CATIA started as an in-house CAD software developed by Dassault Aviation in 1977. It supports multiple stages of product development including conceptualization, design, engineering, and manufacturing. CATIA facilitates collaborative engineering across disciplines through its 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Key applications within CATIA include part design, assembly design, sketching, drafting, surfacing, finite element analysis, and manufacturing.
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1. MEWAR UNIVERSITY
CATIA V5
Mr. M. Kumar
BRANCH: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE: BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
MUR1402163
YEAR: 3RD
, SEMESTER: 6TH
PRESENTATION REPORT: CATIA
2. HISTORY AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION
CATIA started as an in-
house development in
1977 by French aircraft
manufacturer Avions
Marcel Dassault, at
that time customer of
the CADAM software
to develop Dassault's
Mirage fighter jet.
Initially named CATI
(conception assist辿e
tridimensionnelle
interactiveFrench for
interactiveaided three-
dimensional design), it
was renamed CATIA in
1981 when Dassault
created a subsidiary to
develop and sell the
software.
3. Commonly referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle
Management software suite, CATIA supports multiple stages of
product development (CAx), including conceptualization, design
(CAD), engineering (CAE) and manufacturing (CAM). CATIA
facilitates collaborative engineering across disciplines around its
3DEXPERIENCE platform, including surfacing & shape design,
electrical, fluid and electronic systems design, mechanical
engineering and systems engineering.
CATIA facilitates the design of electronic, electrical, and distributed
systems such as fluid and HVAC systems, all the way to the
production of documentation for manufacturing.
4. CATIA Overview
CATIA v5 is an Integrated Computer Aided
Engineering tool:
Incorporates CAD, CAM, CAE, and other applications
Completely re-written since CATIA v4 and still under
development
CATIA v5 is a native Windows application
User friendly icon based graphical user interface
Based on Variational/ Parametric technology
Encourages design flexibility and design reuse
Supports Knowledge Based Design
5. CATIA v5 Philosophy
A Flexible Modelling environment
Ability to easily modify models, and implement design
changes
Support for data sharing, and data reuse
Knowledge enabled
Capture of design constraints, and design intent as well as
final model geometry
Management of non-geometric as well as geometric
design information
The 3D Part is the Master Model
Drawings, Assemblies and Analyses are associative to the
3D parts. If the part design changes, the downstream
models with change too.
6. CATIA v5 Applications
Product Structure
Part Design
Assembly Design
Sketcher
Drafting (Interactive and
Generative)
Wireframe and Surface
Freestyle Shaper
Digital Shape Editor
Knowledgeware
Photo Studio
4D Navigator (including
kinematics)
Manufacturing
Finite Element Analysis
7. Manipulating the Display using the Mouse
Pan
Press and hold the middle mouse
button and move the mouse to pan
Rotate
Press and hold the middle mouse
button then the left mouse button
and move the mouse to rotate
Zoom
Press and hold the middle mouse
button and click the left mouse
button then move the mouse to
zoom in and out
Using the compass
Drag the axes or planes of the
compass to dynamically rotate
the display
Multi-select entities by holding
down the Shift key
8. Part Design
The Part Design application is used to create solid
models of parts
Solid parts are usually created from 2D profiles that
are extruded or revolved to form a base feature
The Part Design task is tightly integrated with a 2D
sketching tool
A library of features is provided to allow user to add
additional details to a base part
Parts can be modified by selecting their features in the
specification tree
Parts are stored in files with the extension .CATPart
9. Part Design
Base Features
Pad
Pocket
Shaft
Reference Elements
Point
Line
Plane
Dress-up Features
Fillets
Chamfers
Transformation Features
Translation
Rotation
Mirror
Pattern
Scale
Slot
Hole
Groove
Draft Shell
Thickness
10. Sketcher
Entering the sketcher
Click on the Sketcher icon or select
Start -> Mechanical Design ->
Sketcher
Exiting from the Sketcher
Click on the Exit icon to leave the
sketcher and return to the 3D
workspace
Geometry Creation
Geometry Operations
Constraint Creation
Tools Toolbar
Snap to point
Construction Geometry
Constraint
11. Using the Sketcher
The Sketcher is a parametric design tool
It allows you to quickly draw the approximate
shape of a design, and then assign constraints
to complete the shape definition
Constraints can be applied as:
Driving Dimensions dimensions that control
the size of a geometric entity
Geometric Constraints geometric
relationships such as parallel, perpendicular,
tangent, collinear
12. Creating a Solid Part from a Sketch
1. Click on the Pad icon to
create an extruded part
2. Select the sketch containing
the profile you want to
extrude (note the sketch is
treated as a single entity)
3. The Pad definition window
will appear
4. Select the limit type from:
Dimension
Up To Next
Up To Last
Up To Plane
5. Type in the length if required
6. Check the extrude direction
arrow
7. Click on OK to create the
Part
13. Assembly Design
The Assembly Design application allows you to
create a product model from a number of
separate parts
The parts in a product assembly are not joined
together, but assembled as they would be in a
physical assembly
The product assembly structure is hierarchical
and allows you to model complex product
relationships
Constraints can be applied between the parts in
assembly to define relationships between them
14. Wireframe and Surface
The Wireframe and Surface task provides a
more traditional CAD 3D modelling
environment
The Wireframe functionality allows you to
create Wireframe points, lines and curves in 3D
space, without using the constraint based
approach of the sketcher
The Surface functionality allows you to create
smooth freeform surfaces by sweeping
Wireframe curves through 3D space
Wireframe and Surface is integrated with the
other CATIA applications allowing for hybrid
surface and solid modelling
15. Wireframe and Surface
WireframeToolbar
Create Point
Create Line
Create Plane
Create Projections
Create Intersections
Create Circle
Create Spline
Corner
Create Parallel Curves
Create Boundary Curves
SurfaceToolbar
Extrude Surfaces
Surface of Revolution
Offset Surface
Sweep Surface
Create Filling Surface
Loft Surface
Blend Surface
Extract Geometry
16. Interactive Drafting
Geometry Creation
Point
Line
Circle
Arc
Profile
Curve
Pre-Define Profiles
TransformationsToolbar
Translate, Rotate, Scale, Mirror
RelimitationsToolbar
Corner
Chamfer
Trim
Break
Annotation
Text
Symbols