CATIA V5: Fundamentals for Managers & Non-Designers
This is an introductory course for any users of CATIA V5 that will not be responsible for creating new designs.
OVERVIEW
- CLASSROOM LENGTH: 2 days
- INSTRUCTOR-LED ONLINE LENGTH: 4 days
PREREQUISITES: None
DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course for any users of CATIA V5 that will not be responsible for creating new designs. Through a combination of instructor lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises students gain an understanding of the CATIA V5 interface and how to view, measure, and manipulate existing CATIA V5 model data as well as how to capture images and create simple assemblies and drawings.
LESSON PLAN
Lesson 1:
Introduction to CATIA
- Open CATIA
- Understand the CATIA Interface
- Recap Ex. CATIA V5 User Interface, Case Study
Lesson 2:
Profile Creation
- Create a new part
- Select an appropriate sketch support
- Create sketched geometry
- Recap Ex. Profile Creation & Sketch Contraints
Lesson 3:
Basic features
- Determine a Base Feature
- Create Pad and Pocket features
- Create Holes
- Create Fillets & Chamfers
- Recap Ex. Basic Feature Creation
Lesson 4:
Additional Part Features
- Create Basic Wireframe Geometry
- Create Shaft & Groove features
- Shell the model
- Recap Ex. Shaft & Groove, Thin Pad & Shell
Lesson 5:
Dress-up Features
- Edit Features
- Recap Ex. Feature Definition, Features Activation
Lesson 6:
Finalizing design intent
- Apply Material Properties
- Measure the model
- Recap Ex. Material and Measures
Lesson 7:
Assembly Design
- Assemble the Base Component
- Manipulate the position of the component
- Assemble & fully constrain components
- Save the Assembly
- Recap Ex. Positioning & Constrain Components
Lesson 8:
Drafting
- Start a new drawing
- Create views
- Create dimensions and annotations
- Create additional views
- Save & print the drawing
- Recap Ex. Drawing Creation
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