Record and recall information with consistency and speed. The use of Product Data Management (PDM) systems can store the whole design and processing history of a certain product, for future reuse and upgrade.
COVENTIONAL Vs MODERN DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN PRODUCT CYCLE & CAD/CAM PROCESS:
INTRODUCTION TO CATIA V5
CATIA (an acronym of computer aided three-dimensional interactive application) developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes.
CATIA INTERFACE(GUI)
SPECIFICATION TREE
MOUSE CONTROLS
VIEW TOOLBAR
OTHER COMMONLY USED TOOLS:
Part design environment is used to create 3D models from the basic 2D sketches created in sketcher environment.
Some of the commands in workbench explained below
PAD command
In most CAD software, the equivalent of this is called EXTRUDE, but in CATIA we call it PAD. This command adds material in the third direction, a direction other than the sketch.
POCKET command
The POCKET commands somehow the opposite of PAD command. It simply helps remove geometry belonging to an already create part. On the figure below the POCKET command is helping to create the cylinder hole in the middle of the cube.
SHAFT command
It is Like revolve command in other CAD software, the SHAFT command is mostly used to make shaft like parts. It requires an axis, around which the sketch will be revolved.
RIB command
This command which is usually known as SWEEP is called RIB IN CATIA. It adds material along a guide curve. RIB is used to make components like springs, pipes etc.
SLOT command
SLOT removes the material along a guide curve. Here is an example of slot. While using SLOT, I have used the same guide curve that was used for RIB. This ensures that the cross section will be uniform throughout.
Drafting is a process of generating 2D machine drawing for the 3D part models to send it to the manufacturer" s.<="" p="">
Catia drafting is of two types
1.Interactive Drafting
2. Generative Drafting