Wireframe and Surface Design: CATIA Training

CATIA Training
Exercises
Wireframe and
Surface Design
Version 5 Release 8
January 2002
EDU-CAT-E-WFS-FX-V5R8
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Table of Contents
 Master Exercise: Mobile Phone p.3

Creating the wireframe geometry p.6
Creating the surfaces p.11
Trimming and joining the body surfaces p.14
Creating the part body p.18
Modifying the geometry p.21
 Recap Exercise: Button p.23
Creating the wireframe geometry p.24
Creating the surfaces p.26
Creating the solid p.28
Modifying the geometry p.31
 Exercise: Wrench Body p.33
Creating the surface of the handle p.36
Creating a lofted surface to link the parts p.38
Creating the side surface of the head p.41
Creating a connecting surface p.43
Completing the wrench body p.45

Master Exercise
Mobile Phone : Presentation
35 min.
In this exercise you will see how to create a mobile phone

body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part
Design workbenches:
 Creating wireframe elements (point, line, translate)

 Creating surfaces (sweep, extrude)
 Manipulating surfaces (trim, symmetry, join)
 Creating solid from surface (close, fillet, shell)
 Modifying the geometry

Design Intent: Mobile Phone
Creation of guide and center curves by using combine, lines, sketcher, and
splines.
Creation of surfaces using Sweep, Extrude and Revolution
Operations on surfaces using Trim and Join
Creation of solid from surfaces using Close, Fillet and Shell
Modification of the geometry by changing parameters of the surface
definition

Design Process: Mobile Phone
1
Enter the Create the
Wireframe and wireframe
Surface Design geometry
workbench
Create the
Enter the Part surfaces
Design 2
workbench
Trim and join

Create the part
the body
body
4 surfaces
3
5
Modify the
geometry

Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 1): Creating the wireframe geometry
10 min.
In this step you will:

 Create the guide
 Create the profiles

Do It Yourself (1) Guide curve 1
Guide curve 2
Mobile_phone_step1.CATPart
1- Create these points : (0,0,9), (40,0,7.5), (60,0,6), (80,0,5.8) and (90,0,5.8).

2- Draw a spline passing through these points imposing a tangency condition with the X axis at the
two extremities.
3- Create these points : (0,17,0), (20,20,0), (40,19,0), (60,18,0) and (90,18,0).
last extremity.
5- Create a combine curve using the two previous spline curves. Rename it “Guide curve 1”
6- Create these points : (0,0,-3), (70,0,-4) and (90,0,-4).
last extremity.
8- Create a combine curve using the last created spline curve and the second spline curve.
Rename it “Guide curve 2”.

Do It Yourself (2)
7- Create this sketch in the YZ plane :
Rename it “Profile 1”.
8- Create this circle centered on the point (70,0,0):
9- Create the circle centered on the point (20,0,0):

Do It Yourself (3)
7- Create a combine curve using the first created spline and the second circle.
8- Create a combine curve using the third created spline and the second circle.
9- Create a combine curve using the first created spline and the first circle.
10- Create a combine curve using the third created spline and the first circle.
11- Create a line starting from the point (0,0,-300) and X directed (whatever it’s
length, it will be used as an axis).

Do It Yourself (4)
Create this sketch in the YZ plane and rename it “Profile 2”.

Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 2): Creating the surfaces
10 min.

 Create swept surfaces
 Create extruded surfaces
 Create revolution surface

Do It Yourself (1)
1- Create a swept surface using “Guide curve 1”

and “Guide curve 2” as guide curves, the sketch
“Profile 1”as profile and its two vertex points as
anchor points.
2- Create a circle swept surface using “Guide

curve 3” and “Guide curve 4” as guide curve and
“Profile 2” as profile and its two vertex points as
anchor points.
3- Create a circle swept surface using “Guide

curve 5” and “Guide curve 6” as guide curve and
“Profile 2” as profile and its two vertex points as
anchor points.
Note : switch on the option “Position Profile” for

the two previous swept surfaces.
Mobile_phone_step2.CATPart

Do It Yourself (2)
4- Extrude the spline 3 using the ZX plane as

direction (Length=25mm).
5- Create a revolution surface using Spline 1

as profile and Line 1 as axis (Angle 1=0deg
and angle 2=5deg).

Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 3) : Trimming and joining the body surfaces
5 min.

 Trim the surfaces
 Create symmetry

Do It Yourself (1) Mobile_phone_step3.CATPart
1- Trim the first created swept surface with the revolution surface.
2- Trim the previous trim surface with the extruded surface.

Do It Yourself (2)
3- Trim the previous trim surface with the first circle swept surface.
4- Trim the last trim surface with the second circle swept surface.

Do It Yourself (3)
5- Symmetrize the resulting surface using the XZ plane as reference and join it with the
last trim surface.

Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 4) : Creating the part body
5 min.

 Close the body surface into a solid
 Fillet the solid
 Shell the solid

Do It Yourself (1) Mobile_phone_step4.CATPart
Access the Part Design workbench and define in work object the “Solid” body.
1- Close the surface Body surface.

2- Add variable fillets on the two side top edges (from 4mm to 2mm)
3- Add 1mm edge fillets on these four edges :

Do It Yourself (2)
4- Create a shell from the filleted close solid, selecting no face to remove :

Exercise
Mobile Phone (Step 5) : Modifying the geometry
5 min.

 Modify the geometry by editing
construction elements

Do It Yourself Mobile_phone_step5.CATPart
You will modify the overall shape of the part by changing the parameters of a
construction element.
1- Display the second spline and its points.

2- Double-click on Point.6 to change its Y component value to 16mm.

Recap Exercise
Button : Presentation
25 min.
In this exercise you will see how to create a button body

using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design
workbenches:
 Creating the profiles

 Extruding the profile
 Creating the solid part
 Modifying the geometry

Exercise
Button (Step 1) : Creating the wireframe geometry
5 min.

 Create the points
 Create the profile curves
 Create the direction lines

Do It Yourself
Pt5
Line.1
Pt5
Pt4
Pt3
Pt2
Spline.1
Pt1 Pt1
Points, Spline, Line (1-, 2-, 3-) Sketch on XY plane (4-) Line on YZ plane (5-)
Button_step1.CATPart
Create the wireframe geometry:
1- Create 5 points : Pt1(0,0,5), Pt2(0,10,9), Pt3(0,23,7), Pt4(0,30,8), Pt5(-20,30,7)

2- Create a spline passing through Pt1 to Pt4
3- Create a line passing through Pt4 and Pt5
4- Draw a sketch on XY plane with two coincidences and a radius of 20mm
5- Draw a vertical line on YZ plane

Exercise
Button (Step 2) : Creating the surfaces
5 min.

 Create extruded surfaces

Do It Yourself
Sketch.2
Line.1
Spline.1
Sketch.1
Surface Extrude. 1 (1-) Surface Extrude. 2 ( 2-)
Button_step2-3.CATPart
Create the basic surfaces:
1- Create the first extruded surface : select profile Sketch.1 and direction Sketch.2
2- Create the second extruded surface : select profile Spline.1 and direction Line.1

Exercise
Button (Step 3) : Creating the solid
10 min.

 Create a pad using the existing surfaces as limits
 Add fillets on edges
 Shell the part

Do It Yourself… (1)
Sketch.3 on XY plane (1-) Sketch.4 YZ plane (2-)
1- Create a sketch (rectangular contour) on the XY plane

2- Create a sketch (trapezoidal contour) on the YZ plane

Do It Yourself… (2)
Pad up to surface (3-) Split of pad (4-) Pad up to surface (5-) Fillets (6-) Shell (7-)
3- Create a pad on Sketch.3, up to the Extrude.2 surface

4- Split Pad.1 with Extrude.1 as splitting surface
5- Create a pad on Sketch.4 up to the Extrude.1 surface
6- Make 1.5 mm fillets on the 6 horizontal and vertical edges
7- Shell the bottom faces with 1mm (5 faces)

Exercise
Button (Step 4) : Modifying the geometry
5 min.

 Modify the geometry by moving the definition points of
the spline and changing parameters in the Sketcher

Do It Yourself
Pt3
Point on spline (1-) Sketch.1 (2-)
1- Double click on Pt3 and change the Z value to 5mm to modify the shape of the spline
2- Open Sketch.1 to change the radius value to 25mm

Exercise
Wrench Body : Presentation
35 min.
In this exercise you will learn how to create a wrench body

using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design
workbenches :
 Creating wireframe elements (point, line, spline)

 Creating surfaces (revolution, loft, sweep)
 Manipulating surfaces (symmetry, join)
 Creating solid from surface (close, extrude)

Design Intent: Wrench Body
Creation of guide, section and spine curves using spline, sketcher, project
and split
Creation of revolution, loft and sweep surfaces
Creation of solid from surfaces using close and thick

Design Process: Wrench Body
1
Enter the Create the
Wireframe and surface of the
Surface Design handle
workbench
4
Create a
connecting
surface
Create a lofted
surface to link
the parts 2
Create the side
surface of the
head
Enter the Part 3
Design
workbench
5
Complete the
wrench body

Exercise
Wrench body (Step 1) : Creating the surface of the handle
5 min.

 Create the surface of the handle by
revolving a spline defined in 3D.

Do It Yourself
Vertex 2 Vertex 1
A
C B
Spline 1
Points, Spline (1-, 2-, 3-) Revolving surface (4-)
Wrench_body_step1.CATPart
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create three points : (115,7,0), (122,6,0) and
(127,5,0). Rename them Point A, Point B and Point C.
2- Create a spline selecting Vertex 1 then points A to C and finally Vertex 2.
3- Impose horizontal tangency at the end points of the spline.
4- In the SURFACES Open Body create a surface, revolving the spline 360
degrees around the horizontal line of the sketch. (360-degree revolution is
needed for the downstream close operation to create a solid in Part Design).

Exercise
Wrench body (Step 2) : Creating a lofted surface to link the parts
10 min.

 Create a lofted surface to associate
the head with the link.

Do It Yourself (1)
Link end face Head bottom face
Sketch.3
Offset plane Sketch.4 Middle points
Plane and Sketch.3 (1-, 2-) Sketch.4 (3-) Middle points (4-)
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create a plane with a 7.2mm distance from the end face
of the link.
2- On the created plane create an arc of a circle (radius =7.2). Define three coincidences,
two between the end points of the arc and the H-axis of the Sketcher and one between
the center point of the arc and the V-axis of the Sketcher.
3- On the bottom face of the head, create an arc passing through the two vertices of the
face (radius =24). Define four coincidences, two between the arc and the vertices of the
bottom face and two between the end points of the arc the the H-axis of the Sketcher.
4- Create the middle points of Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and of the edge curve of the link end
face.
Do It Yourself (2)
Line.1 Spline.2
S1 G1
Spine
S3
G2
S2
G3
Spline.4
Spline.3
Splines and line (5-, 6-) Lofted surface (7-) Symmetry and join (8-, 9-)
5- Create three splines, two passing through the two sets of end points of the three arcs
and one passing through the set of middle points created on the three arcs. The three
arcs are Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and the edge curve of the link end face. Impose an horizontal
tangency to each spline on the link end.
6- Create a line normal to the end face to the link (length=20) from Point.1.
7- In the SURFACES Open Body create a lofted surface by selecting three sections
(Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and the edge curve of the link end face), three guide curves (Spline.2,
Spline.3 and Spline.4) and a spine (Line.1).
8- Apply a symmetry to the lofted surface with respect to the XY plane.
9- Join the lofted surface and the symmetry.

Exercise
Wrench body (Step 3) : Creating the side surface of the head
10 min.

 Create the side surface of the head by
sweeping a profile
 The profile and the guide curve are created
from the existing curves by projection and
re-limited.

Do It Yourself
Project.1 Line. 2 Vertex Sketch. 4

Split.1 Split.1
Vertex
Sweep.1
Sketch.2 Split.1 Project.2 Split.3 Project.2 Split.3
Projection (1-) Line and Split (2-, 3-) Projection and Splits Sweep (6-)
(4-, 5-)
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body project Sketch.2 onto the top face of the head.
2- Create a line passing through two vertices of Project.1.
3- Split Project.1 with Line.2.
4- Project Split.1 onto the bottom face of the head.
5- Split Sketch. 4 with Split.1 then the result (Split.2) with Project.2.
6- In the SURFACES Open Body define the side surface: create a sweep with a profile
(Split.3) and two guide curves (Split.1 and Project.2).

Exercise
Wrench body (Step 4) : Creating a connecting surface
5 min.

 Create a connect surface at a junction by
sketching the profile and revolving it

Do It Yourself
Sketch. 5
Sketch.5 (1-) Surface of revolution (2-)
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body sketch the fillet profile on XY plane.

- activate the option Construction elements.
- create lines on the bottom and top horizontal edges and on the vertical edge of the
link by intersecting the 3D elements.
- define two coincidences between the profile and the bottom horizontal edge and
between the profile and the vertical edge, two horizontal tangencies at the ends of
the profile and two radius constraints (18mm and 5 mm).
2- In the SURFACES Open Body create the surface by revolving Sketch. 5 around the
horizontal axis of Sketch.1 (360deg).
Exercise
Wrench body (Step 5) : Completing the wrench body
5 min.

 Create solids by extruding the surfaces
 Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing

Do It Yourself (1)
Join.1
Revolute.1
1
Revolute.2
PartBody
Sweep.1
Initial Part Thick / Mirror / Close (2-, 3-, 4-)
1- Exit the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench and enter the Part Design workbench.
2- Thick the surface Sweep.1 by 1.5 mm inwards.
3- Mirror the PartBody.
4- Close the surfaces Revolute.1, Revolute.2 and Join. 1.

Do It Yourself (2)
Sketch.6 (5-) Pocket (6-)
5- Sketch two rectangular contours on the XY plane and build four coincidences, two
between the contours and the V-axis of the Sketcher and two between the contours and
the corresponding horizontal edge of the head.
6- Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing (depth=20mm, Mirrored extent).

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 Master Exercise: Mobile Phone p.3

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In this exercise you will see how to create a mobile phone

 Creating wireframe elements (point, line, translate)

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Trim and join

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In this step you will:

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1- Create these points : (0,0,9), (40,0,7.5), (60,0,6), (80,0,5.8) and (90,0,5.8).

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8- Create this circle centered on the point (70,0,0):

9- Create the circle centered on the point (20,0,0):

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Create this sketch in the YZ plane and rename it “Profile 2”.

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In this step you will:

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1- Create a swept surface using “Guide curve 1”

2- Create a circle swept surface using “Guide

3- Create a circle swept surface using “Guide

Note : switch on the option “Position Profile” for

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4- Extrude the spline 3 using the ZX plane as

5- Create a revolution surface using Spline 1

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In this step you will:

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2- Trim the previous trim surface with the extruded surface.

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In this step you will:

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1- Close the surface Body surface.

3- Add 1mm edge fillets on these four edges :

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In this step you will:

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1- Display the second spline and its points.

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In this exercise you will see how to create a button body

 Creating the profiles

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In this step you will:

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Create the wireframe geometry:

1- Create 5 points : Pt1(0,0,5), Pt2(0,10,9), Pt3(0,23,7), Pt4(0,30,8), Pt5(-20,30,7)

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In this step you will:

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Surface Extrude. 1 (1-) Surface Extrude. 2 ( 2-)

Create the basic surfaces:

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In this step you will:

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Sketch.3 on XY plane (1-) Sketch.4 YZ plane (2-)