface with Top surface profile as profile and Top surface guide as guide
curve. Rename the result Top surface.

5- Create a surface by extrusion. Select the Parting surface profile and extrude it by 40mm in
the positive OX direction. Rename the result Parting surface.
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Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 3) : Trimming and joining the body surfaces
5 min.

In this step you will:

Trim the surfaces by selecting the
surface area you want to keep

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Side surface 1
Top surface Trim.4

Side surface 3
Parting surface Symmetry.1
Side surface 2

Trim.1 (1-, 2-) Trim.4 (3-, 4-) Body surface (5-, 6-)

Mobile_phone_step3.CATPart

1- Trim Side surface 1 and Side surface 2 to create Trim.1.

2- Trim Side surface 3 and Trim.1 to create Trim.2.
3- Trim Top surface and Trim.2 to create Trim.3.
4- Trim Parting surface and Trim.3 to create Trim.4.
5- Create the symmetry of Trim.4 with YZ as reference plane.
6- Join the Trim.4 and Symmetry.1 and rename it Body surface.

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Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 4) : Creating the part body
5 min.

In this step you will:

Close the body surface into a solid
Fillet the solid
Shell the solid

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Close surface (1-) Fillets (2-) Shell (3-)

Mobile_phone_step4.CATPart

Enter the Part design workbench before completing the following steps.

1- Close the surface Body surface.

2- Add fillets on the top and side edges (3mm).
3- Shell the body by selecting the bottom surface (1mm)

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Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 5) : Modifying the geometry
5 min.

In this step you will:

Modify the geometry by editing
construction elements

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Point C
Point E

Mobile_phone_step5.CATPart

You will modify the overall shape of the part by changing the parameters of
some construction elements.

1- Display Top surface guide and its defining points (A to D).

2- Double-click on Point C to change its Z component value to 25mm.
3- Display Side surface profile and its defining points (E to G).
4- Double-click on Point E to change its Z component value to 38mm.

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Recap Exercise
Button : Presentation
25 min.

In this exercise you will see how to create a button body

using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design
workbenches:

Creating the profiles

Extruding the profile
Creating the solid part
Modifying the geometry

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Exercise
Button (Step 1) : Creating the wireframe geometry
5 min.

In this step you will:

Create the points
Create the profile curves
Create the direction lines

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Do It Yourself

Pt5
Line.1
Pt5
Pt4

Pt3
Pt2
Spline.1

Pt1 Pt1

Points, Spline, Line (1-, 2-, 3-) Sketch on XY plane (4-) Line on YZ plane (5-)

Button_step1.CATPart

Create the wireframe geometry:

1- Create 5 points : Pt1(0,0,5), Pt2(0,10,9), Pt3(0,23,7), Pt4(0,30,8), Pt5(-20,30,7)

2- Create a spline passing through Pt1 to Pt4
3- Create a line passing through Pt4 and Pt5
4- Draw a sketch on XY plane with two coincidences and a radius of 20mm
5- Draw a vertical line on YZ plane

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Exercise
Button (Step 2) : Creating the surfaces
5 min.

In this step you will:

Create extruded surfaces

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Sketch.2

Line.1

Spline.1

Sketch.1

Surface Extrude. 1 (1-) Surface Extrude. 2 ( 2-)

Button_step2-3.CATPart

Create the basic surfaces:

1- Create the first extruded surface : select profile Sketch.1 and direction Sketch.2
2- Create the second extruded surface : select profile Spline.1 and direction Line.1

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Exercise
Button (Step 3) : Creating the solid
10 min.

In this step you will:

Create a pad using the existing surfaces as limits
Add fillets on edges
Shell the part

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Do It Yourself… (1)

Sketch.3 on XY plane (1-) Sketch.4 YZ plane (2-)

Button_step4.CATPart

1- Create a sketch (rectangular contour) on the XY plane

2- Create a sketch (trapezoidal contour) on the YZ plane

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 Do It Yourself… (2)

Pad up to surface (3-) Split of pad (4-) Pad up to surface (5-) Fillets (6-) Shell (7-)

3- Create a pad on Sketch.3, up to the Extrude.2 surface

4- Split Pad.1 with Extrude.1 as splitting surface
5- Create a pad on Sketch.4 up to the Extrude.1 surface
6- Make 1.5 mm fillets on the 6 horizontal and vertical edges
7- Shell the bottom faces with 1mm (5 faces)

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Exercise
Button (Step 4) : Modifying the geometry
5 min.

In this step you will:

Modify the geometry by moving the definition points of
the spline and changing parameters in the Sketcher

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Do It Yourself

Pt3

Point on spline (1-) Sketch.1 (2-)

Button_step5.CATPart

1- Double click on Pt3 and change the Z value to 5mm to modify the shape of the spline
2- Open Sketch.1 to change the radius value to 25mm

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Exercise
Wrench Body : Presentation
35 min.

In this exercise you will learn how to create a wrench body

using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design
workbenches :

Creating wireframe elements (point, line, spline)

Creating surfaces (revolution, loft, sweep)
Manipulating surfaces (symmetry, join)
Creating solid from surface (close, extrude)

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Design Intent: Wrench Body

Creation of guide, section and spine curves using spline, sketcher, project
and split
Creation of revolution, loft and sweep surfaces
Creation of solid from surfaces using close and thick

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Design Process: Wrench Body
1
Enter the Create the
Wireframe and surface of the
Surface Design handle
workbench

4
Create a
connecting
surface

Create a lofted
surface to link
the parts 2
Create the side
surface of the
head
Enter the Part 3
Design
workbench

5
Complete the
wrench body

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Exercise
Wrench body (Step 1) : Creating the surface of the handle
5 min.

In this step you will:

Create the surface of the handle by
revolving a spline defined in 3D.

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Vertex 2 Vertex 1

A
C B

Spline 1

Points, Spline (1-, 2-, 3-) Revolving surface (4-)

Wrench_body_step1.CATPart

1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create three points : (115,7,0), (122,6,0) and
(127,5,0). Rename them Point A, Point B and Point C.
2- Create a spline selecting Vertex 1 then points A to C and finally Vertex 2.
3- Impose horizontal tangency at the end points of the spline.
4- In the SURFACES Open Body create a surface, revolving the spline 360
degrees around the horizontal line of the sketch. (360-degree revolution is
needed for the downstream close operation to create a solid in Part Design).

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Exercise
Wrench body (Step 2) : Creating a lofted surface to link the parts
10 min.

In this step you will:

Create a lofted surface to associate
the head with the link.

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Do It Yourself (1)
Link end face Head bottom face
Sketch.3

Offset plane Sketch.4 Middle points

Plane and Sketch.3 (1-, 2-) Sketch.4 (3-) Middle points (4-)

Wrench_body_step2.CATPart

1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create a plane with a 7.2mm distance from the end
face of the link.
2- On the created plane create an arc of a circle (radius =7.2). Define three coincidences,
two between the end points of the arc and the H-axis of the Sketcher and one between
the center point of the arc and the V-axis of the Sketcher.
3- On the bottom face of the head, create an arc passing through the two vertices of the
face (radius =24). Define four coincidences, two between the arc and the vertices of the
bottom face and two between the end points of the arc the the H-axis of the Sketcher.
4- Create the middle points of Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and of the edge curve of the link end
face.
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Do It Yourself (2)
Line.1 Spline.2
S1 G1

Spine
S3
G2
S2

G3
Spline.4
Spline.3
Splines and line (5-, 6-) Lofted surface (7-) Symmetry and join (8-, 9-)

5- Create three splines, two passing through the two sets of end points of the three arcs
and one passing through the set of middle points created on the three arcs. The three
arcs are Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and the edge curve of the link end face. Impose an horizontal
tangency to each spline on the link end.
6- Create a line normal to the end face to the link (length=20) from Point.1.
7- In the SURFACES Open Body create a lofted surface by selecting three sections
(Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and the edge curve of the link end face), three guide curves
(Spline.2, Spline.3 and Spline.4) and a spine (Line.1).
8- Apply a symmetry to the lofted surface with respect to the XY plane.
9- Join the lofted surface and the symmetry.

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Exercise
Wrench body (Step 3) : Creating the side surface of the head
10 min.

In this step you will:

Create the side surface of the head by
sweeping a profile
The profile and the guide curve are created
from the existing curves by projection and
re-limited.

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 Do It Yourself

Project.1 Line. 2 Vertex Sketch. 4

Split.1 Split.1

Vertex

Sweep.1

Sketch.2 Split.1 Project.2 Split.3 Project.2 Split.3

Projection (1-) Line and Split (2-, 3-) Projection and Splits Sweep (6-)
(4-, 5-)

Wrench_body_step3.CATPart

1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body project Sketch.2 onto the top face of the head.
2- Create a line passing through two vertices of Project.1.
3- Split Project.1 with Line.2.
4- Project Split.1 onto the bottom face of the head.
5- Split Sketch. 4 with Split.1 then the result (Split.2) with Project.2.
6- In the SURFACES Open Body define the side surface: create a sweep with a profile
(Split.3) and two guide curves (Split.1 and Project.2).

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Exercise
Wrench body (Step 4) : Creating a connecting surface
5 min.

In this step you will:

Create a connect surface at a junction by
sketching the profile and revolving it

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Sketch. 5

Sketch.5 (1-) Surface of revolution (2-)

Wrench_body_step4.CATPart

1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body sketch the fillet profile on XY plane.

- activate the option Construction elements.
- create lines on the bottom and top horizontal edges and on the vertical edge of the
link by intersecting the 3D elements.
- define two coincidences between the profile and the bottom horizontal edge and
between the profile and the vertical edge, two horizontal tangencies at the ends of
the profile and two radius constraints (18mm and 5 mm).
2- In the SURFACES Open Body create the surface by revolving Sketch. 5 around the
horizontal axis of Sketch.1 (360deg).
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Exercise
Wrench body (Step 5) : Completing the wrench body
5 min.

In this step you will:

Create solids by extruding the surfaces
Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing

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Do It Yourself (1)

Join.1

Revolute.1
1
Revolute.2

PartBody
Sweep.1

Initial Part Thick / Mirror / Close (2-, 3-, 4-)

Wrench_body_step5.CATPart

1- Exit the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench and enter the Part Design workbench.
2- Thick the surface Sweep.1 by 1.5 mm inwards.
3- Mirror the PartBody.
4- Close the surfaces Revolute.1, Revolute.2 and Join. 1.

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Sketch.6 (5-) Pocket (6-)

5- Sketch two rectangular contours on the XY plane and build four coincidences, two
between the contours and the V-axis of the Sketcher and two between the contours and
the corresponding horizontal edge of the head.
6- Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing (depth=20mm, Mirrored extent).

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