CATIA V5: Surfacing

Expand your CATIA V5 skill set by learning how to work with surfaces in this powerful 3D software.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. Introduction to Generative Shape Design

• What is a surface?
• Workbenches for surface creation
• Settings and options

2. Interface and Data Organization

• Different meanings of hybrid design
• Model tree organization
• In work object and data organization
• History and edits

3. Reference Elements and Curves

• Point references
• Line references
• Plane references
• Project and intersect parallel elements
• Applying 3D circle and corner
• Making 3D spline curves

4. Basic Surfaces

• Extrude and revolve
• Predefined surfaces: Cylinder and sphere
• Making offset surfaces
• Fill surfaces for odd shapes
• Creating sweep surfaces
• Basic surface exercise

5. Operations

• Join together elements
• Split and trim curves and surfaces
• Boundary and extract
• Using transformations
• Extrapolate curves and surfaces
• Shape fillet
• Operations exercise
• Operations and modifications exercise

6. Analysis

• Connect checker
• Porcupine analysis

Conclusion

• Next steps