Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional

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1 CATIA CORE TOOLS Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application MICHEL MICHAUD Mc Graw Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto

2 CONTENTS Foreword Preface Acknowledgments The Dassault Systemes Success Story xiii xv xvii xix Chapter 1 Getting Started Launching the Software Basic File Formats Resolution Interface Basic File Management Accessing Help CATIA Setting Files (.CATSettings) In-Work Behavior Ergonomics 22 Chapter 2 Basic Settings Setting Basic Parameters and Options Units Sketcher Grid Drafting Defaults Customizing the Start Menu Changing the Language Icon Size Toolbars Location Reset Toolbar Locking 37 Chapter 3 Visualization Using the Mouse Using the Transformation Pad View Toolbar 42 vii

3 viii CONTENTS 3.4 View Pull-Down Menu Customized Toolbar Center Graph and Reframe On Contextual Commands 71 Chapter 4 Rough Overview Part File Creation Before Creating the First Sketch: Sketching Methodology Entering and Exiting a Sketch Basic Sketching Tools Sketch Analysis Constraints Basic Modeling Tools Drawing Creation View Extraction Printing 169 Chapter 5 Sketcher Sketch vs. Position Sketch Profile Definition Selection Options Constraints Operations Visualization Extra Tools Edition of Entities 217 Chapter 6 Part Design Sketch-Based Features Dress-Up Features Surface-Based Features Transformation Features Insertions Boolean Operations Constraints Analysis Extra Tools 292 Chapter 7 Assembly Design Creating a.catproduct File Identifying Components 304

4 CONTENTS ix 7.3 Inserting Components Displacing Components Creating Multiple Instances Constraining Parts Working in a Part or in a Product Using a Part Catalog Organizing the Product Specification Tree Numbering Parts Creating Scenes Saving Products 333 Chapter 8 Drafting Creating a Drawing File Drawing Creation Tools View Creation Tools View Properties Updating a Drawing Dress-Up Tools Dimensioning Dimension Edition Element Generation Annotations D Drawing Sheet Background D Component Creation Using a Catalog Assembly Drawing Printing 434 Chapter 9 Generative Shape Design Reference Elements Curve Creation Tools Surface Creation Tools Curve and Surface Operation Tools Advanced Functions 497 Chapter 10 DMU Kinematics Kinematics Considerations Kinematic Mechanism Creation Sequence 503

5 x CONTENTS Chapter 11 Functional Tolerancing and Annotations Make the Appropriate Settings Create the Necessary Supporting Geometry Create the Necessary Views for the Representation of the Part Semantic and Syntactic Annotations Create Datums and Datum Reference Frames Create Semantic Dimensions Create Captures Check and Edit the Model Save the Model Properly 579 Chapter 12 Aerospace Sheet Metal Design Opening the Aerospace Sheet Metal Workbench Defining Sheet Metal Parameters Creating Support Web Creating a Range Creating a Cut Out Creating a Joggle Creating Holes Creating Stampings Creating a Pattern Unfolding/Folding a 3-D Part Extracting a 2-D Unfolded View 595 Chapter 13 Composites Design Opening the Composites Design Workbench Defining Composites Parameters Preparing the Part Ply Definition Ply Rattening Duplicating Existing Plies Creating a Solid for the Digital Mock-Up (DMU) Exporting Rattened Plies 618 Chapter 14 Reverse Engineering Importing/Exporting a Cloud of Points Aligning the Scanned Model Generating Geometry from the Cloud of Points 633

6 CONTENTS xi Chapter 15 Cool Tools File Conversion File Corruption Basic Feature Recognition Parameters Design Table Catalogs and Libraries Assembly Skeleton Structure Power Copy Customized Toolbars and Commands Websites Certification 704 Conclusion 715 Command Index Chapters 717 Command Index Global 729 Index 741