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Generative Sheet Metal Design V5R17 Update
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Sheetmetal Design
V5R17 Update
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Version 5 Release 17
September 2006
EDU-CAT-EN-SMD-UI-V5R17
Instructor Notes:

CATIA Generative Sheetmetal Design V5R17

Update
Objectives of the course
Upon completion of this course you will be able to use the new
and enhanced capabilities of Generative Sheetmetal Design
workbench in V5R17 Release.
Targeted audience
Mechanical Designers, Sheetmetal Designers
Prerequisites
CATIA Generative Sheetmetal Design V5R16 Course
1 hour
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Table of Contents (1/2)
Enhancements in Bridge 6
About Enhancements in Bridge 7
Do It Yourself 8
Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces 10
About Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces 11
Do It Yourself 13
Enhancements in Recognize 17
About Enhancements in Recognize 18
Recognizing Walls 19
Recognizing Bends 20
Recognizing Stamps 21
Bend Allowance Management 22
Do It Yourself 23
Enhancements in Wall On Edge 26
What are Enhancements in Wall On Edge? 27
Wall On Edge based on Sketch 29
Wall On Edge using Plane Support 30
Enhancements in Defining Height 31
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Table of Contents (2/2)
Enhancements in Defining Width 33

Enhancements in Defining Clearance 34
Do It Yourself 35
Enhancements in Mirror 43
About Enhancements in Mirror 44
Advantages of Enhancements in Mirror Function 45
Using Tear Faces while Mirroring a Part 46
Do It Yourself 48
Enhancements in Corner Relief 54
Square Corner Relief 57
Circular Corner Relief 58
User Defined Corner Relief 59
Do It Yourself 60
Instructor Notes:

What’s New in V5R17 ?

The list of enhanced functions in CATIA Generative Sheetmetal Design V5R17 is
given below:
Enhancements in Bridge: You can now design a bridge with round or square relief.
Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces: Now you can fold / unfold stamps across the bend
faces
Enhancements in Recognize: The recognize command user interface is enhanced to

define the elements for recognition and the elements which are to be ignored or removed.
A facility to define a local bend allowance for some bend faces is added.
Enhancements in Wall On Edge: Now you can define a wall on edge using various
options, planes and surfaces as limits. You can also define a wall on edge using a sketch
profile.
Enhancements in Mirror: With this enhancement, it is possible to mirror an entire part

which is very helpful to design symmetric parts as you can concentrate on designing all
features that are symmetric in the part body and then mirror the entire part body to
complete the design.
Enhancements in Corner Relief: It is now possible to define more than one corner relief in
a single instance. Also you can define corner relieves of three types : Circular, Square
and User Defined.
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Bridge
You will study the new enhancements in the Bridge in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
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About Enhancements in Bridge

From V5R17 onwards, it is possible to add square or circular relief to the cutouts
created during Bridge operation.
The following new options to select the type of
relief are added in the Bridge definition panel.
None
Square
Round
Dimension parameters L1 and L2 for the square
No relief
or round corner relieves can be specified.
V5R17
V5R17 Square Relief
Round Relief
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Do It Yourself (1/2)
Use ‘CATUSMD17_Bridge.CATPart’
Design a bridge with Square corner

relief using ‘Bridge Definition Point’ to
position it and parameters as shown
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Create a mirror of the bridge designed

recently, using zx plane as mirror plane
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Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces

You will study the new enhancements in the Fold/Unfold faces in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
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About Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces (1/2)
From V5R17 onwards, it is possible to fold / unfold Stamp features across the bends
when the local faces are folded or unfolded.
Surface Stamp across bend
Surface Stamp is bent

along the bend after folding
This enhancement now enables you to design stamps across

bends. This is often a design requirement.
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About Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces (2/2)
A new button ‘Select All’ is added in Unfolding and Folding Definition

panels. You can click this button to select all possible bend faces to be
unfolded / folded.
V5R17
V5R17
Unfolding Definition – ‘Select All’ button is new Reference face Bend Faces selected after
clicking on ‘Select All’
V5R17
V5R17
Folding Definition – ‘Select All’ button is new

Unfolding all bends at a time
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Use ‘CATUSMD17_FoldUnfold_DIY.CATPart’
Unfold all the bend faces as shown
Reference Face
Rectangular Support Use Select All Button to unfold all bends Unfolded view
Create a sketch profile with reference

wall as sketch support
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Create a Surface Stamp using the sketch

profile just created and parameters as shown
Surface Stamp across Bend faces
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Create another sketch profile with reference wall as sketch support
Create a Bead using the sketch profile just

created and parameters as shown
Bead across Bend faces
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You can compare your results with the end model
‘CATUSMD17_FoldUnfold_DIY_end.CATPart’
Reference face
Fold all the bend faces as shown

Folded View
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Enhancements in Recognize
You will study the new enhancements in the Recognize function in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
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About Enhancements in Recognize Function

V5R17
V5R17
From V5R17, the Recognize function offers more options as
described below:
You can select the faces that should be recognized, and
also the faces that should not be recognized
The selection options for various features that can be
recognized are grouped in separate tabs, which facilitates
the selection of individual recognition elements
You can choose the color of the recognized element by
clicking on the “Display recognized features” button.
You can preview the different recognized features
You can specify K-factor for local bend faces
New Recognize Definition Dialog Box

V5R17
V5R17
Bend Allowance Tab Recognized Part
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Recognizing Walls
The various options for recognizing walls are as shown:
V5R17
V5R17
Full Recognition: All the walls that are recognized are
built in the recognized part.
Full Recognition with selected Faces: All the faces are
recognized but only the selected faces are kept in the
final recognized part
Partial Recognition: Only the walls linked to faces
selected in the “Faces to keep” option will be kept in
the recognized part.
Wall Recognition Tab

Faces to be removed
Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition
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Recognizing Bends
The various options for recognizing bends are as shown:
V5R17
V5R17
Full Recognition: By default, ‘Full recognition’ mode
is selected. When the mode is set to this value, all
bends are recognized
Partial Recognition: Only the bends selected in the
“Faces to keep” option will be kept in the recognized
part
No Recognition: No bends will be recognized in the
recognized part
Bends recognition tab

Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition No Recognition
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Recognizing Stamps
The various options for recognizing stamps are as shown:
Full Recognition: By default, ‘Full recognition’ mode is

selected. When the mode is set to this value, all stamps
are recognized
Partial Recognition: Only the stamps selected in the
“Faces to keep” option will be kept in the recognized
No Recognition: No stamps will be recognized in the
recognized part
Stamps recognition tab

Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition No Recognition
Instructor Notes:

Bend Allowance Management

V5R17
V5R17
A new tab ‘Bend Allowance’ is added in the Recognize

definition dialog box which can be used for the following
purposes:
Modify the global K Factor for bends
Specify a different K Factor for specific bends in
the sheet metal part
This enables you to recognize the part with
different K Factor for different bends.
Bend Allowance Tab
In the example shown above, K Factor

for the bend selected is changed to 0.5.
Instructor Notes:

Use ‘CATUSMD17_Recognize_DIY.CATPart’
Launch the recognize command

Select the Reference face as shown.
In the Walls Tab, select Mode as “Full
Recognition”
In the Bends Tab:

Select Mode as ‘Full Recognition’
Select the highlighted face as ‘Faces to remove’
Instructor Notes:

In the Stamps tab, select Mode as ‘Full Recognition’

Display the recognized features on the graphics screen
Complete the recognition
Instructor Notes:

You can compare your results with ‘CATUSMD17_Recognize_DIY_end.CATPart’
Create a cylindrical bend between the recognized faces as shown
Create another cylindrical bend, with circular corner relief, between the recognized
faces as shown
Save the part as “CATUSMD17_Recognize_DIY_end.CATPart”
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Wall On Edge

You will study the new enhancements in the Wall on Edge function in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
Instructor Notes:

What are the Enhancements in Wall On Edge ? (1/2)
In V5R17, you can define a Wall on Edge using

various new options as explained below.
Wall on Edge can be either automatic

(rectangular wall) or sketch based
Wall on Edge orientation can be

defined either by specifying an angle
or selecting an orientation plane
The height of the Wall on Edge can be

defined using the new options
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What are the Enhancements in Wall On Edge ? (2/2)
The width of the Wall on Edge can be

defined using the new options
The clearance of the Wall on Edge can

be defined using the new options
Bend properties can be defined the when

the ‘With Bend’ option is activated
Instructor Notes:

Wall On Edge based on Sketch

From V5R17, you can define a wall on edge using a sketch profile. This option
reduces the design time as it is possible to achieve the desired result in a single
step by defining the profile of the wall on edge in the sketch.
Sketch Profile
Wall on Edge using

Sketch profile
Instructor Notes:

Wall On Edge using Plane Support

From V5R17, you can define a wall on edge using an existing plane or a surface.
Orientation Plane
Left Limit Plane
Right Limit Plane
The Orientation plane can also be

created using contextual menu
Wall on Edge using

Plane Support
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Defining Height (1/2)

Now you have new options to define the height
using 4 new length types:
Height
Defines the height of the wall from the bottom of the reference wall
Defines the height of the wall from the top of the reference wall
Defines the height of the wall from the top of the bend
Defines the length of the wall on edge

In V5R17, it is possible to edit the

height of the wall on edge from
contextual menu on 3D Annotation
in the graphics area.
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Defining Height (2/2)

Now you can also define height using a plane or a surface and choose the
re-limitation type as exterior or interior edge of a wall on edge.
Plane.1
Height

Plane.1 defines the
height of the wall on edge from
height of the wall on edge
contextual menu on 3D Annotation
in the graphics area.
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Defining width

In V5R17, the user-interface of the width of the definition parameters
for Wall on edge are grouped in a new tab ‘Extremities’.
Width limits using

offset dimensions

definition parameters of the wall on
edge from contextual menu on 3D
Annotation in the graphics area.
In the example shown, the limits of the wall

on edge are Extrude.1 and Extrude.2
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Defining Clearance

Now you have more options to define clearance:
No Clearance
Monodirectional
Bidirectional
No clearance
Monodirectional

definition parameters of the wall on
edge from contextual menu on 3D
Annotation in the graphics area.
Bidirectional
Instructor Notes:

Use ‘CATUSMD17_WallOnEdge_DIY.CATPart’
Unhide all elements of the ‘Geometrical Set.1’
Geometrical Set.1 is shown in the above part. It

contains planes, sketches and surfaces which will be
used to create several types of wall on edge.
Instructor Notes:

Create a Wall on edge on the edge as shown

Use the ‘Top Limit Plane’ to limit the height of the wall on edge
Use ‘Plane.12’ to define the Left limit and ‘Plane.11’ to define the Right limit
Keep other parameters as shown.
Top Limit Plane

Instructor Notes:


Use the ‘Plane.9’ as an orientation plane
Height as 25mm
This Wall on Edge is defined

Instructor Notes:


Use the ‘Top Limit Plane’ to limit the height of the wall on edge
Use ‘Plane.13’ to define the Left limit and ‘Plane.14’ to define the Right limit
Top Limit Plane

Instructor Notes:

Create a Wall on edge on the edge as shown:

Select type of Wall an edge as ‘Sketch Based’
Select ‘Wall_On_Edge_Profile’ as the profile
for the wall on edge
Keep other parameters as shown
Wall_On_Edge_Profile

Instructor Notes:


Height = 25mm
Use ‘Plane.12’ as the Left limit and ‘yz plane’ as the Right limit

Instructor Notes:


Height = 38mm
Use ‘Left_Surface’ to define the Left limit and
‘Right_Surface’ to define the Right limit

Instructor Notes:

You can compare your result with ‘CATUSMD17_WallOnEdge_DIY_end.CATPart’
Hide the ‘Geometrical Set.1’

Save the CATPart as “CATUSMD17_WallOnEdge_DIY_End.CATPart”.
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Mirror
You will study the new enhancements in the Mirror Function in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
Instructor Notes:

About Enhancements in Mirror
Up to V5R16, the mirror function

allowed the duplication of Sheet
Metal features (stamps, holes,
cutouts, walls, flanges, patterns
and mirrors) according to a
predefined plane of symmetry.
Mirror Function in V5R16 Result of Mirroring Sheet Metal

Features
From V5R17 onwards, you can

mirror the entire sheet metal part
along with all sheet metal
features.
Mirror Function in V5R16

Result of Mirroring Sheet Metal

Part
Instructor Notes:

Advantages of Enhancements in Mirror Function
The Mirror Function in V5R16 allowed symmetry of only a few features and only one
feature could be mirrored at a time. The Mirror Function in V5R17 allows replication of the
entire part body including all features in the sheet metal part in a single operation.
This reduces the design time considerably for parts which have symmetric features
This also reduces the size of the specification tree, hence simplifying the part structure.
Original Part
Mirrored Part
3D View of Sheet Metal Part created Unfolded View of Sheet Metal Part created
using Mirror Part using Mirror Part
Instructor Notes:

Using Tear Faces while Mirroring a Part (1/2)
Tear Faces are faces that are identified during Mirror operation, where ambiguity
results in case of unfolding of the part . On declaring the tear faces, you can unfold
the part using the corresponding edges as ‘Unfold Lines’ Selected
Tear Face
Mirror Plane
On defining mirror of this part, you will

receive the warning message to select
Tear face and the most likely faces
that can be selected as tear face are
In the example shown here, the proposed in the model.
round sheet metal part is mirrored
about the zx plane.
Instructor Notes:

Using Tear Faces while Mirroring a Part (2/2)
When you mirror the part and select the tear face, there are three possible result cases:
Case 1: No intersection of mirror part and original part
A warning message saying ‘No

Union has been done’ is displayed
and the result is as shown.
Case 2: Connection of Mirror Case 3: Connection of Mirror part and original part
part and original part
A warning message saying ‘No Union has been done’ is
No warning message is displayed displayed and the result is as shown.
and result is as shown.
Instructor Notes:

Use ‘CATUSMD17_Mirror_DIY.CATPart’
Create a sketch profile on the wall as

shown in the adjacent figure
Create a cutout using this sketch

Rectangular cut out
Instructor Notes:

Create a 7x45°chamfer along 4 edges as shown
Chamfers are added at four sharp corners

Instructor Notes:

Create another sketch

profile as shown
Create a cutout using this sketch

Rectangular cut out
Instructor Notes:

Create a mirror of the second cut out

created in the previous step using
yz plane as mirror plane
Create a plane offset from zx plane at

a distance of 50 mm
Mirror Plane 1
Instructor Notes:

Create a plane offset from yz plane at

a distance of 100 mm
Mirror Plane 2
Create a mirror of existing part using

Mirror Plane 1
Instructor Notes:

You can compare your results with ‘CATUSMD17_Mirror_DIY_END.CATPart’.
Create a mirror of existing part using

Mirror Plane 2
Instructor Notes:

Enhancements in Corner Relief

You will study the new enhancements in the Corner relief function in V5R17.
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
V5R17
Instructor Notes:

About Enhancements in Corner Relief (1/2)

In V5R17, following are the enhancements in corner relief:
You can create corner relief of three types - Circular, Square and User Profile
You can create as many corner relieves as required within the single active
command, thus improving the productivity of the tool
Now, you can create corner relief in 3D View as well without having to switch to flat
view
V5R16
V5R16 V5R17
V5R17
Corner Relief Definition in V5R16 Corner Relief Definition in V5R17

Instructor Notes:

About Enhancements in Corner Relief (2/2)
You can select all faces on which corner relieves can be defined by using
contextual menu inside the Corner Relief Definition dialog box. This improves the
productivity of the tool.
V5R17
V5R17
Multiple Corner Relieves can be created by

using contextual menu ‘Select All’
Instructor Notes:

Square Corner Relief

In V5R17, you can specify the type of Corner relief as ‘Square’ to design the square
corner relief. You need to specify the length of the square relief in the Corner Relief
Definition panel.
Square Corner Relief You can select multiple pairs of supports to design multiple corner
relieves at a time.
Instructor Notes:

Circular Corner Relief

In V5R17, you can specify the type of Corner relief as ‘Circular’ to design the circular
corner relief. You need to specify the diameter of the circular corner relief in the Corner
Relief Definition panel.
Circular Corner Relief You can select multiple pairs of supports to design multiple corner
relieves at a time.
Instructor Notes:

User Defined Corner Relief

In V5R17, you can specify the type of Corner relief as ‘User Profile’ to design the
circular corner relief. You need to select the sketch which will be used for defining
the user profile of the user defined corner relief.
User defined Corner Relief Sketch for User Profile

Instructor Notes:

Do It Yourself (1/3) 1
Use ‘CATUSMD17_CornerRelief_DIY.CATPart’
4
Create a Circular corner relief on the bend 2
faces and parameters as shown at Corners ‘1’
and ‘2’.
3
Instructor Notes:

Create a Square corner relief on the bend
faces and parameters as shown at Corner 3
Create a User defined Corner relief at Corner

4 on the support faces as shown
Create the user profile sketch in the unfolded view and

constrain the sketch profile as shown
Instructor Notes:

You can compare your results with ‘CATUSMD17_CornerRelief_DIY_End.CATPart’
Switch to folded view from unfolded view
Save the file as ‘CATUSMD17_CornerRelief_DIY_end.CATPart’.

Instructor Notes:

Summary
In this course, you have learned about the enhancements in V5R17 Generative
Sheetmetal Design Workbench.
CATIA Generative Sheetmetal Design
Enhancements in Bridge
Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces

V5 R17
Enhancements in Recognize
Enhancements in Wall On Edge
Enhancements in Mirror
Enhancements in Corner Relief

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Table of Contents (2/2)

Enhancements in Defining Width 33

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What’s New in V5R17 ?

Enhancements in Recognize: The recognize command user interface is enhanced to

Enhancements in Mirror: With this enhancement, it is possible to mirror an entire part

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About Enhancements in Bridge

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Design a bridge with Square corner

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Create a mirror of the bridge designed

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Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces

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About Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces (1/2)

Surface Stamp across bend

Surface Stamp is bent

This enhancement now enables you to design stamps across

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About Enhancements in Fold/Unfold Faces (2/2)

A new button ‘Select All’ is added in Unfolding and Folding Definition

Folding Definition – ‘Select All’ button is new

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Unfold all the bend faces as shown

Create a sketch profile with reference

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Create a Surface Stamp using the sketch

Surface Stamp across Bend faces

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Create another sketch profile with reference wall as sketch support

Create a Bead using the sketch profile just

Bead across Bend faces

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Fold all the bend faces as shown

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About Enhancements in Recognize Function

New Recognize Definition Dialog Box

Bend Allowance Tab Recognized Part

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Wall Recognition Tab

Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition

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Bends recognition tab

Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition No Recognition

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Full Recognition: By default, ‘Full recognition’ mode is

Stamps recognition tab

Part to be recognized Full Recognition Partial Recognition No Recognition

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Bend Allowance Management

A new tab ‘Bend Allowance’ is added in the Recognize

Bend Allowance Tab

In the example shown above, K Factor

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