CATIA

: INTRODUCTION TO CATIA

  • Introduction to CATIA
  • CATIA Workbenches
  • System Requirements
  • Getting Started with CATIA
  • Important Terms and Definitions
  • Understanding the Functions of the Mouse Buttons
  • Toolbars
  • Hot Keys
  • Color Scheme

2: DRAWING SKETCHES IN THE SKETCHER WORKBENCH-I

  • The Sketcher Workbench
  • Starting a New File
  • Invoking the Sketcher Workbench
  • Invoking the Sketcher Workbench Using the Sketch Tool
  • Invoking the Sketcher Workbench Using the Positioned Sketch Tool
  • Setting the Sketcher Workbench
  • Modifying Units
  • Modifying the Grid Settings
  • Understanding Sketcher Terms
  • Specification Tree
  • Grid
  • Snap to Point
  • Construction/Standard Element
  • Select Toolbar
  • Inferencing Lines
  • Drawing Sketches Using Sketcher Tools
  • Drawing Lines
  • Drawing Center Lines
  • Drawing Rectangles, Oriented Rectangles, and Parallelograms
  • Drawing Rectangles
  • Creating Points
  • Drawing Circles
  • Drawing Arcs
  • Drawing Profiles

 

  • Drawing Display Tools
  • Fit All In
  • Pan
  • Zoom In
  • Zoom Out
  • Zoom Area
  • Normal View
  • Splitting the Drawing Area into Multiple Viewports
  • Hiding and Showing Geometric Elements
  • Swapping Visible Space

3: DRAWING SKETCHES IN THE SKETCHER WORKBENCH-II

  • Other Sketching Tools in the Sketcher Workbench
  • Drawing Ellipses
  • Drawing Splines
  • Connecting Two Elements by a Spline or an Arc
  • Drawing Elongated Holes
  • Drawing Cylindrical Elongated Holes
  • Drawing Keyhole Profiles
  • Drawing Hexagons
  • Drawing Centered Rectangles
  • Drawing Centered Parallelograms
  • Drawing Conics
  • Editing and Modifying Sketches
  • Trimming Unwanted Sketched Elements
  • Extending Sketched Elements
  • Trimming by Using the Quick Trim Tool
  • Filleting Sketched Elements
  • Chamfering Sketched Elements
  • Mirroring Sketched Elements
  • Mirroring Elements without Duplication
  • Translating Sketched Elements
  • Rotating Sketched Elements
  • Scaling Sketched Elements
  • Offsetting Sketched Elements
  • Modifying Sketched Elements
  • Deleting Sketched Elements

 4: CONSTRAINING SKETCHES AND CREATING BASE FEATURES

Constraining Sketches

  • Concept of Constrained Sketches
  • Iso-Constraint
  • Under-Constraint
  • Over-Constrained
  • Inconsistent
  • Not Changed
  • Applying Geometrical Constraints
  • Applying Geometrical Constraints Automatically
  • Applying Additional Constraints to the Sketch
  • Applying Dimensional Constraints
  • Applying Contact Constraints
  • Applying Fix Together Constraints
  • Applying Auto Constraints
  • Editing Multiple Dimensions
  • Analyzing and Deleting Over-Defined Constraints
  • Analyzing Sketch using the Sketch Analysis Tool
  • Exiting the Sketcher Workbench
  • Creating Base Features by Extrusion Creating a Thin Extruded Feature  Extruding the Sketch Using the Profile Definition Dialog Box
  • Extruding the Sketch along a Directional Reference
  • Creating Base Features by Revolving Sketches
  • Creating Thin Shaft Features
  • Dynamically Rotating the View of the Model
  • Rotating the View Using the Rotate Tool
  • Rotating the View Using the Compass
  • Modifying the View Orientation
  • Display Modes of the Model
  • Shading (SHD)
  • Shading with Edges
  • Shading with Edges without Smooth Edges
  • Shading with Edges and Hidden Edges
  • Shading with Material
  • Wireframe (NHR)
  • Customize View Parameters
  • Creating Sections Dynamically Maneuvering the Section Plane
  • Position of Section Planes

Assigning a Material to the Model

5: REFERENCE ELEMENTS AND SKETCH-BASED FEATURES

  • Importance of Sketching Planes
  • Reference Elements
  • Reference Planes
  • Creating New Planes
  • Creating Points
  • Creating Reference Lines
  • Other Sketch-Based Features
  • Creating Drafted Filleted Pad Features
  • Creating Multi-Pad Features
  • Feature Termination Options
  • Creating Pocket Features
  • Creating Drafted Filleted Pocket Features
  • Creating Multi-Pocket Features
  • Creating Groove Features
  • Extruding and Revolving Planar and Non-planar Faces
  • Projecting 3D Elements

6: CREATING DRESS-UP AND HOLE FEATURES

  • Advanced Modeling Tools
  • Creating Hole Features
  • Creating Fillets
  • Creating Chamfers
  • Adding a Draft to the Faces of the Model

7: EDITING FEATURES

  • Editing Features of a Model
  • Editing Using the Definition Option
  • Editing by Double-Clicking
  • Editing the Sketch of a Sketch-Based Feature
  • Redefining the Sketch Plane of Sketches
  • Deleting Unwanted Features
  • Managing Features and Sketches by using the Cut, Copy,
  • And Paste Functionalities
  • Understanding the Concept of Update Diagnosis
  • Cut, Copy, and Paste Features and Sketches
  • Copying Features Using Drag and Drop
  • Copying and Pasting Part Bodies
  • Deactivating Features
  • Activating Deactivated Features
  • Defining Features in Work Object
  • Reordering Features
  • Understanding the Parent-Child Relationships
  • Measuring Elements
  • Measuring between Elements
  • Measuring Items
  • Measuring Inertia

8: TRANSFORMATION FEATURES AND ADVANCED MODELING TOOLS-I

  • Transformation Features
  • Translating Bodies
  • Rotating Bodies
  • Creating Symmetry Features
  • Transforming the Axis System Mirroring Features and Bodies
  • Creating Rectangular Patterns
  • Creating Circular Patterns
  • Creating User Patterns
  • Uniform Scaling of Model
  • Non-uniform Scaling of Model
  • Working with Additional Bodies
  • Inserting a New Body
  • Inserting Features in the New Body
  • Applying Boolean Operations to Bodies
  • Adding Stiffeners to a Model
  • Generating Solid Combine

9: ADVANCED MODELING TOOLS-II

  • Advanced Modeling Tools
  • Creating Rib Features
  • Creating Slot Features
  • Creating Multi-Sections Solid Features

10: WORKING WITH THE WIREFRAME AND SURFACE DESIGN WORKBENCH

  • Need of Surface Modeling
  • Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench
  • Starting the Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench
  • Creating Wireframe Elements
  • Creating Circles
  • Creating Splines
  • Creating a Helix
  • Creating Surfaces
  • Creating Extruded Surfaces
  • Creating Revolved Surfaces
  • Creating Spherical Surfaces
  • Creating Cylindrical Surfaces
  • Creating Offset Surfaces
  • Creating Sweep Surfaces
  • Creating Fill Surfaces
  • Creating Multi-Sections Surfaces
  • Creating Blended Surfaces
  • Operations on Shape Geometry
  • Joining Surfaces
  • Splitting Surfaces
  • Trimming Surfaces

11: EDITING AND MODIFYING SURFACES

  • Surface Operations
  • Creating Projection Curves
  • Creating Intersection Elements
  • Healing Geometries
  • Disassembling Elements
  • Untrimming a Surface or a Curve
  • Creating Boundary Curves
  • Extracting Geometry
  • Transformation Features
  • Extrapolating Surfaces and Curves
  • Splitting a Solid Body with a Surface
  • Solidifying Surface Models Adding Thickness to a Surface  Creating a Solid Body from a Closed Surface Body
  • Sewing a Surface to a Solid Body

12: ASSEMBLY MODELING

  • Assembly Modeling
  • Types of Assembly Design Approaches
  • Creating Bottom-up Assemblies
  • Inserting Components in a Product File
  • Moving Individual Components
  • Applying Constraints
  • Creating Top-down Assemblies
  • Creating Base Part in the Top-Down Assembly
  • Creating Subsequent Components in the Top-Down Assembly
  • Creating Subassemblies in the Top-Down Assembly
  • Editing Assemblies
  • Deleting Components
  • Replacing Components
  • Editing Components inside an Assembly
  • Editing Subassemblies inside an Assembly
  • Editing Assembly Constraints
  • Simplifying the Assembly
  • Interference Detection
  • Sectioning an Assembly
  • Exploding an Assembly

13: WORKING WITH THE DRAFTING WORKBENCH-I

  • The Drafting Workbench
  • Starting a New File in the Drafting Workbench
  • Type of Views
  • Generating Drawing Views
  • Generating Views Automatically
  • Generating Individual Drawing Views
  • Generating the Exploded View
  • Working with Interactive Drafting in CATIA
  • Editing and Modifying Drawing Views
  • Changing the Scale of Drawing Views
  • Modifying the Project Plane of the Parent View
  • Deleting Drawing Views Rotating Drawing Views
  • Hiding Drawing Views
  • Modifying the Hatch Pattern of Section Views

14: WORKING WITH THE DRAFTING WORKBENCH-II

  • Inserting Sheets in the Current File
  • Inserting the Frame and the Title Block
  • Automatic Insertion of the Frame and the Title Block
  • Creating the Frame and the Title Block Manually
  • Adding Annotations to the Drawing Views
  • Generating Dimensions
  • Adding Reference Dimensions
  • Adding Datum Features
  • Adding Geometric Tolerance to the Drawing Views
  • Adding Surface Finish Symbols
  • Adding Welding Symbols
  • Applying Weld
  • Editing Annotations
  • Generating the Bill of Material (BOM)
  • Generating Balloons

15: WORKING WITH SHEET METAL COMPONENTS

  • The Sheet metal Component
  • Starting a New File in Generative Sheet Metal Workbench
  • Setting Sheet Metal Parameters
  • Parameters Tab
  • Bend Extremities Tab
  • Bend Allowance Tab
  • Introduction to Sheet Metal Walls
  • Creating the Base Wall
  • Creating the Wall on Edge
  • Creating Extrusions
  • Creating Swept Walls
  • Creating Flanges on the Sheet Metal Component
  • Creating Hems on the Sheet Metal Component
  • Creating a Tear Drop on the Sheet Metal Component
  • Creating a User Flange on the Sheet Metal Component
  • Creating a Bend
  • Creating a Conical Bend
  • Bend From Flat
  • Creating Rolled Walls
  • Creating a Hopper Wall
  • Creating a Rolled Wall
  • Folding and Unfolding Sheet Metal Parts
  • Unfolding Sheet Metal Parts
  • Folding Unfolded Parts
  • Mapping the Geometry
  • Creating Flat Patterns of Sheet Metal Components
  • Viewing a Sheet Metal Component in Multiple Windows
  • Using Views Management
  • Stamping
  • Creating a Surface Stamp
  • Creating a Bead Stamp
  • Creating a Curve Stamp
  • Creating a Flanged Cut out Stamp
  • Creating a Louver Stamp
  • Creating a Bridge Stamp
  • Creating a Flanged Hole Stamp
  • Creating a Circular Stamp
  • Creating a Stiffening Rib Stamp
  • Creating a Dowel Stamp