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MECHANICAL COMPUTER
AIDED DRAFTING (MCAD)
(15ME35P)
3rd Sem
Prepared By
Chethan G P., b.e
INDEX
Drawing Standards:
Machine drawing is used to communicate to industries. To have uniformity in drawings
they are required to follow some drawing standards approved by International Standards
Organization (ISO).
In India, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been assigned the job of standardizing the
items for interchangeability of parts. Standards are available for any machine component as well
as for the drawing.
Feature-based Modeling:
A feature is defined as the smallest building block that can be modified individually. A
model created in CATIA is a combination of a number of individual features and each feature is
related to the other directly or indirectly. These features understand their fit and function
properly and therefore can be modified any time during the design process. If a proper design
intent is maintained while creating the model, then these features automatically adjust their
values to any change in their surroundings. This provides greater flexibility to the design.
Parametric Modeling:
The parametric nature of the software package is defined as its ability to use the standard
properties or parameters in defining the shape and size of a geometry. The main function of this
property is to derive the selected geometry to a new size or shape without considering its original
dimensions. We can change or modify the shape and size of any feature at any stage of the
design process. This property makes the designing process very easy.
The term parametric modeling denotes the use of parameters to control the dimensions
and shape of CAD models.
Solid modeling (or modeling) is a consistent set of principles for mathematical and
computer modeling of three-dimensional solids. Solid modeling is distinguished from related
areas of geometric modeling and computer graphics by its emphasis on physical fidelity.
Together the principles of geometric and solid modeling from the foundation of computer aided
design in general support the creation, visualization, animation, interrogation and annotation of
digital models of physical objects.
1. Orthographic Projection:
The orthographic projection shows the object as it looks from the front, right, left, top,
bottom, or back and are typically positioned relative to each other according to the rules of
either first angle projection or third angle projection. The origin and vector direction of the
projectors (projection lines) differs, as explained below.
CATIA V5 WORKBENCHES:
CAIIA V5 serves the basic design tasks by providing different workbenches. A
workbench is defined as a specified environment consisting of a set of tools that allows the user
to perform specific design tasks. The basic workbenches in CATIA V5 are Part Design,
Wireframe and Surface Design, Assembly Design, Drafting, Generative Sheet metal Design.
These workbenches are discussed next.
Drafting Workbench:
The Drafting workbench is used for the documentation of the parts or assemblies created
earlier in the form of drawing views and their detailing. There are two types of drafting
techniques:
l. Generative drafting
2. Interactive drafting
The generative drafting technique is used to automatically generate the drawing views of
the parts and assemblies. The parametric dimensions added to the component in the Part Design
workbench during its creation can be generated and displayed automatically in the drawing
views. The generative drafting is bi-directionally associative in nature. You can also generate the
Bill of Material (BOM) and balloons in the drawing views.
In interactive drafting, you need to create the drawing views by sketching them using the
normal sketching tools and then adding the dimensions.
CAT Product
CATProduct is a file extension associated with all those files that are created in the
Assembly Design workbench of CATIA V5.
CAT Drawing
CAT Drawing is a file extension associated with all those files that are created in the
Drafting workbench of CATIA V5.
Specification Tree:
The Specification tree displays all the operations carried out on the part in a sequence.
Figure shows the Specification tree that appears when you start a new file under the Part Design
workbench.
Compass:
The compass is used to manipulate the orientation of parts, assemblies, or sketches. You
can also orient the view of the parts and assemblies. The compass is shown in Figure 1-9. By
default, it appears on the top right corner of the geometry area.
TOOLBARS:
CATIA V5 offers a user-friendly design environment by providing specific toolbars to
each workbench. Therefore, it is important that you get acquainted with various standard toolbars
and buttons that appear in the workbenches of CAT'IA V5. These toolbars are discussed next.
Standard Toolbar
This toolbar is common to all workbenches of CATIAV5. Figure shows the Standard toolbar.
A. Shading
B. Shading with Edges
C. Shading with Edges but
without smooth edges
D. Shading with Edges with
hidden edges
E. Shading with Material
F. Wireframe
Boolean Operations
Multi-sections Solid
A. Multi-sections Solid (material added by
sweeping one or more planar section curves
along one or more guide curves
Hole
A. Hole (circular material removed from the
existing solid); Several types of holes are
available: Simple, Tapered, Counterbored
Fillet
A. Fillet (creating a curved face of a constant or variable
radius that is tangent to, and that joins, two surfaces.)
Chamfer
A. Chamfer (removing & adding a flat section from a
selected edge to create a beveled surface between the two
original faces common to
that edge.)
Draft
A. Basic Draft (adding or removing material depending on
the draft angle and the pulling direction)
Shell
A. Shell (empty a solid while keeping a given thickness
on its sides)
Constraining:
The constraints are the logical operations that are performed on the selected element to
define the size and location of with respect to the other elements or reference geometries. There
are two types of constraints in CATIA V5.
a. Geometrical Constraints: These are the logical operations performed on the sketched
elements to define their size and position with respect to other elements. Geometric
constraints are applied using two methods, automatic constraining and manual
constraining. While drawing the sketch, some constraints are automatically applied to it.
For applying constraints manually, you need to invoke the Constraints Defined in
Dialogue Box tool and select the appropriate check box.
b. Assembly Constraints: The constraints in the Assembly Design workbench are the logical
operations performed to restrict the degree of freedom of the component and to define its
precise location and position with respect to the other components of the assembly.
The need for constraining are as follows:
1. For limitation or restriction.
2. To keep within close bounds.
3. To produce in a forced manner or inhibited manner.
In evaluating geometry, the system considers the degree of freedom that it has. In two
dimensions, points and lines have two of freedom, circles have three and ellipse have five
degrees of freedom. Fixed geometry will never be moved by the system, and has no degree of
freedom.
If all of the degrees of freedom of a geometry have been taken up by a consistent
combination of dimensions and fixed geometry, that category is said to be iso constrained or
fully constrained (also known as well defined).
Geometry that still has some degrees of freedom is said to be under constrained (also
known as under defined).
In many sketches, the user will specify more than the minimum required number of
dimensions or constraints. In certain cases the system will ignore redundant constraints and solve
the sketch. In other cases it will mark parts of the sketch as over constrained.
Procedure:
Step 2: Select the proper plane on screen and click on the sketcher to get grid screen.
Step 9: Continue drawing by selecting either face or plane and click on sketcher to get 2D
screen.
To create Views
Step 2: To get the other viewsclick projection view iconclick on the space corresponding to
the view (based on first angle projection and third angle projection).
Result: The required part is prepared from the given drawing and is converted to drafting.
EXERCISES
1. Create front, top and side view for the given 3D Drawing.
Tools for part drawing: Sketcher, profile, Constrain, Pocket, Hole, Chamfer, Workbench,
Shaft, Thread/Tap, etc.,
Tools for assembly drawing: Existing component, Manipulation, Snap, Coincide constraint,
contact constraint, move, etc.,
Procedure:
Step 2: Prepare all the required parts for the assembly of the component and save them with
proper name and in location.
Step 4: Click on the existing component toolclick on producta file dialogue box will be
appeared on the screen.
Step 5: From the file dialogue box select the proper file and open it.
Step 6: Now click on snap and select the face/plane of thr drawing and snap the drawing by
using manipulation tool and fix the drawing.
Step 8: If the part is circular or cylindrical then coincide the part by using coincide constraint
tool.
Step 10: Save the assembly with proper name and in location.
Step 11: Convert it to the drafting and obtain the required views.
To create Views
Step 2: Show the sectional view by passing the section plane on the required axis and then
double click left button.
Result: The required parts is prepared, then assembled, and then it is converted to drafting to get
required views and sectional views.
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