Learning CATIA v5

Get started with CATIA v5, one of the leading CAD packages for the automotive, aerospace, and shipbuilding industry.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Introduction to CATIA v5

• What is CATIA?
• How to access and create a part file
• Settings and options

2.The CATIA v5 User Interface

• What you're looking at
• Toolbars and icons
• Understanding the menus
• Modeling tree
• Compass and corner axis
• Mouse functions
• Part visualizations
• Data selection

3. Part Design Workflow

• Creating a sketch
• Making a solid
• Dressing up the solid
• Basic editing

4. Sketch Options and Settings

• Types of sketches
• Entering and exiting Sketcher
• Sketch tools toolbar
• Sketcher options
• Sketch visualizations

5. Creating and Editing Sketch Curves

• Profile toolbar
• Operation toolbar
• Constraints
• Sketch analysis
• Sketch exercise

6. Part Design

• Pad or pocket
• Shaft and groove
• Hole
• Fillet and chamfer
• Draft
• Shell
• Mirror
• Part exercise

7. Measures and Analysis

• Measure distance
• Measure item
• Measure inertia

8. Building a Product

• What is a product file?
• Inserting parts
• Moving parts around
• Constraints and relationships
• Save managment

9. Drafting

• Creating the initial drawing: Page setup
• Dimensions
• Text and editor
• Save and print

Conclusion

• Next steps