COMf Catiabasics ExoSteps

Simple Practice - Step 1 Detailed Step

Accessing Documents and Workbenches(1 of 5) 1 - Open the Course.CATPart document using the File menu

8 Click on Open in the down menu

J A dialogue b1-13

ox appears.


8 Select the file Course.CATPart, then click Open

J It opens the Course.CATPart document.

8 Open the Coicon

8 Click on the 2-13

urse.CATProduct using the appropriate

Open icon.


J It displays the same Dialogue box.

8 As you did before, select the Course.CATProduct file, then click Open.

J The file is opened. You are now ready to use the last method to open the third document.

8 Open the Course.CATDrawing, using the filter. 3-13

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8 Whatever the method you have used to display this window, you will click on the arrow (1) to drop down the Files of type list

8 Slide down the scroling bar (2) until you see CATDrawing (*CATDrawing) line

8 Click on this line, (3).J It display on

can easily chCourse.CAT

2 You can orgverticaly.

8 Click on Win4-13

ly the CATDrawing documents. Then you oose the one you need. Here, it will be :

Drawing.

anise your windows by tiling horizontaly or

dow


8 Select Tile Horizontaly

J The three documents are displayed horizontally in the CATIA V5 window5-13


8 Do the same with the vertically option to see the difference

$ You can notiapproppriateprefer the ho6-13

ce that here, the vertically option is not to work, because of the drawing. We will rizontal tiling.


2 - Mirror the Part

8 Maximize the Course.CATPart document

2 Now you wanFor that you hasee it, you will7-13

t to create the symetrical part of this object. ve to select its bottom face. As you can not

rotate the view.


8 Click as indicMB1. Keepingmouse, clock allows you to sboth mouse bu

8 Then in ordewhere indicate

J A double arr8-13

ated with the MB2. Keeping it, you click with both pressed, you do half a circle with your wise. When the orientation of the Part ee its bottom face, you can release the ttons.

r to zoom in, you will click and keep the MB2 d, then a simple click with MB1.

ow appears :


8 Keeping the MB2 pressed, you can now go up to zoom in, or go down to zoom out.

8 Click on the mirror icon, in the Part Design toolbar.

8 Select the Face that will be the plane of symetry.

J The contour is hilighted and a dialogue box appears.

2 Leave the na9-13

me of the plane as default and click OK.


J The mirror is

2 You can zoom10-13

done and the active result is hilighted.

out to better see the result.


3 - Save and Close the Documents.

8 Select the File and Save As option in the menu bar.

J A dialogue b

8 Key in Coursalready here, 11-13

ox appears.

e.CATPart in the File name line, if its is not then Save.


J The Part is saved. You can close the other documents.

8 Select File and Close in the menu bar

J The file is clo

8 Close the ne

8 Click on the 12-13

sed.

xt file, by the X button.

Cross as indicated.


8 Close the last one by the method you prefer.

8 Finally, you will Exit CATIA by the File and Exit selection in the Menu bar, or by clicking on the X button in the top right corner of the CATIA window.

J You have finished the first step.13-13


Holding an Manipulating a Part (2 of 5)8 Open the Course Manip.CATPart document, and

maximize the resulted window by clicking on its corresponding icon as indicated. below.

1 - Pan the Part in

8 Press Mous

8 Drag the momiddle mous14-

the window

e Button 2

use in the direction your want, keeping e button down


$ The cursor changes to a cross: and a red cross appears in the middle of the screen. The geometry follows your hand mouvement while you drag.

$ You can position your mouse on the geometry or on the background (here on background)

2 - Quick Centering

$ If you do notwill center th

8 Click with Mwant in the c

$ The cursor i15-24

keep the MB2 down when dragging, you e view.

ouse Button 2 on the zone you enter

s a finger: as for the selection


J The zone is put in the center of the window keeping same zoom value and orientation

3 - Rotate the part

2 It is like turn

8 Press Mous

8 then press Mpressed

$ The cursor c16-24

ing it all around in your hands

e Button 2 first

ouse Button 1 while keeping button 2

hanges to a hand:


$ A red circle in dotten line appears in the center of the screen; it represents the space ball that your are virtually holding in your hand

8 Drag the mouse in the direction your want to rotate the part: here up and down.

J Note that the rotation axis is always in the center of the screen. You must recenter the part to be able to rotate it differently.

4 - Zoom in or zoo

2 This correspaway

8 Press Mous17-24

m out

onds to look closer on a part or from further

e Button 2 then 1


8 Release button 1 while keeping 2 pressed

$ The cursor changes to a double arrow: and a red cross appears in the middle of the screen

8 Then drag the mouse :l Up to zoom in (to get closer), 18-24


l Down to zoom out ( from further away)

$ You can posbackground

2 Keep your mbecause if yothe geometrthe center o

5 - "Fit all in" the P

2 That meanswindow

8 Zoom in eno19-24

ition your mouse on the geometry or on the (here on background)ouse button pressed before dragging u click and release your mouse button 2 on

y, the place where you clicked will be put in f the screen.art.

to have all geometric elements in the

ugh to not seeing the hole part.


8 Click with Mouse Button 1 on the icon in the View toolbar at the bottom of the screen20-24


2 The zoom is automatically calculated so as to center the part or assembly and display all geometric elements in the window.

6 - Manipulations for Specification Tree Activating the Tree

8 Minimize the Course.CATPart document and open the Course.CATProduct one

8 Select Tree button 121-24

by cliking on any branch line with mouse


$ Note that the geometry becomes underintensified

Panning / Moving

8 Tree being activated, press Mouse Button 2 down and drag

8 Drag up to s22-24

ee bottom part of tree, and down to see top.


Zooming

8 Tree being activated, press Mouse Buttons 2 and 1 down, then 1 up and drag upwards (zoom in) or downwards (zoom out)

$ You can usebottom of th

$ In V4, you umouse buttothe contextu23-24

the icons located on the View toolbar at the e window to zoom step by step

sed mouse button 3 but in V5 you must use n 2 because mouse button 3 is reserved for al menu


Specification Tree can be displayed or not with F3 key

8 Hit Function Key F3 to hide Tree

8 Hit again F3

2 it will be dispbefore hiding24-24

to display it again;

layed with same zoom and position as .


Selecting and Editing Objects (3 of 5) $ Check the Course.CATPart is opened. If not, open it.1 - Change the color of the Course.CATPart, and apply an iron

texture

8 Click with MB1 on Pad.1 in the Tree.

8 Keeping theselect the Pa

$ The cursor c

8 When it is doand active th25-

CTRL key pressed, for multiselection, rtBody, always in the Tree.

hanges to the hand one :

ne, leave the cursor on PartBody or Pad.1, e contextual menu (MB3).


8 A dialogue bthe selected

2 You will now

8 (1)Select the26-35

ox appears, that displays the properties of parts. Here, the PartBody and the Pad.1.

change the Color of the Part

Graphic tab.

1

2


8 (2)Then drop down the Fill Color list by clicking on the arrow.

J It displays a color palette

8 Slide down tfor the Part.

8 Select More27-35

he scrolling bar (3) to choose another color

Colors (4).

3

4


8 It displays another palette box where you can select the desired color for the Part. Here you will choose, the light blue color, and OK.

8 Click OK, to accept the new color.

J The Part has

2 Then you wi

8 Select the M

2 A window apmaterial youvizual effect,28-35

now a blue color.

ll apply a texture

aterial icon in the bottom toolbar

pears that show you all the different can apply for the Part. But more than a it associates the physical caracterics of the


material. Here, you will apply an Iron composition for this Part.

8 Select the M

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etal tab at the top.

5

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8 Select the Iron material (5).8 Select PartBody in the tree (6), then OK to accept.$ Note that the vizualization remains the same.

8 (1) Select the arrow just under the Shading with Edges icon: .

8 It displays ayou are on th

8 You can rotavizualization

8 When it is dovizualization

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toolbar. Keeping the MB1 down, drag until e Shading with Texture and Edges icon.

te the Part to appreciate the quality of the .

ne, come back to a Shading with Edges .


2 - Modify the Diameter of Hole.1

8 Double-Click on Hole.1 in the tree or inside it.

$ Its correspowhereas the Pdesign.

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nding definition dialogue box is displayed, art comes back to an older step of the


8 Key in 25mmnew value, an32-35

in the diameter line, enter to validate this d OK to modify the Design.


$ The Part is automatically updated. So you can see the modification.

3 - Display the Relations

2 Here, you just have edited a formula, but you do not see it in the tree. You have the possibility to see it there.

8 Select the Tools + Options, in the menu bar.

$ Here you ha33-35

ve all the settings of the CATIA Environment.


8 Select Part (1), then Display (2)

8 Select Relat

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ions, then OK.

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$ The Formulas appear in the tree. The last one is the one

you have crea

$ Some othe4 - Quick look at t

8 As you did b

8 Select Gene

8 Click on eac35-35

ted.

r parameters are customizable.he settings

efore, come back in the Tools + Options.

ral, in the left side of the displayed window.

h tab to see what you could modify.


V4 to V5 Interoperability (4 of 5) 1 - Open a V4 model

8 With the same way than you have done in the previous exercises, you will open the SHAFT.model document. This document is a CATIA V4 model.

2 On the left swhereas the

$ Note that yoit is recognispossibilities before.36-

ide, you can see the Version 4 tree, central view displays the 3D Part.

u can move, rotate, or zoom this Model. As ed by CATIA V5, you have got all the to hold and manipulate that you have seen


2 But if you want to work on, you will have to covert this model to a CATIA V5 Part.

8 Create a new document by selecting File + New in the menu bar, or by clicking on the new icon : in the bottom toolbar.

8 Slide down t

8 Then Click o

$ Note that theassociated Pright side of

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he scrolling bar (1) until you see Partn Part, and OK to create a new Part.

new document is a Part, with the art Design Workbench you can see on the

the CATIA Window.

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8 Tile Horizontally the two documents, by Window + Tile Horizontally in the menu bar.38-41


2 - Generate its corresponding V5 Part

8 Keeping the MB1 down and clicking on the V4 model, Drag and Drop the cursor on the XY plane of the V5 Part.

8 When you see the corresponding profile in the reference axis of the V5 Part, click on the Update icon then the Fit All In one

$ You can visutree. Note yoa V5 Part ! 39-41

alize the SHAFT object, with the Updated u can do all the manipulation you want. It is


3 - You will now modify the geometry of this new part.

8 Close the V4 SHAFT.model, by File + Close in the menubar.

8 Maximize the V5 Part, to better work on it. For that, click on the square icon

8 Double click

8 The Shaft Dmodify the E40-41

on Shaft.1 in the tree.

efinition window appears, so you can nd angle value to 270deg.


8 Enter key to validate, Apply key to preview, then OK to modify the geometry.

8 Finally, you enter Shaft

J This step is 41-41

can save the Part. File + Save As, and , for the name of the CATPart document.

ended.


Quick Tools (5 of 5) 1 - Capture Images and record them into an Album

8 Open the Course.CATProduct document.

8 Select Tools + Image + Capture... in the menu bar.

8 Then Tools

$ For the first whereas for displayed.

8 Position them42-

+ Image + Album...

selection a new workbench appears, the second selection, a dialogue box is

as shown below.


8 Then draw aThe first poindown, you d

8 (1)Then you8 (2)Then you8 (3)You visua8 (4)You can f$ You can do t43-48

rectangular window around the assembly. t is the upper left one. You keep the MB1

rag the cursor until the lower right one.

release MB1.

click on the capture icon

lize the result in the album

inally save the image at the format you want

his as many times as you need...


2 - Customize you

8 Close the Imcrosses at th

8 Select the C+ Customiz

8 You can cus

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r workbenches

age tools by clicking on their small black e top of their windows.

ustomize option in the the menu bar (Tools e)tomize the Start Menu or the Workbenches.

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8 Select, for ewindow.

8 Then the lef

$ If you close Library is no

2 To modify thToolbar Foldexample, yoAssembly.45-48

xample, Material Library, in the Favorites

t direction arrow in the middle.

this window you will notice that Material t in the Start menu bar anymore...

e Workbenches you have to select the er in the Customize dialogue window. For u can rename Assembly in My


8 For that, you select Assembly, then the rename button. You change the name, then OK.

$ To see the change, you have to close the Customize dialogue window, and select View + Toolbars in the menu bar.

3 - You can also cr

8 In the Custotab.

8 Click on the

8 Key in Cour46-48

eate your own workbench

mize dialogue window, select the toolbars

new button.

se Workbench, then click OK.


2 A new empty workbench is displayed. You just have to indicate what icons you want to put in.

8 Select the C

8 Then drag aexample : U47-48

ommands tab.

nd drop the commands you need. For ndo, Redo.


8 Select File in the Categories section, then drag and drop the Print and the Save As commands in your new workbench...

$ Note that each time, there corresponding icons are created in your toolbar. Moreover, you can drop another command between the last one and the border :

8 Add the Magcategory...)

$ You can cheView + Tool

J Congratulaticourses.48-48

nifier icon (you will find it in the View

ck that your workbench is now available in bars in the menu bar.

ons, you have finished all the basic

Accessing Documents and Workbenches(1 of 5)1 - Open the Course.CATPart document using the File menu2 - Mirror the Part3 - Save and Close the Documents.Holding an Manipulating a Part (2 of 5)

1 - Pan the Part in the window2 - Quick Centering3 - Rotate the part4 - Zoom in or zoom out5 - "Fit all in" the Part.6 - Manipulations for Specification TreeSelecting and Editing Objects (3 of 5)

1 - Change the color of the Course.CATPart, and apply an iron texture2 - Modify the Diameter of Hole.13 - Display the Relations4 - Quick look at the settingsV4 to V5 Interoperability (4 of 5)

1 - Open a V4 model2 - Generate its corresponding V5 Part3 - You will now modify the geometry of this new part.Quick Tools (5 of 5)

1 - Capture Images and record them into an Album2 - Customize your workbenches3 - You can also create your own workbench

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