CATIA Training

Foils

FreeStyle
Sketch Tracer

Version 5 Release 8
February 2002
EDU-CAT-E-FSK-FF-V5R8

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Course Presentation

Objectives of the course

In this course you will learn to create Class A surfaces from stylist’s drawings or
pictures.

Targeted audience
Surface Designers

Prerequisites
0.5 day
Fundamentals about CatiaV5

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Table of Contents

 Introduction to FreeStyle Sketch Tracer p.4

Quick start p.5
Workbench Presentation p.6
 Free Style Sketch Tracer Fundamentals p.9
Importing an image p.10
Positioning an image p.15

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Introduction to Freestyle Sketch Tracer

You will become familiar with …

Quick Start
Workbench Presentation

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Quick Start

You will learn the product by going through a simple scenario and following
instructions as you progress...

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Workbench Presentation (1/3)

In this lesson, you will learn about the Free Style Sketch Tracer Workbench by

Accessing the workbench

Exploring the User Interface

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Workbench Presentation (2/3)

Accessing the Workbench

1- Start

2- Infrastructure

3- Sketch Tracer

At any time, the current workbench is

indicated by an icon on the right hand
tool bar.

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Workbench Presentation (3/3)

The User Interface: Part Design general

Standard
tools
Compass

Part tree

Features...

Free Style Sketch Tracer tools

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FreeStyle Sketch Tracer Fundamentals

You will become familiar with …

Importing an image
Positioning an image

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Importing a Sketch (1/5)

In this lesson you will learn how to import an image of a product concept

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 Creating an Immersive sketch
Importing a Sketch (2/5)
This will allow you to load in image in your work area.

File format can be TIFF, JPEG or BMP

Note for the Custom View

The “Materials” option

must be checked and the
“Custom View” applied to
the work area to view the
imported image

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Importing a Sketch (3/5) Working on part of an image
This will allow you to limit the portion of the image you want to use in
your work area

Using the manipulators at

the corner of the image,
you can apply a “crop”
action to the image

Select “OK” to validate the

image

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Importing a Sketch (4/5) Validating the import

When the import is validated, a

new feature “Painting” is
created in the tree.

Focus OFF:
All the manipulations of the
view using the mouse are
allowed

Focus ON:
The rotation is disabled. Only
translation in the sketch plane
and zoom are still available
with the mouse

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Importing a Sketch (5/5) Updating the image
This will allow you to activate an image

Double click on the

painting feature in the tree
or on the image to switch
to the edit mode.

Use the “reload image file”

button to update the image

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Positioning the Image (1/3)

In this lesson you will learn how to position the image in the 3D space
according to a cylindrical view.

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 The positioning consists in:
Positioning the Image (2/3) - positioning the origin of the 3D space on the image
- defining the direction of 3D the axis system according to the image
- defining the true product size

Positioning the 3D space origin:

Use the manipulators to position the origin

Defining the direction of the axis:

- Use this manipulator to rotate the axis system
around its origin
- Use the “Flip” option to invert the orientation of
the axis
- If the image does correspond to a standard
view, activate this view (ex: left view) to position
the axis

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 Positioning the Image (3/3) The positioning consists in:
- positioning the origin of the 3D space on the image
- defining the direction of 3D the axis system according to the image
- defining the product size

Defining the product size:

Use the “size”manipulator to define the true
size of the product represented by the image

Use the “Edit” option of the contextual menu to

open the tuner dialog box and define the
dimension by precise coordinates in the 3D axis
system.

The “relative” option is used to define the

position of the manipulator according to its last
position. The “reset origin” button repositions The “zoom” manipulator is used to position the
the reference point at the current position of the frame corner on the image once the product size
manipulator. is defined.

The “true length” option makes the defined

value be the length between the reference and
the current position.

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Exercise Presentation

And now practice on the exercise, to learn about:

Importing a Sketch view
Positioning a Sketch View

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To Sum Up

In this course you have seen :

Activate the “Create an Immersive Sketch” Icon.

Define the view
Activate the “Sketch parameters” panel
Define the axis system origin at the center of the front wheel
Define the directions of the axes
Define the length of the car: 2870 mm
Use FreeStyle to create a Surface helped by the Sketches

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