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Day 1
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1.5 hrs
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Lesson 1
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30 mins
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About this course
- Course
Design Philosophy
- Windows
2000/XP
- Conventions
used in this book
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What is PLM/CATIA software?
- CATIAs
function in the product life cycle
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Case Study:
Becoming familiar with CATIA interface
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Design Intent
- What
is design intent
- Example
of design intent
- How
features affect design intent
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Opening a Part/Product file
- Description
of file types and file names
- Relationship
between file types and workbenches
- Discussion of Master Project
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20- 30 mins
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The CATIA User interface
- Menus,
Workbenches and Toolbars (Spec Tree)
- Visualization
and orientation
- Contextual
Menus, inputting information
- Basic
Tool>Options
- Help
Documentation, Tool Tips and Message Bar
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30 mins
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Exercise
CATIA V5 User Interface
In this exercise the user will:
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Launch CATIA, observe default environment
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Close default product file
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Open an existing file
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Review Part workbench
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15-20mins
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DrillPress
CATProduct
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- Open
the master product assembly.
- Change
orientation and visualization properties.
- Review
and manipulate the specification tree
- Review
tooltips, message bar and help.
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2.5 hrs
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Lesson 2
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30-40 mins
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Case Study: Profile
Creation
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Creating a new part
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Sketching
- The
sketcher workbench
- Geometry
creation
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Recommendations
- What
is the best tool to create the sketch
- How
complex should a sketch be
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40 mins
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Exercise Profile Creation In this exercise the user
will:
be given detailed instruction to complete tasks taught in
this lesson.
- Create
a new part
- Launch
sketcher workbench
- Create
sketched geometry
- Close
the file without saving
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Exercise Profile Creation In this exercise the user will:
be given high-level instruction to complete tasks taught
in this lesson.
- Create
a new part
- Launch
sketcher workbench
- Create
sketched geometry
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Exercise Multiple Profile Creation In this exercise the
user will: be given only a drawing to complete the tasks taught in this
lesson.
- Create
a new part
- Launch
sketcher workbench
- Create
sketched geometry
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30 mins
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Constraining
- What
is constraining
- Types
of constraints (geometric and dimensional)
- Fully
constrained sketches
- Geometric
constraints
- Dimensional
constraints
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Recommendations
- Sketch
in context
- Sketch
orientation
- Tips
for creating the initial geometry
- Tips
for constraint creation
- Controlling
the constrain dimension direction
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Pad creation
- Basic
extrusion in one direction
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Saving a model
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Save and Save As
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55 mins
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Exercise Sketch Constraints In this exercise the user
will:
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
- Create
a new part
- Launch
sketcher workbench
- Create
sketch geometry
- Create
geometric and dimensional constraints
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Ex2E_1.CATPart
Ex2E_2.CATPart
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Exercise Sketch Constraints In this exercise the user
will:
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson.
- Open
an existing part file containing a sketch
- Create
geometric and dimensional constraints
- Open
a second existing part file containing a sketch
- Create
geometric and dimensional constraints
- Determine
why second sketch is harder to constrain then the first.
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Ex2F.CATPart
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Exercise: Sketch Constrains In this exercise the user
will: be given only a drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
- Open
an existing model
- Edit
a sketch
- Constrain
an existing sketched geometry
- Save
and close the document
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Support_plaque.CATPart
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Case Study In this exercise the user will: be given a
drawing of a part from the master assembly that they are to complete. Part
will contain only features mentioned in lessons up to this point.
- Create
a new part
- Launch
sketcher workbench
- Create
sketch geometry
- Create
geometric and dimensional constraints
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2.5 hrs
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Lesson 3
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40 mins
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Basic features of Part Design
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Case Study: Basic
Features
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Base Feature
- Terminology
- Part
- Feature
- Pad
- Pocket
- Holes
- Fillets
- Chamfers
- Selection
of a base feature
- Features
that add and remove material
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Pad/Pocket features
- Creating
a pad
- Creating
a pocket
- Sketch
restrictions
- Open
profiles
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Creating Holes
- What
is a hole
- Hole
creation using a positioning sketch
- Hole
creation using Pre-Defined References
- Pocket
or a hole?
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Edge Fillets
- What
is a fillet
- Edge
selection methods
- Propagation
modes
- Edge
fillet creation
- Face-Face
fillet creation
- Variable
Edge fillet creation
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Chamfers
- What
is a chamfer
- Dimensioning
modes
- Chamfer
creation
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70 mins
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Ex3A.CATPart
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Exercise Basic Features Creation In this exercise the
user will:
- Open
an existing part
- Create
a pad using an existing sketch
- Create
a pocket using an existing sketch
- Create
a co-axial hole
- Create
an edge fillet
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Ex3B.CATPart
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Exercise Basic Feature Creation In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing part
- Create
four chamfers
- Create
a simple hole
- Create
a pocket
- Create
a face-face fillet
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Basic Feature Creation In this exercise the
user will:
- Create
a new part
- Create
a pad
- Create
a pocket
- Create
a countersunk hole
- Create
an edge fillet
- Create
a face-face fillet
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Engine
Support.CATPart
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a part file
- Create
a pad
- Create
a pocket
- Create
a co-axial hole
- Create
fillets
- Create
a chamfer
User will be given a drawing of a part from the master
assembly that they are to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned
in lessons up to this point.
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3.5 hrs
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Lesson 4
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40 mins
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Case Study: Additional Features
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Advanced Sketcher Tools
- Relimitations
- Sketch Relations
- Project 3D elements (Referencing in sketcher)
- Sketch Analysis
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45 mins
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Exercise Multiple Profile Sketch Features In this
exercise the user will:
- Create a new part
- Create a multi-profile sketch
- Use sketch to create a pad feature
- Create a second sketch to be used for a multi-pad feature
- Create multi-pad
User will be given detailed
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Sketch Analysis and Pocket In this exercise the
user will:
- Students are given a part that contains a multi-profile
sketch and must problem solve to determine why a multi-pad feature fails
when using this sketch.
User will be given high-level
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Multiple Profile Sketch Features In this
exercise the user will:
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
- Create the model using only one feature.
- Students will need to determine the best profiles to sketch
for use in a multi-profile pad feature.
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30 mins
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- Reference elements
- What is a reference element
- Geometrical sets and part bodies
- Creating planes
- Creating points
- Creating lines
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Revolved Features (Shafts and
Grooves)
- Sketch Geometry of the revolved feature
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Rules governing
sketches of revolved features
Diameter dimensions
- Creating the revolved feature
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45 mins
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Exercise Shaft and Groove In this exercise the user will:
- Create a new part
- Create a point and line to use as axis for revolved feature
- Create a revolved feature
- Create plane to be used as sketch support
- Create feature on plane
User will be given detailed
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Shaft and Groove In this exercise the user will:
- Open an existing part file that constraints a sketch to be
used to create a revolved feature.
- Try to create a revolved feature
- Determine what is wrong with the sketch used to create the
revolved feature and resolve the issue.
- Create the revolved feature.
User will be given high-level
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Shaft and Groove In this exercise the user will:
- Create a new part file
- Create a model constraining a shaft feature; groove and
additional features that will require reference geometry to create.
User will be given only a
drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
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30 mins
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Thin features
- What
is a thin feature
- Creating
a thin feature
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Shelling
- What
is shelling
- Shelling
a feature
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65mins
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Thin Pad and Shell In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a new part
- Create
a solid pad feature
- Shell
feature
- Create
an open profile sketch
- Create
a thin feature
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Pad, Fillet, Hole and Shell In this exercise the
user will:
- Open
an existing part file
- Shell
feature
- Change
feature order to create a hole instead of a pipe
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Thin Pad, Shell and Holes In this exercise the
user will:
- Create
a new part file
- Students
must determine what operation will best make the model, thin or shell.
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a part file
- Create
profile sketch for a revolved thin using advanced geometry tools.
- Create
additional features. Features
will require reference geometry be created for sketch support.
User will be given a drawing of a part from the master
assembly that they are to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned
in lessons up to this point.
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2.5 hrs
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Lesson 5
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20-30 mins
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Case Study:
Dress-up Features
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Ribs
- What
is a rib
- Creating
a rib
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Draft
- What
is a draft, types of drafts
- Creating
a basic draft
- Creating
a reflect draft
- Creating
a variable draft
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Exercise Stiffeners and Draft In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing part
- Apply
reflect and variable drafts
- Create
a Rib on the same part
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Reflect Draft In this
exercise the user will:
- Create a new part.
- Create a pad feature
- Create a basic draft
- Shell feature
- Add a rib.
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Stiffeners and Draft
In this exercise the user will:
- Create a new part file
- Create a model containing features taught in this
and previous lessons
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
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20 mins
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Threads and Taps
- What
is a thread/Tap
- Applying
a thread/Tap
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30 mins
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Exercise Thread and Tap In this exercise the user will:
- Open
an existing part
- Add
thread/tap to boss feature
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Thread In this
exercise the user will:
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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20 mins
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Editing features
- Reordering
- Define
in work object
- Properties
- Filters
(search)
- Parent
Child relationships (Modifying references)
- Resolving
feature failures
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65 min
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Ex3D.CATPart
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Exercise Features Deactivation In this exercise the user
will:
- Read
a specification tree
- Scan
a model history
- Hide/Show
elements
- Swap
visual workspace
- Investigate
Parent/Child relationships
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Ex3E.CATPart
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Exercise Reflect Draft In this
exercise the user will:
- Review the specification tree
- Hide features
- Activate features
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Ex5e_error.CATPart
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Exercise Stiffeners and Draft
In this exercise the user will:
- Troubleshoot a part that contains features that fail
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Table.CATPart
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
User will be given a drawing of a part from the master
assembly that they are to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned
in lessons up to this point.
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3 hrs
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Lesson 6
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40 mins
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Case Study: Reusing
Data
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Rectangular Patterns
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Circular Patterns
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User Patterns
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Additional information on pattern
- Editing
(Deleting, exploding)
- Limitations
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Mirroring
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70 mins
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Exercise Patterns In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a new part
- Create
a simple pad feature
- Create
a hole
- Use
circular pattern to pattern the hole
- Create
a pocket
- Create
a sketch of points
- Use
points to pattern the pocket using a user pattern.
- Mirror
the part to create a final part
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Ex6B.CATPart
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Exercise Patterns In this
exercise the user will:
- Open an existing part file.
- Explode a pattern
- Change one feature in the pattern
User will be given high-level
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Patterns In this
exercise the user will:
- Create a new part file
- Create a model containing features taught in this
and previous lessons
User will be given only a
drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
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30 mins
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Transformations
- Translation
- Rotation
- Symmetry
- Scaling
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Copy and Paste
- From
within a model
- From
a different model
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Catalog
·
What is a power copy and user feature
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Understanding how a catalog is created (very
brief)
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Inserting existing catalog features into your
model
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90 mins
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Ex6D.CATPart
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Exercise Transformation and Catalog In this exercise the
user will:
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Use transformations to change the location and
scale of the model.
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Copy and paste a feature from a different
model into current
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Add a catalog feature to the model
User will be given detailed
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson.
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Ex6Econeholder.CATPart
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Exercise Patterns Modifications
In this exercise the user will:
- Open an existing part file.
- Note that the pattern contains dress up features; if the
pattern is exploded it will remove those features.
- Edit the pattern and remove one instance
- Use copy/paste to copy instance back.
- Make dimensional changes to the copied feature.
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise 6F In this exercise
the user will:
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Create a model
containing features taught in this and previous lessons
User will be given only a
drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
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Support.catpart
tab on the side can be cataloged features
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
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be given a drawing of a part from the master
assembly that they are to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned
in lessons up to this point.
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2.5 hrs
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Lesson 7
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30 mins
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Case Study: Finalizing Design Intent
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Applying Material Properties
- About
materials
- How
to apply a material
- Viewing
material on a model
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Analyzing the model
- Measuring
Tools
- Mass
Properties
- Using
planes to determine X, Y, and Z distance.
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30 mins
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Exercise Material and Measures In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing part
- Apply
material to the model
- View
material
- Calculate
mass properties
- Take
measurements
- Create
a plane to take an X direction distance.
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Material and Measures
In this exercise the user will:
- Open an existing part file.
- Apply and view material
- Take measurements of the model
User will be given high-level
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson
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30 mins
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Formulas
- Preparations
For Formulas (Parameter creation)
- Renaming
Parameters
- Creating
formulas
- A
few final words about formulas
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80 mins
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Exercise Parameter and Formula In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing model
- Create
formulas in the part workbench and the sketcher
- Test
model.
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Parameter and Formula
In this exercise the user will:
- Open
an existing model
- Create
formulas in the part workbench and the sketcher
- Test
model.
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Parameter and Formula
In this exercise the user will:
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- User
will be given a drawing of a part from the master assembly that they are
to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned in lessons up to
this point.
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2.5 hrs
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Lesson 8
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30 mins
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Case Study:
Bottom-up Assembly design
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Introduction to Assembly design
- What
is an assembly
- Bottom
up vs. top down
- Terminology
- Assembly
- Component
- Part
number
- Instance
- Active
item
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Creating a new assembly
- Creating
a new product file
- Assigning
properties
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Assembling the base component
- Methods
to add components
- Assigning
component properties
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Positioning the first component
- Compass
- Snap
- Fix
constraint
- The
specification tree
- Reorder
- Copy
and paste
- Options
that control copy and paste
- Multi-Instantiation
- Duplication
of a pattern
- Components
from a catalog
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50 mins
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Exercise Basic Assembly In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a new product file
- Insert
an existing component
- Fix
component
- Insert
a catalog component
- Duplicate
the cataloged component
- Move
components with the compass
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise8b.CATProduct
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Exercise Reuse Components In
this exercise the user will:
- Open
an existing product
- Use
the reuse pattern option
- Copy/paste
a component
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Component Positioning
In this exercise the user will:
- Create a new product file
- Insert and fix base component
- Insert second component and use snap to locate it.
User will be given only a
drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
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30 mins
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Adding Components
- Degrees
of freedom
- Setting
assembly constraints
- Inserting
an existing component with positioning
- What
are constraints
- Constraints
and their symbols
- Coincidence
constraint
- Contact
constraint
- Offset
constraint
- Angle
constraint
- Fix
together
- Fix
together warning
- Constraint
rules
- Assembly
assistant
- Updating
constraints
- Options
- Handling
errors
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Save
- Save,
save as, save all, save management
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80 mins
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Exercise Constrain Components In this exercise the user
will:
- Create
a new product file
- Insert
an existing component
- Fix
component
- Insert
additional components
- Constrain
components
- Update
assembly
- Save
the assembly
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Constraints Creation
In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a new product file
- Insert
an existing component
- Fix
component
- Insert
additional components
- Constrain
components
- Update
assembly
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Degrees of Freedom In
this exercise the user will:
- Open an existing assembly
- Fully constrain the assembly
User will be given only a
drawing to complete the tasks taught in this lesson.
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
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2 hrs
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Lesson 9
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20 mins
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Case Study:
Top-down Assembly Design
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Opening an existing assembly
- Review
what a product file is and how it retrieves associated part and assembly
files
- Desk
option
- Visualization
and cache management
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50 mins
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Canella_pulley.catpart
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Exercise Visualization and Design Modes In this exercise
the user will:
- Open
an existing product with missing files
- Use
the desk option to locate the files
- Apply
cache management option.
- Restart
CATIA and open a product file in Visualization mode
- Change
one of the parts to Design mode and make a change it.
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Visualization and
Design Modes In this exercise the user will:
- Open an existing assembly
- Use the desk option to locate missing files
- Set some of the components to design mode
- Return components to visualization mode
User will be given high-level
instruction to complete tasks taught in this lesson
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30 mins
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Designing in Context
- What
is designing in context
- Assembly
level features
- Creating
a new part
- References
and Options
- Cautions
about designing in context.
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90 mins
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Exercise Design in Context In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing product
- Create
an assembly level feature
- Create
a new part inside the assembly
- Create
features inside the new part using other components as references.
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Design in Context In
this exercise the user will:
- Open
an existing product
- Create
an assembly level feature
- Create
a new part inside the assembly
- Create
features inside the new part using other components as references
User will be given high-level instruction to complete
tasks taught in this lesson
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Exercise Design in Context In
this exercise the user will:
- Create
a part within the context of an assembly.
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- User
will be given a drawing of a part from the master assembly that they are
to complete. Part will contain only features mentioned in lessons up to
this point and be created in the context of the assembly.
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1.5 hrs
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Lesson 10
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40 mins
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Case Study:
Drafting
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Design Intent
- Requirements
of the model
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Stages in the Process
- Summary
of types of features and their order
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Starting a drawing
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View creation
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Dimensions
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View Modifications
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View Properties
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Annotation
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Title Block
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Saving a drawing
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Printing a drawing
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Associativity
- Link
between 3-D model and drawing
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80 mins
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Exercise Drawing Creation In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing part
- Create
a drawing
- Add
3 main views
- Create
overall dimensions
- Add
annotation
- Apply
a title block
- Make
dimensional changes to the part, and note the update in the drawing.
- Save
the drawing
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Drawing Creation In this exercise the user
will:
- Open
an existing Product
- Create
a drawing
- Add
3 main views
- Create
overall dimensions
- Add
annotation
- Apply
a title block
- Save
the drawing
User will be given detailed instruction to complete tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Exercise Drawing Creation
In this exercise the user will:
- Create
a new drawing
- Insert
a title block
- Add
views
- Dimension
and annotate the drawing
- Save
the drawing
User will be given only a drawing to complete the tasks
taught in this lesson.
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Case Study: In this exercise the user will:
- User
will be given a drawing of a part from the master assembly that they are
to re-create.
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4hrs
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Master Project
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