CATIA Training

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Version 5 Release 7 May 2001 FOR-CAT-E-COM-AF-V5R7

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Working with CATIA V5

About setting in CATIA V5

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2. Using Knowledge Common Tools

Accesing Knowledgeware Common Tools Terminology About New User Parameter About Fromulas About Design Table About the Mediator

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Using Catalogs of Components

What is a Catalog ? Catalog Terminology Browsing a Catalog Inserting a component from a Catalog

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Working with CATIA V5

You will learn how to manage Settings in CATIA V5

General Settings in CATIA V5

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About Settings in CATIA V5

General Settings

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Units Settings

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Using Knowledgeware Common Tools

You will become familiar with CATIA V5 Design Tables and Formulas common tools and main features

Accessing Knowledgeware Common Tools Terminology About New User Parameters About Formulas About Design Table About the Mediator

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Accessing Knowledge Common Tools

Knowledge Inspector or Mediator icon Formulas icon Design Tables icon

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Terminology

Parameter (Intrinsic & user) Formula Design Table Configuration

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About New User Parameter

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About Formulas

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About Design Table

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About the Mediator

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Using Catalogs of Components

You will learn the Catalog workbench main features and tools to browsing catalogs of reusable components

What is a Catalog ? Catalog Terminology Browsing a Catalog Inserting a Component from a Catalog

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What is a Catalog?
Catalog Edition

Catalog Browser

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Catalog Terminology
Chapter referencing another chapter Chapter referencing two Families Families Keyword names

Keyword values

Components

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Browsing a Catalog
Access to father chapter

Display Modes

Current chapter displayed Elements referenced in the current chapter

Selects another catalog

Selected element preview Query Launcher Displays or hides descriptions table

Query field to narrow down your search Descriptions table

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Inserting a Component from a Catalog (1/2)

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Inserting a Component from a Catalog (2/2)

Inserting a Component from a Catalog : we can obtain a preview of the component to position it on the target document

Double-click on the desired component to insert

A preview window appears

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3 Select on the target component a point to position the new component

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To Sum Up ...
In this course you have learned: powerful tools common to all workbenches, such as Compass to move and manipulate objects Parameters, formulas, design tables, and mediator to parameter your designPowerCopies to re-use objects (geometry, relations,...) Catalogs to instanciate objects

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