Dressing up features is done by applying commands to one or more supports. The application provides a large number of possibilities to achieve the features meeting your needs. The application lets you create the following dress-up features:
Read More »How Sketches are Located in the Specification Tree (Hybrid Design)
Up to Part Design Version 5 release 14 the sketches used for creating sketch-based features were located directly below the features in the specification tree. Now, to improve the visibility of your design process this behavior has changed: depending on how sketches are created, sketch entities are not necessarily displayed …
Read More »Creating Solid Combines in catia
This task shows you how to create a solid combine, that is a solid resulting from the intersection of two or more extruded profiles. Open the Solid_Combine.CATPart document. Click Solid Combine . The Combine Definition dialog box appears. Select Sketch.1 as the first component to be extruded. Sketches must contain …
Read More »Creating Removed Multi-sections Solids in catia
This task shows how to remove a multi-sections solid.The Removed Multi-sections Solid capability generates lofted material solid by sweeping one or several planar section curves along a computed or user-defined spine then removes this material. The material can be made to respect one or more guide curves. Open the RemovedMulti-sections.CATPart …
Read More »Creating Multi-sections Solids in catia
This task shows how to create a multi-sections solid.You can generate it by sweeping one or more planar section curves along a computed or user-defined spine. The feature can be made to respect one or more guide curves. The resulting feature is a closed volume. Open the Multi-sections.CATPart document. Click …
Read More »Creating Stiffeners in catia
This task shows you how to create a stiffener by specifying creation directions. Open the Stiffener.CATPart document. Select the profile to be extruded, that is Sketch.6 (located in the Part Body entity). This open profile has been created in a plane normal to the face on which the stiffener will …
Read More »Creating Slots in catia
This task shows you how to create a slot, that is how to sweep a profile along a center curve to remove material.In this section, you will also find the following reference information: How to Define a Slot Profiles Center Curves Profile Control Open the Slot.CATPart document. Click Slot . …
Read More »Trimming Ribs or Slots in catia
This page illustrates two different cases of ribs obtained from open profiles, then the use of the Merge rib's ends and Merge Ends options available in the Rib Definition dialog box. Open Profiles Trimmed by Existing Material Initial Profile (in black) and Center Curve (in red) Resulting Rib The rib …
Read More »Creating Ribs in catia
This task shows you how to create a rib, that is how to sweep a profile along a center curve to create material. In this section, you will also find the following reference information: How to Define a Rib About Profiles Center Curves Profile Control Recommendation Open the Rib.CATPart document. …
Read More »Creating Threaded Holes in catia
The Thread capability removes material surrounding the hole. From V5R16 onward, all hole types can be threaded. To define a thread, you can enter the values of your choice, but you can use standard values or personal values available in files too. This task shows you how to create a …
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