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Introduction & Sketching

The document provides an overview of CATIA V5, which is an integrated computer-aided engineering tool incorporating CAD, CAM, CAE, and other applications. It discusses the sketcher tool, which is used to create 2D sketches and apply constraints. The sketcher provides a flexible environment for designing and modifying 2D profiles that will be used to build solid models. The document also outlines how to interact with CATIA, including selecting applications, working with files, manipulating views, and using common commands such as copy/paste.

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Introduction & Sketching

The document provides an overview of CATIA V5, which is an integrated computer-aided engineering tool incorporating CAD, CAM, CAE, and other applications. It discusses the sketcher tool, which is used to create 2D sketches and apply constraints. The sketcher provides a flexible environment for designing and modifying 2D profiles that will be used to build solid models. The document also outlines how to interact with CATIA, including selecting applications, working with files, manipulating views, and using common commands such as copy/paste.

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CATIA V5

LEARNING NOTES
Introduction

CATIA v5 is an Integrated Computer Aided Engineering tool:


Incorporates CAD, CAM, CAE, and other applications

Completely re-written since CATIA v4 and still under development

CATIA v5 is a native Windows application

User friendly icon based graphical user interface


Based on Variational / Parametric technology

Encourages design flexibility and design reuse

Supports Knowledge Based Design


Introduction

A Flexible Modelling environment


Ability to easily modify models, and implement design changes
Support for data sharing, and data reuse

Knowledge enabled
Capture of design constraints, and design intent as well as final
model geometry
Management of non-geometric as well as geometric design
information

The 3D Part is the Master Model


Drawings, Assemblies and Analyses are associative to the 3D parts.
If the part design changes, the downstream models with change too.
Applications

Product Structure Freestyle Shaper


Part Design Digital Shape Editor
Assembly Design Knowledgeware
Sketcher Photo Studio
Drafting (Interactive and 4D Navigator (including
Generative) kinematics)
Wireframe and Surface Manufacturing
Finite Element Analysis
Where it is used?
User Interface
Online Help

Current
Menu Bar Application

Application
Tool Bar
File Toolbar

View Toolbar
Interacting with CATIA

Selecting an Application
Use the Start menu to select an application

Working with Files


Use the File menu to create, open, save and print
Interacting with CATIA

Display Commands Hide/ Show


Fly Through Hide
Fit View
Swap Visible Space
Layer control
Pan Properties
Rotate Display Characteristics for an object
Zoom are set by selecting the entity, then
Normal View pressing the right mouse button and
Standard Views selecting Properties from the menu
View Types: Shaded/ Hidden Line/
Wireframe/ User Defined
Manipulating the display

Pan
Press and hold the middle mouse button and
move the mouse to pan

Rotate
Press and hold the middle mouse button then the
left mouse button and move the mouse to rotate

Zoom
Press and hold the middle mouse button and
click the left mouse button then move the mouse
to zoom in and out
Manipulating the display

Using the compass

Drag the axes or planes of the compass to dynamically


rotate the display

Multi-select entities by holding down the Shift key


Common Commands

Copy/ Paste
Geometry entities can be copied and pasted from one part to
another.
Paste Special allows you to:
Paste a complete copy with history
Paste a linked copy
Paste the result without linking

Undo/ Redo
Allows you to undo previous actions
Redo repeats an action that has been undone
Common Commands

Hide/ Show
Allows you to temporarily hide entities from the display
Hidden entities can be recovered by clicking on the “Swap visible
space” icon, and then selecting the entity to make visible

Update
Used to update the part after modification
Specification tree

The Specification Tree is displayed on the left


side of the screen while you are working

Provides access to the history of how a part


was constructed, and shows the product
structure

Product entities can be selected from the


spec. tree or in the geometry area

Parts can be modified by selecting them from


the spec. tree.

Click on + to open a tree branch

Solid Parts are stored in the Part Body


branch of the Part tree
SKETCHING
Sketcher

The sketcher is used to create 2D sketches of designs,


and apply constraints to the sketched geometry

The sketcher is now the main environment for


developing 2D profiles that will be used to build solid
models (but traditional 2D wireframe techniques are
available in the Wireframe and Surface application)

The sketcher provides a flexible environment for creating


and modifying 2D geometry
Sketcher

Entering the sketcher

Click on the Sketcher icon or select Start -> Mechanical Design ->
Sketcher

Exiting from the Sketcher

Click on the Exit icon to leave the sketcher and return to the 3D
workspace
Setting up the sketcher workbench

After opening the Sketcher workbench


set the workbench as per the sketching or drawing requirements

Requirements include modifying units, grid settings etc,.

To change the values of Primary Spacing and Graduations,


choose Tools > Options

Choose the Mechanical Design option from the tree on the left
of the dialog box.

Next, choose the Sketcher option to display the Sketcher tab


on the right of the Options
Modifying the Grid
Modifying the units

The Options dialog box after opening the Units tab


Tool bars
Select tool bar

Sketch tool bar

Sketching options Sketching dimensions


Dimensions on/off
Constraints on/off
Construction lines
Snap on/off
Grid on/off
Sketcher – Specification tree

The various levels under Sketch.1 in the specification


tree are:

AbsoluteAxis
Origin

Hdirection
VDirection

Snap to Point

Construction/Standard Element
Sketcher

The Sketcher is a parametric design tool

It allows you to quickly draw the approximate shape of a


design, and then assign constraints to complete the
shape definition
Constraints can be applied as:
Driving Dimensions – dimensions that
control the size of a geometric entity
Geometric Constraints – geometric
relationships such as parallel,
perpendicular, tangent, collinear
Line Tool Bar
Drawing Infinite Lines
To draw an infinite line, choose the Infinite Line tool from the Line toolbar.
Drawing Bi-Tangent Lines
Bi-Tangent lines are the lines that are tangent to two circles, arcs, ellipses,
conics, or any curved geometry.
Drawing Bisecting Lines
Bisecting lines are the lines that pass through two intersecting lines such that
the angle formed between them is divided equally.
Drawing Center Lines
Draw a center line by using the Axis tool.
Used to create the axis for the revolved feature.
Predefined Profile
Drawing Rectangles, Oriented Rectangles, and
Parallelograms
Drawing Points

Drawing Circles and Arcs


Drawing Profiles

Drawing Profiles
a profile is defined as a combination of continuous lines and arcs.
Conics and Splines
Drawing Conic

Drawing Splines
Connect Tool

Connecting two Elements by a Spline or an Arc


Two elements such as lines, arcs, ellipses, circles, or splines can be
connected together by an arc or spline

Connecting two Elements with a Spline


Two elements such as lines, arcs, ellipses, circles, or splines can be
connected together by an arc or spline
Editing and Modifying sketches

Operation toolbar contains,


trimming the sketches
using the quick trim,
breaking a sketched
element, filleting the
sketches, adding chamfer
to the sketches, and so on.
Display the Relimitations
toolbar by choosing the
down arrow provided on
the right of the Trim button
in the Operation toolbar.
Transformation Tool bar
Choose the down arrow on the right of the Mirror button provided
in the Operation toolbar to display the Transformation toolbar
Mirror the sketched elements along the mirror line in the Sketcher
workbench by using the Mirror tool.
The Symmetry tool mirrors the sketched elements about a mirror axis
but deletes the original elements.
The Translate tool to move the selected sketched elements from their
initial position to the required destination.
The Rotate tool is used to rotate the sketched elements
around a rotation center point.
To scale the sketched elements, select sketch and then
choose the Scale button from the Transformation
toolbar.
To offset the sketched elements, select sketch and then
choose the Offset button from the Transformation
toolbar.
Modify a sketched line using
the Line Definition dialog box.
To display the dialog box,
double-click on the sketched
line

Modify a sketched circle using


the Circle Definition dialog box
to display the dialog box by
double-clicking on the sketched
circle.
Sketching method

Click on the Sketcher icon

Select the 2D plane to sketch on (a plane or the face


of an existing part) and the sketching window will
appear

Sketch the profile

Apply constraints to define the exact geometry required

Click on the exit icon to quit the sketcher

Sketch is transferred into the 3D modelling


environment
Example
Draw the sketch of the model shown
Start a new file in the Part
workbench.

Draw the outer loop of the sketch 1 2


using the Rectangle tool and then
edit it using the

Corner tool, as shown in Figure 1,


Figure 2 and Figure 3. 3 4

Draw the inner loop of the sketch


using the Circle, Elongated Hole,
and Cylindrical Elongated Hole tool,
as shown in Figure 4, Figure 5 and 5 6
Figure 6.
Exercise
1. Draw the sketch of the model shown
2. Draw the sketch of the model shown
3. Draw the sketch of the model shown

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