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Manual 04
Pocket and Multipocket
Computer Assisted Design with
CATIA
POCKET
Used to remove material.
MULTI-POCKET
Used to remove material more than once using one
sketch.
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Exercise: Create the sketch as shown on plane yz (units
in mm).
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1.- Step one
2 lines
Rectangle
Circle
2.- Add a symmetry constraint in the lines shown.
3.- To follow step 2 select the vertical lines and the V axis
using control KEY (CTRL). Then click on constraints
defined in dialog box.
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4.- Click on symmetry.
5.-Follow steps 3 and 4
for the slanted lines.
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6.- Add tangency constraints between the circle and the
lines if necessary.
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7.- Ckech if your sketch is iso-constrained.
Tangency constraints
Symmetry constraints
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Dimension
constraints
8.- Click on QUICK TRIM icon located in relimitations
toolbar. Then click on the arc shown
9.- Result.
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10.- Use break command.
1st. break 2nd. break
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11.- Exit the sketcher. Use multi-pad. Add a length of 20 mm to the
circle and rectangle. Add a length of 10mm for the middle zone.
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End of step 11.
80mm
3mm
3mm
12.- Create a sketch on the front face of the created part. Use the
elongated hole command to create the sketch as shown.
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13.- Click on OFFSET command. Click on the shown edges to
add parallel lines.
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14.- Use QUICKTRIM command to remove unnecessary lines.
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15.- Create a circle of diameter 10mm.
16.- Exit the sketcher
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17.- Save file as pocket.CATpart.
18.- Copy file and rename it as multipocket.CATpart
19.- Click on POCKET.
20.- Choose Up to next
21.- Verify that the sketch is
selected
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Working with file pocket.CATpart
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End of step 21
22.- Save file
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Using Multi-pocket.
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Open file multipocket.CATpart
Click on multi-pocket. Use the length values as shown
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One pocket
Using multi-pocket
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Comparison
Add fillets. Click on edge fillet command
R=2mm
R=1mm
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D20, depth 10
Dimensions in mm
Add fillet R=5mm
Add fillet R=5mm
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D10
Assign material (steel)
Dimensions in inches
Activity 2 (cont) Activity 2 (cont)
Activity 2 (cont)