CATIA version 5 release 16

Part Design in a Nutshell

The Part Design application makes it possible to design precise 3D mechanical parts with an intuitive and flexible user interface, from sketching in an assembly context to iterative detailed design. Part Design application will enable you to accommodate design requirements for parts of various complexities, from simple to advanced.

This application, which combines the power of feature-based design with the flexibility of a Boolean approach, offers a highly productive and intuitive design environment with multiple design methodologies, such as post-design and local 3D parameterization.

As a scalable product, Part Design can be used in cooperation with other current or future companion products such as Assembly Design and Generative Drafting. The widest application portfolio in the industry is also accessible through interoperability with CATIA Solutions Version 4 to enable support of the full product development process from initial concept to product in operation.

Sketcher in a Nutshell

Sketcher application makes it possible for designers to sketch precise and rapid 2D profiles.

Assembly Design in a Nutshell

Assembly Design allows the design of assemblies with an intuitive and flexible user interface.
As a scalable workbench, Assembly Design can be cooperatively used with other current companion products such as Part Design and Generative Drafting.
The widest application portfolio in the industry is also accessible through interoperability with Solutions Version 4 to enable support of the full product development process from initial concept to product in operation.
Digital Mock-Up (DMU) Navigator inspection capabilities can also be used to review and check your assemblies. Interactive, variable-speed techniques such as walk-through and fly as well as other viewing tools let you visually navigate through large assemblies.

The Assembly Design User's Guide has been designed to show you how to create an assembly starting from scratch. This book aims at illustrating the several stages of creation you may encounter.
 

Interactive Drafting in a Nutshell

Version 5 Interactive Drafting is a new generation product that addresses 2D design and drawing production requirements.

Interactive Drafting is a highly productive, intuitive drafting system that can be used in a standalone 2D CAD environment within a backbone system. It also expands the Generative Drafting product with both integrated 2D interactive functionality and an advanced production environment for the dress-up and annotation of drawings. This provides an easy and smooth evolution from 2D to 3D-based design methodologies.

Interactive Drafting offers upward compatibility with Version 4, making it possible to browse or complete, in Version 5, drawings started with Version 4.

The Interactive Drafting User's Guide has been designed to show you how to create drawings of varying levels of complexity. There are several ways of creating a drawing and this documentation aims at illustrating the different stages of creation you may encounter.
 

Generative Drafting in a Nutshell

Version 5 Generative Drafting is a new generation product that provides users with powerful functionalities to generate drawings from 3D parts and assembly definitions.
The Generative Drafting User's Guide has been designed to show you how to generate drawings of varying levels of complexity, as well as apply dimensions, annotations and dress-up elements to these drawing.
 

Functional Tolerancing & Annotation in a Nutshell

Functional Tolerancing & Annotation lets you easily define and manage 3D tolerance specifications and annotations directly on 3D parts or products.
The intuitive interface of the product provides an ideal solution for new application customers in small and medium-size industries, looking to reduce reliance on 2D drawings, and increase the use of 3D as the master representation for driving from design to manufacturing engineering process.
Annotations in Functional Tolerancing & Annotation can be extracted, using the annotation plane concept in the Generative Drafting product.
Finally, the 3D annotations can be reviewed using ENOVIA - DMU Dimensioning & Tolerancing Review 1 product (DT1) or DELMIA - DMU Dimensioning & Tolerancing Review 2 product (MTR), which offers comprehensive tools for interpretation of annotations and tolerances on specific areas of the design or across the complete digital mockup.
This manual is intended for users who need to specify tolerancing annotations on 3D parts or on 3D products. It assists designers in assigning the correct tolerances on the selected surfaces by:
Selecting the surfaces to be toleranced.

Choosing among the available options, the tolerance types, the modifiers, etc. The system offers a choice of options which are consistent with the selected surfaces.

Entering the tolerance value. The tolerance annotation is then created and displayed around the 3D geometry. It is also located and oriented in an annotation plane, using a standardized model (usual standards: ISO, ASME / ANSI).

As a consequence, designers do not need to wonder whether the tolerancing syntax is correct, because this syntax is directly elaborated with regard to the chosen tolerancing standards (ISO, ASME / ANSI).
Designers are ensured that their tolerancing schema is consistent with the part geometry. They do not need to be tolerancing experts, having in mind all the complex standardized tolerancing rules. Moreover, the tolerancing specifications will remain consistent whatever the geometrical modifications are.
 

Generative Shape Design in a Nutshell

The Generative Shape Design workbench allows you to quickly model both simple and complex shapes using wireframe and surface features. It provides a large set of tools for creating and editing shape designs and, when combined with other products such as Part Design, it meets the requirements of solid-based hybrid modeling.
The feature-based approach offers a productive and intuitive design environment to capture and re-use design methodologies and specifications.

This new application is intended for both the expert and the casual user. Its intuitive interface offers the possibility to produce precision shape designs with very few interactions. The dialog boxes are self explanatory and require practically no methodology, all defining steps being commutative.

As a scalable product, Generative Shape Design can be used with other Version 5 products such as Part Design and FreeStyle Shaper and Optimizer. The widest application portfolio in the industry is also accessible through interoperability with CATIA Solutions Version 4 to enable support of the full product development process from initial concept to product in operation.

This User's Guide has been designed to show you how to create and edit a surface design part. There are numerous techniques to reach the final result. This book aims at illustrating these various possibilities.

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