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Surface Design
Surface Design
Foils
Wireframe and
Surface Design
Version 5 Release 10
December 2002
EDU-CAT-E-WFS-FF-V5R10
Course Presentation
Objectives of the course
In this course you will see how to create wireframe construction elements and enrich
existing 3D mechanical part design with wireframe and basic surface features.
Targeted audience
New CATIA V5 users
Prerequisites
1 day
Creating Points in 3D
Creating Lines in 3D
Creating Planes in 3D
Creating Curves in 3D
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7. Using Tools
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Stacking Commands
Manipulating Elements
Creating Datum Features
Working on a Support
Updating a Part
Managing Open Bodies
Checking Connections Between Elements
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Operations and
Transformations
Surface elements
Replication Tools
Tools
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Part tree
Wireframe and
surface
features
Operations on
wireframe elements
and surfaces
Standard tools
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Terminology
Part2 is a combination of PartBody
and Open Body that means:
PartBody contains the features
used to create a solid
Open body.1 contains the features
used to create surface elements.
It includes wireframe elements,
sketch, etc...
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General Process
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Enter the
Wireframe and
Surface Design
workbench
Create the
surfaces
Trim and join
the body
surfaces
Create the
wireframe
geometry
Modify the
geometry
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To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design User interface:
How to access the workbench
Its user interface and tools
The terminology that will be used
The general design process
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Creating Points in 3D
Creating Lines in 3D
Creating Planes in 3D
Creating Curves in 3D
To Sum Up
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Creating Points in 3D
You will learn the different ways to create points in 3D
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Identification in tree
Coordinates
Between
On curve
Creating Points
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2
Created point
Origin point
(0,0,0)
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Curve
Reference
Point.2
Extremity
Point.3
Created
Point.4
Extremity
Point.1
Geodesic
Euclidean
If you do not select a reference point the default one
will be the curve extremity.
If the reference point you select is not on the curve it
will be projected normally onto the curve.
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Click OK to continue.
The created point is defined as an Object, i.e.
the reference for creating the other points.
6.1 Define the number of points to be created.
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Repeated Point.5
and Point.6
Reference
Point.2
Object
Point.4
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2 Select the surface on which the point will be created and enter point specifications.
If you do not select a reference point, the
default one will be the surface center.
If the reference point you select is not on the
surface, it will be projected onto the plane.
Created
Point.5
Reference
Point.3
Distance = 50
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Creating Lines in 3D
You will learn the different ways to create lines in 3D
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Angle/Normal
to curve
Tangent to
curve
Normal to
surface
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Line origin
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Creating Lines
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Point.1
Line.1 is created between a
vertex of Sketch.1 and Point.1.
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Select a reference point and a direction line then key in the start and end
points of the line.
Optional:
You can define a
support element
onto which the line
will be projected
Reference point
Line length
Direction
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Line length
Reference surface
Reference point
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Creating Planes in 3D
You will learn the different ways to create planes in 3D
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Identification in tree
Offset
Angle/Normal
to plane
Through 3
points
Equation
You can modify the plane
location dragging it after
clicking on the Move label.
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Graphic manipulator
Plane origin
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Creating Planes
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The Plane Definition dialog box offers you various methods to create a plane.
Select one of these Plane type options.
The dialog box contents
changes according to the
selected Plane Type option.
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Object plane
Click OK to continue.
The created plane is defined as an Object, i.e.
the reference for creating the other planes.
Plane instances in
Open Body
As many planes as indicated in the Object Repetition dialog box are created, in addition to the object plane.
The planes are separated from the object plane by a multiple of the offset value.
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Select the reference element (plane or planar face) and the point .
The plane parallel to the reference and passing through the point is displayed.
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Point
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Plane.1
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Creating Curves in 3D
You will learn the different ways to create curves in 3D
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Creating Curves
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Select the element(s) to project (Ctrl key if several elements) and the
support ; you can keep the Normal direction or select a direction.
Elements
to project
Support
Projected
elements
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According to the type of circle you want to create select the circle
support, creation points and if needed key in the radius.
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Support
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Center and
radius
Three points
Support
3
2
Two points
and radius
Solution 1 selected
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When you create a circle from two
points and a radius, you can select
one of the solutions proposed
clicking the Next solution button.
Solution 2 selected
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Support
Bitangent
& radius
Bitangent
& point
2
Solution 1
selected
Tritangent
Solution 2
selected
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Complete
circle
Complementary
circular arc trimmed
using two points or
tangency points
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2
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To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Wireframe Geometry:
How to create points
How to create lines
How to create planes
How to create curves
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A surface of revolution is
created from an open or
closed profile, giving an axis
of revolution and an angle.
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Direction can be
specified by a line, a
plane or components.
Limits
Profile
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Axis of revolution
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Complete
sphere
Partial sphere
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Creating a Sphere
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Select the sphere center point and key in the sphere radius.
Complete Sphere
Partial Sphere
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You can then choose to give a reference plane or surface (Reference tab) or to select
another guide curve and if needed anchor points (Second Guide tab).
Guide curve
Profile
Reference
plane
Guide
curve 1
Anchor
point 1
Guide
curve 2
Profile
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Anchor
point 2
Reference
plane
Second guide
You can select a second guide curve to define the sweep. You may also select an
anchor point for each guide curve. The anchor points lie on the guide curves from
the beginning to the end of the sweep.
Anchor Guide
point 1 curve 1
Guide
curve 2
Profile
Anchor
point 2
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Repeat
Single
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1
2
Click OK to continue.
The created offset surface is defined
as an Object, i.e. the reference for
creating the other surfaces.
Reference surface
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As many offset surfaces as indicated in the Object Repetition dialog box are created, in addition to the object surface.
The surfaces are separated from the object surface by a multiple of the offset value.
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Side view
Offset value
between two
surfaces : 20mm
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2 Select the boundaries of the fill surface and, if needed, the support(s) associated
with one or more boundary(ies).
Support for B1
B4
B2
B1
B3
Support for B3
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Tangency continuity
Point continuity
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Note:
The two selected curves have to
be single edge curves and cannot
be closed.
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(Tangency, Curvature or Point) between each support surface and the blend surface.
Tangency
continuity
Curvature
continuity
Point
continuity
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2nd border,
end
Second support
First
de
bor
ond
borde
r
Sec
1st border,
start
First support
First tangent border : None
Second tangent border : None
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5 Select the Tension tab to define the tension at the limits of the blend surface.
Default
tension
Constant tension
of 2.5
Linear tension
from 1 to 2.5
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Coupling
Guide curve
Manual coupling
Spine
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For the start and end sections of the loft you can define
a surface (containing the corresponding section curve)
to which the lofted surface will be tangent.
Section 2
Section 2
Extrude 1
Extrude 2
Section 1
No tangency condition is
imposed between the loft and
the two extruded surfaces.
Section 1
The loft is tangent to the
two extruded surfaces.
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User defined
closing points
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Select a point on
the section to
define the new
closing point:
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Section 1
Guide curve 2
Guide curve 1
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Section 1
Section 2
Spine
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The coupling tab in the loft function is used to compute the loft using the total
length of the sections (ratio), between the vertices of the sections, between the
curvature discontinuity points of the sections or between the tangency
discontinuity points of the sections.
Ratio option
Vertices,
Curvature
Discontinuity,
Tangency
Discontinuity
Vertices,
Curvature
Discontinuity
Curvature
discontinuities
option
Vertex
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Segments
Two arcs
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to compute the loft between the tangency discontinuity points of the sections
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to compute the loft between the curvature discontinuity points of the sections
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Start section
Guides
Guides
End section
End section
When the limitation options are unchecked,
the loft is swept along the spine.
Spine
Start section
Start section
Start section
End section
If the spine is an automatically
computed spine and no guide is
selected the loft is limited to the
start and end sections.
Guides
End section
End section
If the spine is an automatically
computed spine and guides
are selected the loft is limited
by the guide extremities.
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To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Basic Surfaces:
How to create surfaces from a profile
How to create a sphere
How to create a swept surface
How to create surfaces from boundaries
How to create surfaces from another surface
How to create lofted surfaces
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Joining Elements
Healing Elements
Restoring Elements
Disassembling Elements
Splitting Elements
Trimming Elements
Creating Elements from Surface
Transforming Elements
Extrapolating Elements
Creating Near Elements
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Joining Elements
You will learn how to join wireframe or surface elements
Element 1
Element 2
Join result
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Join result
Two adjacent
splines.
Join result
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Four adjacent
surfaces.
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Joining Elements
You will select one by one
these four adjacent surfaces
to join them together.
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Element 2
CATIA will:
- reduce the number
of resulting elements
- ignore the elements
that do not allow the
join to be created.
You can define a merging
distance, i.e. the maximum
distance below which two
elements are considered
as only one element.
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Face to be
removed
You can also select subelements to exclude from
the joined surfaces.
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3 Edges
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Healing Elements
You will learn how to fill gaps between surfaces
Surface 1
Healing result
Gap
Surface 2
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Gap
Sweep.2
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Restoring Elements
You will learn how to restore the limits of surfaces or curves which have been split before
Restored
surface
Split surface
Cutting
elements
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Restoring a Surface
You can rebuild the limits of a surface which has been split one or several time(s).
Second split
Initial surface
First split
Second split
Disassembling Elements
You will learn how to disassemble multi-cell surfaces or curves into mono-cell elements
One multi-cell
extruded surface
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Disassembling a Surface
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Extruded
surface
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Splitting Elements
You will learn how to split a wireframe or surface element using one or more cutting elements
Cutting
elements
Split result
Element
to be cut
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Element to cut
Cutting element
Element
to be cut
Wireframe
elements
Surface
elements
Split result
Split result
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Splitting Elements
Cutting element
You can also select
the portion to be
kept by clicking the
Other side button.
Element to be cut
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Element to cut
For each selected cutting element check the side to be kept on the
element to cut ; if you want to change it select the cutting element in the
list and click on the Other side button.
The cutting elements
and their orientation
are defined.
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Cutting
element
Support
Vn
V
Vt
Element
to split
Split result
without support
Split result
with a support
Support
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Element to split
Tangency area
Splitting element
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Trimming Elements
You will learn how to trim a wireframe or surface element
Trim result
Element 1
Element 2
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Trim result
Wireframe
elements
Surface
elements
Trim result
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Trimming Elements
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Element 1
Element 2
Elements to
trim lying on
the support
Using no support
Using a support
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Element to trim
Tangency area
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Boundary
with limits
Edge
extraction
Face
extraction
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Choose the propagation type and select the surface edge from which you
want to create a boundary curve. You may also want to define limits to
the created boundary curve.
Limit points
Selected Edge
1. Complete boundary
2. Point continuity
3. Tangent continuity
4. No propagation
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1
2
Selected
support
face
1- No propagation
2- Tangent continuity
3- Point continuity
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Selected
face
1- No propagation
2- Point continuity
3- Tangent continuity
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Transforming Elements
You will learn the various transformations you can apply to elements :
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Rotation
Scaling
Symmetry
Axis-to-Axis
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Applying Transformations
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Click OK to continue.
The created translated element is defined
as an Object, i.e. the reference for
creating the other translated elements.
Transformed element
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As many translated elements as indicated in the Object Repetition dialog box are created, in
addition to the object element.
The translated elements are separated from the object element by a multiple of the distance.
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2
Initial
element
Click OK to continue.
The created rotated element is defined as
an Object, i.e. the reference for creating
the other rotated elements.
Initial
element
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Object element
Element instances in
Open Body
As many rotated elements as indicated in the Object Repetition dialog box are created, in
addition to the object element.
The rotated elements are separated from the object element by a multiple of the angle value.
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1
2
Transformed
element
Reference point
Reference plane
Symmetry along plane
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Symmetry by point
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2
Object
element
Click OK to continue.
The created scaled element is defined as
an Object, i.e. the reference for creating
the other scaled elements.
Initial
element
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Object element
Element instances in
Open Body
6 Click OK to confirm
element creation.
As many scaled elements as indicated in the Object Repetition dialog box are created, in
addition to the object element.
The scaled elements are separated from the object element by a multiple of the ratio value.
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Creating an Affinity
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2
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Initial
element
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Extrapolating Elements
You will learn how to create extrapolated curves and surfaces.
Curve extrapolation
Surface extrapolation
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Surface
elements
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Extrapolating Elements
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A temporary extrapolated
surface is displayed. The
default extrapolation
mode is Length.
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Choose the type of continuity (for a curve) and the type of transition
(for a curve or a surface).
Refer to table on next page.
Check the Assemble result option if you want the extrapolated surface to be
assembled to the support surface.
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Up to Element
Extrapolating a curve
Continuity
N/A
Extrapolating a surface
Continuity
N/A
Extremities
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Entity 2 of
extruded
surface
Entity 1 of
extruded
surface
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Near element
created for
one entity of
the sketch.
Near element
created for
one entity of
the surface.
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Select a point located next to the entity you want to define as Near element.
Select point
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2 Select an element composed of two disconnected
entities to define the profile to extrude.
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Select point
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To Sum Up
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Operations on
Geometry:
How to join elements
How to heal elements
How to restore the limits of elements
How to disassemble elements
How to split elements
How to trim elements
How to create elements from surfaces
How to transform elements
How to extrapolate elements
How to create Near elements
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Split Body
Thicken Surface
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Let s see now the different ways to create surface-based features ...
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2 Select the surface used as splitting element and orient the arrow
towards the material to be kept.
Material to
be kept
Splitting
surface
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Thickening a Surface
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Offset
direction
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To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Solids from Surfaces:
How to split a body with a surface
How to thicken a surface
How to close a surface into a body
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Element to edit
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Editing Elements
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Editing Elements
2 Modify the definition of the element by selecting new references or changing values.
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To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Geometry
modification:
How to edit the definition of wireframe and surface elements
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Using Tools
You will become familiar with some tools used for managing wireframe and
surfaces.
Stacking Commands
Manipulating Elements
Creating Datum Features
Working on a Support
Updating a Part
Managing Open Bodies
Checking Connections Between Elements
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Stacking Commands
You will learn how to stack commands while creating wireframe elements.
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Stacking Commands
While creating an element you
may need a construction
element that you will create
on the fly.
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Point.3
If you want to modify a parameter of the
plane you can also double-click on its
identifier in the specification tree.
Line.1
Point.1
Point.2
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Manipulating Elements
You will learn how to cut/copy and paste elements and how to delete one or several elements.
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Cut : you remove an element and store it in the clipboard ; you can use it afterwards.
Copy : you keep the original element and store a copy to the clipboard ; you can use
it afterwards.
Paste : you take an element from the clipboard and paste it in the specification tree.
Delete : you remove an element from the specification tree or the geometry.
The tools used to cut, copy,
paste and delete elements are
located either in the Edit menu,
in the contextual menu or in the
Standard toolbar. You can select
the element in the geometry or
in the specification tree.
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Select the elements you want to copy, here the circle and its center point.
You can select the elements from the geometry or the specification tree.
Select the Copy icon either in the Standard toolbar or from the contextual menu.
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3 Select the element after which you want to paste the copied elements.
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Select the Paste icon either in the Standard toolbar or from the contextual menu.
or
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Now select the initial circle either in the geometry or in the specification tree.
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Working on a Support
You will learn how to define a planar or non-planar support, work on it with or without a grid
and snap to a point.
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Support plane = YZ
With the Snap to Point
capability the created points
are located at the nearest
intersection of the grid.
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Select the plane you want to define as a support, here the YZ plane.
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Select the surface you want to define as a support, here the extruded surface.
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Updating a Part
You will learn how to update your part in case you have chosen the manual update mode.
Part to be updated
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Updating a Part
The Automatic Update mode is the default mode set in the Options.
You can change the default
update mode in Tools +
Options +
Infrastructure+Part
Infrastructure.
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Updating a Part
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Modification
of a point
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and move
some of them
to the relevant
open body.
then rename it
create new
elements in the
current open
body
1
Create a new open body.
The new open body is created after the last element of the current open body in the
specification tree and is automatically made current.
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Select the element to be moved using mouse button 3, display its contextual
menu then choose the Change Body option in the element object menu.
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Select the element to be moved using mouse button 3, display its contextual
menu then choose the Change Body option in the element object menu.
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Distance analysis
Curvature analysis
Tangency analysis
To Sum Up ...
You have seen CATIA V5 Wireframe and Surface Design Tools:
How to stack commands while creating wireframe geometry,
How to cut, copy, paste or delete elements,
How to create datum features,
How to work on a support and snap to a point,
How to update a part manually,
How to manage Open Bodies,
How to check connections between curves or surfaces.
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