Catia Part Design Book

CATIA Part Design & Sketcher TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Manual Format . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 2 Log on/off procedures for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 To log on . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 4 To logoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CATIA Version 5 Screen . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 P
art Design Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Pull-down Menus . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 8 File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 9 View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Help
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bottom Toolbar in Part Design . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Part Design Wo
rkbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 19 Sketcher Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Sketcher chang
es to bottom toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 21 Sketcher Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Working with Documents .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 24 Creating a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Opening an existing document . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Saving a document . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 26 Closing a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Basic Sketcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 29 Basic Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Creating a new part with a
new sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Saving an
d closing the part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 30 Rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Oriented Rectangle . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Parallelogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Elongated Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Elongated Curv
ed Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 35 Keyhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hexagon . . . . . . . . . . . .
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38 Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Circle through 3 points . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Circle wit
h Cartesian coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 41 Circle tangent to 3 elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Arc through 3 points . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Arc through 3 p
oints using limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 44 Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Spline . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 46 Connect Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Parabola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hyperbo
la . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Conic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Line . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 53 Unlimited Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Bi-tangent Line . . . . .
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. 55 Bisect Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 P
oint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Point using coordinates . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Equidistant poi
nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 61 Intersection Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Projection Point . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 P
rofiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Constraints . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 83 Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Geometrical Constraints . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Modification
s to profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 126 Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Chamfer . . . . . .
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. . . . . 129 Trim and Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Hide/Show . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 137 Basic Part Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Basic Shapes . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 139 Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Pocket . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 148 Multiple Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 153 Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Rib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Sti
ffener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Modifications to Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Fillet .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chamfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Draft Angle . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 187 Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Thickness . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 193 Modifying values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Interfacing with Sketcher . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Advan
ced Sketcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 3-D Elements on Sketch Plane . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Co
nstruction Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Advanced Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Sketch Tr
ansformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sketch Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Advanced Part Design . . . . . . . . .
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. . . 237 Part Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Patterns . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . 242 Modifying Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Inserting Bodies an
d Boolean Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 266 Inserting Part Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Boolean operations . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Part Design Loft
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 271 Part Design Using Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Applying Materials
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. . . . . . . . 277 Reference Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Offset from plane . .
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. . 279 Parallel through point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Angle/Normal to plane . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Through three po
ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 281 Through two lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Through point and line . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Through planar
curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 283 Normal to curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ngent to surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 285 Mean through points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Problems . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Problem #1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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#2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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roblem #4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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291 Problem #6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . 294 Problem #8.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Customize - Start Menu .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 315 Customize - User Workbenches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Customize - Toolbars . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6 Customize - Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Customize - Options . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Appen
dix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 General - Display - Tree . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 319 General - Display - Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 General - Parameters - Symbols . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Gene
ral - Parameters - Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Mechanical Design - Part Design - General . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Mechanical Design - Par
t Design - Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
24 Mechanical Design - Sketcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Appendix C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 327 Material Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Construction . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 327 Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 O
ther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Wood . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 332 Applying a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Properties of
a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 334 Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Inheritance . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 335 Feature Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Dra
fting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Table of Contents, Page iv
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Introduction

CATIA Version 5 Part Design and Sketcher
CATIA V5R6
Upon completion of this course the student should have a full understanding of t
he following topics: Creating sketches Constraining sketches Modifying sketches
Creating parts Modifying parts Performing boolean operations on parts Basic use
of surfaces in part design Applying materials to parts
Introduction, Page 1

Manual Format
CATIA V5R6
It is important to understand the format of the manual in order to use it most e
ffectively. This manual is designed to be used along with an instructor; however
, you will need to do a lot of reading as well, in order to fully understand CAT
IA Version 5. The exercises in this book will list steps for you to complete, al
ong with explanations that try to inform you what you have just done and what yo
u are getting ready to do. The actual steps are in bold type and the information
that follows the steps is for your benefit. Anything that appears in italics re
fers to a message CATIA providesthis includes information in pull-down menus, pop
-up windows and other messages. Bold type is also used to call your attention to
key terms you may not yet be familiar with. An example of a step and its explan
ation is shown below (note: normally the lines will not be there): Select a loca
tion to the right of the origin. This specifies the other end point of the line.
You will continue specifying locations in order to complete your profile. It sh
ould appear similar to the diagram shown below.
As you can see, the desired action blends in with the text except that it appear
s in bold. The information following the step explains what that step accomplish
ed and where you are going next. It is important for you to read this informatio
n to help in your understanding of CATIA Version 5. Also, you will find that the
exercises build upon themselves. Later exercises often assume you know how to d
o certain steps which have been covered in earlier exercises. If you did not qui
te pick up what you needed to know from an exercise, you will probably wish to r
eview it several times before moving on to the more advanced sections. As you pr
ogress through the manual, it expects that you are learning and therefore you ar
e able to do a lot more with fewer steps. Eventually, you are expected to be abl
e to create parts without any steps.
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Part Design & Sketcher

CATIA V5R6
CATIA Version 5 uses the Sketcher as its principal method to create profiles. Th
ese profiles can be constrained using many different types of constraints. The f
irst objective of the course is to learn to use the Sketcher and constrain your
profiles to the desired specifications. If you have used the Dynamic Sketcher fr
om CATIA Version 4, this will look very similar. Otherwise it is a new environme
nt and it can be frustrating at first, especially if you already know CATIA Vers
ion 4. However, in time you will find that it is a very powerful method for crea
ting profiles, and is easy to use. The second objective of the course is to use
these sketches in part design. The sketches are used to define the two-dimension
al cross-sections to be used to design three-dimensional shapes. There are a few
different shapes that can be made as well as various operations that can be per
formed on them. By combining these shapes and operations, you can design a varie
ty of parts. The third objective of the course is to familiarize you with the ad
vanced methods of creating sketches and parts. This includes using construction
geometry and projecting threedimensional geometry to the sketch plane. This will
include the use of formulas to set up typical values at multiple locations as w
ell as more complex formulas to provide a more dynamic sketch. In terms of part
design, you will learn how to use multiple parts and perform boolean operations
on them. The fourth objective is to become efficient at modifying your designs.
You can modify your design either by changing the parameters of a part operation
or by modifying the sketch that was used. In CATIA Version 5 this is fairly sim
ple, and the modification of your design is the real strength of part design. Th
e fifth objective is to introduce the use of wireframe and surfaces in the part
design process as well as applying various materials to your design. This is mea
nt only to be an introduction and not a complete course on these subjects. In co
nclusion: You should be able to design many parts using the Sketcher and the Par
t Design workbenches of CATIA in an efficient manner. As mentioned before, you m
ay find it frustrating at first but very natural by the end of the course.
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Log on/off procedures for Windows NT
To log on:
CATIA V5R6
The monitor screen should have a gray box displayed with Press Ctrl + Alt + Dele
te to log on.
Hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press Delete. Select the User name box. This
will allow you to type in your user name in the space provided. Type in your us
er name (do not press Enter). This is the user name that was provided to you at
the beginning of class. Select the Password box. This will allow you to type in
your password in the space provided. Type in your user password (do not press En
ter). This is the password that was provided to you at the beginning of class. S
elect the Domain box. This allows you to choose which domain you wish to log int
o. Select CADLAB. The domain CADLAB is the proper domain for your user.
The Logon Information box should look similar to the one above except with your
user name and your password.

CATIA V5R6
Select OK. When you select OK with your mouse, you are telling the computer that
the information that is in the Logon Information box is correct and you are rea
dy to log in. If for some reason it can not log you in, you need to verify that
you typed in the correct information. Once you are logged into the system then y
ou should see a CATIA icon on your screen. Double-click on the CATIA icon. To lo
goff: Select the pull-down menu File. This will run CATIA.
Select Exit. This will exit you from CATIA; you will still need to log off the s
ystem. Hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press Delete. The Windows NT Security
box should appear.
Select Logoff... A new box will appear, allowing you to cancel the logoff in cas
e you ever happen to select that option by mistake. (This isnt terribly likely to
happen.) Select OK. This will log you off the system.
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher CATIA Version 5 Screen

CATIA V5R6
This is how CATIA Version 5 looks when you first run it. There are various areas
of the screen which need to be pointed out. A This is your specification tree.
Currently it has an entity referred to as a product. You will be working with pa
rts in this class so this will change to be a part and as you perform different
actions the tree will reflect those actions. The pull-down menus are used for a
variety of different tasks. These will be discussed in detail later in the book.
The Welcome to CATIA V5 window allows you to change to different workbenches th
at are available. In this class, you will primarily be using the Part Design wor
kbench. The bottom row of icons, or toolbar, contains various icons that will al
low different actions to be performed. These will be discussed in detail later i
n the book. The current workbench is the Product Structure workbench. The curren
t workbench can be switched to a different one by using the appropriate icon on
the workbench.
B C
D E
The workbenches and the toolbar are customizable. However, this book will assume
that they are in their original location. If you change the positions of the ic
ons, you will be responsible for knowing where you put them. Introduction, Page
6
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Part Design Screen

CATIA V5R6
This is how the Part Design screen normally looks when you first start a new par
t. Notice that the pull-down menus remain the same. However the workbench on the
side changes to the Part Design workbench and the bottom row of icons has some
additional icons. A B C D The xy plane, yz plane and zx plane are represented in
the specification tree for every part that you create. These are the standard p
lanes that CATIA uses. Notice the definition for your first partbody is also loc
ated in the specification tree when you begin a new part. These are the actual p
lanes that are represented in the specification tree. You will normally use thes
e to help design your part. This is the 3D compass and it has three separate par
ts. The letters X, Y and Z represent the axes. The Z axis is the default orienta
tion. It has a free rotation handle, a compass manipulation handle and a privile
ged plane. The point close to the Z axis is the free rotation handle. The red sq
uare is the compass manipulation handle. The XY plane is the privileged plane wh
ich is located at the base of the compass. This has various options throughout C
ATIA, however in this class you will primarily be using it as another method of
rotating your part around. This axis represents the true rotation of the part. T
he compass, by contrast, can be attached to actual objects.
E
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Pull-down Menus

CATIA V5R6
File
New New from Open Close Save Save As Save All Save All As Print Desk Send To Exi
t
Creates a new analysis, drawing, part or product Creates a new document based on
an existing one Opens an existing document Closes the current document Saves th
e current document with the same name Saves the current document with a name you
specify Saves all documents that are currently opened Saves all documents that
are currently opened with a name you specify Prints the current document Allows
you to view the relationships between documents Allows you to send CATIA data to
an e-mail or another directory Exits CATIA
The other documents listed there are the most recent documents that were opened.
This allows you to open them again quickly.

Edit
CATIA V5R6
Undo Repeat Update Cut Copy Paste Paste Special Delete Search Selection Sets
Undoes the last option. You can undo multiple options in a row. Redoes the last
undo option. You can redo multiple options in a row. Updates your document with
changes Cuts the selected objects from the document Copies the selected objects
Pastes the previously cut or copied objects in the document Gives additional opt
ions to the paste Deletes selected objects Searches your document for certain ob
jects Adds or deletes objects from a selection set or creates one
Define Selection Set Takes preselected geometry and stores it in a selection set
Links Properties Edits document links Displays and edits graphic properties Def
ines the current work object and allows you to scan through the part
Scan or Define in Work Object

View
CATIA V5R6
Toolbars
Allows you to view or hide toolbars. You can also customize a toolbar.
Geometry Specification
Toggles between seeing and not seeing geometric elements, also known as geometry
Toggles between seeing and not seeing the specification tree

Compass Reset Compass Tree Expansion Toggles between seeing and not seeing the c
ompass Resets the compass to its original location if moved
CATIA V5R6
Allows you to expand or collapse the levels in your specification tree. Gives an
overview window of the specification tree allowing you to zoom in on areas of t
he tree Gives an overview window of the geometry in your document, allowing you
to zoom in on an area of the geometry Zooms the display so as to make all the ge
ometry fit on the screen Zooms in on an area that you specify Zooms in or out on
your part by using the left mouse button to drag up or down Drags the display o
f your part around with the left mouse button Rotates the display of your part a
round with the left mouse button This allows you to look at your geometry in a v
ariety of ways. You can Zoom In or Zoom Out. You can specify a plane and look no
rmal to the plane with the Normal View. You can simulate what it looks like as y
ou turn your head right or left using Turn Head. It will also let you Fly Throug
h or Walk Through your design. The Accelerate and Decelerate options control how
fast you fly or walk. The Previous view and Next view options allow you to page
through the different views that you have defined with the other options. The L
ook At option allows you to specify the direction you want to look at your part.
Retrieves different views and it allows you to add new views for retrieval at a
later time.
Specifications Overview Geometry Overview Fit All In Zoom Area Zoom In Out Pan R
otate Modify
Named Views

Render Style
CATIA V5R6
The different render styles control how the parts will be displayed. You can cus
tomize your own type of render style using the Customize View option. You can al
so view your part either in Perspective or in Parallel. In parallel mode, the pa
rt is shown with every dimension exactly to scale; in perspective mode, the area
of your part that is closer to the screen appears larger than the area that is
farther away. This only affects your part visually, not geometrically. Switches
between Examine, Walk and Fly modes. Varies ambient lighting effects Clips geome
try between clipping planes Visually inserts a plane at ground level Creates a z
oomed in view of your part in a separate window Hides or shows geometry. The Swa
p visible space option will toggle between the hidden side and the show side. Sh
ows your geometry using the full screen, with no menus or toolbars. To turn off
full screen mode, use the right mouse button.
Navigation Mode
Lighting Depth Effect Ground Magnifier Hide/Show
Full Screen

Insert
CATIA V5R6
Object Body Annotations Constraints Sketcher Axis System Sketch-Based Features D
ress-Up Features Surface-Based Features Transformation Features Boolean Operatio
ns
Inserts an object such as a spreadsheet or a word processing document Inserts a
new body in to your part Inserts annotations in to your part, same as Part Desig
n options Inserts constraints, same as the Sketcher options Runs the Sketcher, s
ame as the Sketcher icon in Part Design Defines a new axis system Inserts variou
s Sketcher features, same as the Sketcher options Inserts fillets, chamfers, etc
., same as the Part Design options Inserts various features using surfaces, same
as the Part Design options Inserts various transformation features, same as the
Part Design options Inserts boolean operations between part bodies
Advanced Replication Tools Allows you to create and store features

Tools
CATIA V5R6
Formula Image
Allows you to apply formulas to your part Capture allows you to capture images o
ff of the screen into various formats such as TIFF, JPEG, PNG or BMP. The Album
option is where the captured images go by default. This option will allow you to
access them. The Video option allows you to record what you are doing and repla
y it. Records, edits and runs macros
Macro
Parent/Children Customize
Shows the relationships between components of the part Customizes the toolbars,
more information in Appendix A

Visualization Filters Allows you to create and apply filters
CATIA V5R6
Options
Customizes settings, more information in Appendix B
Conferencing
Tools available for conferencing a CATIA session

Window
CATIA V5R6
New Window Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Cascade
Creates a new window Tiles your windows horizontally so they do not overlap Tile
s your windows vertically so they do not overlap Cascades your windows so they o
verlap but you can still see the top and left side of each window
The other windows listed are the windows that are currently opened. You can swit
ch windows by selecting from the list.

Help
CATIA V5R6
CATIA V5 Help CATIA User Companion
Gets contextual help Activates the user companion if available
Contents, Index and Search Allows you to search the online help Whats This? User
Galaxy About CATIA V5 Allows you to select an option to get information about it
Goes to Dassault Systmes user galaxy Displays copyright information
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Bottom Toolbar in Part Design

CATIA V5R6
Creates a new part Open an existing part Saves the current part Prints the curre
nt part Cuts the selected objects Copies the selected objects Pastes whats been c
opied or cut Undoes the last action Redoes the last undo Gets help on a selected
item Generates a formula Generates a table Knowledge inspector Goes to fly mode
Fits all of the geometry in window Pans the display window Rotates the geometry
Zooms in Zooms out
Positions view normal to a plane Changes view Changes render style Hides/shows e
lements Swaps visible space Applies material to a part Measures between two item
s Measures an item Measures inertial properties Updates a part Creates an axis s
ystem Tolerancing Creates a datum Opens a catalog Change current body Performs a
draft analysis Performs a curvature analysis
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Part Design Workbench

Changes workbenches Selects geometry Goes to Sketcher Creates a pad Creates a po
cket Creates a shaft Creates a groove Creates a hole Creates a rib Creates a slo
t Creates a stiffener Creates a loft Removes a loft Fillets with a constant radi
us Fillets with a variable radius Fillets between faces Fillets using a tri-tang
ent Chamfers a corner Creates a draft angle Draft reflect Shells out a side
CATIA V5R6
Adds thickness to a side Creates thread notation Adds thickness to a surface Spl
its an object Closes a surface Sews a surface into a part Translates an object R
otates an object Symmetries an object Mirrors an object Generates a rectangular
grid Generates a circular grid Generates a user-defined grid Scales an object Cr
eates constraints by dialog Creates a constraint Creates text with a leader Crea
tes a flag note
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Sketcher Screen

CATIA V5R6
This is how the Sketcher screen normally looks when you first start a new sketch
. Notice that the pull-down menus remain the same. However, the workbench on the
side changes to the Sketcher workbench, and the toolbar at the bottom has some
changes. Also notice the grid that appears when you are in Sketcher. This grid c
an be turned on and off using the pull-down menu Tools/Options. This grid will b
e discussed in more detail later in this book.
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Sketcher changes to bottom toolbar

CATIA V5R6
When you go to the Sketcher, most of the icons in the bottom toolbar remain. A f
ew new ones also appear: Cuts part by sketch plane. This is helpful when you nee
d to use an edge of the crosssection to define a constraint. Toggles between sna
pping to a point of the grid or not snapping. In the Sketcher there is a grid de
fined in the default settings. This grid can be modified using the pull-down men
us. If this icon is highlighted then when you sketch, your selections will snap
to a point on the grid. If you do not have this icon selected then you can selec
t anywhere in the sketch to define a point for your sketch. Toggles between crea
ting standard geometry and construction geometry. When sketching, there are time
s when you just want to create some geometry to use for the construction of othe
r geometryyou do not want it to be an actual part of your sketch in Part Design.
If this icon is highlighted, the geometry you create will just be construction g
eometry, and will not be part of your sketch in Part Design. If you do not have
this icon selected, you will be creating standard geometry that will be used in
Part Design. Toggles between automatically generating geometric constraints or n
ot. If it is highlighted, CATIA will automatically generate geometric constraint
s as you sketch your profile. If it is not highlighted, geometric constraints wi
ll not automatically appear. Toggles between automatically generating dimension
constraints or not. If it is highlighted, CATIA will automatically generate dime
nsion constraints as you sketch your profile. If it is not highlighted, dimensio
nal constraints will not automatically appear.
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Sketcher Workbench

Changes workbenches Selects geometry Exits Sketcher Creates constraints by dialo
g Creates a constraint Creates constraints automatically Animates constraints Cr
eates a user-defined profile Creates a rectangle Creates an oriented rectangle C
reates a parallelogram Creates an elongated slot Creates an elongated curved slo
t Creates a keyhole Creates a hexagon Creates a circle Creates a circle through
3 points Creates a circle using coordinates Creates a circle tangent to 3 elemen
ts Creates an arc through 3 points Creates an arc through 3 points using limits
Creates an arc Introduction, Page 22 Creates a spline
CATIA V5R6
Creates a connect curve Creates an ellipse Creates a parabola Creates a hyperbol
a Creates a conic Creates a line Creates an unlimited line Creates a bitangent l
ine Creates a bisect line Creates an axis Creates a point Creates a point using
coordinates Creates equidistant points Creates an intersection point Creates a p
rojected point Creates rounded corners Chamfers elements Trims elements Breaks e
lements Quick trim Closes elements

Symmetries elements Translates elements Rotates elements Scales elements Offsets
elements Projects 3D geometry onto the sketch plane Intersects 3D geometry with
the sketch plane Projects canonical edges onto the sketch plane
CATIA V5R6
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Working with Documents

CATIA V5R6
It is important for you to understand how to work with the documents and especia
lly how to save them in order to be productive using CATIA Version 5. Creating a
new document This allows you to start a new document. For this class you will n
ormally start a Part document. This does not close any documents that are alread
y opened, it only creates a new window with the document. Select the new icon in
the bottom toolbar. This allows you to create a new document. The document that
will be created depends on the selection you make, either an analysis, drawing,
part, product or other. You see that there are many different types of document
s that you can create in CATIA. Select Part.
Select OK. This will create a new part.

Opening an existing document
CATIA V5R6
This allows you to open a document that has been previously saved. This does not
close any documents that are already opened, it only opens a new window with th
e document. Select the open icon in the bottom toolbar. This allows you to open
an existing document. A File Selection window should appear.
This allows you to specify the folder that you want to look in and then specify
the file or document that you want to open. Find the document that you want to o
pen and select it. You can either open a document by selecting it and then selec
ting Open or you can just double-click on the file and it will automatically ope
n. This step assumes that you just selected the file not double-clicked on it. T
he name of the document should appear in the File name box. Select Open. This sh
ould open the document.

Saving a document This allows you to save a document that you currently have ope
ned.
CATIA V5R6
Select the save icon in the bottom toolbar. This will allow you to save the docu
ment with the current name. If this is the first time you saved this document th
en it will automatically open a Save As window allowing you to specify a name fo
r the document. Otherwise it will just save the document with the same name it a
lready has. If you want to save a document with a different name, you have to us
e the Save As option in the pull-down menu File. Select the pull-down menu File.
Select Save As. A Save As window should appear. You will need to specify which f
older you want to save the document into and the name of the document.
Choose the correct folder and then enter the file name in the File name box. Sel
ect the Save button. Alternatively, you may press Enter. The document should sav
e with the new name. Introduction, Page 26

Closing a document
CATIA V5R6
This allows you to close a document that is currently open with or without savin
g. If the document has not been saved, CATIA will ask you whether or not you wan
t to save it. Select the pull-down menu File.
Select Close. If the document has already been saved and has not been modified,
CATIA will close the current document. If the document has been modified and not
saved, CATIA will open the Close window.
If you want to save the changes then press Yes. If the document has previously b
een saved, it will be saved again under the same name; otherwise, the Save As wi
ndow will appear. If you do not want to save the changes, press No. To return to
the document rather than closing it, select the Cancel button.

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CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Basic Sketcher

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This section will cover the basic use of the Sketcher to create profiles for the
Part Design package. This section will consist of four parts: basic shapes, pro
files, constraints and modifications to profiles. It is assumed that you have th
e default icons selected in the bottom toolbar. This includes the snap-to-grid i
con, the geometrical constraint icon and the dimensional constraint icon. These
and the other options in the bottom toolbar will be discussed in more detail lat
er in the manual. The pictures in this manual are shown without a grid; this is
to make them easier to see. When you are sketching, though, you will have a grid
by default. If you want to turn the grid off, you can use the pull-down menus.
Basic Shapes This part will discuss the various shapes that can be created in th
e Sketcher using the icons on the Sketcher workbench. The purpose of this group
of exercises is to introduce how to use those icons and generate the basic shape
s. The usefulness of these shapes depend on the profile you are trying to create
. Therefore you should just concentrate on what each icon allows you do and the
corresponding shape it creates. Later in the class you will learn how to put eve
rything together to generate your parts. The following exercises assume that you
are in a new sketch. The first page shows you the necessary steps to begin a ne
w model and start a new sketch on a particular plane. After that if you need hel
p you will have to refer back to that page. Note: It may not be necessary to do
all of the following exercises step by step. If you feel comfortable with the ma
terial then you can create all of the basic shapes on one sketch. If you struggl
e or would like more information then you can consult the individual exercise fo
r that shape.
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Creating a new part with a new sketch
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Select the new icon in the bottom toolbar. This creates a new document. There ar
e many types of documents possible, so next you will choose which type you want.
Select Part.
Select OK. This will create a new part. Select the Sketcher icon. This will acti
vate the Sketcher, but first CATIA needs to know which plane you wish to use for
your sketch. Select the yz plane. You can either select the yz plane symbol in
the center of your screen or you can select the yz plane name in the specificati
on tree. By selecting this plane you are telling the computer that you want to s
ketch a profile in that plane. CATIA will rotate the window around so that you a
re looking straight down on (that is, normal to) the plane to perform your sketc
h. Note: Remember to refer back to this page if you have trouble creating a new
part with a new sketch. Saving and closing the part Select the pull-down menu Fi
le. This will give you the option to use Save As. Select the Save As option from
the pull-down menu. This will open up the Save As window. You will need to spec
ify your directory in the Save in box and key in the file name in the File name
box. Select Save. This will save the document as a CATPart with the name you spe
cified in the directory you specified. You will now want to close the window bec
ause you are finished with this exercise: Select the pull-down menu File. This w
ill give you the option to Close. Select Close option from the pull-down menu. T
his closes the window and you are now ready to proceed to the next exercise.

Rectangle
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a rectangle using the rectangle ico
n. This is useful any time you need a box shape. All you have to do is specify t
wo opposite corners of the rectangle and Sketcher will generate it for you. Sele
ct the rectangle icon. Notice this icon has a down arrow on it. If you select th
e icon at the location of the arrow the various sub-option icons will appear. Fo
r now you just want the regular rectangle. Once you select the icon it should hi
ghlight. Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one of t
he corners of your rectangle. Select somewhere up and out to the right. This def
ines the other corner of the rectangle and the rectangle should appear similar t
o the one below.
Notice how the horizontal and vertical constraints automatically appeared on the
rectangle. If you wish, you can save your document: call it rectangle with your
initials.

Oriented Rectangle
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build an oriented rectangle using the ori
ented rectangle icon. This is useful any time you need a box type shape that is
oriented at an angle instead of being horizontal and vertical. You have to speci
fy a location for the rectangle to begin at and then specify the other end of th
e line representing a side of the rectangle. After doing that then you have to s
pecify a location for the height of the rectangle and then the rectangle will be
generated for you. Press and hold the left mouse button while on the down arrow
of the rectangle icon. This allows you to access the sub-option icons. You will
want the oriented rectangle icon. Release the button on top of the oriented rec
tangle icon. The icon should change to the oriented rectangle icon and highlight
. Notice how the rectangle icon no longer appears; it has moved to the sub-optio
ns now. Remember you can always access the suboptions by holding down the left m
ouse button on the down arrow of the respective icon. Select the origin point of
the sketch plane. This will specify one of the corners of your rectangle. The n
ext location that you select will define the orientation of the rectangle. Selec
t somewhere up and to the right. This defines the other end of a side of the ori
ented rectangle. The next location that you define will determine the height of
the oriented rectangle. Select somewhere up and to the left of the last location
. This defines the height of the oriented rectangle and it should appear similar
to the one shown below.
Notice how the parallel constraints automatically appeared on the oriented recta
ngle. If you wish, you can save your document; call it oriented rectangle with y
our initials.

Parallelogram
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a parallelogram using the parallelo
gram icon. This is useful any time you need a shape where the sides are parallel
to one another but they can be at any angle. This is similar to the oriented re
ctangle except the angle between sides does not have to be 90 degrees. You have
to specify a corner point for the parallelogram, then a point for the other end
of a line representing a side of the parallelogram. Finally, you have to specify
the endpoint for one other side of the parallelogram. CATIA will generate a par
allelogram using the given points. Press and hold the left mouse button while on
the down arrow of the rectangle icon. (Note: The rectangle icon may not current
ly be showing; if not, select the down arrow on the icon that is showing in the
rectangle spot. If you just completed the last exercise then the icon will be th
e oriented rectangle icon.) This allows you to access the sub-option icons. You
will want the parallelogram icon. Release the button on top of the parallelogram
icon. The icon should change to the parallelogram icon and highlight. Notice ho
w the previous icon no longer appears; it has moved to the sub-options now. Reme
mber you can always access the sub-options by hold down the left mouse button on
the down arrow of the respective icon. Select the origin point of the sketch pl
ane. This will specify one of the corners of your parallelogram. The next locati
on that you select will define the endpoint of one of the sides of the parallelo
gram. Select somewhere up and to the right. This defines the other end of a side
of the parallelogram. The next location that you define will determine the endp
oint of the other side. Select somewhere up and to the right of the last locatio
n. This defines the endpoint of the other side of the parallelogram and it shoul
d appear similar to the one shown below.
Notice how the parallel constraints automatically appeared on the parallelogram.
If you want, save your document and call it parallelogram with your initials.

Elongated Slot
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This will cover the steps necessary to build an elongated slot using the elongat
ed slot icon. This is useful any time you need to define a slot that is linear a
nd curved with a full radius on both ends. You have to specify a location for th
e center of one of the curved ends and then define a location for the center of
the other curved end. After doing that then you have to specify a location defin
ing the radius of the ends and then the elongated slot will be generated for you
. Press and hold the left mouse button while on the down arrow of the rectangle
icon. (Note: The rectangle icon may not currently be showing, just select the do
wn arrow on the icon that is showing in the rectangle spot. If you just complete
d the last exercise then the icon will be the parallelogram icon.) This allows y
ou to access the sub-option icons. You will want the elongated slot icon. Releas
e the button on top of the elongated slot icon. The icon should change to the el
ongated slot icon and highlight. Notice how the previous icon no longer appears;
it has moved to the sub-options now. Remember you can always access the sub-opt
ions by hold down the left mouse button on the down arrow of the respective icon
. Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify the center of o
ne of the curved ends of your slot. The next location that you select will defin
e the center of the other curved end of your slot. Select somewhere up and to th
e right. This defines the center of the other curved end of the slot. The next l
ocation that you define will determine the radius of the ends. Select somewhere
up and to the right of the last location. This defines the radius of the ends of
the slot and it should appear similar to the one shown below.
Notice how the parallel and tangency constraints automatically appeared on the e
longated slot. If you desire you can save your work; call it elongated slot with
your initials.

Elongated Curved Slot
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build an elongated curved slot using the
elongated curved slot icon. This is useful any time you need to define a slot th
at is circular and curved with a full radius on both ends. The first step is to
specify a location for the center of the circular path that the slot is going to
follow. Then you specify a location to define the radius of the circular path w
hich also is the definition of the center of one of the curved ends. The next st
ep is to specify the center of the other curved end along that radius. The last
step is to specify a location that defines the width of the slot. After all that
the elongated curved slot will be generated for you. Press and hold the left mo
use button while on the down arrow of the rectangle icon of the current workbenc
h. (Note: The rectangle icon may not currently be showing; just select the down
arrow on the icon that is showing in the rectangle spot. If you just completed t
he last exercise then the icon will be the elongated slot icon.) This allows you
to access the sub-option icons. You will want the elongated curved slot icon. R
elease the button on top of the elongated curved slot icon. The icon should chan
ge to the elongated curved slot icon and highlight. Notice how the previous icon
no longer appears; it has moved to the sub-options now. Remember you can always
access the sub-options by hold down the left mouse button on the down arrow of
the respective icon. Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will spec
ify the center of the circular path. The next location that you select will defi
ne the radius of the circular path and the center of one of the curved ends.

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Select out to the right. This defines the radius of the circular path that the s
lot is going to follow and the center of one of the curved ends of the slot. The
next location that you define will be the center of the other curved end. Selec
t somewhere down and out to the left of the last location. This defines the cent
er of the other curved end of the slot. The next location will determine the wid
th of the slot. Select somewhere above the last location. This determines the wi
dth of the slot and it should look similar to the one shown below.
Notice how the concentric and tangency constraints automatically appeared on the
elongated curved slot. If you desire you can save the document and call it elon
gated curved slot with your initials.

Keyhole
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a keyhole shape using the keyhole i
con. This is useful any time you need to define a keyhole. To get the keyhole, y
ou need to define four locations, in order: the center of the large radius, the
center of the small radius, the radius value of the small radius, and the radius
value of the large radius. After all that the keyhole will be generated. Press
and hold the left mouse button while on the down arrow of the rectangle icon. (N
ote: The rectangle icon may not currently be showing, just select the down arrow
on the icon that is showing in the rectangle spot. If you just completed the la
st exercise then the icon will be the elongated curved slot icon.) This allows y
ou to access the sub-option icons. You will want the keyhole icon. Release the b
utton on top of the keyhole icon. The icon should change to the keyhole icon and
highlight. Notice how the previous icon no longer appears; it has moved to the
sub-options now. Remember you can always access the sub-options by hold down the
left mouse button on the down arrow of the respective icon. Select the origin p
oint of the sketch plane. This will specify the center of the larger radius of t
he keyhole. The next location that you select will define the center of the smal
ler radius of the keyhole. Select down below. This defines the center of the sma
ller radius of the keyhole. The next location that you specify will determine th
e smaller radius of the keyhole. Select to the right of the last location. This
defines the radius of the smaller end of the keyhole. The next location will det
ermine where the larger radius is to begin. Select somewhere above the last loca
tion. This determines the size of the larger radius, and it should look similar
to the one shown below.
Notice how the parallel and tangency constraints automatically appeared on the k
eyhole. Save this document, if you wish, with the name keyhole, with your initia
ls.

Hexagon
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a hexagon using the hexagon icon. T
his is useful any time you need to define a hexagon. All you have to specify is
the center of the hexagon and the distance to a side. The hexagon will then be g
enerated. Press and hold the left mouse button while on the down arrow of the re
ctangle icon. (Note: The rectangle icon may not currently be showing, just selec
t the down arrow on the icon that is showing in the rectangle spot. If you just
completed the last exercise, the icon will be the keyhole icon.) This allows you
to access the sub-option icons. You will want the hexagon icon. Release the but
ton on top of the hexagon icon. The icon should change to the hexagon icon and h
ighlight. Notice how the previous icon no longer appears; it has moved to the su
b-options now. Remember you can always access the sub-options by hold down the l
eft mouse button on the down arrow of the respective icon. Select the origin poi
nt of the sketch plane. This will specify the center of the hexagon. The next lo
cation that you select will define the distance to a side of the hexagon. Select
to the right. This defines the distance to a side and the hexagon should appear
similar to the one shown below.
Notice how the parallel and coincidence constraints automatically appeared on th
e hexagon. Save your document, if you wish, giving it the name hexagon, with you
r initials.

Circle
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a circle using the circle icon. Thi
s icon is similar to the rectangle icon in the sense that it has many sub-option
s available. For the main option, all you need to do is specify two points, repr
esenting the center and radius of the circle, and the circle will be generated f
or you. Select the circle icon. Notice this icon has a down arrow on it similar
to the rectangle icon. If you select the icon at the location of the arrow the v
arious sub-option icons will appear. For now you just want the regular circle. O
nce you select the icon it should highlight. Select the origin point of the sket
ch plane. This will specify the center of the circle. The next location will def
ine the radius of the circle. Select any location a short distance away from the
center. This determines the radius of the circle. CATIA will generate a circle
If you desire you can save your work: give it the name circle with your initials
.

Circle through 3 points
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a circle passing through three poin
ts. You have to specify the three locations for the circle to pass through and t
hen the circle will be generated for you. It is assumed that you know how to acc
ess the sub-options of a particular icon therefore the steps will just tell you
to select the sub-option icon. If you have trouble, please refer back to the pre
vious exercises. Select the three-point circle icon. icon. It should be highligh
ted. This is located in the sub-options of the circle
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one of the locati
ons that the circle will pass through. The other two locations will finish the d
efinition of the circle. Select up and to the right. This specifies the second l
ocation for the circle to pass through. Select to the left of the last location.
This specifies the last location for the circle to pass through and the circle
appears similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save this document, calling it 3ptcircle with your initial
s.

Circle with Cartesian coordinates
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a
e to specify the coordinates for the center of
n the circle will be generated for you. Select
. and the icon should be highlighted. A Circle
circle using coordinates. You hav

the circle and its radius and the
the circle using coordinates icon
Definition window should appear
Notice that you can enter the coordinates using the Cartesian coordinate system
or the polar coordinate system. You will want to use the Cartesian coordinate sy
stem for this exercise. Enter 2 for H, 2 for V and 1 for Radius. The circle appe
ars similar to the one shown below.
Notice that the dimension constraints were automatically generated when you crea
ted the circle. If you desire you can save your document and call it circle coor
d with your initials.

Circle tangent to 3 elements
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a circle tangent to three elements.
You have to specify the three elements that you want the circle to be tangent t
o and then the circle will be generated. Start a new part and go into the Sketch
er with the yz plane. Select the circle using coordinates icon. You will use thi
s icon to create three circles in order to see how the tri-tangent circle icon w
orks. Create 3 circles using the following coordinates. H=0, V=3, Radius=1.5; H=
4.5, V=3, Radius=2; H=1.5, V=-1, Radius=1. Three circles should appear as shown
below. Next you will create a circle tangent to all three of these.
Select the tri-tangent circle icon.
It should be highlighted.
Select the three circles to be tangent to. This will specify the three elements
that you want the circle to be tangent to and the circle appears similar to the
one shown below. You can create a circle tangent to any three elements using thi
s icon.
If you desire you can save your document and call it tritangent with your initia
ls.

Arc through 3 points
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This will cover the steps necessary to build an arc passing through three points
. You simply need to specify any three points and an arc will be generated which
starts at the first point, ends at the third point and passes through the secon
d point. Select the three point arc icon. It should highlight.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one of the locati
ons that the arc will pass through. The other two locations will finish the defi
nition of the arc. Select up and to the left. This specifies the second location
for the arc to pass through. Select up and to the right of the last location. T
his specifies the last location for the arc to pass through and the arc appears
If you desire you can save your document and call it 3ptarc with your initials.

Arc through 3 points using limits
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build an arc passing through three points
. The difference between this method and the last one is the order used to speci
fy the three points. In this icon, the first two points you select are the endpo
ints, and the third is an additional point the arc will pass through. Select the
three point arc using limits icon. It should highlight.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one of the endpoi
nts of the arc. The other two locations will finish the definition of the arc. S
elect up and to the right. This specifies the other endpoint of the arc. Select
to the left of the last location. This specifies the location for the arc to pas
s through and the arc appears similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document and call it 3ptarclimits with your init
ials.

Arc
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This will cover the steps necessary to build an arc by specifying the center poi
nt and then the starting point and ending point of the arc. The first location t
hat you define will be the center point of the arc. The second location determin
es the radius of the arc and the starting point of the arc. The third location d
efines the other endpoint of the arc. Select the arc icon. It should be highligh
ted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify the center of you
r arc. The other two locations will finish the definition of the arc. Select up
and to the left. This specifies the starting point of the arc and the radius of
the arc. Select to the right of the last location. This specifies the other endp
oint of the arc and the arc appears similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document; call it arc with your initials.

Spline
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a spline. This icon is useful to cr
eate arbitrary smooth curves through a series of points. You need to specify a n
umber of locations for the spline to pass through and it will create a smooth cu
rve passing through them. The last point on the spline needs to be defined by do
uble-clicking. Select the spline icon. It should be highlighted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one endpoint for
the spline. The other locations will define the shape of the spline. Select up a
nd to the right. This specifies the second location for the spline to pass throu
gh. Select down and to the right of the previous location. This specifies the th
ird location for the spline to pass through. Select up and to the right of the p
revious location. This specifies the fourth location for the spline to pass thro
ugh. Double-click down and to the right of the previous location. By double-clic
king this location you are telling the computer that this location is the other
endpoint of the spline. The finished spline should appear similar to the one sho
wn below.
Save your document, if you wish, under the name spline with your initials.

Connect Curve
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a connect curve. This icon is usefu
l to create arbitrary smooth curves connecting two elements. You need to specify
the two endpoints of the connecting curve along the existing elements that you
wish to connect. This option has two sub-options which will appear to the right
of your sketcher icons in the bottom toolbar or wherever you located them. This
will connect the two elements with an arc This will connect the two elements wit
h a spline In this exercise you will use the connect with spline option, but fee
l free to use both options. Select the spline icon. It should be highlighted.
Create two splines that look similar to the diagram shown below. You will have t
o refer to the previous exercise if you need help creating the splines.
Select the connect curve icon.

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Select the connect with spline icon. This icon is located next to your sketcher
icons in the bottom toolbar or wherever you located them. Select on the spline n
ear the location shown below. Where you select the element determines one of the
endpoints of the connect curve. Select on the other spline near the location sh
own below. This defines the other endpoint and generates the connect curve. It s
hould appear similar to the diagram shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it connect curve with your initia
ls.

Ellipse
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build an ellipse. This icon is useful to
create elliptical shapes. This is a conic shape that has certain mathematical pr
operties useful for some designs. The first location you define is the center of
the ellipse; the second one gives both the orientation and one of the two diame
ters. Finally you define the other diameter by selecting another location. Selec
t the ellipse icon. It should be highlighted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify the center of the
ellipse. The next location determines the orientation and length of the ellipse
. Select down and to the left. This determines the orientation and the length of
the ellipse. The next location will define a location that the ellipse will pas
s through thereby defining the width of the ellipse. Select up and to the right
of the previous location. This specifies a location that the ellipse will pass t
hrough determining the shape of the ellipse. It should appear similar to the one
shown below.
If you desire you can save your document: call it ellipse with your initials.

Parabola
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a parabola. This icon is useful to
create parabolic shapes. This is another conic curve that has certain mathematic
al properties useful for some designs. You have to define a location for the foc
us of the parabola and then the apex, or tip. Finally you must define the two en
dpoints for the parabola. Select the parabola icon. It should be highlighted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify the focus of the
parabola. The next location determines the apex or tip of the parabola. Select b
elow the origin. This determines the apex. A parabolas shape is determined by the
distance between the focus and the apex. The next two locations define the star
ting and ending points of the parabola. Select up and to the left of the previou
s location. This specifies the starting location for the parabola. Select up and
to the right of the previous location. This specifies the ending location for t
he parabola and it should appear similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it parabola with your initials.

Hyperbola
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a hyperbola. A hyperbola is another
conic curve that has certain mathematical properties useful for some designs. Y
ou have to define a location for the focus of the hyperbola and then the center
of the hyperbola. After defining those locations then you must specify a locatio
n for the apex or tip of the hyperbola. Then you can define a starting point and
ending point for the hyperbola. Select the hyperbola icon. It should highlight.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify the focus of the
hyperbola. The next location determines the center of the hyperbola. Select a lo
cation well above the origin. This determines the center of the hyperbola. The n
ext location defines the apex, or tip. Select somewhere between the origin and t
he previous location. This determines the apex, or tip, of the hyperbola. The th
ree locations you have specified so farfocus, center, and apexdetermine the shape
of the hyperbola. Next you will specify its endpoints. Select to the left of the
origin point. This specifies one endpoint of the hyperbola. Select to the right
of the origin point. This specifies the other endpoint. The finished hyperbola
should appear similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it hyperbola with your initials.

Conic
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to create a conic. There are many sub-option
s available under this icon. Depending on which options you select will determin
e what you can define when creating the conic. You can define five points, tange
ncy at the first end, tangency at the second end or tangency at both ends. This
exercise will only cover creating a conic with tangency at both ends but feel fr
ee to use the other options until you are comfortable with them. Define tangency
at the first end Define tangency at the second end Define tangency at both ends
Select the conic icon.
It should highlight.
Select the tangency at both ends icon. This will allow you specify a location th
at will define the tangency at both ends of the conic. Select the origin point.
This defines the first end point of the conic. Select a location to the right of
the origin. This defines the second end point of the conic. Select a location a
bove and between the two points. This defines the tangency at both ends, from th
e endpoint to this point. Select below the last location. This defines the actua
l shape of the conic based on the previously defined tangencies. The conic shoul
d appear.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it conic with your initials.

Line
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a line. Use this icon for straight
edges of your profiles. To create a line, you only need to specify the two endpo
ints. Select the line icon. It should highlight.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one endpoint of t
he line. The next location specifies the other endpoint. Select up and to the ri
ght of the origin. This determines the other endpoint. The line should appear si
milar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it line with your initials.

Unlimited Line
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build an unlimited line. Use this icon fo
r straight edges of your profiles that you do not want a specific length but ins
tead you want it to go out essentially forever. This icon has three sub-options
that will allow you to create a horizontal, vertical or point to point unlimited
line. Depending on which sub-option you choose determines what is necessary to
create the line. In this exercise you will just use the point to point sub-optio
n but feel free to use the other options to get familiar with them. Select the u
nlimited line icon. It should highlight.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify a point along the
line. The next location specifies another point along the line. Select up and t
o the right of the origin. This defines another point along the line. The line s
hould pass through those two locations and go out essentially forever. It should
appear similar to the diagram shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it unlimited line with your initi
als.

Bi-tangent Line
CATIA V5R6
This will cover the steps necessary to build a bi-tangent line. A bi-tangent lin
e is tangent to two other elements such as circles. All you have to do is specif
y the two elements that you wish the line to be tangent to. Select the circle us
ing coordinates icon. You will create two circles using this icon.
Create 2 circles using the following coordinates. H=0, V=3, Radius=1; H=2, V=0,
Radius=.5 Two circles should appear as shown below.
Select the bi-tangent line icon.
It should highlight.
Select the right side of the larger circle. This will specify the line to be tan
gent to that side of the circle. The next location specifies the other element t
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Select left side of the smaller circle. This makes the line tangent to that side
of the circle as well. The line should appear similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document with the name bitangent with your initi
als.

Bisect Line
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a bisect line. A bisect line splits
the angle between two other lines. All you have to do is specify the two lines
that you wish to bisect and the bisecting line will be created. Select the line
icon. It should be highlighted.
Create two lines similar to the ones shown below. Start each line at the origin.
Select the bisect line icon.
Select one of the lines. This defines one side of the sector that will be bisect
ed. Select the other line. A bisecting line should appear similar to the one sho
wn below.
If you desire you can save your document with the name bisect with your initials
.

Axis
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This will cover the steps necessary to build an axis. An axis can be used for mi
rroring or for creating a shaft or groove in Part Design. To create an axis, all
you have to do is specify two endpoints. Select the axis icon. It should be hig
hlighted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This will specify one endpoint of t
he axis. Next you will specify the other endpoint. Select above the origin. This
determines the other endpoint of the axis and it should appear similar to the o
ne shown below.
If you desire you can save your document. Call it axis with your initials.

Point
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a point. Points are useful for cons
training your profile. All you have to do is specify a location for the point. S
elect the point icon. It should be highlighted.
Select up and to the right of the origin. This will specify a location for the p
oint. You also have the option of selecting an element to put the point on the e
lement at the specified location. That option will automatically add a coinciden
ce constraint. The point should appear similar to the one shown below.
If you desire you can save your document and call it point with your initials.

Point using coordinates
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This will cover the steps necessary to build a point using coordinates. This ico
n is useful for generating points at specific locations. Normally this is used t
o position an item within your profile. All you have to do is enter the coordina
tes in the window that opens. Select the point using coordinates icon. and the i
con should be highlighted. A Point Definition window should appear
Notice that you can enter the coordinates using the cartesian coordinate system
or the polar coordinate system. You will want to use the cartesian coordinate sy
stem for this exercise. Enter 2 for H and 2 for V. This will generate a point at
that coordinate and it should appear similar to the one shown below.
Notice the dimension constraints were automatically generated when you created t
he point. If you desire you can save your document and call it coord point with
your initials.

Equidistant points
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This will cover the steps necessary to build equidistant points. This icon is us
eful for generating points equidistant along an element. You have to specify an
element and then specify the origin or the starting location for your spacing. T
hen you have to specify the spacing and the number of points to be spaced. Selec
t the three point arc icon. It should be highlighted.
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This specifies an endpoint of the a
rc. The other two locations will determine the shape of the arc. Select up and t
o the right of the origin. This defines the second location for the arc. Select
down and to the right of the previous location. This defines the third location
for the arc to pass through and the arc should appear similar to the one shown b
elow.
Select the equidistant points icon. It should highlight. You will now have to sp
ecify the element you want to create equidistant points on. Select the arc. This
is the element that you are going to create equidistant points along. The next
location will determine the starting point for the spacing of the points. Select
the right end of the arc. This determines the starting point for the creation o
f the equidistant points. An Equidistant Point Definition window should appear.
There are three different Parameters options. Points & Length, Points & Spacing,
and Spacing & Length. In this exercise you will choose the Points & Spacing par
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Enter 1 for Spacing and 3 for New Points. This specifies the distance between th
e points and how many points that you want generated. Select OK. The points shou
ld appear similar to the ones shown below.
Notice that constraints were automatically generated for you. If you desire you
can save your document and call it equidist point with your initials.

Intersection Point
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This will cover the steps necessary to create a point at the intersection of two
elements. All you have to do to create an intersection point is select the two
elements. Select the line icon. It should be highlighted.
Create two lines as shown below.
Select the intersection point icon.
Select one of the lines. It will use this line as one of the intersecting elemen
ts. Select the other line. The two lines do not have to actually intersect as lo
ng as they would intersect if they were to continue in length. The intersection
point should appear with constraints as shown below.
If you desire you can save your document and call it intersection point with you
r initials.

Projection Point
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This will cover the steps necessary to create a point by projecting a point to a
n element. All you have to do to create a projection point is select a point tha
t you want to project and then select the element that you want to project the p
oint to. Select the line icon. It should be highlighted.
Create a line as shown below.
Select the point icon.
Create a point as shown below.
Select the projection point icon.
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Select the line. A projected point is created and should appear with constraints
as shown below.
If you desire you can save your document and call it projection point with your
initials.

Profiles
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This part will discuss the profile icon which the most commonly used icon when d
efining sketches. The purpose of these exercises are to demonstrate the usefulne
ss of the profile icon and how to use it effectively. You can use it to generate
basic shapes or more involved shapes all in one operation. The most common use
is to specify corner points of your desired profile and it will generate lines b
etween those points until you either click on the profile icon again, double-cli
ck a location or select a location that closes the profile. You also can use two
other icons that are located in the bottom toolbar to generate curves as you ar
e defining the profile. Also while using the line icon of profile you can genera
te curves by holding down the left mouse button and dragging it in the direction
you want the curve to go and it will know to create a circular curve from that
location. As you are defining the profile occasionally the element will appear i
n blue before defining the endpoint or a constraint may appear in blue. If you s
elect the endpoint while the element or the constraint is blue then it will auto
matically put those constraints on the geometry when it is created. This is usef
ul when defining horizontal and vertical lines because if they appear in blue wh
ile you are defining them then the horizontal and vertical constraint will autom
atically be generated on the element. You will now build various profiles to get
experience using the various capabilities of the profile icon. The first profil
e you are going to build looks like the one shown below.
Start a new part and go into the Sketcher with the yz plane. Select the profile
Select the origin point of the sketch plane. This specifies the starting point f
or your profile. When you specify the next location make sure the line appears b
lue before selecting the location. This will put the vertical constraint on your
element automatically.
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Select a location above the origin. If the line appeared blue before you selecte
d the second location then it should appear with the vertical constraint on it l
ike the one shown below. Make sure when you specify the other locations that tho
se elements appear blue as well before selecting the location.
Select a location to the right of the previous location. It should appear with t
he horizontal constraint on the element and look similar to the diagram shown be
low.
Select a location below the previous location along the H axis. It should appear
similar to the diagram shown below.
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Select a location to the left of the previous location. It should appear similar
to the diagram shown below.
Select a location above the previous location. It should appear similar to the d
iagram shown below.
Select a location to the left of the previous location. It should appear similar
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Select a location below the previous location. It should appear similar to the d
iagram shown below.
Select the origin point of the sketch again. The profile should appear similar t
o the diagram shown below and exit the profile icon.
If you desire you can save your document and call it profile1 with your initials
. Save the document and close it.
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You will now perform a sketch of a part using the three point arc icon in the bo
ttom toolbar during the sketch. This icon allows you to define a three point arc
while using the profile icon. The second profile you are going to build looks l
ike the one shown below.
or your profile. When you specify the next location make sure the line appears b
lue before selecting the location. This will put the vertical constraint on your
element automatically. Select a location above the origin. If the line appeared
blue before you selected the second location then it should appear with the ver
tical constraint on it like the one shown below. Make sure when you specify the
other locations for the lines that they appear blue as well before selecting the
location.
Select a location to the right of the previous location. It should appear simila
r to the diagram shown below.
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Select the three point arc icon in the bottom toolbar. This icon will allow you
to specify a location for the arc to pass through and an ending location for the
arc. The arc will begin at the last location specified which is the endpoint of
the line. Select up and to the right of the previous location. This specifies t
he location that the arc should pass through. The next point specifies the endpo
int of the arc. Select down and to the right of the previous location. This loca
tion should be straight across from the start of the arc. It should appear simil
ar to the diagram shown below. Notice how the three point arc icon in the bottom
toolbar automatically turned off and the line icon turned on.
Select to the right of the previous location. It should appear similar to the di
agram shown below.
Select below the previous location. It should appear similar to the diagram show
n below.
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Select to the left of the previous location. It should appear similar to the dia
gram shown below.
Select above the previous location. It should appear similar to the diagram show
n below.
gram shown below.
Select the three point arc icon in the bottom toolbar. This icon will allow you
to specify a location for the arc to pass through and an ending location for the
arc. The arc will begin at the last location specified which is the endpoint of
the line. Select up and to the left of the previous location. This specifies th
e location that the arc should pass through. The next point specifies the endpoi
nt of the arc.
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Select down and to the left of the previous location. This location should be st
raight across from the start of the arc. It should appear similar to the diagram
shown below. Notice how the three point arc icon in the bottom toolbar automati
cally turned off and the line icon turned on.
gram shown below.
Select below the previous location. It should appear similar to the diagram show
n below.
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Select the origin point of the sketch again. The profile should appear similar t
o the diagram shown below and exit the profile icon.
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You will now perform a sketch of a part using the tangent arc icon in the bottom
toolbar during the sketch. This icon allows you to define an arc tangent to the
last line while using the profile icon. The third profile you are going to buil
d looks like the one shown below.
or your profile. Select to the right of the origin. If the line appeared blue be
fore you selected the second location then it should appear with the horizontal
constraint. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select the tangent arc icon in the bottom toolbar. This icon will allow you to s
pecify an endpoint for an arc starting at the last location. It will automatical
ly put a tangency constraint on your profile at the initial point.
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Select up and to the right of the previous location. This specifies the endpoint
of the arc. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select up and to the right of the previous location. It should look similar to t
he diagram shown below.
ly put a tangency constraint on your profile at the initial point. Select up and
to the left of the previous location. This specifies the endpoint of the arc. I
t should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
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gram shown below.
ly put a tangency constraint on your profile at the initial point. Select down a
nd to the left of the previous location. This specifies the endpoint of the arc.
It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
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Select down and to the right of the previous location. It should look similar to
the diagram shown below.
ly put a tangency constraint on your profile at the initial point. Select the or
igin point of the sketch plane. This specifies the endpoint of the arc. It shoul
d appear similar to the diagram shown below.
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You can also create tangent arcs using the mouse instead of using the tangent ar
c icon in the bottom toolbar. In order to create an arc instead of a line you ne
ed to press and hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse in the genera
l shape of the arc. Then you can select the endpoint of the arc. The following s
teps will walk you through the steps necessary to perform this operation, howeve
r you may need to see it done in order to really understand how it works. You wi
ll generate the same profile you created in the previous exercise except you wil
l use the mouse to generate the arcs instead of the tangent arc icon. The final
sketch should look similar to the one shown below.
or your profile. Press and hold the left mouse button at a location to the right
of the origin. This specifies the endpoint of the line. You need to continue ho
lding the left mouse button down in order to specify the tangent arc which will
begin at this location. While holding down the left mouse button drag your mouse
in the direction that you want the arc to follow. Select a location up and to t
he right of the previous location. This will specify the endpoint of the arc. It
should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
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You can continue this process to complete the sketch. You will probably need to
practice this sketch a few times using this option in order to become proficient
. It is a much quicker method of creating tangent arcs then using the icon in th
e bottom toolbar. Finish sketching the part using the drag option for the tangen
t arcs. It should appear similar to the one shown below.
There is no need to save this sketch since it is similar to the previous one.
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Now that you have tried the various options with the profile icon you are ready
to sketch some practice sketches. Try sketching the following sketches and save
them as profile4, profile5 and profile6 respectively. Sketch the profile shown b
elow and save as profile4 with your initials.
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Sketch the profile shown below and save as profile5 with your initials.
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Sketch the profile shown below and save as profile6 with your initials.
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Constraints
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Constraints are similar to dimensions and they allow you to force your sketch to
be an exact shape. Sketches without constraints generally are not accurate enou
gh for your design and therefore it is necessary to put constraints on your sket
ch to make it an exact size. There are many types of constraints and most are li
sted below. Dimensional Constraints Distance Length Angle Radius/Diameter Semima
jor axis Semiminor axis distance between two elements length of an element angle
between two elements radius or diameter of a circle or arc semimajor axis of an
ellipse semiminor axis of an ellipse
Geometrical Constraints Symmetry Midpoint symmetric about an axis or line forces
an element to be located at the midpoint of another element forces three points
to be equidistant from each other positions an element so it will not move alig
ns one element with another makes a circle or arc positioned concentric to anoth
er circle or arc makes an element tangent to another element forces a line to be
parallel to another line forces a line to be perpendicular to another line make
s a line be positioned horizontally makes a line be positioned vertically Constr
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Equidistant point Fix Coincidence Concentricity
Tangency Parallelism Perpendicularity Horizontality Verticality

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When defining constraints on your sketch the color of the elements of the sketch
will change color depending on the status of the element. The table below shows
the default colors and the corresponding status. Color White Green Purple Black
Red Status Not constrained Perfectly constrained Over constrained Unresolved co
nstraint Invalid geometry
There are a few icons that allow you to generate constraints. Those icons are sh
own below. Constraint by dialog icon allows you to define constraints by selecti
ng them from a window. Most commonly used constraint icon to define basic constr
aints on elements and between elements. Allows the computer to automatically put
constraints on your sketch. Sometimes this is useful to get a start on the cons
traints. Allows for the animation of constraints. This is useful to see how the
sketch would change based on a constraint varying in size. Normally, the goal is
to perfectly constrain your sketch so that it is completely defined according t
o your specifications. Therefore you normally want your sketch to appear green w
hen leaving the Sketcher to go to Part Design. The first thing you need to remem
ber is that sometimes when you built your sketch constraints were automatically
generated. This was caused by two icons located in the bottom toolbar. One is fo
r geometrical constraints and the other is for dimensional constraints. Geometri
cal constraints Dimensional constraints By default these two icons are selected.
You should have seen some of the geometrical and dimensional constraints genera
ted in your previous exercises. In the following exercises you will sketch the s
hape shown and then the steps will walk you through constraining the sketch.
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Sketch the profile shown below and save as constraint1 with your initials. You s
hould make sure that the coincidence constraint appears in blue when defining th
e origin point of your sketch. That constraint will not appear after creating th
e sketch it is implied.
Notice some constraints were automatically generated. You will now put additiona
l constraints on your profile to make it perfectly constrained. Select the const
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Select the bottom horizontal line and locate the constraint below the line. A le
ngth constraint should appear underneath the horizontal line. The value that app
ears for you may not be the same as shown below.
You can use the constraint icon for almost all of the dimensional constraints. Y
ou will now use it to generate a constraint between two elements. Select the con
straint icon. This will allow you to define a constraint.
Select the horizontal line above the bottom one. This defines the first element.
You will now define the second element to create a distance constraint between
the two elements.

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Select the horizontal line above the previous one and position the constraint to
the right. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below except the value
may be different.
You can also use the constraint icon to put some geometric constraints on elemen
ts. You will now use the constraint icon to make the angled line have the horizo
ntal constraint. Select the constraint icon. This will allow you to define a con
straint.
Select the angled line. A constraint will appear but instead of positioning the
constraint at a location you will now press the right mouse button on the constr
aint.

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Press the right mouse button while on the constraint. Various options appear in
a window as shown below.
Select the Horizontal option. This puts the horizontal constraint on the element
. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
You will learn more about the other options that appear in the window later. Sin
ce it is not always convenient to have to press the constraint icon each time yo
u want to generate a constraint, there is a way to make it active for multiple c
onstraints. To do this you have to double click on the icon using the left mouse
button. This will keep the icon activated until it is turned off. You will do t
hat and then finish constraining your sketch.

Double click on the constraint icon with the left mouse button. icon for multipl
e uses.
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This activates the
Select the bottom right vertical line and position the constraint to the right.
It should appear similar to the diagram shown below but it may have a different
value.

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Select bottom horizontal line and then the horizontal line above the 1.5 line an
d position it to the right. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below
but it may have a different value.

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Select the bottom horizontal line and then the top horizontal line and position
it to the right. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below but it may
have a different value.

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Put the horizontal and vertical constraints on all of the elements that do not a
lready have them by selecting the element and then right clicking the constraint
and choosing Horizontal or Vertical. It should appear similar to the diagram sh
own below.
You will now put a coincidence constraint on two elements while the constraint i
con is still active. Select the vertical line between the base and the shelf. Th
is selects the first element, but instead of positioning a constraint you will n
ow select a second element. Select the vertical line between the shelf and the t
op of the sketch. This selects the second element. Now, you will right click on
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Press the right mouse button while on the constraint. Various options appear in
a window as shown below.
Select the Coincidence option. This makes the two elements coincident with one a
nother, meaning that they line up with one another. Your sketch should now appea
r similar to the one shown below but it may have different values.
Notice the part is almost perfectly constrained (green color). You will now fini
sh constraining the sketch while the constraint icon is still active.

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Select the left most vertical line and then the next
ion the constraint above the sketch. This constrains
coincident lines due to the coincidence constraint.
tical line of the shelf. It should appear similar to
it may have different values.
top
the
All
the
vertical line and posit

location of both of the
that is left is the ver
diagram shown below but

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Select the left most vertical line and the vertical line at the end of the shelf
and position the constraint above the sketch. This will put the final constrain
t on your sketch and it should appear all in green. It should also look similar
to the diagram shown below but may have different values.
You will now modify the values of your constraints to force your sketch to be a
specific size. You can change the values of the constraints any time after they
are created, you do not have to perfectly constrain your part ahead of time. The
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Select the constraint icon to turn it off. The icon should no longer appear high
lighted. As you experienced, it is much faster to constrain a sketch by forcing
the constraint icon to stay active by double clicking on it instead of having to
select it each time. To change the values of the constraints all you have to do
is double click on the value and then key in a new value. You can move the posi
tion of the constraint as well by selecting the constraint and holding down the
left mouse button you can drag the constraint to a new position. If you want to
relocate just the value then you can hold down the left mouse button on the valu
e, however, if you want to relocate the value along with the constraint arrows t
hen you must hold down the left mouse button on the arrow lines. Double click on
the constraint representing the total height of the sketch. A window appears as
shown below but it may have a different initial value.
Change the value to 7.00 and press OK. Notice that the sketch automatically chan
ged so that the height is now seven inches. You will continue to change values u
ntil all of the constraints are set to their proper values.

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Change all of the constraints to the values shown below. The sketch should look
just like the one shown below.
Save your document.

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Normally you do not have to put all of the horizontal and vertical constraints o
n your sketch to make it perfectly constrained. When you put a distance constrai
nt between one element and another it is assumed that the two elements are paral
lel to each other. Remember those constraint option windows that appeared when r
ight clicking the constraint.
These allow you to specify various constraints using the constraint icon that yo
u normally could not define. Most of the options are the same as the options tha
t were described before. However there are a few new options that you need to be
aware of in order to effectively use this icon. Reference This creates a refere
nce dimension that is shown only to let you know the value. You can not change t
he value of a reference dimension, it only reflects the actual value of the dime
nsion. Therefore if you put constraints on your sketch that changes that dimensi
on it will be reflected in the value.
Notice that a reference dimension has parentheses around the value.

Horizontal Measure Direction Vertical Measure Direction Default
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Puts the distance or length constraint to measure horizontally instead of the de
fault orientation. Puts the distance or length constraint to measure vertically
instead of the default orientation.
Horizontal
Vertical

Swap Location
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This swaps the constraint to go to the other side of the element. Sometimes when
you sketch you may get a line to the wrong side with respect to another and whe
n you constrain it, you can not give it a negative value in order for it to swit
ch sides. This is a good option to use in that circumstance, however, you can al
so just drag an element over using the left mouse button. After:
Before:
Allow symmetry line This allows you to define a symmetry line after selecting tw
o elements that you want to be symmetric to each other. After selecting the two
elements, use your third mouse button to activate the menu, select Allow symmetr
y line and then select the symmetry line.

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For the rest of the constraint exercises the initial sketch will be provided for
you to make it easier for you to concentrate on the actual constraints. Open th
e constraint2 document and save with your initials. This will open the part call
ed constraint2. In order to work with the sketch you will need to go to the Sket
cher and choose the sketch from the specification tree. Select the Sketcher icon
and then select the Sketch from the specification tree. This takes you into the
sketch and then you can start adding constraints. A diagram of the sketch is sh
own below.
Notice that the bottom horizontal line is already constrained. You will now be c
onstraining this sketch to look like the following diagram.

Double click on the constraint icon with the left mouse button. the constraint i
con to be used more than once.
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This will activate
Select the bottom horizontal line and position the constraint below the line. It
Select the bottom horizontal line and the bottom right angled line and position
the constraint to the right. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below
.

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Select the bottom horizontal line and the bottom left angled line and position t
he constraint to the left. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select the left curve and the bottom left angled line. This will make a constrai
nt but you are going to press the right mouse button to choose the Tangency opti
on. Press the right mouse button while on the constraint. A window should appear
with constraint options.
Select the Tangency option. This will force the line and the curve to be tangent
to one another.

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Select the left curve and position the constraint to the left. This puts a radiu
s constraint on your curve. Select the right curve and position the constraint t
o the right. This puts a radius constraint on your curve. It should look similar
Select the bottom left angled line and then the top left angled line. Press the
right mouse button while on the constraint. A window should appear with constrai
nt options.
Select the Allow symmetry line option. This will allow you to define a symmetry
line. Select the dashed line. This will put a symmetry constraint on the two ang
led lines using the dashed line as a symmetry line. It is important to select th
e symmetry line last. Also, it should be noted that this symmetry line is a cons
truction line not a standard line and therefore will not show up in Part Design.
You will learn more about construction elements later in this course.

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Select the bottom horizontal line and then the top line. Press the right mouse b
utton while on the constraint and select the Allow symmetry line option. This wi
ll allow you to define a symmetry line. Select the dashed line. This puts the sy
mmetry constraint on the two lines using the dashed line as the symmetry line. S
elect the bottom right angled line and then the top right angled line. Press the
right mouse button while on the constraint and select the Allow symmetry line o
ption. This will allow you to define a symmetry line.

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Select the dashed line. This puts the symmetry constraint on the two lines using
the dashed line as the symmetry line. It should appear similar to the diagram s
hown below.
Select the bottom horizontal line and the dashed line and position the constrain
t to the right. This puts a distance constraint between the two elements. It sho
uld look similar to the diagram shown below.

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The external profile should all be green now because it is perfectly constrained
. However you still need to constrain the circles. Select the left circle and po
sition the constraint up and to the left. This puts a diameter constraint on you
r circle. Select the right circle and position the constraint up and to the righ
t. This puts a diameter constraint on your circle. It should appear similar to t
You will now put a concentric constraint between the circles and the curves. Sel
ect the circle on the left and the curve on the left and then press the right mo
use button while on the constraint. A window should appear showing you some cons
traint options.

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Select the Concentricity option. This forces the circle to be concentric with th
e curve. Meaning that they have the same center point location. It should appear
You will now repeat the same procedure to put the concentric constraint on the o
ther circle and curve. Select the circle on the right and the curve on the right
and then press the right mouse button while on the constraint. The window shoul
d appear again. Select the Concentricity option. This forces the circle to be co
ncentric with the curve. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.

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Now the entire sketch is perfectly constrained. You will now change the values t
o match those shown below. Change the values of the constraints to match the dia
gram shown below. Remember you have to exit the constraint icon by selecting it.
Then you just have to double click on a value and a window will appear. After y
ou change the value press the Enter key or select OK.
Save your document.

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Open the constraint3 document and save with your initials. This will open the pa
rt called constraint3. In order to work with the sketch you will need to go to t
he Sketcher and choose the sketch from the specification tree. Select the Sketch
er icon and then select the Sketch from the specification tree. This takes you i
nto the sketch and then you can start adding constraints. A diagram of the sketc
h is shown below.
You will now be constraining this sketch to look like the following diagram.

Double click on the constraint icon with the left mouse button. the constraint i
con to be used more than once.
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This will activate
Select the bottom horizontal line and position the constraint below the line. It
Select the left vertical line and position the constraint to the left of the lin
e. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.

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Select the top horizontal line and position the constraint above the line. It sh
ould appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select the left angled line and position the constraint below and to the left of
the angled line. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
You are now going to exit the constraint icon and change the values of the const
raints. You will then finish constraining the sketch using the constraint by dia
log icon.

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Change the values of the constraints to match the diagram shown below. Remember
you have to exit the constraint icon by selecting it. Then you just have to doub
le click on a value and a window will appear. After you change the value press t
he Enter key or select OK.
You are going to the use the constraint by dialog icon to finish putting the con
straints on your sketch. However, it is important to remember that you could jus
t use the regular constraint icon to finish the constraints. In order to select
two elements at the same time you must press and hold the Ctrl key when selectin
g the second element. Select the bottom horizontal line. It highlights letting y
ou know that it has been selected. Press and hold the Ctrl key while selecting t
he horizontal line above the previous line. This allows you to select a second e
lement while keeping the first element highlighted. Select the constraint by dia
log icon. This opens a Constraint Definition window.

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Using that window you can specify which constraint or constraints you would like
to put using the elements that you currently have selected. Select the Distance
option. A check should appear in the Distance box. Select OK. A distance constr
aint should appear between the two elements. Press and hold the left mouse butto
n while on the constraint and drag it above the top line. It should appear simil
ar to the diagram shown below.
It is important to note that double clicking the constraint by dialog icon will
not keep the icon active for multiple uses since you must select the element or
elements before selecting the icon. Select the left angled line. It highlights l
etting you know that it has been selected. Press and hold the Ctrl key while sel
ecting the bottom end line. This allows you to select a second element while kee
ping the first element highlighted. Select the constraint by dialog icon. This o
pens a Constraint Definition window.

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Select the Perpendicularity option and select OK. This generates the perpendicul
ar constraint between those two elements. It should appear similar to the diagra
m shown below.
Select the left angled line. It highlights letting you know that it has been sel
ected. Press and hold the Ctrl key while selecting the right angled line above t
he previous line. This allows you to select a second element while keeping the f
irst element highlighted. Select the constraint by dialog icon. This opens a Con
straint Definition window.
Select the Parallelism option and select OK. This generates the parallel constra
int between the two elements. It should appear similar to the diagram shown belo
w.

Select the end line. This is the line at the end of the two angled lines. Select
the constraint by dialog icon.
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This opens a Constraint Definition window.
Select the Length option and select OK. This will generate a length constraint.
Press and hold the left mouse button on the new constraints arrow and drag it dow
n and to the right. By selecting the arrow you can move the entire constraint do
wn and to the right, however, if you press and hold the left mouse button on the
value then it would only move the value. It should appear similar to the diagra
m shown below.
Select the right angled line. It highlights letting you know that it has been se
lected. Press and hold the Ctrl key while selecting the connecting horizontal li
ne. This allows you to select a second element while keeping the first element h
ighlighted. Select the constraint by dialog icon. This opens a Constraint Defini
tion window.
Select the Angle option and select OK. This generates an angle constraint betwee
n the two elements.

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Press and hold the left mouse button while on the angle constraint and drag it t
o the right of the angled line. It should appear similar to the diagram shown be
low.
Change the values of the constraints to match the diagram shown below. You have
to double click on a value and a window will appear. After you change the value
press the Enter key or select OK.
Save your document.

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Up to now you have used the constraint and the constraint by dialog icons to gen
erate constraints. Next you will learn how the auto constraint icon and the anim
ate constraint icon works. Open the constraint4 document and save with your init
ials. This will open the part called constraint4. In order to work with the sket
ch you will need to go to the Sketcher and choose the sketch from the specificat
ion tree. Select the Sketcher icon and then select the Sketch from the specifica
tion tree. This takes you into the sketch and then you can start adding constrai
nts. There are two profiles in this sketch and you will try the auto constraint
icon on both profiles. Using the left mouse button box in the first profile show
n below. Press and hold the left mouse button while being up and to the left of
the first profile and drag a box around the profile. This will select all of the
elements in the box.
You can either select the elements before choosing the auto constraint icon or a
fter you select the auto constraint icon. In this case you selected the elements
before selecting the icon. Select the auto constraint icon. shown below. This w
ill open up an auto constraint window as

Elements to be constrained Reference elements Symmetry lines Constraint Mode spe
cifies what elements are to be constrained
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allows you to specify an element or elements to use as a reference for its const
raints allows you to specify the center lines it should use when assigning symme
try constraints if you specified a reference element then this will determine if
you want the constraints to be defined one at the end of another (Chained) or i
f you want all constraints to be defined from the reference element (Stacked)
Select OK. Since this sketch does not have any symmetry lines and it is referenc
ed by the origin location there is not a need to set any of the other options. I
t should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
You are now going to use the auto constraint icon to constrain the other profile
within this sketch.

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Using the left mouse button box in the second profile shown below. Press and hol
d the left mouse button while being up and to the left of the second profile and
drag a box around the profile. This will select all of the elements in the box.
Select the auto constraint icon. shown below.
This will open up an auto constraint window as
Select OK. Constraints appear on the profile, however it is not perfectly constr
ained since it is not referenced to any location. It should appear similar to th
e diagram shown below.
You will now undo the these constraints and you will try using the auto constrai
nt icon using reference elements. Select the undo icon in the bottom toolbar. Al
l of the constraints should disappear and the profile should appear highlighted.
If they do not disappear, keep selecting the undo icon until they disappear. If
the profile does not appear highlighted then select the profile like you did ea
rlier.

Select the auto constraint icon. shown below.
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This will open up an auto constraint window as
Select in the box for Reference elements. You need to select on the area where i
t says No Selection in front of the label Reference elements. Select the vertica
l line and horizontal line from the other profile that are at the origin. This m
akes those two elements the reference elements for the constraints. The window s
hould now appear as shown below.
You have two options on the Constraint Mode, either Chained or Stacked. This exe
rcise will have you choose the Stacked option, however both diagrams are shown f
or your reference. You may want to try one and then undo it and try the other op
tion. Select the Stacked option for the Constraint Mode. You have to select the
down arrow to access the drop down list and then select the Stacked option.

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Select OK. Constraints appear on the profile. Notice how all of the constraints
originate from the reference elements. If you use the Chained option then the fi
rst constraints originate from the reference elements but the other constraints
originate at the ends of the previous constraints. Both diagrams are shown below
for your comparison.
Stacked
Chained Save your document. Constraints, Page 122

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You will now try using the animate constraint icon on a constrained sketch. You
can use this icon at any time to see how your sketch changes as the value of a c
onstraint varies. In this exercise you will try using this icon on a perfectly c
onstrained sketch. Open the constraint5 document and save with your initials. Th
is will open the part called constraint5. In order to work with the sketch you w
ill need to go to the Sketcher and choose the sketch from the specification tree
. Select the Sketcher icon and then select the Sketch from the specification tre
e. This takes you into the sketch and it should appear similar to the diagram sh
own below.
You will now use the animate constraint icon on a couple of the constraints. Sel
ect the animate constraint icon. This icon allows you to select a constraint and
animate what happens as this constraint changes values.

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Select the 1 inch radius constraint in the upper left of the sketch. An Animate
Constraint window appears.
First value Last value Number of steps Actions
the starting value for the animation the ending value for the animation determin
es the number of steps shown as the value varies between the first value and the
last value
plays the animation backwards pauses the animation stops the animation plays the
animation forwards Options plays the animation once from start to finish plays
the animation from start to finish and then back to the start continuously loops
the animation forwards and backwards repeats the animation always showing it fr
om start to finish Hide constraints hides the constraints so all you see animati
ng is the geometry

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Change the First value to be .5, the Last value to be 2, and the Number of steps
to be 20. You are now ready to see the animation. Select the one way icon under
Options and then select the forward icon under Actions. Notice how the sketch c
hanges shape as the constraint varies from its starting value to its ending valu
e. Select the Hide constraints button and then select the forward icon again. No
tice how all of the constraints are not seen anymore. This option only shows the
actual geometry of the sketch. Select the round trip icon under Options and the
n select the forward icon under Actions. This time the animation plays from star
t to finish and then returns back to the start. Select the loop icon under Optio
ns and then select the forward icon under Actions. This time the animation plays
from start to finish and then returns back to the start over and over again. Se
lect the stop icon under Actions. This stops the animation. under
Select the repeat icon under Options and then select the forward icon Actions. T
his time the animation plays from start to finish over and over again. Select th
e stop icon under Actions. This stops the animation.
Select Cancel. Your sketch returns to the original shape and the constraints app
ear again. You should practice animating other constraints using the animate con
straint icon.

Modifications to profiles
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This involves modifying the geometry of your sketch to generate the desired prof
ile. The options include cornering, chamfering, trimming and breaking geometry.
If we have the geometrical and dimensional constraint options selected in the bo
ttom toolbar then some constraints may automatically be generated when performin
g these options. Corner There are three new icons that appear on the bottom tool
bar when you are in the corner option. trims both elements back to the corner tr
ims the first element selected back to the corner generates the corner without t
rimming the elements Open the corner document and save with your initials. This
will open the part called corner. In order to work with the sketch you will need
to go to the Sketcher and choose the sketch from the specification tree. Select
the Sketcher icon and then select the Sketch from the specification tree. This
takes you into the sketch and it should appear similar to the diagram shown belo
w.
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Select the corner icon. bottom toolbar.
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This activates the option and three new icons appear on the
Make sure that the trim all icon is selected on the bottom toolbar. This is norm
ally the default choice. This exercise is only going to cover this option since
it is the one most commonly used. It is suggested that you try out the other opt
ions on your own in order to make sure you understand their operation. Select th
e left vertical line and the top horizontal line. This specifies the two element
s that you wish to generate a corner between. You now have to arbitrarily locate
your corner which will determine its initial size. Select somewhere inside the
corner. The corner should appear with tangency constraints generated on the two
line and a radius constraint generated on the corner. It should appear similar t
o the diagram shown below.
You can change the value of the corner the same way you changed the value of con
straints previously. Change the radius value to be .5 inches. The corner changes
size. Undo the creation of the corner to get back your original sketch. You are
now going to generate radius corners at all intersection of your sketch with a
specified value.

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Select all of the sketch. You can do this by pressing and holding the left mouse
button up and to the left of the profile and then dragging the mouse down to th
e lower right, boxing in the entire profile. Select the corner icon. A radius te
xt box appears on the bottom toolbar.
Enter a value of .5 in the Radius box and press Enter. Corners appear at every i
ntersection at a value of 0.5. It should appear similar to the diagram shown bel
ow.
Notice that most of the .5 constraints have a f(x) symbol next to it. This means
that a formula has been applied to determine that constraint. In this case one
of the corner constraints is specified and then all of the other ones are set to
be equal to that one. If you were to change that one value then all of the othe
r values would change because of the formulas. In the diagram shown above the up
per left constraint is the driving constraint. Change the value of the driving c
onstraint to be 0.75. This is the constraint that does not have a f(x) symbol ne
xt to it. Notice that all of the constraints change to that value. You will lear
n more about formulas later in this course. Save your document.

Chamfer
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There are three new icons that appear on the bottom toolbar when you are in the
chamfer option. trims both elements back to the chamfer trims the first element
selected back to the chamfer generates the chamfer without trimming the elements
After choosing one of those icons and selecting the elements that you want to u
se to chamfer, three more icons appear. These determine what type of information
you can enter and what is generated when the chamfer is created. hypotenuse and
an angle two lengths one length and an angle Open the chamfer document and save
with your initials. This will open the part called chamfer. In order to work wi
th the sketch you will need to go to the Sketcher and choose the sketch from the
specification tree. Select the Sketcher icon and then select the Sketch from th
e specification tree. This takes you into the sketch and it should appear simila
r to the diagram shown below.

Select the chamfer icon. bottom toolbar.
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Make sure that the trim all icon is selected on the bottom toolbar. This is norm
ally the default choice. This exercise is only going to cover this option since
it is the one most commonly used. It is suggested that you try out the other opt
ions on your own in order to make sure you understand their operation. Select th
e left vertical line and the top left horizontal line. This specifies the two el
ements that you wish to generate a chamfer between. You can now arbitrarily loca
te your chamfer which will determine its initial size. Select the one length and
an angle icon. This will generate a length from the sharp corner back to the be
ginning of the chamfer along the first element selected and the angle is the ang
le of the chamfer. Select somewhere inside the corner. The chamfer should appear
with a length constraint and an angle constraint generated. It should appear si
milar to the diagram shown below.
Change the value of the length and angle to .5 and 30 respectively. Notice the c
hamfer changes size and angle. Luckily the 1.5 and 2.5 constraints were generate
d as distance constraints between two lines instead of length constraints. If th
ey were generated as length constraints then a window would appear telling you t
hat they would be converted to distance constraints because the chamfer will cha
nge the length of those lines.

Select the chamfer icon. bottom toolbar.
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Make sure that the trim all icon the default choice.
is selected on the bottom toolbar. This is normally
Select the right vertical line and the top right horizontal line. This specifies
the two elements that you wish to generate a chamfer between. You can now arbit
rarily locate your chamfer which will determine its initial size. Select the one
length and an angle icon. This will generate a length from the sharp corner bac
k to the beginning of the chamfer along the first element selected and the angle
is the angle of the chamfer. Select somewhere inside the corner. The chamfer sh
ould appear with a length constraint and an angle constraint generated. Change t
he value of the length and angle to .5 and 30 respectively. The final sketch sho
uld appear similar to the one shown below.
Save your document.

Trim and Break
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There are four icons that can be used to trim or break elements in the sketcher.
trims both elements back to the intersection or just trims a single element bac
k to the intersection trims both elements trims only the first element breaks an
element at an intersection or at an arbitrary location quickly trims elements,
there are three sub-options to this icon which determine how it works trims the
element back to the nearest intersections, getting rid of the side you select tr
ims the element back to the nearest intersections, keeping the side you select b
reaks the element at the nearest intersections closes a partial circle back to a
full circle Open the trim document and save with your initials. This will open
the part called trim. In order to work with the sketch you will need to go to th
e Sketcher and choose the sketch from the specification tree. Select the Sketche
r icon and then select the Sketch from the specification tree. This takes you in
to the sketch and it should appear similar to the diagram shown below.

Select the quick trim icon. The icon becomes activated.
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Select the break and rubber in icon. This will allow you to break an element and
trim it to the nearest intersections getting rid of the portion you select. Sel
ect the top horizontal line inside the circle. The line breaks at each intersect
ion of the circle and is removed from the inside of the circle. Select the quick
trim icon. The icon becomes activated.
Select the break and rubber in icon. This will allow you to break an element and
trim it to the nearest intersections getting rid of the portion you select. Sel
ect the bottom horizontal line inside the circle. The line breaks at each inters
ection of the circle and is removed from the inside of the circle. It should app
ear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select the break icon.
This will allow you break an element in to two pieces.
Select the circle and then the top left horizontal line. The circle breaks at th
e intersection of the line. A circle in CATIA has a natural break in order for t
he circle to have ends. Therefore it is not necessary to break a circle more tha
n once to get two pieces. Notice that coincident constraints appeared on the bro
ken elements automatically. Now that the circle is broken you can trim the two p
ieces to the appropriate intersections. Double click on the trim icon. on the bo
ttom toolbar. This activates the option and four new icons appear
Make sure that the trim all icon is selected.
This is normally the default choice.

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Select the top right horizontal line and the top right portion of the circle. Th
e circle should trim up to the intersection. Select the bottom right horizontal
line and the bottom right portion of the circle. The circle should trim down to
the intersection. Select the bottom left horizontal line and the bottom left por
tion of the circle. The circle should trim down to the intersection. The sketch
Sometimes it can be confusing seeing the curve between the lines but it appears
only to show the coincidence between the two circles.

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Now that you have gone through most of the constraint options you are ready to c
onstrain some sketches for practice. Save the constrained sketches as constraint
6, constraint7 and constraint8 respectively. Open the constraint6 document and g
o to the sketch and constrain the sketch to appear like the diagram shown below.
You will want to generate the four corners using the corner option first and th
en constrain the circles concentric to the corners.
Open the constraint7 document and go to the sketch and constrain the sketch to a
ppear like the diagram shown below.

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Open the constraint8 document and go to the sketch and constrain the sketch to a
ppear like the diagram shown below.
This ends the basic Sketcher section and you are now ready to start producing pa
rts using the Part Design workbench. From now on it is assumed that you know how
to use the various options that were covered in this section. If at any time yo
u get stuck please refer back to this section.

Hide/Show
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This small exercise is to cover the steps necessary to hide and show geometry, w
hether it be sketcher geometry or part design geometry. Open the hide show docum
ent and go to the sketch. You will now hide and show some geometry. Select the h
ide/show icon. This will allow you hide some of your geometry.
Select the circle. The circle disappears but it is not deleted. Select all four
edges of the window on the right. You can do this by selecting up and to the lef
t of the window and dragging the cursor over the entire window using the first m
ouse button. Select the hide/show icon. All four lines disappear but they are no
t deleted.
Select the swap visible space icon. Notice your background changes color and the
only geometry you see is the circle and the window that you hid earlier. You ha
ve just switched to the hidden side of your part. Select the hide/show icon. Sel
ect the circle. The circle disappears and returns to the visible or show side of
your part. Select all four lines and then select the hide/show icon. lines to t
he visible side of your part. Select the swap visible space icon. should see all
of your geometry. This will return the four
This returns you to the visible side and you
The procedure for hiding or showing geometry is always the same whether it is us
ing sketch geometry or part design geometry. There will be times when you are go
ing to want to hide some of your geometry because it starts cluttering up your d
isplay and you are not ready to delete it or you cannot delete it because it is
associated with other geometry. Save your document.
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This section will cover the basic use of the part design workbench to create par
ts. This section will consist of three parts: basic shapes, modifications to sha
pes and interfacing between part design and sketcher. Basic Shapes This part wil
l discuss the various shapes that can be created in part design using the icons
on the Part Design workbench. The purpose of this group of exercises is to intro
duce how to use those icons and their options. The usefulness of them depend on
the part you are trying to create. It is important for you to understand how to
use each of these icons in conjunction with your sketches to produce your final
part.

Pad
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The pad icon allows you to use a sketch and extrude it in a linear direction pro
ducing a solid pad. When you create a pad a Pad Definition window appears like t
he one shown below.
Initially the window will appear with only the First Limit and then you have the
option to select the More>> option to see the Second Limit. Since the options a
re the same for both limits they will be discussed only once. Type Dimension Up
to next Up to last Up to plane Up to surface allows you to key in a Length goes
to the next side of an existing part goes to the last side of an existing part g
oes to a specified plane which is its Limit goes to a specified surface which is
its Limit
When you select a Type other than Dimension you will have the option to specify
an Offset value from the corresponding limit. Profile Selection Mirrored extent
specifies which sketch will be used, you have the option to modify the sketch us
ing the sketcher icon next to the box applies to the Type Dimension, it will go
the same distance in both directions, thereby not being able to specify a second
limit changes the direction to the opposite direction
Reverse Direction Direction Normal to profile Reference
the direction will be in the normal direction of the sketch allows you to specif
y an element that defines the direction

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Open the pad1 document and save with your initials. You should see two sketches
already created for you. Select the pad icon. This will allow you to create a pa
d using one of the sketches. This exercise is going to cover the various methods
that you can use to create pads. Select Sketch.1. This specifies that you want
to use that sketch to define the profile of your pad. A Pad Definition window sh
ould appear similar to the one shown below.
For this pad you are going to use the basic option of keying in a length for pad
. You will also preview what the Mirrored extent and Reverse Direction options a
llow you to do. Change the value in Length to be 4. Do not press enter or else i
t will automatically create the pad with that value. Normally you would just ent
er the value and press Enter, however you are going to want to Apply in order fo
r you see what it is going to do until you understand the different options. Sel
ect Preview. A preview of what the pad will look like appears. You will now chan
ge some of the other options to see the difference between them. Select Mirrored
extent and select Preview. As you can see instead of the pad extending in only
the one direction 4 inches it now extends both directions 4 inches each. It basi
cally is using your current sketch as the mirror plane. Select Mirrored extent a
gain to turn it off and select Preview. Now you are going to reverse the directi
on in order for the pad to be created in the opposite direction. Select Reverse
Direction and select Preview. Notice that the pad is still going to be 4 inches
wide but it is now going in the opposite direction. This is the pad you want to
create.

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Select OK. The pad should be created and appear similar to the diagram shown bel
ow. Notice that the sketch automatically was hidden after being used by the pad.
This is true when using most of the options because of a setting under the pull
down menu Tools, Options.
You are now going to explore some of the other Types that you can use to define
limits for pads that you create. Select the pad icon. Select Sketch.2. This spec
ifies the sketch that you want to use to create the next pad. A Pad Definition w
indow appears as shown below.
Select Reverse Direction so that the direction is toward the other pad. Now you
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Change the Type to Up to next and select Preview. Notice that the pad only goes
to the next side of the other pad. It should appear similar to the diagram shown
below.
Change the Type to Up to last and select Preview. Notice that the pad goes all t
he way to the last side of the previous part. It should appear similar to the di
agram shown below.
Change the Type to Up to plane. When you use this option you have to specify a p
lane or a planar side that you want the pad to be limited by.

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Select the plane that is away from the origin and select Preview. Notice that th
e pad goes up to the plane and then stops. It should appear similar to the diagr
am shown below.
You may have to
e Up to surface
you can specify
ands the window
o the one shown
rotate the part around in order to see the limitation better. Th

option works very similar to the Up to plane option except that
a surface instead of a plane. Select the More>> option. This exp
and shows some other options. The window should appear similar t
below.
Currently the Direction is specified to be Normal to profile. You will turn that
off and specify an element to be used as the direction. Once again this is just
to show you the capabilities of the option. Select Normal to profile to turn it
off. The Normal to profile option is no longer activated. Select in the Referen
ce box. This allows you to specify an element to be used as the direction.

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Select the angled line closest to the origin and select Preview. The pad extrude
s in the direction of the line and stops at the plane that was specified earlier
. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select Normal to profile. This changes the direction back to being normal to the
sketch. You are now going to use a First Limit and a Second Limit to create the
pad. Under the First Limit select the Limit box. This will allow you to specify
a new plane for your limit. Select the angled side closest to the sketch. This
defines the First Limit. You will now define the Second Limit. Under the Second
Limit change the Type to Up to plane. Under the Second Limit select the Limit bo
x.

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Select the angled side farthest from the sketch and select Preview. This defines
the Second Limit and shows you a preview of your new pad. It should appear simi
lar to the diagram shown below.
Select OK. The final part should look similar to the diagram shown below.
This exercise showed most of the options available when creating a pad. There ar
e other shapes that have these same options and they work the same. Hopefully yo
u have a good understanding of what each option allows you to do. Note: Open pro
files (sketches) can be used to create pads or pockets as long as they will be c
losed by the other faces of your existing part. Save your document. Basic Shapes
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Open the pad2 document and save with your initials. You should see three sketche
s already created for you. Select the pad icon. This will allow you to create a
pad using one of the sketches.
Select Sketch.1. This specifies that you want to use that sketch to define the p
rofile of your pad. Using the Type Dimension and a Length of .75 create the pad.
The pad should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select the pad icon.
This will allow you to create a pad using one of the sketches.
rofile of your pad. Using the Type Dimension and a Length of .75 create the pad.
The pad should appear similar to the diagram shown below.

Pocket
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The pocket icon allows you to use a sketch and extrude it in a linear direction
producing a pocket. When you create a pocket a Pocket Definition window appears
like the one shown below.
Initially the window will appear with only the First Limit and then you have the
option to select the More>> option to see the Second Limit. Notice that the opt
ions are exactly the same as the options for creating a pad. The major differenc
e between pad and pocket is that a pocket is removed instead of added to your pa
rt. Type Dimension Up to next Up to last Up to plane Up to surface allows you to
key in a Length goes to the next side of an existing part goes to the last side
of an existing part goes to a specified plane which is its Limit goes to a spec
ified surface which is its Limit
When you select a Type other than Dimension you will have the option to specify
an Offset value from the corresponding limit. Profile Selection Mirrored extent
ing the sketcher icon next to the box applies to the Type Dimension, it will go
the same distance in both directions, thereby not being able to specify a second
limit changes the direction to the opposite direction
Reverse Direction Direction Normal to profile Reference Basic Shapes, Page 148
the direction will be in the normal direction of the sketch allows you to specif
y an element that defines the direction

You will now create a pocket in the existing part using Sketch.3. Select the poc
ket icon. sketches.
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This will allow you to create a pocket using one of the
rofile of your pocket. Select Reverse Direction. Using the Type Up to next creat
e the pocket. The pocket should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

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Open the pocket document and save with your initials. You should see a pad and a
sketch that have been created for you. Select the pocket icon. This will allow
you to create a pocket using the sketch.
rofile of your pocket. Change the Type to Up to next and select Preview. A previ
ew of the pocket should appear. It should appear similar to the diagram shown be
low.
Change the Type to Up to last and select Preview. A preview of the pocket should
appear. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select OK. The pocket appears. Save your document.

Multiple Profiles
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You can create objects using a single profile of a sketch that contains multiple
profiles. This allows you to create multiple profiles on the same sketch and th
en using pad or pocket you can have each profile extrude a different distance as
if they were separate sketches. When you do this each pad or pocket will refere
nce the same sketch just a different part of the sketch. Open the multiple profi
les document and save with your initials. You should see a sketch that has alrea
dy been created for you. Select the pad icon. In the Selection box press the thi
rd mouse button and select Go to profile definition. The Profile Definition wind
ow appears as shown below.
This will allow you to select the sub-elements of a sketch. Select the box porti
on of the sketch. Notice just by selecting an edge that entire profile was selec
ted but not the whole sketch. Select OK. This closes the Profile Definition wind
ow and returns to the Pad Definition window with the Selection being Complex. Ch
ange the Length to be 1 and select OK. The pad is created using just the one pro
file of the sketch. Notice that the sketch still remains shown because you did n
ot use the entire sketch therefore it did not automatically hide.

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Repeat the steps and create pads out of the other two profiles 1 inch in length.
The specification tree should have each pad using the same sketch as shown below
.
It is normally a better idea to create a separate sketch for each object but the
re are times when this capability becomes extremely useful, especially when cons
training. Remember this option is only available with pad and pocket. Save your
document.

Shaft
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The shaft icon allows you to use a sketch and rotate it in a circular direction
producing a solid revolution. It is necessary to have an axis defined in your sk
etch in order to create a shaft. The axis needs to represent the center of the r
evolution. When you create a shaft a Shaft Definition window appears like the on
e shown below.
As you can see there are few options when creating a shaft compared to creating
a pad. Limits First angle the angle in the initial direction from the sketch
Second angle the angle in the opposite direction from the sketch Profile Selecti
on Axis Selection defines the axis that the profile will be rotated around speci
fies which sketch will be used, you have the option to modify the sketch using t
he sketcher icon next to the box

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Open the shaft document and save with your initials. You should see two sketches
that have been created for you. Select the shaft icon. This will allow you to c
reate a shaft using a sketch.
rofile of your shaft. Change the First angle value to 90 and the Second angle va
lue to 135 and select Preview. Notice that the shaft went 90 degrees in the one
direction and 135 degrees in the other direction. It should appear similar to th
e diagram shown below. You can also use a negative value to get the shaft to sta
rt and end at a different location then where the sketch is.
Change the First angle value to -90 and the Second angle value to 270 and select
Preview. Notice that the shaft begins at -90 and ends at 270. The total angle t
hat the shaft covers is the addition of the two angles, therefore it is necessar
y that the sum does not exceed 360. It should appear similar to the diagram show
n below.

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Change the First angle value to 90 and the Second angle value to 90 and select P
review. Now the shaft is defined for the other half. It should appear similar to
Change the Second angle value to 0 and the First angle value to 360 and select O
K. The shaft is created as a full revolution. It should appear similar to the di
agram shown below.

Groove
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The groove icon allows you to use a sketch and rotate it in a circular direction
producing a solid revolution that is removed from the current part. It is neces
sary to have an axis defined in your sketch in order to create a groove. The axi
s needs to represent the center of the revolution. When you create a groove a Gr
oove Definition window appears like the one shown below.
Notice that the options are exactly the same as the options for creating a shaft
. The major difference between shaft and groove is that a groove is removed inst
ead of added to your part. Limits First angle the angle in the initial direction
from the sketch
Second angle the angle in the opposite direction from the sketch Profile Selecti
on Axis Selection defines the axis that the profile will be rotated around speci
fies which sketch will be used, you have the option to modify the sketch using t
he sketcher icon next to the box

Select the groove icon.
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This will allow you to create a groove using a sketch.
rofile of your groove. Change the First angle value to 360 and the Second angle
value to 0 and select OK. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
You can define the angles the same way as you define the angles for a shaft. Sav
e your document.

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Open the groove document and save with your initials. You should see a shaft and
a sketch that have been created for you. Select the groove icon. This will allo
w you to create a groove using a sketch.
rofile of your groove. Change the First angle value to -15 and the Second angle
value to 345 and select Apply. Notice that the groove has a 30 degree gap in it
centered around the sketch. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Select OK. Save your document.

Hole
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The hole icon allows you to create a variety of holes from simple holes to count
erdrilled holes. When you create a hole a Hole Definition window appears like th
e one shown below.
There are many options for creating a hole. The various options are spread over
three tabs, Extension, Type and Thread Definition. The Extension options are exp
lained below. There are five different options for defining the length of the ho
le, many of which are similar to the pad and pocket options. Blind Up To Next Up
To Last Up To Plane Up To Surface Diameter Depth Limit Offset goes a certain di
stance goes to the next side of an existing part goes to the last side of an exi
sting part goes to a specified plane which is its Limit goes to a specified surf
ace which is its Limit the diameter of the hole the length of the hole, only app
lies to Blind defines the limit element, only applies to Up to Plane and Up to S
urface the offset distance from the limit

Axis Reverse Normal to surface reverses the direction of the hole
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aligns the axis of the hole normal to the surface if selected otherwise you can
specify the direction using the box below the option
Positioning Sketch Bottom Flat V-Bottom
allows you to constrain the center of the hole before creating
the hole will be flat on the bottom, only applies to Blind the hole will have a
v-shaped bottom, only applies to Blind, the angle of the v-shape can be specifie
d in the Angle box under the option
The Type options are explained below. Simple a straight hole with no parameters
Tapered
the parameters define the angle of the taper

Counterbored
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the parameters define the size and the depth of the counterbore
The counterbore diameter must be greater than the hole diameter and the hole dep
th must be greater than the counterbore depth. Countersunk the parameters define
the depth and angle of the countersunk
The countersink diameter must be greater than the hole diameter and the counters
ink angle must be greater than 0 and less than 180 degrees.

Counterdrilled
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the parameters define the diameter and depth of the counterbore and the angle fr
om the bottom of the counterbore to the diameter of the hole.
The counterdrill diameter must be greater than the hole diameter, the hole depth
must be greater than the counterdrill depth and the counterdrill angle must be
greater than 0 and less than 180 degrees.

The Thread Definition options are explained below.
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Thread Definition Type No Standard Metric Thin Pitch Metric Thick Pitch Thread D
iameter Hole Diameter Thread Depth Hole Depth Pitch Allows the user to enter the
values Uses AFNOR standard values Uses AFNOR standard values
Diameter of the thread Diameter of the hole How far the thread extends in the ho
le The depth of the hole The distance the thread drops in one revolution Determi
nes which way the thread will be revolved
Right-Threaded or Left-Threaded Standards Add Remove
Allows you to create a standard thread definition Allows you to remove a standar
d thread definition

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Open the hole document and save with your initials. You should see a part alread
y created for you. You will probably want to rotate the part so that you can see
the top surfaces easier. Select the hole icon. This will allow you to create a
hole. The nice thing about using the hole icon is that you do not have to genera
te a sketch ahead of time. It will create a sketch for you specifying the center
of the hole. You can go in to the sketch and put parameters on the sketch to po
sition the hole. You can also have it automatically generate parameters by selec
ting an edge or edges before defining the surface that you want the hole to appe
ar on. You will now try creating some holes using various options. Select the to
p inner edge of the rim. This specifies that you want the hole to be concentric
with this edge.
Select the flat surface at the bottom of the pocket. This specifies the surface
where you want the hole to be located. The Hole Definition window should appear.
Using the Extension tab change the mode to Up To Last and the Diameter to 1 inc
h.

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Using the Type tab change the type to Simple and select OK. This is the default
type so it may not be necessary to change it. The hole should appear similar to
Select the hole icon.
This will allow you to create a hole.
Select the bottom inner edge of the rim. This specifies that you want the hole t
o be concentric with this edge.
Select the flat surface at the bottom of the pocket. This specifies the surface
where you want the hole to be located. The Hole Definition window should appear.

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Using the Extension tab change the mode to Up To Last and the Diameter to 1 inch
. It may already have those settings, if it does then it is not necessary to cha
nge them. Using the Type tab change the type to Simple and select OK. This is th
e default type so it may not be necessary to change it. The hole should appear s
imilar to the diagram shown below.
Select the hole icon.
This will allow you to create a hole.
Select the top surface of the bottom plate as indicated by the arrow. This speci
fies that you want the hole to be approximately between the small radius and lar
ge radius on that surface. The Hole Definition window should appear.

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Using the Extension tab change the mode to Up To Last and the Diameter to 1 inch
. It may already have those settings, if it does then it is not necessary to cha
nge them. Using the Type tab change the type to Tapered and change the Angle to
45 and select Preview. The hole should appear similar to the diagram shown below
.
Using the Type tab change the type to Counterbored, the Diameter to 1.5 and the
Depth to .25 and select Preview. The hole should appear similar to the diagram s
hown below.

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Using the Type tab change the type to Counterdrilled, the Diameter to 1.5, the D
epth to .25 and the Angle to 120 and select Preview. The hole should appear simi
lar to the diagram shown below.
Using the Type tab change the type to Countersunk, the Depth to .25 and the Angl
e to 90 and select OK. The hole should appear similar to the diagram shown below
.
The previous steps took you through the different types of holes that you can cr
eate. There are some other options available under the Extension tab. Most of th
ose options apply to Blind holes and you should make sure you are aware of them.
The option that is not covered in this exercise that you definitely want to und
erstand is the option to change the direction of the hole. This option works exa
ctly the same as it did when you created pads. The thread options are not covere
d in this exercise but if you use those options, your hole icon in your specific
ation tree will appear with a thread notation. When you create a drawing from th
is part the thread notation will appear in the appropriate views. Basic Shapes,
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To finish this exercise you are going to create five more holes on the top surfa
ce of the bottom plate and then constrain all of them and the previous hole. All
the holes are countersunk holes using a depth of .25 and an angle of 90. Select
the hole icon. This will allow you to create a hole.
Create five holes at the approximate locations indicated by the arrows. The hole
s should be Countersunk, with a Depth of .25 and an Angle of 90. The diagram sho
wn below shows the locations. If you have trouble, please refer back to the prev
ious steps.
After you have finished creating the holes the part should appear similar to the
diagram shown below.

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Constrain the locations of the six holes using the constraints as shown below. T
his diagram is given just to show you the constraint values, you will have to co
nstrain each hole individually. It is suggested that you use the planes when con
structing your constraints. Notice that only the previous holes appear when you
constrain, this is because of the location you are at in the specification tree.
You will get more involved with the specification tree at a later time.
Note: This is not the suggested method to use when creating a group of identical
holes. Later in class you will learn how to define a pattern that can be applie
d to an object such as a hole. Save your document.

Rib
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The rib icon allows you to use a sketch to define a profile and then use another
sketch to determine the path that the profile will follow. When you create a ri
b a Rib Definition window appears like the one shown below.
The options are discussed below. Profile defines the shape that is supposed to b
e used for the rib
Center curve defines the path that is to be followed by the profile Profile cont
rol Keep angle Pulling direction Reference surface Merge ends keeps the profile
at the same orientation with respect to the center curve as it is initially as i
t follows the curve defines an orientation that you want the profile to keep as
it follows the center curve defines a surface that controls the orientation of t
he profile to be normal to the surface as it follows the center curve
creates material between the ends of the rib and existing material in specific c
ases
Open the rib document and save with your initials. You should see three sketches
that have been created for you. Select the rib icon. This will allow you to cre
ate a rib using the sketches.
rofile of your rib. Select Sketch.2. This specifies the center curve that you wa
nt your profile to follow. You are going to use the Keep angle option therefore
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Select Preview. A preview of the rib appears and should look similar to the diag
ram shown below.
Notice that the orientation with respect to the center curve is the same from be
ginning to end as it followed the curve. The orientation was determined by the i
nitial orientation the sketch had with the center curve. Next you will define a
pulling direction using the third sketch to see the difference. Change the Profi
le control to Pulling direction. You now have to define a direction. Select the
vertical line of Sketch.3 and select Preview. This defines that edge as the pull
ing direction for the rib. Select OK. The rib appears similar to the diagram sho
wn below.
Save your document. Basic Shapes, Page 172

Slot
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The slot icon allows you to use a sketch to define a profile and then use anothe
r sketch to determine the path that the profile will follow. The main difference
between a slot and a rib is that the slot will remove the material instead of a
dd material. When you create a slot a Slot Definition window appears like the on
e shown below.
The options are the same as the rib options but they are still discussed below.
Profile defines the shape that is supposed to be used for the slot
Center curve defines the path that is to be followed by the profile Profile cont
rol Keep angle Pulling direction Reference surface Merge ends keeps the profile
at the same orientation with respect to the center curve as it is initially as i
t follows the curve defines an orientation that you want the profile to keep as
it follows the center curve defines a surface that controls the orientation of t
he profile to be normal to the surface as it follows the center curve
removes material between the ends of the slot and existing material in specific
cases
Open the slot document and save with your initials. You should see a pad and a f
ew sketches that have been created for you. Select the slot icon. This will allo
w you to create a slot using the sketches.
rofile of your slot. Select Sketch.3. This specifies the center curve that you w
ant your profile to follow. You are going to use the Keep angle option therefore
you are ready to select OK.

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Select OK. The slot appears and should look similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

Stiffener
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The stiffener icon allows you to create a stiffener by defining the shape of the
stiffener in a sketch. It will fill in the area between that sketch and the res
t of the part. When you create a stiffener a Stiffener Definition window appears
like the one shown below.
The options are explained below. Thickness defines the thickness of the stiffene
r toggle between having the stiffener centered around the original sketch or hav
ing it extrude in only one direction
Mirrored extent Depth Profile Selection
specifies which direction you want the stiffener to follow toward the part in or
der to make the stiffener
ing the sketcher icon next to the box
This option is useful since you do not have to create a closed profile in your s
ketch. All you have to do is create the outside edge of your stiffener and it wi
ll limit itself to the boundaries of your existing part similar to pad. In this
exercise you will see that it does not extend underneath the existing part are i
nto the hole area of the part. Open the stiffener document and save with your in
itials. You should see a part made up of a few shapes. Select the stiffener icon
. sketches. This will allow you to create a stiffener using one of the
Select Sketch.8. This sketch is used to define the shape of the stiffener. A Sti
ffener Definition window should appear. Change the Thickness to .625 and make su
re that Mirrored extent is on. You are now ready to build the stiffener.

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Select OK. The stiffener is created and should appear similar to the diagram sho
wn below.
If you rotate your part around you will see that the stiffener limited itself to
the existing part. It did not continue into the hole or underneath the part.
Later in this course you will learn how to use edges of your part to
ain your sketches. If you want to attempt to do this now you can try
sketch on the center plane by using the line option and constraining
ngent to both curved edges. After creating the sketch you can create
on that side of the part as well. Save your document.
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a stiffener

Modifications to Shapes
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This part of the book will cover the icons that are available to let you modify
your parts. These options include filleting, chamfering, applying draft angles,
shelling, adding thickness and adding thread definition to your existing part. Y
ou will also learn how to modify the values that were used when creating basic s
hapes. Fillet The fillet icon allows you to create fillets on interior edges and
rounds on exterior edges. The program will determine whether you want a fillet
or a rounded edge based on the type of edge that is selected. There are a few op
tions when creating fillets. creates a fillet or round along edges of your part
Radius Object(s) to fillet Propagation
the radius of the fillet or round the edge or face that needs to be filleted Tan
gency Minimal will propagate around tangencies will only fillet the selected edg
e
Edge(s) to keep
defines rolling edges for your fillet
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creates a variable radius fillet or round along edges of your part
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Points Variation
the locations along an edge that you can specify a different radius Cubic Linear
maintains tangencies as it varies varies linearly, following a straight line
Circle Fillet
allows you to create a fillet that maintains its circular shape while using a sp
ine, this option could be used to create a fillet along two consecutive edges th
at are not tangent continuous that you want to be treated as a single edge
creates a fillet connecting two faces
Faces to fillet
the faces that you want to use to fillet between
creates a tri-tangent fillet using three faces
Face to remove
the third tangent face that will be removed when the fillet is generated

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Open the fillet document and save with your initials. You should see the followi
ng part.
Select the tritangent fillet icon. This will allow you to create a fillet using
two faces to determine the sides of the fillet and a third face that the fillet
will be tangent to. Select the left flat side. The side should highlight. You ma
y have to rotate the part in order to select the other side. Select the right fl
at side. The side should highlight. Notice in the Tritangent Fillet Definition w
indow that it automatically moved to Face to remove. The next face that you sele
ct will be removed and the fillet will be created tangent to that face. Select t
he front end of the part. This is the end that does not have the stiffener. Sele
ct OK. The front end of the part is filleted. It should appear similar to the di
agram shown below.

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Select the edge fillet icon. This will allow you to specify a radius and then se
lect edges that you want filleted or rounded. Change the radius to .125. Select
the edges as shown in the diagrams below. Sometimes the fillet outcome can vary
depending on which edges you select first. For our case select the angled lines
first.
Select OK. The fillets should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Notice that in the corners the fillets come to a sharp edge. This is because you
missed selecting two of the edges. Fortunately this is not your fault because t
hat is what you were instructed to do. This gives you an opportunity to modify y
our fillet and include those two edges.

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Double click on EdgeFillet.1 in the specification tree. This opens up the Edge F
illet Definition window and allows you to either add or remove edges to be fille
ted. Select the two edges shown in the diagram below. Notice that the other seve
n edges remain selected since you selected them the first time.
Save your document.

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Open the other fillets document and save with your initials. You should see the
following part.
Select the edge fillet icon. edges of the part.
This will allow you to put radius corners on the front two
Change the value of the Radius to be .5 and select the two front edges of the pa
rt as shown above. Select OK. The fillets should appear similar to the diagram s
hown below.
Select the edge fillet icon.
This time you are going to define edges to keep.
Select the More>> option and then select in the Edge(s) to keep box. This will a
llow you to select the rolling edges.

Select the three edges as shown below. The edges should turn a pink color.
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Select in the Object(s) to fillet box and select the edges as shown below. The r
adius value should still be 0.5.

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Select the variable radius fillet icon. This will allow you to create a variable
radius fillet along the top outside edge of the base. Select the top outside ed
ges of the base as shown below. Radius values should appear at the ends of each
edge selected.
Change the radii on the two sides to be 0.25 (4 places) and the radii on the fro
nt edge to be 0.125 (2 places) and select OK. The fillet should appear similar t
o the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

Chamfer
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The chamfer icon allows you to create chamfers either by using two lengths or us
ing a length and an angle. This will basically remove a sharp corner and replace
it with an angled corner. The Chamfer Definition window appears below along wit
h an explanation of its options.
Mode
Length1/Angle
the length is the distance from the sharp corner back to the start of the chamfe
r and the angle is the angle the chamfer will use when created the lengths speci
fy the distance from the sharp corner back to the start and end of the chamfer
Length1/Length2
Object(s) to chamfer these are the edges or faces that you wish to chamfer Propa
gation Tangency Minimal Reverse will propagate around tangencies will only chamf
er the selected edge
reverses the direction of the first length
Open the chamfer2 document and save with your initials. You should see the follo
wing part.

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Select the chamfer icon. This will allow you to create a chamfer along an edge.
The Chamfer Definition window should appear. Change the Mode to Length1/Length2.
This allows you to specify two lengths which are the distances from the sharp c
orner to the beginning and ending of the chamfer. Change Length1 to be 1 inch an
d Length2 to be .5 inches. You want the chamfer to begin 1 inch from the sharp c
orner and end .5 inches from the corner in the other direction. Select the edges
shown in the diagram below.
Make sure the direction is pointing across and not down, if it is not select the
Reverse box. This will force the chamfer to start 1 inch over and end .5 inches
down. Select OK. The chamfer is created and should look similar to the diagram
shown below.
Save your document.

Draft Angle
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The draft angle icon allows you to put draft angles on your part. This is useful
when designing molded parts since it is necessary for them to have draft angles
in order for the part to be removed from the mold. There are two options when c
reating draft angles. creates draft angles along faces of a part
Angle Face(s) to draft Selection by neutral face Neutral Element Selection Propa
gation
angle of the draft faces to be drafted selects the faces that are adjacent to th
e neutral face
the element that is to remain neutral and the angle is based off of this neutral
None Smooth uses the element that is selected only uses the element that is sel
ected and adjacent elements that are tangent to the selected element
Pulling Direction Selection Controlled by reference the direction that the mold
would be removed if toggled on then when you modify the pulling direction elemen
t the draft will modify accordingly

Parting Element Parting = Neutral Draft both sides Define parting element Select
ion
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uses the neutral element as a parting element applies the draft angle to both si
des of the parting element allows you to define a parting element other than the
neutral element the element that is used as the parting element
This has some of the same options as discussed earlier except you can choose a c
urved face and use its reflect lines to draft a side or sides. The draft option
uses colors to signify the different elements. The neutral element is blue, the
neutral curve is pink and the faces to be drafted are dark red. Open the documen
t called draft and save it with your initials. If you prefer you could open your
chamfer2 document and save it with the name draft. You should see the following
part.

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Select the draft angle icon. This will allow you to put draft angles on faces of
your part. The Draft Definition window appears. Change the Angle to 20 degrees.
Select the front face and the back face of the part. You will have to rotate th
e part around in order to select the back face. Select in the Selection box unde
r Neutral Element and select the top face of your part. This makes the top face
the neutral element. Make sure the pulling direction is pointing up. If the arro
w is not pointing up then you need to select it to reverse its direction. Select
OK. The draft angles are applied to your part and it should appear similar to t
You will now try applying a draft angle using the reflect lines option. Select t
he draft reflect line icon. This allows you to select a curved face and apply dr
aft angles to that side using the reflect lines of the curved face. The Draft Re
flect Line Definition window appears.

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Select the four curved faces of the part. There are two curved faces on the left
side and two curved faces on the right side. You can refer to the diagram shown
above for a reference. You may have to rotate your part around in order to sele
ct the other curved faces. Notice that neutral lines or reflect lines appear on
the curved faces. Make sure that the Angle is set to 20 degrees and that the pul
ling direction is pointing up and select OK. The draft angles are applied to the
sides of the part and it should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

Shell
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The shell icon allows you to hollow out a part by selecting which faces you want
removed and then specifying a wall thickness. This is a great option when worki
ng with thin walled parts. The Shell Definition window and its options are discu
ssed below.
Default inside thickness Default outside thickness Faces to remove Other thickne
ss faces
how far in the wall thickness will go from the existing part how far out the wal
l thickness will go from the existing part the faces that are going to be remove
d allows you to select faces and then specify a thickness from those faces other
than the default thicknesses specified earlier
Open the document called shell and save it with your initials. The part should l
ook like the one shown below.
Select the shell icon. This will allow you to hollow out this part. The Shell De
finition window should appear. Select the top face of the part. This is the face
that is going to be removed leaving a wall thickness. You can specify more than
one face to be removed but in this case you will not.

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Change the Default inside thickness to .125 inches and the Default outside thick
ness to 0 inches. When you specify a thickness you have to be careful not to spe
cify too large of a thickness because you can violate the radius of your curved
faces. For example, this part has radii of .25 and if you specify an Inside thic
kness equal to or greater than .25 then it will not be able to perform the shell
. Select OK. The shell is performed and it should appear similar to the diagram
shown below.
Save your document.

Thickness
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The thickness icon allows you to either add or remove thickness on a side of a p
art. You would normally use this option when you need to add thickness to a side
made up of several basic shapes. Otherwise, you would just modify the shape tha
t needs to be a different thickness. The Thickness Definition window and its opt
ions are discussed below.
Default thickness Default thickness faces Other thickness faces
the default amount of thickness that you want added or removed, a negative value
removes thickness the faces that you want the Default thickness to be applied t
o the faces that you want a different thickness applied to other than the Defaul
t thickness
Open the thick document and save it with your initials. The part should appear l
ike the one shown below.
Select the thickness icon. This will allow you to add or remove thickness to a s
ide. The Thickness Definition window should appear.

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Select the inside curved face of the outside cylinder. The face should highlight
. Notice that it propagated around to all tangent faces. Change the Default thic
kness to .125 inches. This will add .125 inches to the thickness of that face. S
elect OK. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

Modifying values
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When you create any of the basic shapes or perform any of the modifications to y
our part using the options discussed earlier they appear in the specification tr
ee. The values used to make up those shapes or modifications are stored in those
items. If you want to modify the values all you have to do is double click on t
he item in the tree and the definition window for that item will appear. This al
lows you to change any of the specifications in the window. You can also modify
the sketch of any of the basic shapes by double clicking on them as well. This w
ill take you to sketcher mode and then you can modify the constraints of the ske
tch. The following exercises will have you make changes to some existing parts.
Open the modify1 document and save it with your initials. The part should appear
Double click on Pad.2. Notice that the Pad Definition window appears. Also the o
nly thing shown on the screen now is from Pad.2 on up, everything that occurred
after Pad.2 does not presently appear. Change the Length to .5 inches and select
OK. The pad becomes thicker. Double click on EdgeFillet.2. Notice that the Edge
Fillet Definition window appears.

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Change the Radius to .125 inches and select OK. The fillets change size. The par
t should now appear similar to the one shown below.
Rotate the part so you can see the pocket in the middle of the part. It should l
ook similar to the diagram shown below.
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Double click on Sketch.8. Notice that it automatically went into sketcher mode.
You should see all of the constraints for the sketch.
Change the .25 radius constraint to be .375 inches. The sketch should change sha
pe but still be perfectly constrained. Exit the sketcher by selecting the icon.
This exits the sketcher and returns you to your part. The part automatically upd
ates reflecting the change you made to the sketch of the pocket.
Save your document.

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Open the modify2 document and save it with your initials. It should appear simil
ar to the one shown below.
Modify Hole.1 to have a diameter of 1.5 inches. Change Hole.4 to use Up to Surfa
ce and select the inside of the big cylinder. You should be able to see the hole
extend into the middle cylinder of the part. Modify EdgeFillet.1 to use a radiu
s of .625 inches. Modify EdgeFillet.2 to use a radius of .125 inches. The part s
hould look similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

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Open the modify3 document and save it with your initials. It should appear simil
ar to the one shown below.
Modify Pad.3 to be .375 inches thick. Modify Pad.4 to be Mirrored extent with a
Length of .25 inches. This will make the pad .5 inches thick. Modify EdgeFillet.
2 to use a radius of .125 inches. Change Hole.2 to be countersunk instead of cou
nterbored and use an angle of 90 degrees. Change Hole.3 to use a 1 inch diameter
and to be countersunk with an angle of 90 degrees. The part should look similar
Save your document.

Interfacing with Sketcher
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In order to create many of the parts that you will be creating it is necessary f
or you to be able to use existing part geometry to assist in making a sketch. Th
is part of the book covers how to use existing sides of your part to define a sk
etch plane and how to use existing edges of your part to constrain your sketch.
Open the interface document and save it with your initials. A single pad should
appear already created for you. Select the sketcher icon and select the face of
the part as shown below.
Notice that you were able to select a face of an existing part and use it to def
ine the sketch plane. This gives you added flexibility instead of always using t
he three primary planes. Create a box using the rectangle icon. It should be pos
itioned and look similar to the diagram shown below.
Constrain the left side of the rectangle to be coincident with the left edge of
the face. Notice that you will use the edge of the part to force the left side o
f the current sketch to be coincident with the left edge of that face. Constrain
the right side of the rectangle to be coincident with the right edge of the fac
e. Constrain the bottom of the rectangle to be coincident with the bottom edge o
f the face.
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Constrain the length of the right side to be 2.5 inches. The sketch should be pe
rfectly constrained and appear similar to the one shown below.
Exit the sketcher and create a pad using this sketch that is .625 thick, it shou
ld extrude into the existing part. The part now includes your new pad. Select th
e sketcher icon and select the face of the part as shown.

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Create and constrain the sketch as shown below. Notice that you will be using ed
ges of the existing part to constrain some of your elements.
Exit the sketcher and create a pocket using this sketch and have it go all the w
ay through the part. Select the sketcher icon and select the face of the part as
shown.

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Exit the sketcher and create a pad using this sketch, it should go .125 inches a
bove the existing face and go .75 inches below the existing face. This creates a
.125 extension on both sides of the part. Select the sketcher icon and select t
he face of the part as shown.

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Exit the sketcher and create a pocket using this sketch and have it go all the w
ay through the part. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Notice that it is not any harder to use part edges and faces to create your sket
ches. In fact it makes life easier because you do not have to create planes in o
rder to define your sketch plane, you can just use a face of the part. Also your
constraints can then be based on the edges of your part and therefore will chan
ge if you modify that particular item. However, you must be careful because some
times that can result in to problems. Now that you understand the basics of part
design you will now learn some advanced techniques using the sketcher. Save you
r document.
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This section discusses the advanced features of sketcher and how they can be use
d to help you design parts. It will cover how to get 3-D elements from your part
onto your sketch plane, use formulas, use construction geometry and use transfo
rmations. 3-D Elements on Sketch Plane This part will cover how to get 3-D geome
try from your part projected onto the sketch plane. If the geometry is projected
properly it will update when the part is modified. An example of this is if an
edge of a pad was projected, then that edge was moved due to some modification,
the projected elements would also be moved. Projected geometry is especially use
ful when working with construction geometry covered later in this course. There
are two icons that will allow this to happen. Project 3D Elements Intersect 3D E
lements projects 3-D geometry to the sketch plane intersects 3-D geometry with t
he sketch plane
Project 3D Silhouette Edges projects the implied edges of curved 3-D geometry Op
en the 3D elements document and save with your initials. This part has two plane
s pre-defined. A blue plane that is parallel to the YZ plane, and a green plane
that is parallel to the XY plane. Begin a sketch on the blue plane. This plane i
s going to have geometry projected to it. Select the project 3-D element icon. G
eometry will be projected in two different methods, selecting a face and selecti
ng an edge. Select the face that is shown in the diagram below. The boundary of
the face is projected to the plane as geometry.
Notice that
sociated to
change. You
on while on
the projected geometry is yellow. This means that the geometry is as

the part. If the part changes then the projected geometry will also
have the option of isolating the geometry using the third mouse butt
the geometry.

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Select the project 3-D element icon. This time, geometry will be projected in su
ch a manner that it will be updated when the pad is modified. Select the edge th
at is shown in the diagram below. This time you will only project a single edge
to the sketch plane.
Exit the sketch. You will see that the geometry was actually projected to the bl
ue plane as shown below.
Start a sketch on the green plane. This time, geometry will be intersected with
the sketch plane instead of projected. Select the intersect 3-D elements icon. s
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Select Rear Body from the specification tree. A warning message is displayed. It
is telling you that the geometry is not associated with the part and will not b
e updated when the part is changed.
Select OK. Select intersect 3-D elements icon. the part. This time, you will int
ersect selecting a face of
Select a side face of the Stiffener as shown below. This time the geometry is as
sociated with the part, and will change when the part is changed.

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Exit the sketch. The sketch geometry is displayed on the sketch plane as shown i
n the diagram below.
If geometry is selected that does not intersect the sketch plane, then an error
message will be displayed, and nothing will happen.
Save your document.

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Open the 3D elements 2 document and save with your initials. This part has a pul
ley and a plane pre-defined. The plane is parallel to the zx plane. Begin a sket
ch on the parallel plane. This plane is going to have geometry projected to it.
Select the project 3-D elements icon. of the pulley to the sketch plane. You are
going to try to project the curved edge
Select the curved edge (face) of the pulley as shown below. You will notice only
the center line shows up.
Select the undo icon. You were trying to get the curved edge projected not the c
enterline therefore you are undoing that projection. Select the project 3-D silh
ouette edges icon. circular edges of a part. This will allow you to project the
Select the curved edge (face) of the pulley again. The boundary of the face is p
rojected to the plane as geometry. Notice both edges the right and left side wer
e projected to the sketch plane and are associated to the 3-D geometry. Exit the
sketcher. It should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

Construction Geometry
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Construction geometry is useful when you need an element to exist in order to co
nstrain your sketch but you do not want that element to be part of your sketch w
hen in part design. This part of the book will use construction geometry, as wel
l as projected 3-D elements to build sketches. Open the construction geometry do
cument and save with your initials. This part has a pad already built for you. S
tart a sketch on the top face. On this face you are going to sketch a slot that
is constrained using construction geometry and projected elements. Project the t
op face to the sketch plane. This will project the elements, while keeping them
associated with the original pad. While the geometry is highlighted, select the
construction/standard element icon from the bottom toolbar. This will turn the g
eometry to construction geometry (geometry that only exists in the sketch plane)
. The geometry should now be dashed, rather than solid. Project the bottom edge
to the sketch plane as shown below. This will complete the construction geometry
needed from the existing part. Other construction geometry will be created as n
eeded.
Notice the geometry is already set as construction. The construction/standard ic
on will stay highlighted until it is selected again. Switch back to a normal vie
w of the sketch plane. Sketch a vertical line down the center of the part. This
line will be the center of the part. Notice that the line is construction geomet
ry. Make sure that the line is not highlighted before continuing. Construction G
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Select the constraint icon. You are going to constrain the vertical line to be i
n the center of the other two vertical lines. Select the left vertical line, the
n the right vertical line and using the third mouse button while on the constrai
nt select Allow symmetry line. Select the center vertical line. This will define
the outside lines to be symmetric to the center line forcing the center line to
be centered between the two lines. Select the construction/standard element ico
n. geometry instead of construction geometry. This allows you to create standard
Sketch a slot on the bottom half of the part as shown below. Remember the slot i
con under the rectangle icon.
The center of the slot created is a construction line. That construction line is
going to be centered between the bottom two horizontal projected lines.
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Constrain the center line of the slot to be centered between the bottom two proj
ected horizontal lines. The construction line should turn green, and symmetry sy
mbols should appear. Constrain the slot as shown below using the projected geome
try.
Now the slot is completely constrained. You will now create two circles and cons
train them with the center vertical line. Create two circles and constrain them
as shown below.
Exit the sketch. Using the sketch use pocket to remove the material with the Typ
e set to Up to last. The pocket is now made. Now, when the pad changes, the sket
ch will modify with it. Change the Length of Pad.1 to 10 inches instead of 6 inc
hes. Notice the slot changed dimensions with the changing of the pad and the two
holes stayed 1.25 inches from the center line. You do not see the center line b
ecause it is construction geometry and is only seen in the sketcher.

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Change the sketch of Pad.1 to be 7 inches wide instead of 5 inches. Notice that
the slot moved to stay centered and the holes moved to stay 1.25 inches from the
bottom edge. The part should appear similar to the diagram shown below.
Construction geometry does not always need to be generated. The edges of the par
t can be used directly from the part. Start a new sketch on the top of the part.
This time you are going to create another slot around the current one. You want
the new slot to be .25 inches away from the other slot, while the centers of th
e ends stay in the same place. Sketch a slot in the same place as the other slot
, but larger.
Constrain the sketch so that the two curved ends are concentric with the existin
g slot and that they are .25 inches away from the existing slot. Exit the sketch
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Using the sketch use pocket to remove the material with the Type set to Up to pl
ane and select the face as shown below. The pocket is now made. Now, when the pa
d changes, the sketch will modify with it.
Any changes made to the part will be reflected in the slots. Try making modifica
tions to the pad definition, or the original pad sketch and notice how they affe
ct the position of the holes and slots.
Save your document.
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Advanced Constraints
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This part will cover advanced constraining methods. You will also be using const
ruction geometry to define some of your advanced constraints. Open the advanced
constraints document and save with your initials. This document has a pre-define
d sketch and constraints. Double click on the Profile Sketch. This will allow yo
u to modify the sketch. Notice the sketch is over constrained.
Press the third mouse button while on the leftmost distance constraint (3.55). T
his will bring up a menu of options that can be performed on this constraint.

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Select the Offset.19 object option. This will bring up a window with more option
s.
Select Definition... This will bring up the Constraint Definition window. This o
ption allows you to change the value of the constraint or you can specify that i
t is a reference dimension only and therefore is not used as a constraint. If th
is is done then as the sketch is modified, the reference dimension will change a
s that distance changes but it does not force that distance to be any certain am
ount.
Select the Reference box and select OK. This will change the constraint to be a
reference dimension rather than an actual constraint. Notice that the sketch is
perfectly constrained and that the dimension appears in parentheses signifying t
hat it is reference only.
Press the third mouse button while on the constraint next to the reference dimen
sion (1.902). This will bring up a menu of options that can be performed on this
constraint.

Select Edit formula. This will bring up the Formula Editor window.
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Select the Offset.21 object option. This will bring up a window with more option
s.
The Formula Editor will allow you to enter a variety of formulas. Simple mathema
tical formulas to advanced formulas, such as engineering strain equations, can b
e entered in the Formula Editor. Based on the formula, a value will be calculate
d. Many times these formulas depend on other constraints in the sketch, so when
that constraint is modified, the formulated constraint will automatically recalc
ulate. This class will cover simple formulas but feel free to make them as compl
ex as necessary to get the proper results. Notice that the first box contains th
e current constraint name and the second box is where the formula is entered. Yo
u are going to enter a formula that will make this constraint be half the distan
ce of the reference dimension that you specified earlier. Enter 0.5* in the seco
nd box. You are going to make this constraint equal to half of the referenced di
mension. In order to specify the referenced dimension you just have to select th
e value and it will automatically put it in the box for you. Select the referenc
ed dimension (3.55) and select OK. The constraint adjusts, and a f(x) symbol app
ears next to it. This denotes a formulated constraint, and cannot be modified di
rectly. If the constraint is to be modified, then the formula has to be deleted.
Edit the formula of the bottom constraint (1.372). Use the same process as previ
ously covered. The Formula Editor window should appear.

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In the Formula Editor window set the constraint to equal the previously formulat
ed constraint and select OK (1.775). This will set the constraint to be exactly
the same as the other. Edit the formula on the top constraint (4.369). You are g
oing to make this constraint equal two inches more than the bottom constraint. T
he Formula Editor window should appear. Select the bottom constraint (1.775). Th
is enters that constraint to be used in the formula. Key +2in after the constrai
nt name in the second box. The (in) is mandatory, otherwise, the system does not
know what units you are using. The units used can be any length unit: in, ft, m
i, mm, cm, km, etc.
Select OK. The length is now two inches longer than the bottom constraint.
Edit the formula on the radius. You are now going
3 the value of the bottom constraint. The Formula
ey 1/3* in the second box. This will make the new
next constraint you select. Putting the fraction
y.
to make the radius equal to 1/

Editor window should appear. K
constraint be one third of the
in the parentheses is necessar

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Select the bottom constraint (1.775). This will make the value of the radius equ
al one third the length of that constraint. If you were to use a fraction after
a value then you need to put the fraction in parentheses in order for it to calc
ulate that value first. Modify the right dimension (2.197) to be twice the lengt
h of the dimension just below it (1.354). Notice how some of the constraint chan
ged automatically because they are based of that length.
Modify the bottom unformulated constraint (5.482) to be four times the length of
the (1.354) constraint. Change the angle constraint to be 70 degrees. You will
not put a formula on the angle constraint. You are now going to animate your las
t dimension constraint to visualize the formulas in action.
Select the animate constraint icon and select the last unformulated length (1.35
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Set the First value to 1.0, the Last value to 3.0, and the Number of steps to 40
. This will make our constraint animate between 1 and 3 inches, with forty inter
mediate steps. Select the loop icon from the Animate Constraint window. animatio
n run continuously. This will make the
Select the forward icon and watch the other dimensions change with the animated
constraint. Select Cancel. This will stop the animation of the constraints, and
return them back to the original position. Change the 1.354 constraint to be 1.5
. Press the third mouse button while on the 1.5 constraint. This will bring up a
menu of options that can be performed on this constraint. Select the Length.10
object option. This will bring up a window with more options. Select Display wit
h Leader. This will allow you to display the constraint with a leader arrow. Pre
ss and hold the first mouse button while on the 1.5 constraint and drag it out t
o the right. You see a leader arrow appear similar to the diagram shown below.
You can turn the leader back off by following the same steps but now the option
is to Display without Leader. You can also display the name and value instead of
just the value of the constraint. You are going to do that now.

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Press the third mouse button while on the 1.5 constraint. This will bring up a m
enu of options that can be performed on this constraint. Select the Length.10 ob
ject option. This will bring up a window with more options. Select Name/Value Di
splay. This will allow you to display the constraint name along with its value.
You can change the display back to just the value by following the same steps bu
t now the option is Value Display. Using similar options you can also Deactivate
and Activate the constraint. When you deactivate a constraint a little () symbo
l appears near the constraint. This exercise will not have you deactivate or act
ivate any constraints but try it out on your own. The last thing you will do wit
h the constraint is to rename it. Press the third mouse button while on the Leng
th.10=1.5 constraint. This will bring up a menu of options that can be performed
on this constraint. Select the Length.10 object option. This will bring up a wi
ndow with more options. Select Rename parameter. This will bring up an Edit Para
meter window.

In the left box change the name to be Lower_Height.
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Select OK. Now you can reference that constraint using formulas in another sketc
h or even in Part Design by using this parameter name. This is an excellent way
of building knowledge into your design. You will explore some of those options a l
ittle later in the course. Exit the sketch, and create a pad 6 inches wide using
the sketch.
You do not have to use formulas for every sketch, however, with the use of formu
las you can make your sketch easier to modify and you start to add knowledge to yo
ur geometry. Sometimes formulas are generated automatically when performing acti
ons such as cornering multiple corners at the same time. Save your document.

Sketch Transformations
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This part will cover the various transformation icons within the sketcher. There
are a variety of options when performing transformations on your sketch. You ca
n symmetry, translate, rotate, scale and offset existing geometry using transfor
mations. symmetry translate rotate scale offset copies geometry across a symmetr
y line moves or copies geometry in a specified direction rotates geometry, it ca
n duplicate or replace scales geometry, it can duplicate or replace offsets geom
etry in a normal direction while copying
Open the sketch transformation symmetry document and save with your initials. Sy
mmetry transformations are the most useful of the transformations. Symmetry cons
traints are built when the transformation is applied, hence, this could be very
useful when making a symmetric part of any type. This part has a sketch pre-buil
t. You are going to symmetry the sketch about the given center lines Edit the sk
etch. The sketch is fully constrained (the constraints are hidden) except for po
sition with two symmetry lines.
Select the symmetry icon. elements about a line.
You will be able to symmetry any number of geometric
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Select the profile. Using the mouse you can select the entire profile by holding
down the first mouse button and dragging a box around the profile. This will al
low all of the geometry to be selected. For this exercise, it is not necessary t
o select all the geometry at the same time, but when working with a more complex
document, it may be desirable to select many elements at the same time. When se
lecting the profile be careful not to select geometry that crosses the mirror li
ne because this can cause an artificial edge to be generated when you use this s
ketch in part design. Select the vertical construction line. This will define th
e mirror line. The geometry is duplicated on the other side of the symmetry line
. Notice the symmetry symbols on both profiles. These elements are now linked to
one another and when the left profile is changed, the right profile will change
also.
If you want you can symmetry both profile across the horizontal construction lin
e. Note: The symmetry line does not have to be a construction line. The line can
be standard or construction. Also, the geometry that you are using can be selec
ted either before or after selecting the icon. Feel free to show the constraints
and change them to visualize the symmetry working. Exit the sketch. Save your d
ocument.

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Open the sketch transformation translate offset document and save with your init
ials. This is another document with a pre-defined sketch. This sketch is to have
translations and offsets applied to it. Edit the sketch. Select the translate i
con. This will allow geometry to be translated.
Duplicate Instance(s) Duplicate mode Conservation of the constraints Length Valu
e Snap Mode defines the length of the translation forces the length to snap to t
he grid defined in your sketcher defines how many instances will be created, onl
y applies in Duplicate mode duplicates the geometry when translated reproduces s
imilar constraints on the translated profile when in Duplicate mode
Translations work in three steps. First you define what is to be translated, the
n you select the reference point, and then define a destination point. Select th
e spline. A blue cursor will appear. This means that it is ready for you to sele
ct the reference point. Select the point closest to the axis. This defines the p
oint that is to be translated. This point can be on the geometric element but it
does not have to be. The next point can either be at an exact location, or just
an arbitrary location. To obtain an exact distance, key a distance in the Trans
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Select about six inches above and to the right of the current spline. This will
create a new, duplicated spline. Notice no special constraints are added. Select
the undo icon. Translate the spline again this time using the Conservation of t
he constraints option. Notice that constraints were automatically generated on t
he new spline similar to the ones that were on the original spline. Select the u
ndo icon. You may want to try out the various options to make sure you have a go
od understanding of them. These options are available when using some of the oth
er transformations as well. Select the offset icon. There are many sub-options t
hat appear when defining an offset, they are explained below. Once you specify t
he element the options appear and you can define an offset by either just select
ing a location or by specifying a distance in the Offset area.
offsets a single element offsets the element selected and propagates along any t
angencies offsets the element selected and propagates along any connected geomet
ry will perform a double offset and can be used in conjunction with any of the o
ther three options Make sure the single element icon is selected with double off
set being off and select the spline. This defines what is to be offset. Select j
ust above the spline. This creates a spline offset, parallel, to the original. Y
ou will now use the other profile and try out the other options of offsetting.

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The rest of this exercise uses the other profile found in this sketch as shown b
elow.
You are going to do a series of offsets using different options each time and th
en undoing them. Select the offset icon. Select the single element icon. Select
the top line and select a location above it. Only that line gets offset.
Select the undo icon.

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Select the tangency propagation icon. This will grab all elements that are conti
nuous in tangency to the selected element. Select the top line and select a loca
tion above it. Notice that the curve and other line were offset as well because
they were tangency continuous to the selected element.
Select the undo icon. Select the point propagation icon. with the selected eleme
nt. This will grab all elements that are connected
Select the top line and select a location above it. Notice that the entire profi
le was selected since it is a closed profile and all of the geometry is connecte
d to the selected element through points.
Select the undo icon.

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Select the double offset icon. This will allow the geometry to be offset in both
directions at the same time. The point propagation icon should still be activat
ed. Select the top line and select a location above it. Notice that the entire p
rofile was offset in both directions.
If a red symbol appears when you are trying to select your offset location you c
annot select there because it violates a dimension. This is common when offsetti
ng a circle inward and you try to offset it beyond the radius of the circle. Hop
efully this gives you a good idea what each option allows you to do. Save your d
ocument.

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Open the sketch transformation rotate document and save with your initials. This
document also has a pre-defined sketch. In the sketch there is a keyhole that n
eeds to be rotated about the center multiple times. Edit the sketch. Select the
rotate icon. The rotate option is a four step process. You must define the geome
try to be rotated, a point of rotation, a reference line and then an angle. You
may also define a starting point and ending point to determine the angle instead
of defining a reference line and an angle.
The various options are the same as translate except you can define an angle ins
tead of a length. Select all of the keyhole. This can either be accomplished by
holding Ctrl and selecting the geometry, or by selecting and dragging a box arou
nd the keyhole. Change the number of Instance(s) to 5, make sure Duplicate mode
is on and Conservation of the constraints is off. This will make five duplicates
of the keyhole at equal distances around the rotation axis. You now have to def
ine the rotation point or the center of the rotation. Select in the center of th
e sketch. This will define the point that you want the geometry to rotate around
. Instead of defining a reference line and then an angle you are going to define
a starting point of the angle and then the ending point of the angle. Select th
e outside corner just below the keyhole. This defines the beginning of the angle
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Select the outside corner just above the keyhole. Notice the five keyholes fan o
ut as the cursor is moved towards the second corner. This defines the end of the
angle.
There should be a total of six keyholes evenly spaced about the center of the pa
rt. Notice there are no constraints on any of the other keyholes. Be sure no ele
ments are selected before the next step. Select the scale icon. This will allow
you to scale geometry larger or smaller.
The options are the same as translate except you specify a value for the scale i
nstead of a length. Make sure the Duplicate mode is off. Select all of the sketc
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Select in the center of the HV axis. The part will now be scaled about this poin
t. Change the Value to be 1.5 and select OK. This will scale the sketch to be on
e and a half times its original size. Save your document.

Sketch Analysis
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Open the sketch analysis document and save with your initials. This document als
o has a pre-defined sketch. Select the pad icon and select the sketch. A Feature
Definition Error window appears, stating that your sketch has points that are s
tandard geometry and they need to be construction geometry.
Select No. This will close the error window. Deactivate the pad icon. This gets
out of the pad creation mode. Edit the sketch. You will now correct the problem
using the Sketch Analysis option under the Tools pull down menu. Select Sketch A
nalysis under the Tools pull down menu. This will run a sketch analysis on your
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If you have a good sketch then there should only be closed profiles under Detail
ed Information. As you can see there is an open profile, an isolated line and an
isolated point. The error message you received earlier gave you an idea that th
ere was a problem with a point but that was it. You should notice three icons un
der Corrective Actions, these icons allow you to quickly fix your sketch and are
described below. changes the geometry to construction geometry closes the open
sections of a profile erases the geometry In this case you will change the point
to construction geometry. Select Point.22 in the Sketch Analysis window. Select
the construction geometry icon in the window. Notice that the point disappears
from the Sketch Analysis window because it is no longer considered to be a probl
em. Select Close. This will exit the Sketch Analysis window. You will now try to
make a pad out of this sketch again even though the sketch analysis still shows
some problems. Exit the sketcher. Try to create a pad with the sketch. Another
Feature Definition Error window appears as shown below.
Notice that this error message now tells you that you have open contours (profil
es) or some geometry that needs to be construction geometry instead of standard.
You will now go back in to your sketch and correct those problems using the ske
tch analysis tool. Select No. This will close the error window. Deactivate the p
ad icon. This gets out of the pad creation mode. Edit the sketch. You will now c
orrect the problem using the Sketch Analysis option under the Tools pull down me
nu. Select Sketch Analysis under the Tools pull down menu. This will run a sketc
h analysis on your sketch again.

Select Line.6 from the Sketch Analysis window.
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Select the construction geometry icon. The line disappears from the window becau
se it is no longer considered to be a problem. Notice that the center line has c
hanged to construction geometry, that was Line.6. You still have an open profile
that needs to be closed. If you look at the lower right corner you will see tha
t is where the problem is located. Select the open profile in the window. Select
the close icon. This will close the profile changing the status to closed as sh
own in the window.
Note: You need to be careful using the close option because if you have two line
s that have a break in between them and you close the profile it will just trim
one of the lines to the other. What you would want to do is erase one of the lin
es and then trim the other one, otherwise you generate a false edge on your pad.
You are now ready to create the pad. Select Close. This will close the Sketch A
nalysis window. Exit the sketcher and create a 1 inch pad using the sketch. Save
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Part Transformations
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This section will cover how to perform transformations on your part. The availab
le transformations are translate, rotate, symmetry, mirror and scale. These icon
s can be very useful for increasing your efficiency in your part design. The ico
ns are explained below. translates your part a specified direction and distance
without copying rotates your part around a specified axis and angle without copy
ing mirrors your part around a specified plane without copying mirrors an object
or list of objects around a specified plane while copying scales your part base
d off a reference point and specified scale Note: It is important to remember th
at all of these options other than the mirror option work on the entire part fro
m current position in the specification tree on up. Open the transformations doc
ument and save with your initials. This part has been pre-created for you. This
section will translate, rotate, symmetry, mirror, and scale this part. Select th
e translation icon. This will allow a part to be translated along a selected dir
ection. The Translation Definition window appears. You have to define a Directio
n and a Distance.
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Select the lower straight edge of part as shown below. By selecting an edge of y
our part, you define a direction for the translation.
A green symbol will appear on your part with two arrows. If you wanted to you co
uld select one of those arrows and drag it to define the translation otherwise y
ou can key in a specific distance in the window. Change the Distance to 2.0. The
distance is measured in the positive direction of the edge. Select OK. The part
is now translated two inches to the left. A Translate branch appears in your sp
ecification tree. Now you will rotate the part. Select the rotate icon. This wil
l allow the part to be rotated about any given axis, a given angle. The Rotate D
efinition window appears. You have to define an Axis and an Angle.
Select the same edge of the part. This defines the rotation axis. The part will
rotate about this line, positive direction being clockwise. Once again a green s
ymbol appears with two arrows. You can define the rotation using these arrows or
key in a specific angle. Change the Angle to be 270. This will change the part
to be vertical. The alternative to 270 degrees would be -90 degrees. Select OK.
The part is now rotated 270 degrees about the axis selected. A Rotate branch app
ears in your specification tree. Next, you will symmetry the part along the open
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Select the symmetry icon. This will allow symmetrical parts to be made about any
given face or plane, while not keeping the original part. The Symmetry Definiti
on window appears. You have to define a Reference element for the part to mirror
ed across.
Select the open face as shown below. The symmetry side of the part is displayed
as wireframe, giving a preview of the part that is going to be created.
Select OK. The part is now a mirror image of the original part. A Symmetry branc
h appears in your specification tree. This is useful for making left handed part
s out of right handed parts or vice versa. Delete the three previous transformat
ions. The part returns back to the original position. You are now going to mirro
r some of the geometry about a mirror plane. The difference between mirror and s
ymmetry is that mirror will duplicate the geometry. The other difference with mi
rror is that it can be applied to a specific object or list of objects in the tr
ee instead of to the whole body. If you want the mirror option to use something
other than the entire body you must select those objects before selecting the mi
rror icon. Select Pad.1 from the specification tree. It will use just this objec
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Select the mirror icon. This will allow for the object to be mirrored, while kee
ping the original object. The Mirror Definition window appears.
Select the face shown below as the Mirroring element. This will mirror the pad a
cross this face.
Select OK. The part has been mirrored making a closed loop. Notice only the pad
was mirrored and not the pockets. Normally in this case you would probably of wa
nted the pockets as well but this is just an exercise. From here, holes, slots a
nd other manipulations can be made to the part as though it was created as one p
iece. Select the scaling icon. You can scale the part about any given plane or a
ny point. Scaling about a plane will only make the scale ratio effect the part i
n the normal direction of the plane. Scaling about a point will make the entire
part scale about that point. The Scaling Definition window appears. You have to
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Select the point in the center of the three axis planes. This will define the po
int about which the part will be scaled. Notice the green symbol with the arrows
. You can adjust the scale using them or you can specify a ratio in the window.
Change the Ratio to 2.0. A wireframe model is displayed showing a preview. Selec
t OK. The part is now scaled to twice its original size. A Scaling branch appear
s in the specification tree.
Note: It is important to remember that the placement of the transformations in t
he specification tree can drastically effect the results. Save your document.

Patterns
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In this section patterns will be applied to different holes and pockets on a par
t. Patterns are also useful to quickly replicate any type of sketch across a par
t in a variety of ways. creates a rectangular pattern
The First Direction and Second Direction tabs have the same options. Parameters
There are three options for which parameters you are going to use to create the
rectangular pattern. They are Instance(s) & Spacing, Instance(s) & Length and Sp
acing & Length. the number of items you want the pattern to have in that directi
on the distance between each instance the total length of the pattern in that di
rection
Instance(s) Spacing Length
Reference Direction Reference element Reverse Object to Pattern Object Keep spec
ifications the item that is to be used when creating the pattern keeps the speci
fications of the object, such as Up to next. the element that specifies the dire
ction for the pattern reverses the reference direction
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Position of Object in Pattern Row in direction 1 Row in direction 2 Rotation ang
le Pattern Representation Simplified representation the row where the original e
lement should exist the row where the original element should exist
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the angle of the pattern in reference to the original element
allows you to specify which elements of the pattern you wish not to see in order
to speed up response time when dealing with large patterns
The circular pattern has similar options under More>>, but they deal with angula
r and radial directions instead of first and second. Patterns can use either the
entire part, a single object of the part or multiple objects of the part. If yo
u want to use multiple objects you need to select them before you select the ico
n.
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creates a circular pattern
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Some options are the same as the rectangular pattern so they will not be covered
again.
Axial Reference Parameters There are four options for which parameters you are g
oing to use to create the circular pattern. They are Instance(s) & angular spaci
ng, Instance(s) & total angle, Angular spacing & total angle and Complete crown.
the number of items you want the pattern to have in each circle the space betwe
en instances measured in degrees the total span that the pattern should be defin
ed in
Instance(s) Angular spacing Total angle Crown Definition Parameters
There are three options for which parameters you are going to use to create the
circular pattern. They are Circle(s) & circle spacing, Circle(s) & crown thickne
ss and Circle spacing & crown thickness. how many circles should be used in the
pattern the distance between each circle the total distance between the first an
d last circle
Circle(s) Circle spacing Crown thickness
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creates a user defined pattern
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Instances Positions Object to Pattern Anchor defines how the pattern is position
ed with respect to the original object the sketch that is used to define the pos
itions of the instances
The following exercise will explore the various pattern definitions to create pe
gs and holes. Open the patterns document and save with your initials. This part
has several holes in it as well as a square pocket that will be distributed thro
ughout the part using patterns. Select the rectangular pattern icon. selected it
em or the entire part. This will generate rectangular patterns using a
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Select the Peg. The peg can either be selected off of the tree, or from the part
. The Rectangular Pattern Definition window appears.
There are two directions that can be specified when creating a rectangular patte
rn. They are the First Direction and the Second Direction. When a Reference elem
ent is selected, a 1 and 2 vector will be displayed. The vectors can be reversed
by selecting the Reverse button in the window. Select the Reference element box
in the window. The box will highlight. In order to create a pattern the Referen
ce element has to be defined. Depending on what element is selected, the pattern
will be defined in different ways. Select the bottom pocket face as shown below
. This defines the face that will be the reference for the pattern. This also de
fines the positive direction for the 1 and 2 vector, these directions are the H
and V axis directions of the sketch of the object that contains that face.
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In the First Direction tab the following options need to be set: Parameters need
s to be Instance(s) & Spacing, Instance(s) needs to be 3 and Spacing needs to be
2 inches. This defines that in the first direction there should be 3 pegs with
2 inches between each one. In the Second Direction tab the following options nee
d to be set: Parameters needs to be Spacing & Length, Spacing needs to be 1.5 in
ches and Length needs to be 4 inches. This defines that in the second direction
the pegs should use 4 inches of space with 1.5 inches between the pegs. This wil
l create as many instances as necessary in order to not exceed a total length of
4 inches with 1.5 inches between each peg, which ends up defining three rows. S
elect OK. A square pattern of nine pegs have now been created. It should appear
Next, the same type of pattern will be created, but this time it will be skewed
to fit in the other end of the part. Select the rectangular pattern icon. Select
the Large Hole. This defines the object that is to be used for the pattern. Sel
ect the Reference element box in the window. Select the same bottom pocket face.
This will define the reference for the pattern. This time the same pattern that
was used before is displayed. The pattern is in the wrong direction and not sla
nted. Select the Reverse button for the First Direction. This will make the 1 ve
ctor reversed bringing the holes back to the part. Select the More>> button. Thi
s will bring up additional options for your pattern. You will change the Rotatio
n angle so that the pattern will fit in between the sides of the part. Change th
e Rotation angle to -15. This will rotate the pattern negative fifteen degrees.
Now the pattern lines up nicely with the tab.
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Select OK. The pattern is created and set in place at the angle you designated.
Save your document.
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Next a circular pattern will be created with the smaller hole in the center.
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Select the circular pattern icon. This allows you to create a circular pattern.
Circular patterns work similar to rectangular patterns in that they can be defin
ed in two directions. With circular patterns, they are defined using an Axial Re
ference and a Crown Definition. The Axial Reference defines how many times the h
oles are repeated around the axis as well as the spacing of the holes as they ro
tate around the axis. The Crown Definition defines how many holes there are in t
he radial direction. Select the Center Hole. This can be selected from the tree
or by selecting the part. The Circular Pattern Definition window should appear.
Select the Reference element box in the window. As with the rectangular pattern,
a reference element still has to be defined. Select the bottom pocket face. Thi
s will display the wireframe holes before they are created. This will use the or
igin of the sketch of the object that contains that face as the center of the ci
rcular pattern. In the Axial Reference tab the following options need to be set:
Parameters needs to be Complete crown and the Instance(s) needs to be 8. This w
ill have the pattern generate in a complete circle using eight holes equally spa
ced. In the Crown Definition tab the following options need to be set: Parameter
s needs to be Circle(s) & circle spacing, Circle(s) needs to be 3 and Circle spa
cing needs to be 1.25 inches. This will force the pattern to used 3 circles with
1.25 inches between each circle.
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Select OK. This finishes the pattern definition. It should appear similar to the
diagram shown below.
Save your document. There are times when holes, cutouts, or other geometry need
to appear in a pattern that is neither rectangular or circular. The user pattern
icon is useful because it allows you to define your pattern using a sketch of p
oints. The item that is used for the pattern will be centered on each point. Sel
ect the user pattern icon. sketch of points. The pattern can now be defined by a
user defined
Select the Square Cutout. This defines the object that will be used in the patte
rn. Select the Flange Sketch. This is a sketch of points that are constrained to
define the center of the square cutout at various locations.
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Select OK. This will create square cutouts at all the locations of the pattern.
By defining a series of points any type of pattern can be created, not just rect
angular or circular. If you wanted to use a sketch but not use all of the points
in the sketch you have the option of selecting the points after you have select
ed the sketch to remove them from the pattern. The other advantage of using a us
er defined pattern is that adding or removing elements of the pattern is as easy
as creating or deleting a point from the sketch that was used. There are situat
ions that occur when you need to change the size of one of the elements in the p
attern but not all of the elements in the pattern. The options you have are to r
edefine the pattern and then add the additional element or to explode your patte
rn. Exploding your pattern will cause each element in the pattern to be generate
d as an individual element. You are going to do this now. Using the third mouse
button select on RectPattern.1. This will open a window with various options on
it.
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Select the RectPattern.1 object at the bottom of the window. A new window should
appear similar to the one shown below.
Select Explode. Notice a whole bunch of pegs appear in your specification tree a
nd your part needs to be updated. These pegs are the result of CATIA creating a
new pad for element in the rectangular pattern. Select the update icon. Your par
t should update. Now that each peg is independent you can change just one of the
m. Save your document.
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Modifying Parts
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Many times it is necessary to modify parts after they have been finished. This i
s usually the case for many production parts as they go through the manufacturin
g process. The following documents will have multiple modifications made to the
part operations themselves, not the sketches. Modification of the sketches was c
overed earlier in the book along with making basic changes to the parameters of
parts. You can modify the constraints of a sketch when you are modifying the obj
ect that is using the sketch. As you will see when you double click on an object
the sketch constraints of that object will appear on the screen and you can dou
ble click on them to change their values without having to go in to the sketch.
These exercises will have you make some basic changes along with some more invol
ved changes to a part. Open the modify4 document and save with your initials. Th
is part has several different types of operations applied. You will make several
modifications to this part. Change the Length of the Main Body to be 4 inches.
This will change the height of the Main Body to 4 inches instead of 3 inches. No
tice the slot no longer cuts all the way through the part. Change the slot to go
all the way through the main body. The disadvantage of using a dimension value
to define a pocket is that if your part changes the dimension value does not aut
omatically change. Whereas using the other options the length of the pocket is d
efined by an element or a side of the part. Therefore when you change the part t
he pocket will automatically adjust to the those changes in most cases. It is su
ggested that you change the limit Type of the pocket instead of just increasing
the value of the dimension. Change the Length of the Back Mount 1 to be 1 inch.
This will change the pad definition to be 1 inch tall. Change the Small Hole Def
inition to have a .625 inch Diameter. This changes the diameter of all the holes
in the part. The hole pattern also needs to be changed to add three more rows o
f holes to the part. Change the Small Hole Pattern to have 7 Instances. The hole
pattern now has seven rows of holes instead of four. Next, the hook slot will b
e changed so that it is parallel to the main body instead of at an angle.
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Change the Second Angle of the Hook Base to be 90 degrees. The Hook Base, Hook T
op, and Hook Web all change with respect to the new angle. Next, the Hook Web wi
ll be changed to be thicker. Change the Hook Web to have a Thickness of .375 inc
hes. The web thickness is now .75 (.375 mirrored) instead of .5 in. All of those
changes were just a matter of modifying the parameters of the various elements.
You can also insert new objects into your tree by defining which object is the
Work Object and then the next operation will occur right after that object. The
object that is underlined in the tree is the Work Object. You are going to inser
t a new pad in your part right after the Back Mount 1 object. Select the third m
ouse button while on the Back Mount 1 object. An options panel will display.
Select the Define In Work Object option. This will display the part back to the
point that it was at when the Back Mount 1 pad was made. This can be done at any
point in the tree. This is very useful when wanting to go back and add to the p
art.

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Create a sketch on the bottom of the part. A rectangular mounting plate is going
to be added to the front of the part. Create and constrain the sketch as shown
below.
Create a pad that is .75 inches thick using the sketch. The pad should go from t
he botton of the part up .75 inches so you need to make sure your direction is c
orrect. This adds the pad into the part just after the Back Mount 1. Notice that
the new pad is underlined because it is the Work Object, therefore your part on
ly displays what has occurred up to that point. You will change the Work Object
so that it will display the entire part taking in to account all the operations.
Change the PartBody to be the Work Object. You do this the same way as you did
before using the third mouse button. This will show all the part operations that
have been applied to the PartBody. Now you will add fillets to the new pad. Dou
ble Select on the Fillets. The Edge Fillet Definition window displays. However i
nstead of changing the size of the fillets you are going to add additional edges
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Where the new pad is located, select all the edges next to the Main Body and tho
se along the top of the pad. The diagram shown below will show you which edges o
n one side of the part except for the hidden edge. You will need to select those
same edges on the other side. In the end, you should have selected an additiona
l 16 edges, 8 on each side, making a total of 58 edges selected. You can also re
move edges from your fillet definition by selecting edges that have already been
defined.
Select OK. The new fillets are now added in. It should appear similar to the dia
gram shown below.
Save your document.

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You can also change the properties of your objects or of the whole body. You wil
l continue working with this part and change some of the graphic properties of y
our part along with renaming your part body. Select the third mouse button while
on PartBody. This brings up the options panel. You will be changing the propert
ies of the body. Select Properties from the window. This opens a new window simi
lar to the one shown below. You will change the name of the body first and then
some of the graphic properties.
Select the Feature Properties tab. You will see a Name box and you can change th
e name by changing the text in the box. Change the name from PartBody to Finishe
d. The name should change but until you select OK or Apply it will not appear in
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Select the Graphic tab. The window should change to look similar to the one show
n below.
Change the Weight of the Edges to be 1. This will make the edges of your part ap
pear thinner. This will not take effect until you select Apply. When changing co
lor you can select the down arrow and a little window will appear with various c
olors. You have the option of selecting one of those colors or you can select th
e More colors... option at the bottom of the list. Select Color arrow under Fill
. This will allow you to change the color of the faces of the part opposed to ju
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Select the More Colors option. You may have to scroll down in order to see the M
ore Colors option. Another window opens with color options.
You can select a color from the Basic Colors or you can select a color from the
Custom Colors. Custom Colors are ones that you create using the Define Custom Co
lors >> option. You are going to create a Custom Color and then Apply it to your
part body. Select the Define Custom Colors >> option. The window changes to app
ear similar to the one shown below.
You can define a color by selecting in the color span or you can adjust the valu
es for the various options. When you get a color that you like you can add it th
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Create a color of your choice and select Add to Custom Colors. The color appears
in the Custom Colors. Select the color you just added and select OK. This takes
you back to the original properties window. Select OK. This applies and accepts
the settings for the part body.
Save your document.

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In this exercise you will learn how to replace a sketch with another sketch and
how to change the sketch support for a sketch. This allows you to make a complet
e change to the shape of an object without having to create a new object and the
n inserting it in the correct location and then removing the old object. Open th
e modify5 document and save with your initials. The slot that has already been c
reated in the part needs to be curved instead of straight across. Instead of goi
ng in and modifying the sketch you will create a new sketch and then replace the
current one with the new one.
Create the sketch on the face as shown above and constrain it as shown below. Yo
u have to be careful not to constrain your sketch using elements that do not get
generated until after the sketch you are replacing.

Exit the sketcher. You will now replace Sketch.3 with your new sketch.
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Press the third mouse button while on Sketch.3 and select Replace. The Replace w
indow appears as shown below.
You have the option of checking the Delete replaced elements and exclusive paren
ts box if you want the item you are replacing deleted instead of moved to the bo
ttom of the tree. Select the Delete replaced elements and exclusive parents opti
on. This will erase Sketch.3 when it is replaced by your new sketch. Select your
new sketch from the tree and select OK. Notice that the slot changed to be curv
ed instead of straight across. If you look in the tree you can see that your new
sketch is located where Sketch.3 used to be. The part should look similar to th
e one shown below.
After replacing that sketch you realized that you do not need the slot to go thr
ough the front wall just the back wall. Unfortunately you created that sketch us
ing the front face as the sketch support. You could modify Pocket.1 to use diffe
rent faces for its limits or another option is to change the sketch support for
that sketch. You are going to change the sketch support to be the front face of
the back wall instead of the front face of the front wall.

Press the third mouse button while on the sketch of Pocket.1.
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You will select the bottom option which is the name of the sketch and then selec
t the Change sketch support option from the new window. The current sketch suppo
rt appears highlighted. You will now select the new sketch support. Select the f
ront face of the back wall as shown in the diagram below.
Notice that the slot appears only in the back wall. The parameters of the pocket
did not change, it is still Up to last. The only difference is that the sketch
now belongs on the front face of the back wall. You can also cut, copy and paste
elements on your part. After much discussion with your team, they decide that t
he front extension needs two holes in order for the part to be bolted down more
securely. You want the same size hole therefore instead of recreating the hole y
ou are going to just copy and paste the hole. Select the third mouse button whil
e on Hole.3 and select Copy. Nothing appears to happen but it did copy the hole.
While having the cursor on the PartBody in your tree, press the third mouse but
ton and select Paste. This will paste the hole you copied earlier at the end of
the tree. An Update Diagnosis window appears because the hole is pasted right on
top of the hole you copied. Once you change the location of the hole the update
will work fine.

Select Close.
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Edit the sketch of Hole.4. You are going to constrain the sketch so that the hol
e is located at a different position. Constrain the sketch of the hole as it app
ears below.
Notice that the center of the hole was constrained to be equidistant between the
two lines and then one inch from the left edge. Exit the sketcher and the part
will update with the change.
Sometimes it is necessary to reorder the elements in your
ause you need one element before the other for constraint
operation occur or not occur on additional objects, such
mations. In this exercise you are going to reorder Hole.2
the specification tree.
specification tree bec

purposes or to have an
as when using transfor
to be before Hole.1 in

Select the third mouse button while on Hole.2.
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You will select the bottom option which is the name of the hole and then select
the Reorder option from the new window. This will open the Feature Reorder windo
w which will allow you to specify after which object you would like Hole.2 to go
.
Select Pocket.1 from the specification tree. Select OK. This puts Hole.2 after t
he pocket and before Hole.1. Another option you have available to you is to scan
through the tree looking at the various stages of your part design. Select the
pull down menu Edit and select Scan or Define In Work Object. This will open a S
can window that will allow you to run through your specification tree.
Press the forward button continuously until you go all way through your tree. Th
is is a good way to walk through a part design to get a better understanding of
the method of creation when you were not the one who created the initial part. T
hese exercises were to demonstrate various options that you have when modifying
your parts. A lot of them depend on how you constrained your part in the first p
lace. You want to make sure you pre-plan your approach before you start designin
g your parts in order to make it easy to modify. Save your document.

Inserting Bodies and Boolean Operations
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Since there are some operations that affect the whole part body, there are times
when it is necessary to use multiple part bodies in your part. In order to gene
rate a part that is composed of one main body it is necessary to use boolean ope
rations to combine the various bodies of the part. The disadvantage to using mul
tiple bodies is that you can not perform some operations across bodies unless th
ey have been combined. This exercise will have you insert bodies and then use bo
olean operations to combine the bodies into a single element. Inserting Part Bod
ies Open the assembly document and save with your initials. This document has se
veral bodies in it. They will all be combined into one body using various boolea
n operations to build the part. Select the pull down menu Insert and select Body
. This allows you to insert a new body into the part. The body gets inserted at
the bottom of the specification tree, you may have to scroll down in order to se
e it. You should notice that it is the current in work object since it is underl
ined. Create a sketch on the zx plane, constrained as shown below.
These two circles will be used to create two pegs in the part. Pad the sketch 6
inches in the first direction and .25 inches in the second direction. Two pegs a
re now created completely through the part. This part is constructed in a common
fashion as Version 4 solids were modeled. Every object is a separate body and t
hen boolean operations are used to combine them in a variety of ways. The next p
age discusses the different options that are available to combine your multiple
bodies into a single body.
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Boolean operations Assemble
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similar to Add but will add or remove material depending on the objects in the b
ody, most useful to add pockets and holes to other prejoined bodies adds one bod
y with another body removes one body from another body keeps the common material
between two bodies adds several bodies together while allowing multiple faces t
o be removed or trimmed back to the combined part removes a separated piece of t
he part, normally you can avoid using this option by modifying your sketch or ad
justing part bodies
Add Remove Intersect Union Trim Remove Lump
You are going to start combining the bodies of the part together using the boole
an operations. The exercise will cover a few options for selecting the boolean o
ptions. You are going to start by adding the Front Body with the Main Body. Sele
ct the Front Body from the tree. This will define what body you are going to be
working on. Select the pull down menu Insert, Boolean Operations, Add. This will
tell the system that the Front Body will be added to another body.
Select in the After box and select the Main Body from the tree. This will define
the body that the Front Body will be added to. Select OK. The two parts now act
and behave as a single part. Notice how the bodies appear in the tree. The Fron
t Body appears underneath an Add.1 branch which is under the Main Body now. Sele
ct Body.9 from the tree. This is the body created earlier. You may have to scrol
l down in order to see it. You are going to add this to the Side Holes. Press th
e third mouse button while on Body.9 and select Body.9 object, Add. This is anot
her way to select boolean operations. You can use either option to select the bo
olean operation, both ways work the same way. The advantage of using the third m
ouse button is that you do not have to go up to the top and select a pull down m
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Select in the After box and select Side Holes and select OK. This will define wh
ere Body.9 will be added. The two bodies are now added together as one. Next you
are going to remove the holes from the Main Body. Select the object Side Holes.
Notice all five holes are highlighted. Select the boolean operation Remove. You
can use either of the previous methods to select the operation. Select in the A
fter box and select the Main Body and then select OK. The holes are now removed
from the Main Body. You will use the Assemble operation to add the Lg Hole to th
e Main Body. Select the object Lg Hole. This hole will be assembled to the Main
Body. Select the boolean operation Assemble. Select in the After box and select
the Main Body and then select OK. Notice the hole was removed from the Main Body
. Since the Lg Hole was defined as a pocket, the pocket was placed in the tree,
and was then pocketed out as though it were defined on a single body. If you wou
ld have used the Add operation then the pocket would not have been removed it wo
uld of just been added to the Main Body. Next, a more advanced type of boolean o
peration will be performed. Make the Rear Guide Tubes the current object. You ca
n do this by using the Define In Work Object option using the third button of th
e mouse. Select the object Stiffener for Tubes. You are going to union (add) thi
s body with the tubes but you are going to trim back the inside edges to the tub
e walls. Select the boolean operation Union Trim. This will allow the part to be
unioned (added) with the tubes and have faces trimmed back in the same operatio
n.
Select the Faces to remove box. This is where you can define the faces that you
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Select the faces of the stiffener that are inside the tubes. Youll probably have
to zoom in and rotate the part to select the faces on the inside of the tubes. T
he diagram shows the faces that you need to select.
Select OK. The stiffener will now be trimmed back to the tubes, and then unioned
to the tubes. Next, the Rear Guide Tubes will be unioned and trimmed with the M
ain Body. Make the Main Body the current object. Select the boolean operation Un
ion Trim on the Rear Guide Tubes. Select the Faces to remove box and select the
faces of the Main Body that are inside the tubes. Again, this will define what i
s going to be removed when the tubes are unioned to the Main Body. The diagram s
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Select OK. Now the tubes are unioned to the Main Body. To finish the part you ar
e going to intersect the Contour body with the Main Body. You will not see the C
ontour body because it is hidden at the moment. If you want to see the Contour b
efore you intersect it then you can show it. Select the boolean operation Inters
ect on the Contour. The Intersect window appears. Select OK. The Contour is inte
rsected with the Main Body since it is the current work object. You are now fini
shed with the part. It should look similar to the one shown below.
Save your document.

Part Design Lofts
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This section will cover two ways to generate a part using multiple sketches usin
g the loft icons. Open the loft create document and save with your initials. Thi
s document has several sketches that contain circles and ovals. These sketches w
ill be used to define the contour of your part. Select the loft icon. This will
allow multiple contours as well as guide and spine curves to be utilized in a si
ngle part. Guide curves and spines will not be used here. Creating such curves w
ill be covered in the Wireframe and Surfaces Class.
Select Curve 1 from the tree. This will define the first profile of the part. Se
lect Curve 2 through Curve 5 in order. This will finish the definition of the pa
rt. The section curves are not limited to just round or circular curves. They ca
n be of any profile shape desired. Note the arrows along the right side of each
section curve. These arrows must be along the same side of the curves and they a
lso must be pointing in the same direction. If they are not then the result will
be a twisted part. Select OK. A part is created that passes through each of the
section curves defined in the order that you selected them. In the specificatio
n tree you should notice the loft branch added and underneath that branch is all
of the sketches that were used to create this loft. You can modify those sketch
es at any time and the loft will automatically update.
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Shell the part with an Outside thickness of .25 inches and an Inside thickness o
f 0 inches while removing the two ends. This will turn the part into a tube with
the inside passing through the sketches defined. It should appear similar to th
e diagram shown below.
Save your document. Open the loft remove document and save with your initials. T
his exercise uses the same set of curves. The difference is, this time the loft
will be removed from the cylindrical pad. Select the loft remove icon. This will
create the loft as before, and then automatically remove it as though it were a
pocket. Select Curve 1 through Curve 5 in order and select OK. The loft is crea
ted and then removed.
Save your document.
Part Design Lofts, Page 272

Part Design Using Surfaces
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The next couple of exercises will utilize surfaces to generate parts. The surfac
es will be provided for you. If you wish to learn about building surfaces, they
will be covered in the Wireframe and Surfaces class. The thing to remember is th
at you are capable of integrating surfaces in to your part design. In doing so,
you are able to make modifications to the surfaces that are used and the part wi
ll automatically update. Even though this course only covers the use of surfaces
to a small degree be aware that it is extremely important that you understand h
ow to integrate surfaces in to your part design if you want to be able to create
specific contoured parts. Open the sew & split surface document and save with y
our initials. This part has two surfaces. The part is going to be split with the
top surface and the bottom surface is going to be sewn in. Select the split ico
n. This will split a part with any given surface or plane.
Select the top surface. This will display an arrow on the surface, and the Split
Definition window will appear.
Make sure the arrow points towards the part. The direction the arrow is pointing
is what is kept in the split operation. Select OK. The part now has the contour
of the surface. Hide the top surface. This shows the top contour much better. N
ext, the bottom surface will be sewn into the part.
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Select sew surface icon. When the four sides of a surface come in contact with a
part and the sew operation is used, the area between the surface and the part g
ets filled in. Select the bottom surface. The Sew Surface Definition window appe
ars and again an arrow is displayed on the surface.
Make sure the arrow points towards the part and select OK. The area between the
surface and the part is now filled in. Hide the bottom surface. These options ar
e very useful if a specialized contour is needed on a part. It should appear sim
ilar to the diagram shown below.
Save your document.

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Open the thick surface document and save with your initials. This document has a
single surface in a circular shape. Select the thick surface icon. surface. Thi
s will allow a thickness to be added to a face or a
Select the surface. The Thick Surface Definition window appears. An arrow will b
e displayed on the surface indicating the direction of the First Offset.
Make the First Offset 1 inch and the Second Offset .5 inches. This will make the
total pad 1.5 inches thick. Select OK. The surface has the thickness applied an
d a part is created. Select the thickness surface icon again. This time the end
of the part will have a thickness added. Select the face on the end of the newly
created part as shown below.
Change the First Offset to 5 inches and the Second Offset to 0 inches and make s
ure the arrow points away from the thickness. Select OK. The side of this part h
as now been extended (thickened) linearly by five inches. It is important to not
e that the thickness is applied linearly instead of following the tangency of th
e part. Even though you applied the thickness to the end of the part it still ad
ded the thickness straight out ignoring the fact that the part is curved going t
o that end. This happens because it is adding the thickness in the normal direct
ion of the selected face. Therefore, if you add thickness to a curved side then
it will add thickness in the normal direction to the curved surface. Save your d
ocument.

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Open the close surface document and save with your initials. This document has o
ne surface in the shape of an airfoil. The surface is completely wrapped around,
but is open on each end.
Select the close surface icon. solid part.
This will allow closed surfaces to be enclosed with a
Select the Airfoil Surface. The Close Surface Definition window appears.
Select OK and hide the Airfoil Surface. The surface was enclosed with a solid pa
rt and now other operations can be added to the part.
Save your document.

Applying Materials This section will cover applying materials to a defined part.
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Open the materials document and save with your initials. Materials from the mate
rial library will be applied to this part. Select the apply material icon from t
he bottom toolbar. material library. This will display the
The Material Library contains many different types of materials. Each material s
tores information about itself such as texture, density, drafting pattern and ot
her engineering properties. The materials are broken down into several categorie
s. The categories are construction, fabrics, metal, other, stone and wood. Any t
ype of material can be applied to any type of part, but only one material can be
applied per part. Assemblies must be used in order to have multiple parts with
different materials applied. Diagrams of each material window can be found in Ap
pendix C. Select the Metal tab. This tab contains the various types of metal def
initions in CATIA. Other definitions can be added, but this is not within the sc
ope of this course. Select Aluminum. This will be the material applied to the pa
rt. Select the Mounting Bracket and select OK. This will apply the material to t
he part. You should notice an aluminum branch added to the tree. Double selectin
g this branch will display the various properties of the aluminum which are show
n in Appendix C as well. In order for the part to appear aluminum you have to ch
ange the render style.
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Press and hold the first mouse button while on the render style icon on the bott
om toolbar. Release the mouse button while on the customized view parameters ico
n. This will allow a customized shading method. This icon will bring up the Cust
omized View Modes window. If this icon has already been initialized then it will
appear differently and you will have to use the pull down menu View, Render Sty
le, Customize View in order to bring up the Custom View Modes window.
Set the options so that only Materials and Shading are on. This will shade the p
art using the material texture. Select OK. The part is now shaded with the Alumi
num property.
All other materials are applied in the same manner. You can apply another materi
al and it will replace the current material that is applied. You may want to try
out a few of the materials just to see what they look like. Save your document.
Applying Materials, Page 278

Reference Geometry
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As you have gone through some of the exercises you may have noticed various plan
es in addition to the default ones. These were created using the reference eleme
nts toolbar. Planes are very useful to define supports for sketches, to split ge
ometry and to define limits for your objects. In future courses you will find ot
her uses for planes as well. This exercise is going to introduce you to the vari
ous options available to create planes. Open the planes document and save with y
our initials. The first thing you are going to have to do is add the reference e
lements toolbar to your workbench. Add the Reference Elements (Compact) toolbar
to your workbench. You can do this by using the pull down menu View, Toolbars, R
eference Elements (Compact). You should see a new icon appear on your workbench
that appears as a point.
There are three icons in this toolbar: point focus on the plane icon. Offset fro
m plane
, line
and plane
. This exercise will
Select the plane icon. This will open the Plane Definition window. Most of the p
lane types will be covered in this exercise. Change the Plane type to Offset fro
m plane. This will allow you create a plane offset from the yz plane.
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Use the yz plane as the Reference and change the Offset to 3 and select OK. A ne
w plane appears three inches from the yz plane and parallel to it.
Parallel through point Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Parallel
through point.
Use the yz plane as the Reference and the end point of the line for the Point as
shown above and select OK. A plane appears parallel to the yz plane passing thr
ough the point.

Angle/Normal to plane Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Angle/Norm
al to plane.
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Use the line
le to 45 and
ree angle to
e Plane type
as the Rotation axis, the yz plane as the Reference, change the Ang
select OK. A plane appears passing through the line and at a 45 deg
the yz plane. Through three points Select the plane icon. Change th
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Select the three points as shown below and select OK. A plane appears passing th
rough the three points.
Through two lines Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Through two li
nes.
Select the line and the H axis of Sketch.2 and select OK. You will know if it is
Sketch.2s H axis because when you put your cursor on it, Sketch.2 will highlight
in the specification tree. A plane appears passing through the two lines.

Through point and line Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Through p
oint and line.
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Select the top end point of the spline as the Point and select the line and then
select OK. A plane appears at the point passing through the line. Through plana
r curve Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Through planar curve.
Select the curve and select OK. A plane appears passing through the curve.

Normal to curve Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Normal to curve.
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Select the curve and leave the Point to be Default (Middle) and select OK. A pla
ne appears normal to the curve and passing through the midpoint of the curve. Eq
uation Select the plane icon. Change the Plane type to Equation.
Change the value of D to be 2 and select OK. A plane appears 2 inches in the z d
irection. You can use this option to key in a variety of planes using the equati
on of a plane.

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The other two options, Tangent to surface and Mean through points will not be co
vered in this course. If you were to use these planes in your part design and th
en you modify the plane the part will update automatically. Most of the time you
can see the part update dynamically as you move a plane.

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CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Problems

Problem #1.0
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Problems, Page 287

Problem #2.0
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Problems, Page 288

Problem #3.0
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Problems, Page 289

Problem #4.0
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Problems, Page 290

Problem #5.0
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Problems, Page 291

Problem #6.0
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Problem #7.0
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Problems, Page 294

Problem #8.0
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Problems, Page 295

Problem #9.0
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Problems, Page 296

Problem #10.0
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Problems, Page 297

Problem #11.0
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Problems, Page 298

Problem #12.0
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Problems, Page 299

Problem #13.0
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Problems, Page 300

Problem #14.0
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Problems, Page 301

Problem #15.0
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Problems, Page 302

Problem #16.0
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Problems, Page 303

Problem #17.0
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Problems, Page 304

Problem #18.0
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Problems, Page 305

Problem #19.0
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Problems, Page 306

Problem #20.0
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Problems, Page 307

Problem #21.0
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Problems, Page 308

Problem #22.0
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Problems, Page 309

Problem #23.0
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Problems, Page 310

Problem #24.0
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Problems, Page 311

Problem #25.0
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Problems, Page 312

Problem #26.0
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Problems, Page 313

Problem #27.0
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Problems, Page 314
CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Appendix A

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This section is to introduce you to the various options that are available under
the pull down menu Tools, Customize. This will only give you a brief overview o
f the various options. Customize - Start Menu
This allows you to specify what workbenches you want available to you on the sta
rt menu. You can access these workbenches by selecting the change workbench icon
on each workbench. An example of what you could possibly see is shown below.
Appendix A, Page 315

Customize - User Workbenches
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Allows you to define their own workbenches with their own toolbars on the workbe
nch. Customize - Toolbars
Allows you to modify existing toolbars or create your own toolbars.

Customize - Commands
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Allows you to add or delete commands from toolbars. You can also set up hot keys
for various options if you Show Properties. Customize - Options
Allows you toggle on or off the Large Icons or Tooltips.

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This will give a general overview of some of the options available through the p
ull down menu Tools, Options. Not all of the options will be covered, just the o
nes that are pertinent to this course. General - Display - Tree
Tree Type Tree Orientation Tree Item Size Tree Show/NoShow
allows you to change how the tree appears based on the type selected orients the
tree either horizontally or vertically this pertains to the size of the text in
the tree if turned on, items in your tree that are hidden will have their icons
blurred or appear fuzzy
Appendix B, Page 319

General - Display - Visualization
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Colors Graduated color background if turned on the background color will appear
graduated from top to bottom instead of solid Background Selected elements Selec
ted edges color of the background color of elements that you have selected color
of edges that have been selected
Preselected element linetype linetype of preselected elements Low-intensity elem
ents Update needed Handles color of elements that appear in low-intensity color
you part will appear when an update is needed color of the various handles that
appear, such as the handle that appears when translating

General - Parameters - Symbols
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Constraint Style Display at Creation
allows you to change the color of the constraints based on their condition allow
s you to change the default display of your constraints to be either value, valu
e and name, or value and name and formula

General - Parameters - Units
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Units Dimensions display
allows you to select the magnitude and then specify the units that you want to u
se for that magnitude you can specify if you want trailing zeros, when to use ex
ponential notation and how many decimal places you want to see displayed

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Update
sets whether or not your part gets updated automatically when a change occurs or
you have to manually update it, you also can turn on or off having the update s
top on the first error toggle on or off whether you want the delete dialog box t
o appear when you delete and you can toggle whether you want referenced sketches
deleted
Delete Operation

Mechanical Design - Part Design - Display
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Specification tree
determines what gets displayed by default in the specification tree, the options
not selected will be collapsed underneath their respective object

Mechanical Design - Sketcher
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Grid
allows you to toggle the display of the grid and the snap to point option on the
sketch plane
Sketch Plane toggle for having the sketch plane appear shaded and for positionin
g the sketch plane parallel to the screen Geometry toggle for the creation of ce
nter points automatically when a circle or ellipse is created and the direct man
ipulation allows you to select an element of the sketch and drag it to manipulat
e the sketch toggle for automatically generating geometrical and dimensional con
straints change the default color of sketch elements and to change the color of
elements when they are over constrained, construction geometry, associated geome
try, etc.
Constraint Colors

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CATIA Part Design & Sketcher Appendix C

Material Library
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Materials are used to attach structural properties to parts as well as allow the
m to be displayed in a more accurate manner. They will also automatically produc
e patterns corresponding to the material when drawings are created from the part
s. The following pages show you diagrams of the available materials that come wi
th CATIA. Construction
Appendix C, Page 327

Fabrics
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Metal
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Other
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Stone
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Wood
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You can add additional materials to the library but that topic is beyond the sco
pe of this course. However, your company will probably populate this library wit
h the various materials that are commonly used and you will be able to apply the
m in the same manner to which you apply these materials.

Applying a material
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In order to apply a material to a part, all you have to do is select the apply m
aterial icon in the bottom toolbar, select the material, select the body and sel
ect OK. Select the apply material icon. Select the material desired. Select the
part body that you want this material to be applied to. Select OK. In order to s
ee the material shaded on your part you need to make sure your customized render
style includes materials and shading. You can configure this by using the pull
down menu View, Render Style, Customize View. If this is set up then you just ha
ve to activate that render style by choosing it from the bottom toolbar.

Properties of a material
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Using the third mouse button while on the material in the specification tree you
can access the properties of the material. There are many tabs with various pro
perties on each tab depending on the material that is being used. The tabs are R
endering, Inheritance, Feature Properties, Analysis and Drafting. The following
diagrams relate to Italian Marble however they should be similar to many of the
other materials. Rendering
As you can see there are two tabs located under Rendering: Lighting and Texture.
The Material size pertains to the size of the texture, for small parts you will
want the size to be smaller and for large parts you will want it to be larger.
You can also change the mapping style using the icon. The Lighting options are s
elf defining as long as you are familiar with the graphic arts language. The imp
ortant thing to note is that you can adjust all of those values. The Texture opt
ions tell you the tif file that it is using for the texture and the rest of the
options allow you to adjust that texture.

Inheritance
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Determines what features will be affected with this material. This pertains to t
he parent and child elements of the part body that has the material. This is mor
e useful when working with assemblies then with parts. Feature Properties
Allows you to change the name of the material as it is displayed in the specific
ation tree.

Analysis
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This contains the structural properties of the material. Drafting
This allows you to adjust the pattern that is going to be used when you create d
rawings from this part. You can choose a different pattern by using the Pattern
table button.

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When you select the Pattern table button the Pattern Chooser window appears.
This allows you specify the pattern that you would like to use when a drawing is
created. You can filter the pattern options by categories: Hatching, Dots and C
olor or you can choose All types. In order to see the rest of your options you h
ave to select the Next button. This overview was meant to introduce you to vario
us options involving materials, you will need to use the various options in orde
r to get a better understanding of them.

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CATIA Part Design & Sketcher

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CATIA Part Design & Sketcher

CATIA Part Design & Sketcher

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