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Chapter 4. Part Design Fundamentals

Asist.Prof.Dr. Durmuş Ali BİRCAN

Çukurova University, Engineering Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Adana, 2021

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What is Part Design?

Part Design application makes it possible to design precise 3D
mechanical parts with an intuitive and flexible user interface, from sketching
in an assembly context to iterative detailed design. Part Design application
will enable you to accommodate design requirements for parts of various
complexities, from simple to advanced.
This new application, which combines the power of feature-based
design with the flexibility of a Boolean approach, offers a highly productive
and intuitive design environment with multiple design methodologies, such as
post-design and local 3D parameterization.
As a scalable product, Part Design can be used in cooperation with
other current or future companion products such as Assembly Design and
Generative Drafting. The widest application portfolio in the industry is also
accessible through interoperability with CATIA to enable support of the full
product development process from initial concept to product in operation.

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Accessing the Part Design Workbench

Anywhere from 1- Start menu
2- File / New menu
1 2

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Part Design Interface : General Presentation

CATPart extension

Standard
tools

Part tree Sketcher

access...

Features... Part Design

tools...

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Part Design Interface

Sketch-based
Insert menu Constraints

Dress-up
See Wireframe
and Surfaces

Transformations

Operations

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Part Design Terminology

• A Part is a combination of one or more features,

and bodies
• The first feature is generated from a sketch
(profile), by extrusion or revolution
• Features are components based on sketches
(sketch-based) or on existing features (dress-up
and transformation). They can also be generated
from surfaces (surface-based)
• A body is a set of features that can be assembled
to a part through Boolean operations (Assemble,
remove, ...)

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Part Design General Process

From Assembly 1
> create a new part
(Top-down approach)
2
or Sketch the
Create a new part profile of the
> insert in assembly main pad
(Bottom-up approach)
Generate the
main pad

4 3
Create
Add dress-up
additional
features
features

5
Modify &
reorder features

6 Insert new
features or
bodies for more
complex parts

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You have seen CATIA Part Design User interface:

• How to access the workbench

• Its user interface and tools
• The terminology that will be used
• The general design process

... and Basic functions:

• Extruding features (pads, pockets)

• Adding fillets, drafts
• Mirroring and shelling the part

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Creating Pads

Extruded Pad

You will learn how to create simple pads

from a 2D profile (or sketch)

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What is a Pad ?
• A pad is a basic solid which is extruded from a 2D profile, called sketch It is one of the first features
that can be created when starting a new part

2D profile (sketch) Extruded pad

Length
• Its length can be defined by dimensions (exact values) or with
respect to other 3D elements (thus associative).

Length types

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Creating Simple Pads ...

Select the profile

OK to validate
3

Define the pad’s

2 dimensions

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Creating a Simple Pad

1 Select the Profile
sketch to be used
for the Pad 2 Select the Pad Modify the Pad
3
icon definition

You get:

The Pad definition can be

modified after creation by double
clicking on the Pad geometry or
product structure

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Multi-Length Pad (1/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length values. The multi-
pad capability lets you do this at one time.
3 The Pad Definition dialog
1 Select the Multi-length box is displayed. You can
pad icon see the number of domains
to be extruded.

2 Select the Sketch.

Note that all profiles
must be closed and
must not intersect.

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Multi-Length Pad (2/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length
values. The multi-pad capability lets you do this at one time.

Select a Domain in the list. This one now

4 A red arrow is displayed normal to 5 appears in blue in the geometry area.
the sketch. It indicates the proposed
extrusion direction. To reverse it,
you just need to click it.

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Multi-Length Pad (3/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length
values. The multi-pad capability lets you do this at one time.

6 Specify the length by entering a value.

For example, enter 20mm. Repeat the Click OK to create the Multi-height
7 Pad.
operation for each extrusion domain.

Note that you can multi -

select extrusion domains in
the list before defining a
common length or
thickness.

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Pad : Reverse Side

The Reverse Side button applies to open profiles
only. This option lets you choose which side of
3 Modify the Pad length

the profile is to be extruded

1 Select the Pad icon 2 Select the open sketch

4 Select the arrow to reverse the pad side (or

click the Reverse Side button in the dialog box)

5 Select OK in the dialog box

You get:

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Creating Pockets

Blind Pocket Through Pocket

You will learn how to create simple pockets from a 2D profile (or sketch)

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What is a Pocket ?
• A pocket is removing material from an existing feature, by extruding a 2D profile

2D profile (sketch) Pocket

Length
• Its length can be defined by dimensions (exact values) or with
respect to other 3D elements (thus associative).

Length types

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Creating Simple Pockets ...

1 Select the profile

OK to validate
3

Define pocket’s dimensions

2

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Creating a Simple Pocket

1 Select the Profile sketch

to be used for the Pocket

2 Select the Pocket icon

3 Modify the
Pocket
definition

You get:

Pockets can also be created

from sketches including
several profiles. These profiles
must not intersect

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Multi-Length Pocket (1/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length
values. The multi-pocket capability lets you do this at one time.
3 The Pocket Definition
dialog box is displayed.
1 Select the Multi-length
You can see the number of
pad icon
domains to be extruded.

2 Select the Sketch.

Note that all profiles
must be closed and
must not intersect.

Note that a red arrow is displayed

normal to the sketch. It indicates the
proposed extrusion direction. To
reverse it, you just need to click it.

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Multi-Length Pocket (2/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length
values. The multi-pocket capability lets you do this at one time.

5 Specify the length by entering a value.

For example, enter 10mm. Repeat the
4 Select a Domain in the list. This one now operation for each extrusion domain.
appears in blue in the geometry area.

Note that you can multi-select extrusion

domain from the list before defining a
common length or thickness.

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Multi-Length Pocket (3/3)

You can extrude multiple profiles belonging to a same sketch using different length
values. The multi-pocket capability lets you do this at one time.

6 Click OK to create the Multi-height Pad.

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Pocket : Reverse Side

The Reverse Side button applies to open profiles 3 Modify the Pocket Depth
only. This option lets you choose which side of
the profile is to be extruded

1 Select the Pocket icon 2 Select the open sketch

4 Select the arrow to reverse the pocket side (or

click the Reverse Side button in the dialog box)

5 Select OK in the dialog box

You get:

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Additional Information (1/2)

Open profiles
CATIA allows you to create pockets from open profiles if
existing geometry can limit the pockets. The example
illustrates this concept.

Open profile Pocket

Multiple profiles
• Pockets can also be created from
sketches including several profiles. These
profiles must not intersect. In the example,
the initial sketch is made of eight profiles.
Applying the Pocket command on this
sketch lets you create eight pockets
8 profiles 8 pockets

Can a pocket create material?

• If your pocket is the first feature of a new body, CATIA creates
material.

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Additional Information (2/2)

If no sketch has been created when activating the Pocket icon, you can access to the Sketcher
by selecting the Sketcher icon in the dialog box. When you have completed the sketch, you can
leave the Sketcher then you will return to the Pocket creation

Select the Sketcher

icon in the dialog box
then select the sketch
plane

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Creating Thin Solids

You will learn how to create a Sketch

Based feature known as Thin Solids.

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What are Thin Solids ?

Thin Solids are features resulting from adding Thickness to both sides of a pad’s profile.

Profile to extrude
Resulting Thin Pad
This task can also be applied on Pocket.

Profile to extrude Resulting Thin Pocket

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Creating Thin Solids (1/2)

Select the Pad icon.
2
1 Select the Sketch.
The Pad Definition Dialog box is displayed. You
can now define your Thin Pad using the options
available in the Thin Pad Frame.

Enter Thickness1 and Thickness2 values after clicking on

3 More in the Dialog box. You can see that Material has been
added to both sides of the Profile.

To add Material equally to both sides, check Neutral fiber.

4 Thickness1 is then distribued equally. Note that Thickness2
is not available.

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Creating Thin Solids (2/2)

Using the Thin Pad option, it is possible to extrude Profiles from Networks. The
5 resulting Features do not depend on the wire creation order in Networks.

With Merge Ends Without Merge Ends

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