CATIA V5-6R2014

Surface Design

Jaecheol Koh
ONSIA Inc.

ONSIA
CATIA V5-6R2014 Surface Design

CATIA V5-6R2014 Surface Design

A Step by Step Guide

ISBN-13: 978-1508691501
ISBN-10: 1508691509

Author: Jaecheol Koh

Publisher: ONSIA Inc. (www.e-onsia.com)
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Preface

This textbook explains how to create models with freeform surfaces using CATIA V5.
CATIA is a three dimensional CAD/CAM/CAE software developed by Dassault Sys-
tms, France. This textbook is based on CATIA V5-6R2014. Users of earlier releases can
use this book with minor modifications. We provide files for exercises via our website. All
files are in CATIA V5R20 so readers can open the files using later releases of CATIA V5.

It is assumed that readers of this textbook are accustomed to the modeling tools and pro-
cesses in how to construct solid models in CATIA V5. For basic modeling, assembly and
drafting techniques, refer to the textbook written by the author. This textbook is suitable
for anyone who are interested in learning how to create and use the freeform surface in
constructing 3D models using CATIA V5.

Topics covered in this textbook

- Chapter 1: Introduction to Surface Design
- Chapter 2: Creating a Freeform Surface in a Solid Body
- Chapter 3 and 4: Creating Reference Elements and Curves
- Chapter 5 through 9: Creating Freeform Surfaces with various Commands
- Chapter 10: Analyzing Suface Quality
- Chapter 11 through 16: Modeling Projects (Cup Holder, Router Stand, PET Bottle,
Lamp Shade, Classical Handset, Bumper Surface of Audi Q5)

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Chapter 1
Introduction to CATIA V5 Surface Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 What is the Surface Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2 Workbenches and Toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Workbenches for Surface Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Screen of Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.3 Adding Workbenches in the Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.4 Toolbars for Generative Shape Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Understanding Geometries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Settings for Surface Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.1 Edge Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.2 Update Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4.3 Defining a Shortcut Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2
Creating a Freeform Surface in a Solid Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1 Guidelines for Successful Surface Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.2 Geometrical Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2.1 Creating a Geometrical Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2.2 Characteristics of Geometrical Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.3 Options for Geometrical Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Ordered Geometrical Set (OGS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.5 Hybrid Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6 Constructing a Free Form Surface in a Solid Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6.1 Close Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6.2 Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.6.3 Sew Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.6.4 Thick Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3
Reference Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.1 What is a Wireframe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.2 Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
3.2.1 Coordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2.2 On Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2.3 Tangent on Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2.4 Type Lock Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.3 Extremum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.4 Multiple Result Management (MRM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.5 Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.6 Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.1 Offset from plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.2 Parallel through point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.3 Angle/Normal to plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6.4 Through point and line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.6.5 Through planar curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.7 Repeated Creation of Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.1 Object Repetition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.2 Planes Between. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.3 Duplicate Geometrical Features Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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3D Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1 3D Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2 Creating Curves from Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2.1 Polyline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2.2 Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.2.3 Spline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.3 Creating New Curves Using Existing Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.3.1 Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.3.2 Connect Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.3.3 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.3.4 Combine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.3.5 Parallel Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.3.6 3D Curve Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.3.7 Transformation Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.4 Creating New Curves from Existing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.4.1 Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.4.2 Intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5 Creating New Curves from Existing Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5.1 Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5.2 Extract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.6 Modifying Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.6.1 Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.2 Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.3 Join. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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4.6.4 Curve Smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Exercise 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Chapter 5
Rigid Surface, Explicit Sweep and Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

5.1 Rigid Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

5.1.1 Extrude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.1.2 Revolve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.1.3 Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.1.4 Cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.2 Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.3 Explicit Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.3.1 With Reference Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.3.2 Spine and Relimiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.3.3 With Two Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.3.4 With Pulling Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
5.4 Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.4.1 Defining in the Law Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.4.2 Using the Law Definition Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
5.4.3 Using Function for Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 6
Surface Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

6.1 Surface Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

6.2 Cutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

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6.2.2 Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
6.3 Join. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
6.3.1 Check Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
6.3.2 Propagations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
6.3.3 Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
6.4 Healing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
6.5 Extract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
6.6 Extrapolate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
6.7 Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chapter 7
Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

7.1 Adaptive Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7.2 Sketches for Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
7.3 G1 Continuity with the Adjacent Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
7.4 Availability of Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
7.5 Adding Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
7.6 Relimitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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Implicit Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

8.1 Implicit Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

8.2 Line Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.2.1 Two Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.2.2 Limit and Middle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.2.3 With Reference Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.2.4 With Reference Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.2.5 With Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.2.6 With Draft Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.2.7 With Two Tangency Surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
8.3 Circle Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.3.1 Three Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.3.2 Two Guides and Radius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
8.3.3 Center and Two Angles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.3.4 Center and Radius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.3.5 Two Guides and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.3.6 One Guide and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
8.3.7 Limit Curve and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
8.4 Conic Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
8.4.1 Two Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
8.4.2 Three Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
8.4.3 Four Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
8.4.4 Five Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Chapter 9
Multi-Sections Surface, Blend and Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

9.1 Multi-Sections Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

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9.1.2 Surface with Sections and Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
9.1.3 Conditions of Sections and Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
9.1.4 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
9.1.5 Closing Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
9.1.6 Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
9.1.7 Spine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
9.1.8 Using Closed Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
9.2 Blend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
9.3 Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Chapter 10
Surface Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

10.1 Connect Checker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

10.1.1 Curve-Curve Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
10.1.2 Surface-Surface Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
10.1.3 Surface-Curve Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
10.2 Light Distance Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
10.3 Feature Draft Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
10.4 Surfacic Curvature Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
10.5 Porcupine Curvature Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
10.6 Apply Dress-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
10.7 Geometric Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Chapter 11
Cup Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

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11.1 Cup Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

11.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
11.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
11.3.1 Creating Ring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
11.3.2 Creating Attachment Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
11.3.3 Creating Connection Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Chapter 12
Router Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

12.1 Router Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

12.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
12.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.1 Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.2 Side Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.3 Creating a Solid Body for Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
12.3.4 Creating the Cutter Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
12.3.5 Completing the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Chapter 13
PET Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

13.1 PET Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

13.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
13.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.1 Basic Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.2 Narrow Waved Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.3 Wide Waved Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
13.3.4 Twisted Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
13.3.5 Neck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
13.3.6 Bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
13.3.7 Completing the Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

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Lamp Shade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

14.1 Lamp Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

14.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
14.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.1 Basic Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.2 Sine Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.3 Creating Other Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
14.3.4 Creating Frill Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
14.3.5 Surface Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
14.3.6 Modifying Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
14.3.7 Boss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
14.3.8 Completing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Chapter 15
Classical Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

15.1 Classical Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

15.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
15.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
15.3.1 Base Points and Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
15.3.2 Back and Ring Surface of Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
15.3.3 Front Surface of Transmitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
15.3.4 Receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
15.3.5 Handle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Chapter 16
Bumper Surface of
Audi Q5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

16.1 Bumper Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

16.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
16.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
16.3.1 License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

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16.3.2 Preparing for File and Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

16.3.3 Creating Sketch for Each View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
16.3.4 Completing Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
16.3.5 Creating Surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

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Creating a Freeform
Surface in a Solid Body
chapter

After completing this chapter you will

understand
- the characteristics of surface modeling with CA-
TIA V5
- the method to manage various types of geometries.
- how to use a freeform surface to form a face of a
solid body.
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2.1 Guidelines for Successful Surface Modeling

There are two major differences between solid modeling and surface modeling. Under-
standing the differences and characteristics of surface modeling will help with your con-
fidence to learn how to create complex surface models.

There are many types of objects that you have to manage.

Types of elements include solid bodies, sheet bodies, wireframes, reference elements,
faces, edges, curves, etc. as shown in Fig 1-13. Many faces are required to construct a
solid body, and many wireframes are required to construct a face. You have to use points,
lines and planes to precisely define a wireframe. Therefore, you have to manage each
element properly to complete a final model with ease and accuracy.

There are many commands and options for each command to create a surface.

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Therefore, you have to be patient to achieve a satisfactory result. The process of trial and
error may be tedious especially for beginners. If you understand these characteristics of
surface modeling, it will be helpful for you not to give up and skip to the next step to
accomplish your task.

In addition, keep in mind the following guidelines for successful surface modeling.

1. Choose as simple a process as possible.

2. Manage elements by using the geometrical sets.
3. If two elements have to meet, there should be no gap between the objects.
4. Create a solid body as early as possible. Keep in mind that the final result is almost
always a solid body.
5. The surface has to be as smooth as possible.

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2.2 Geometrical Sets

You can group geometries into a type of folder which is called a Geometrical Set and
Body. There are two kinds of geometrical sets: geometrical sets(GS) and ordered geo-
metrical sets(OGS). We should understand the characteristics and usages of geometrical
sets and bodies to manage CATIA geometries properly and to understand and efficiently
modify modeling history.

2.2.1 Creating a Geometrical Set

You can create geometrical sets according to the following process.

1. Select features in the Spec Tree and choose Insert > Geometrical Set in the menu bar.
2. Enter the name of the geometrical set and choose either GS, Part Body or OGS(Ordered
Geometrical Set) in the Spec Tree.
3. Click OK in the Insert Geometrical Set dialog box.

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The selected geometries are grouped in the geometry set a as shown in Fig 2-1.

Fig 2-1 Creating a Geometrical Set

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You can remove the geometrical set by right clicking on the geometrical set and choosing
a object > Remove Geometrical Set as shown in Fig 2-2.

Fig 2-2 Removing a Geometrical Set

Creating Wireframe and Surface into a

Exercise 01
Geometrical Set
In this exercise, we will learn how to create geometries into a geometrical set according

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to the following procedure.

1. Start a new file and create geometrical sets.

2. Create sketches and planes into a geometrical set.
3. Create a surface into a geometrical set.
4. Move geometry into another geometrical set.

Creating a New Part

1. Close all parts by choosing File > Close in the menu bar.
2. Choose File > New and select Part in the New dialog box as shown in Fig 2-3.
3. Enter part name in the New Part dialog box and uncheck the Enable hybrid design
option as shown in Fig 2-4.
4. Click OK.

Switching to GSD Workbench

1. Choose Start > Shape > Generative Shape Design.

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Creating Geometrical Sets

1. Create two geometrical sets named wireframe and surface as shown in Fig 2-5.

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Fig 2-5 Creating Geometrical Sets

Creating Sketches in the wireframe GS

1. Define the wireframe GS in a work object. (Right click on the wireframe GS and
press f.)
2. Create a sketch on the zx plane as shown in Fig 2-6 A.

3. Create a plane by offsetting the zx plane 70mm.

4. Create another sketch on the offset plane as shown in Fig 2-6 B.

Fig 2-6 Creating Sketches

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Creating a Surface

1. Define the surface GS in a work object.

2. Click the Blend icon in the Surfaces toolbar.
3. Select the first sketch as the First curve and the second sketch as the Second curve. If
the direction of the arrow is not consistent, select the curve again.
4. Click OK in the Blend Denition dialog box.

The surface and the Spec Tree are as shown in Fig 2-8.

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Fig 2-7 Creating Sketches

Fig 2-8 Surface Created

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 Creating a New GS under the wireframe GS

1. Choose Insert > Geometrical Set in the menu bar.

2. Select wireframe in the Father dropdown list and enter ref in the Name input box
in the Insert Geometrical Set dialog box.
3. Select Plane.1 in the Spec Tree.
4. Click OK in the dialog box.

Spec Tree is as shown in Fig 2-9.

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Fig 2-9 Changing Geometrical Set

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2.2.2 Characteristics of Geometrical Set

1. You can use geometrical sets regardless of the feature creation order.
2. You can define a geometrical set in the lower or upper level of the existing geometrical
set.
3. You cannot define a specific feature in a geometrical set in a work object.
4. The order of feature creation is not important. Therefore, you cannot use the Edit >
Scan or define in work object command in the menu bar. This does not mean that you can
neglect parent/children relationship between features.

2.2.3 Options for Geometrical Set

Right click on the geometrical set in the Spec Tree and select the geometrical set object.
Several options are available for the geometrical set.

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Fig 2-10 Options for Geometrical Set

Change Geometrical Set

You can move the selected geometrical set into an existing geometrical set.

Fig 2-11 Change Geometrical Set Dialog Box

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 Auto Sort
When you move a geometry into a geometrical set after creating it, the order of the geom-
etries in the geometrical set is sorted automatically. The modeling result is not affected
by the sorting.

Reorder Children
You can modify the order of the features in the geometrical set according to your require-
ments. The modeling result is not affected by the order of the features.

Fig 2-12 Reorder Children Dialog Box

Group

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Features in a geometrical set are grouped in a single container. If you right click on the
group name, the options for the group are available as shown in Fig 2-14. You can ex-
pand the group to see the contents of the group or ungroup it by choosing the Edit Group
option.

Fig 2-13 Group Dialog Box Fig 2-14 Options for Group

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2.3 Ordered Geometrical Set (OGS)

You can create an ordered geometrical set in the same manner as the geometrical set. The
differences with the OGS compared to the GS are as follows.

1. You can define an OGS in another OGS.

2. The creation order is significant. You can change the order of the features in the OGS
and the order may change the modeling result. A feature that is dependent on another fea-
ture cannot be reordered before the parent feature. You can create a feature in the desired
location order by right clicking and choosing the Define in Work Object option. In this
case, you cannot use the geometries that appear after the work object in the Spec Tree.
3. You can modify an OGS to a GS, but the reverse is not allowed.

2.4 Body

Solid bodies have to be created in a Body in the Spec Tree. You can define a GS in a Body,

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but you cannot create an OGS in a Body. In case you create a solid body during the surface
modeling process, a Body is set in a work object automatically.

2.5 Hybrid Modeling

In the New Part dialog box, you can choose whether to enable hybrid design or not while
you are creating a model.

Fig 2-15 New Part Dialog Box

Hybrid, as a word, means that two different types of objects are allowed for a single
purpose. For example, a hybrid engine can use both electrical power and fossil fuel. The
classical meaning of hybrid modeling is that you can use solid bodies and surfaces in
combination to complete a target solid body.

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 Chapter 6

Surface Operations
chapter

After completing this chapter you will

understand
- how to use various commands to modify surfaces.
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Replacing Surface A with Surface C

1. Show surface C if you have hidden it.

2. Double click the Join.1 feature in the Geometrical Set.1.
3. Select the surface A in the element to join list box and clear selection. You can remove
the surface A by pressing the Remove Mode button and selecting the surface A again.
Or you can clear the selection by right clicking on the surface A in the list.
4. Select the surface C as the element to join.
5. Press OK in the Join Definition dialog box.

Note that the fillet is updated to the newly constructed edge without any problem.

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Fig 6-44 Replacing Surfaces

Joining without Federation

1. Do not save the file and open the file again.

2. Join the surfaces B and C without the Federation option.
3. Split the solid body and apply 2mm fillet on the edges as shown in Fig 6-43.
4. Replace surface A with surface C and click OK in the Join Definition dialog box. You
will encounter the error message shown in Fig 6-45.

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5. Click OK.
6. The Update Diagnosis dialog box is invoked as shown in Fig 6-46 with the model.

Note that the side of the split is not correct. If this is the case, you have to reverse the side
of the split.

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Fig 6-46 Model and Update Diagnosis

Modifying the Errors

1. Close the Update Diagnosis dialog box.

2. Double click the split feature in the Spec Tree and reverse the direction if required. You
will be encountered with the Update Diagnosis dialog box again.
3. Click the Edit button in the dialog box and click OK in the Feature Definition Error
dialog box.

Fig 6-47 Feature Definition Error

4. Select the newly created edge in the model as designated by the arrow in Fig 6-48 and
press OK in the Edge Fillet Definition dialog box.

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Fig 6-48 Selecting the New Edge

The error for the first edge fillet has been resolved and the Update Diagnosis dialog box
for the next error is encountered as shown in Fig 6-49.

5. Click the Edit button and press OK in the Feature Definition Error message box.
6. Select the newly created surface as designated by the arrow in Fig 6-50.
7. Click OK in the dialog box. The model is updated and all the errors have been resolved.

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Fig 6-49 Update Diagnosis

Fig 6-50 Selecting the New Faces

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6.4 Healing

Using the Healing command, you can join surfaces while the point or tangent continuity
is satisfied.

When you are performing point healing, the surfaces within the merging distance are
joined within the distance objective. If you want to satisfy tangent continuity between the
surfaces, you have to choose Tangent in the Continuity dropdown list.

You can specify surfaces that do not have to be changed as a result of surface healing.
Note that some surfaces have to be changed from their initial shape to satisfy the point or
tangent continuity. If you do not specify the frozen element, all the elements to heal are
deformed to satisfy the continuity.

Note that the edges have to be joined so that you can apply tangent healing. Therefore,
you have to set the merging distance appropriately when the surfaces have not been joined

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in advance. You can apply tangent healing up to 10 degrees of tangency angle to satisfy
the tangency objective.

Free Edge

Joined Edge

Fig 6-51 Join with Healing

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6.5 Extract

Using the Extract command in the Operations toolbar, you can extract faces from the
existing solid body or sheet body as the new sheet bodies.

If you select faces in the existing body with tangent continuity, the faces are created as
a single joined surface feature. You can select additional faces by pressing the multiple
selection button. The faces that are selected in the multiple selection tool will be created
as respective extract features that are not joined. If you want to extract multiple faces as a
single feature, you have to use the Multiple Extract icon.

If you select all the outer surface of a solid body and they are closed within the default
distance tolerance, the output surfaces constitute a solid body.

Note that the Federation option is available, and you can create the multiple extract fea-
ture as a federation and then you can use them to minimize the impact on the downstream

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modeling process when you are modifying features.

<Tangent Continuity>

<Multiple Selection>

<PartBody Hidden>
Fig 6-52 Join with Healing

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6.6 Extrapolate

Using the Extrapolate icon in the Operations toolbar, you can extend the free edges of
a sheet body.

You can define the amount of extrapolation in the Limit option. You can define it by en-
tering length or by selecting an element with the Up to Element option.

The continuity of the extended surface can be defined in the Continuity option. If you
choose Tangent (G1) in the Continuity dropdown list, the surface is extended with the
same tangency angle as the extrapolated surface at the shared boundary. If you choose
Curvature (G2) in the Continuity dropdown list, the surface is extended with the same
curvature as the extrapolated surface at the shared boundary. Note that, if you extend the
edge with curvature continuity, you cannot identify the shared edge in the model.

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<Tangent Continuity>

<Curvature Continuity>
Fig 6-53 Continuity of Extrapolation

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In the Extremities option, you can determine how to extend the end points of the edge
to extend. If you choose Normal in the Extremities dropdown list, the extended edge is
created normal to the edge to extend while the continuity option is still satisfied. If you
choose Tangent, the extended edge is created tangent to the extrapolated surface while
the continuity option is satisfied.

Tangent
Normal

<Normal Extremities> <Tangent Extremities>

Fig 6-54 Extremities Option

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If you choose the Assemble result option, the extended surface is joined with the ex-
trapolated surface. You can use the Propagation mode option to select free boundary
edges of a surface that are point continuous or tangent continuous with the selected edge.

Fig 6-55 Selecting Edges with Point Continuity Option

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6.7 Offset

Using the Offset command in the Surfaces toolbar, you can create a new surface feature
by offsetting the existing surfaces. You can reverse the side of offset by clicking the Re-
verse Direction button.

You can create offset surfaces on both sides by choosing the Both sides option. In this
case, two offset surfaces are created on both sides as respective offset features. If you
choose the Repeat object after OK option, you can create several offset features in the
geometrical set.

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Fig 6-56 Offsetting Surface

When the offset distance is too much to construct one or more offset surfaces, a warning
message will be issued as shown in Fig 6-57. If you click YES, the MRM dialog box is
invoked with the preview of the partial result as shown in Fig 6-58. You can choose your
desired option in the MRM dialog box and click OK.

Fig 6-57 Warning Message

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Fig 6-58 Partial Offset

If you click NO in the warning message box shown in Fig 6-57, an error message is issued
as shown in Fig 6-59. Click OK and you can modify the offset option.

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For example, if you choose Automatic smoothing option, you can create an offset after
smoothing the input surfaces. In this case, the offset result will differ from the exact offset
and a warning message is issued as shown in Fig 6-60.

Fig 6-59 Error Message

Fig 6-60 Warning Message

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You can specify the maximum deviation from the exact one by choosing the Manual
smoothing option. If the output deviates from the exact offset, a warning message is
issued and you can create offset by skipping the error by clicking YES or modify options
in the Offset Surface Definition dialog box. If you click YES in the warning message
box, the sub-elements to remove are displayed in the Offset Surface Definition dialog
box with the preview of the offset.

Note that you can skip the erroneous surfaces to be offset by selecting in the Sub-Ele-
ment to remove tab in the Offset Surface Definition dialog box whether you choose a
smoothing option or not.

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Fig 6-61 Manual Smoothing

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Exercise 06 Using Offset Surface - 1 ch06_006.CATPart

Lets complete a model by using the given part. Note that geometrical sets are defined in
the Spec Tree for you to efficiently manage the output elements.

Fig 6-62 Given Part and the Result

Creating an Offset Surface

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1. Open the given part.
2. Make the offset_surface GS(geometrical set) in a work object and offset the given
surface -15mm along the Z direction as shown in Fig 6-63.

Fig 6-63 Offset Surface Created

Creating a Line for Profile

1. Hide the skin GS and define the swept_surface GS in a work object.

2. Click the Line icon in the Wireframe toolbar.
3. Select elements for the point and direction option, and enter 45mm in the End input
box. Click the Reverse Direction button if required so that the line is created inwards as
shown in Fig 6-64.

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Creating Swept Surface

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1. Click the Sweep icon in the Surfaces toolbar. Note that the swept_surface GS is still
defined in a work object.
2. Show the skin GS.
3. Press the Explicit button in the Profile type option and choose With reference surface
in the Subtype dropdown list.
4. Select the line created in Fig 6-64 as the profile and select Sketch.2 as the guide curve.
5. Select Split.1 in the skin GS as the support surface and hide the skin GS. Note that
you can hide or show elements while you are operating a command by right clicking on
an element in the Spec Tree.
6. Enter 50 deg in the Angle input box and choose the angle sector such that the swept
surface is created as shown in Fig 6-65.
7. Click OK

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Fig 6-69 Trimming

END of Exercise

Exercise 07 Sample Chapter

Using Offset Surface - 2 ch06_007.CATPart

Lets create the model shown in Fig 6-70 by using the given part. Note that geometrical
sets are defined in the Spec Tree for you to manage the output elements efficiently.

Fig 6-70 Model to Create

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 Dividing the Domain of Sketch

1. Double click Sketch.1 in the PartBody.

2. Break the arcs A and B at the intersection designated by the arrows to separate the
domains.

A B

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Fig 6-71 Break

Creating Solid Bodies

1. Switch to the Part Design workbench.

2. Define the PartBody in a work object.
3. Create a 50 mm Pad feature with the outer profile as shown in Fig 6-72.
4. Hide the Pad feature and define the cutter body in a work object.
5. Create a 50 mm Pad feature as shown in Fig 6-73.

Fig 6-72 PartBody Fig 6-73 Cutter

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 Chapter 9

Multi-Sections Surface,
Blend and Fill
chapter

After completing this chapter you will

understand
- how to create a multi-sections surface.
- how to connect surfaces using the Blend com-
mand.
- how to create a Fill surface.
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9.1 Multi-Sections Surface

You can create a surface by connecting two or more sections. You can also specify guide
curves that have been created across the sections.

Fig 9-1 shows an example of a multi-sections surface with only sections. You can control
the shape of the output surface by the shape of each section. On the other hand, if you
specify guides, you can control the shape of the output surface more precisely by the
shape of the curves across the sections as shown in Fig 9-2.

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Fig 9-1 Multi-Sections with Sections

Fig 9-2 Multi-Sections with Sections and Guides

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 9.1.1 Surface with Sections

You can create a multi-sections surface by selecting sections in order. Note that you have
to define two or more sections when you are defining only sections.

By selecting sections one by one, the arrow is displayed on each section, which informs
you of the location of the start point of the section and the sweeping direction. This com-
mand creates a surface by connecting the start points of each section and sweeping toward
the arrow direction along each section. Therefore, aligning the start point and direction of
the arrow are very important in creating a satisfactory surface. You can reverse the direc-
tion of the arrow by clicking the arrow head.

To practice creating this type of surface, open the file ch09_fig3.CATPart. Click the
Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select the given curves one by
one in order. Click OK in the dialog box, then you can create a multi-sections surface as
shown in Fig 9-3.

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Fig 9-3 Creating Multi-Sections Surface

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9.1.2 Surface with Sections and Guides

You can create multi-sections surface by selecting sections and guides in order.

By selecting guide curves, you can control the shape of the output surface on the boundary
across the sections. You can also control the internal shape of the surface more precisely
by specifying guides between the first and the last guide curves. Guides are arranged ac-
cording to the sweep direction of the sections regardless of the selection order. However,
it is recommended to select the guides in accordance with the sweep direction.

To practice creating this type of surface, open the file ch09_fig4.CATPart. Click the
Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select the given curves one by
one in order. Select the Guides tab in the Multi-Sections Surface Definition dialog box
and click the selection area as specified by A in Fig 9-4. Then select the guide curves
in order: G1, G2 and G3. By clicking OK, you can create a multi-sections surface with
guides as shown in Fig 9-4.

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G2

G3

G1

Fig 9-4 Creating Multi-Sections Surface with Guides

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 9.1.3 Conditions of Sections and Guides

When you are defining guides, the following conditions have to be fulfilled.

- End point of sections or guides have to be on the boundary curves as specified by A

in Fig 9-5.
- End points of the last sections and guides have to be coincident with each other as
specified by B in Fig 9-5.
- Internal sections and guides have to intersect each other as specified by C in Fig 9-5.

If the conditions are not fulfilled, an error is encountered as shown in Fig 9-6.

B
A
A

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C

A
B
Fig 9-5 Conditions for Sections and Guides

Fig 9-6 Error Message

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Exercise 01 Creating Guide Curve ch09_001.CATPart

Lets create a multi-sections surface after creating an internal curve. Note that the internal
guides or sections have to intersect each other.

Fig 9-7 Given Part

Creating a Reference Plane

1. Open the given file.

2. Define the Geometrical Set.1 in a work object.

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3. Create a reference plane by offsetting the zx plane by 20mm. Move the plane symbol if
required. The model view of Fig 9-8 is isometric.

Fig 9-8 Creating Reference Plane

Creating a Sketch

1. Define the sketch plane on the reference plane. If the sketch plane is oriented, you can
press the Isometric View icon in the View toolbar. You can turn off the Grid option in the
Visualization toolbar.
2. Click the Intersect 3D Elements icon in the Operations toolbar.
3. Select three curves for the intersection as shown in Fig 9-9. You may need to create the
intersection points one by one with an earlier version of CATIA V5.

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 Fig 9-9 Creating Intersection Points

4. Click OK in the Intersection dialog box. Three intersection points are created as desig-
nated by the arrows in Fig 9-10.
5. Click the Spline icon in the Profile toolbar and select the three intersection points in
order to create a spline as shown in Fig 9-11. Note that each point of the spline has to pass
through the corresponding intersection point.

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6. Exit the sketcher.

Fig 9-10 Intersection Points Fig 9-11 Spline

Creating Multi-Sections Surface

1. Hide all planes and sketch axis.

2. Click the Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar.
3. Select the sections as shown in Fig 9-12. Reverse the arrow direction if required.
4. Click the guide selection area and select guides as shown in Fig 9-12.
5. Click Preview and OK in the dialog box.

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G1

G2

G3

Fig 9-12 Creating Multi-Sections Surface

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END of Exercise

9.1.4 Continuity

When the first and/or last sections are on the existing surface, you can apply tangency or
curvature continuity at the first and/or last section and the multi-sections surface can be
connected smoothly to the existing surfaces. The same is true for guides. The following
two cases have to be considered when you are applying continuity with the existing sur-
faces.Note that curvature continuity is not available for lower versions of CATIA V5.

When you are using only sections, you can apply either tangency or curvature continu-
ity with the existing surface all the time provided that the first and/or last section curves
are on the surface.

When you are using sections and guides, and you are applying tangency with the end
surfaces that possess the first and last sections (S1 and S2 in Fig 9-14), the end guides (G1
and G3 in Fig 9-14) have to be tangent or curvature continuous with the edges of the sup-

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port surface connected by the guides. The internal guide(G2 in Fig 9-14) also have to be
tangent or curvature continuous with the existing surface. The same is true for the surfaces
that contain the first and last guides.

Fig 9-13 Tangency Using Only Sections

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G1

G2 S2

G3

S1

Fig 9-14 Condition for Tangency

Fig 9-15 Tangency Using Sections and Guides

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If you try to apply continuity for section 1 and section 2 shown in Fig 9-16, an update
error is encountered.

Fig 9-16 Error in Tangent Condition

Exercise 02 Applying Continuity ch09_002.CATPart

You can apply tangency with the existing surface at the first and last sections according

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to the following process.

1. Open the given file.

2. Click the Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar.
3. Select the first section and support as shown in Fig 9-17 and choose Tangent in the
Continuity dropdown list.
4. Select the second section.

Fig 9-17 Selecting First Sections

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 G1

S3
S2
S1

G2

Fig 9-42 Surface Information

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S1

G3
G2
G1

S2

Fig 9-43 Switched Guides and Sections

Spine controls the shape of U constant isoparametric curves. You can create an isopara-
metric curve using the Isoparametric Curves icon in the Wireframe toolbar.

To practice formation of the U constant curve, open the file ch09_fig42.CATPart. Create
a multi-sections surface by choosing the sections and guides as shown in Fig 9-43. Then
click the Isoparametric Curves icon in the Wireframe toolbar and create the U constant
parametric curve as shown in Fig 9-44. Note that if you do not need to specify a spine
explicitly, the spine is calculated automatically.

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U Constant Curve
Fig 9-44 Isoparametric Curve

Now, double click the multi-sections surface, click the spine tab in the Multi-Sections
Definition dialog box, click the Spine selection box and select the curve named spine.2
in the Spec Tree as the spine. An error is encountered as shown in Fig 9-45. Note, because
the spine controls the construction of U constant isoparametric curve while satisfying the

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sections and guides, the possibility of error increases as the number of guides increases.

Fig 9-45 Error in Spine

Click OK in the error message box and remove the second guide, i.e. Curve.12 by select-
ing it in the guide tab and pressing the Remove button. Click Preview, then the surface
is previewed as shown in Fig 9-46. Click OK to create a multi-sections surface with two
guides and a spine specified.

You can compare the effect of spine by changing spines given in the file. Fig 9-47 shows
the multi-sections surfaces and U constant isoparametric curves with different spines.

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 Not Joined

Fig 9-54 Symmetry

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Fig 9-55 Completed Model

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9.2 Blend

Using the Blend command in the Surfaces toolbar, you can connect two edges or curves
by applying continuity with the surface to be connected. You can apply point, tangency
or curvature continuity.

The Tension, Closing Points and Coupling/Spine options are available in each tab in
the Blend Definition dialog box. Using the Tension option, you can modify the shape of
the blend surface by modifying the tension values. Note that the Tension is available only
when you are applying tangency or curvature continuity.

To practice creating a blend surface, open the file ch09_fig56.CATPart. Click the Blend
icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select First curve and First support. Then select
Second curve and Second support consecutively. Choose Curvature in the First con-
tinuity and the Second continuity dropdown lists as shown in Fig 9-56. Click OK in the
dialog box, then you can create a blend surface as shown in Fig 9-56.

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Fig 9-56 Blend Surface

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 Connecting Surfaces
ch09_005.CATPart Exercise 05
with Blend Surface

Lets connect two surfaces by using the blend surface. We will apply tangent continuity
and trim out the unnecessary parts.

Fig 9-57 Model for Exercise

Creating Extremum

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You can control the location of the closing point and coupling method in creating a blend
surface as we did in creating the multi-sections surface. We will create the extremum
points along the y direction on the given curves to locate closing points for each curve.

1. Click the Extremum icon in the Wireframe toolbar.

2. Select a curve and the zx plane as the direction and click Preview and OK to create an
extremum point as shown in Fig 9-58.
3. Create another extremum point as shown in Fig 9-59.

Fig 9-58 Creating an Extremum Point

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Creating Fill Surface and Boundary Curves

1. Open the given part in the GSD workbench. Note that the surface geometrical set is
in a work object.
2. Create a fill surface as shown in Fig 9-68.
3. Click the Boundary icon in the Wireframe toolbar.
4. Choose Tangent continuity in the Propagation type dropdown list and select the fill
surface.
5. Select the limit 1 point and limit 2 point to create half of the boundary curve as shown
in Fig 9-69. Note for the arrow direction.

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Fig 9-68 Fill Surface Fig 9-69 Half Boundary Curve

Multi-Sections Surface

1. Create an extrude surface as shown in Fig 9-70 that will be used as the tangent support.
You have to join the two curve features Join.2 and Join.3 to select as a profile of Extrude
by right clicking on the Profile selection box. Choose the zx plane as the direction of
extrude.

Fig 9-70 Extrude Surface

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2. Click the Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surface toolbar.
3. Select Section 1, Support 1, Section 2, Section 3, Support 3 and then select the bound-
ary curve created in Fig 9-69 as a guide as shown in Fig 9-71. Note the arrow directions
in each section.
4. Hide all curves, points and extrude surface as shown in Fig 9-71.

Section Direction

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Fig 9-71 Multi-Sections Surface

Completing the Model

1. Create a symmetric copy of the multi-sections surface with respect to the zx plane.
2. Join the three surfaces as shown in Fig 9-72. You can display the half cut model by
clicking the Dynamic Sectioning icon and choosing the zx plane. You may need to re-
verse the section view direction by right clicking on the section plane.
3. Switch to the Part Design workbench and define PartBody in a work object.
4. Click the Close icon in the Surface-Based Features toolbar and select the joined
surface.
5. Hide the Join feature, then you can see the solid body as shown in Fig 9-73.

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Fig 9-72 Joined Surfaces

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 Chapter 14

Lamp Shade
chapter

After completing this chapter you will

understand
- how to create a model for a lamp shade.
Ch 14: Lamp Shade

14.1 Lamp Shade

In this chapter, we will learn how to create a model for a lamp shade as shown in Fig 14-1
following the brief guidelines. We will use the following commands.

- Creating Curves and Curve Operations

- Defining Law using Function
- Multi-Sections Surface
- Transformation
- Surface Analysis

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Fig 14-1 Lamp Shade

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14.2 Modeling Process

Revolve Curves

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Join and Trim Multi-Sections Surface

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14.3 Detailed Process

14.3.1 Basic Surface

1. Create a sketch on the yz plane as shown in Fig 14-2.

2. Revolve the sketch by 360.

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Fig 14-2 Basic Surface

14.3.2 Sine Curve

We will create a sine curve on a cylindrical surface which will be used for creating a frill
surface.

Creating a Cylindrical Surface

1. Create a plane at a distance of -25mm from the xy plane.

2. Create a 175mm circle on the plane and extrude it by 25mm along the +z direction.

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Fig 14-3 Cylindrical Surface

Creating a Law

1. Click the Law icon in the Knowledge toolbar.

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2. Click the Destination selection box in the Law Editor dialog box and select the loca-
tion of the law in the Spec Tree. You can select either a geometrical set, ordered geomet-
rical set or Part Body. In this model, suppose that you are creating a law in the lamp part
under the wireframe/frill geometrical set.
3. Click OK in the Law Editor dialog box. The dialog box is expanded as shown in Fig
14-5.

Fig 14-4 Law Editor

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4. Select Length as the type ( in Fig 14-5) and click the New Parameter of type button
twice to create two parameters as designated by A in Fig 14-5. You can enter your own
parameter name.
5. Enter an equation as specified by in Fig 14-5. You can enter the parameter name in
the equation on the left by double clicking one of the parameters of A in Fig 14-5.
6. Click OK in the Law Editor dialog box. A law is registered in the Spec Tree as shown
in Fig 14-6.

Note that the parameter on the right hand side of the equation, i.e. FormalReal.2, can have
a value ranging from 0 to 1. The equation entered in Fig 14-5 expresses a sine wave of
14mm amplitude and that makes six periods between 0 and 1. The sine wave is shifted by
7mm along the FormalReal.1 direction.

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A

Fig 14-5 Equation for Law

Fig 14-6 Law in Spec Tree

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 Creating a Sine Curve

1. Extract the lower edge of the cylindrical surface that was created in Fig 14-3 as a curve.
2. Split the extracted curve with respect to the yz plane leaving half as specified by in
Fig 14-7.
3. Offset the half curve on the cylindrical surface along the z direction. Use the law creat-
ed in Fig 14-6 as the Constant.

Fig 14-7 Half Curve

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Fig 14-8 Sine Curve

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14.3.3 Creating Other Curves

In this section, we will create curves that are required to create frill surfaces by using the
multi-sections surface command. Note that the frill surface has to be tangent connected to
the basic surface. Therefore, you have to create curves for sections or guides such that you
can apply tangent continuity. In this model, we will apply tangent continuity for a section.

First Guide Curve

1. Create an extremum point as specified by in Fig 14-9. You can use the Extremum
command in the Wireframe toolbar and extract a desired point.
2. Create reference plane by selecting a passing point and a line.
3. Create intersection curve by intersecting the reference plane and basic surface.
4. Create spline on plane as shown in Fig 14-9. Note that the spline has to be tangent
with the intersection curve at point A.

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Fig 14-9 First Guide Curve

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 Index Circle 53

3D Corner 58 Circle Type 214

3D Curve Offset 65 Close 130

Closed Curves 254
A
Close Surface 24
ability 253 Closing Point 246
Adaptive Sweep 89,160 Combine 62
aligning 231 Conditions 233,254
Anchor Points 105,108 Conic Type 222
Angle/Normal to curve 41,100 connect checker 270
Angular Propagation 132 Connect Curve 59
Angular Threshold 131 construction elements 165,169
Assemble result 146 Continuity 61,236,270
associativity 171,202 Control Points 279
Auto Sort 21 Corner 57
Availability 171 Corner On Support 57

B Corner On Vertex 58
Coupling 248
Blend 260
Curvature 236,248
Body 22
Curvature Analysis 276
Boundary 72
Curvature threshold 80
Boundary Splines 242
Curve-Curve Connection 270
C Curve Smooth 78
Customize 5,7
C0 80
Cut Part by Sketch Plane 26
C1 80
cutting elements 121
C2 80
Cylinder 86
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center curve 216,218 D
Change Geometrical Set 20
Direction 60
Change Sketch Support 182,187
Distance Analysis 274
Check connexity 77,130
Distance Propagation 132
Check manifold 131
Draft Analysis 275
Check tangency 131,258
Draft Direction 212

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Dress-Up 279 GS 15
Duplicate 50 GSD 3

E Guide Curves 105,214,222,223,230

H
Edge Display 9
Edit Group 21 Healing 143
Enable hybrid design 16,23 Hybrid Modeling 22
Euclidean 33 I
Explicit Sweep 89,90
Immersive Sketch 366
Extract 38,73,144
Implicit Sweep 89,202
Extrapolate 145
IN 80
Extremities 146
Insert Object 50
Extremum 36,261,332
internal shape 232
Extrude 84
Intersection Curve 94,226
F
intersection points 235
Feature 8 iso-constrained 160,165
Federation 137 Isoparametric Curve 243,251,253
Fill 264 J
Formula 346,349
Join 77,130
Free Form Surface 24,96
Function 116 K
G
L
G0 61
Law 110
G1 61
Limit and Middle 205
G1 Continuity 166
Lines 41
G2 61
Line Type 203
Generative Shape Design 3
Geodesic 33
M
Geometrical Sets 15 Maximum deviation 80
Geometric Information 279 Merging distance 130
geometries 8 MRM 37
Geometry on support 41,100 Multiple Extract 144
grid lines 279 Multiple Result Management 37

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Multi-Sections Surface 230,253 Polyline 52

N Porcupine 277
Positioned Sketch 101
Near/Far 38
Projection 68
New Parameter of type 330
Propagation 72,131
Next Solution 58
Propagation mode 146
No Canonical Curve 170
Pulling Direction 109
Normal View 65
Q
O
R
Object Repetition 49
Offset 147 Ratio 248
OGS 15 raw surface 120
On Curve 34 Reference Curve 208,216
Ordered Geometrical Set 15,22 Reference Surface 90,92,205
orientation 109 Relimitation 174
Other side 74,75 Relimiter 104
Other side/next element 76 Remove Geometrical Set 16
Other side/previous element 76 Remove Mode 140
OUT 81 Reorder 340
Output Feature 113 Reorder Children 21

P Repeat object after OK 34,103,147

Replication 49
Paintings 366
requirement 165
Parallel Curve 64
Revolve 84
Parameters 173
Rigid Surfaces 84
parent/children 340
S
Part Body 15
Part Design 7 Sections 173
passing elements 264 segmentation 279
Paste Special 297 Sew Surface 28,130,194,288
Plane 44 shortcut key 11
Planes Between 49 Sketch for Law 112
Points 32 Sketch Tracer 366
Points and Planes Repetition 34 smoothing option 148

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solid modeling 14 Update Option 10

Sphere 85 Use-edges 170
Spine 104,210,250 User Sections 176
Spline 53 V
Split 27,74,120,130
V direction 250
Support 41,100
Vertices 248
Surface-Curve Connection 273
surface feature 120 W
surface modeling 8,14
wireframes 32
Surfaces 2
Surface-Surface Connection 271
X
Sweep 89
Y
Sweep sections preview 170
Symmetric Copy 66 Z
T

tangency 236,254
Tangency Surface 211,213,219,220,221
Tangency threshold 80
Tangent 248
Tangent Curve 240
tangent direction 242
Tangent on Curve 34
Tangent Support 257,287
Tension 60
Thick Surface 30,130
Threshold option 81
Transformation 66
Trim 76,122
Twisted 99,246,312
Type Lock 35

U direction 250

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