CATIA Training

Exercises

Wireframe and Surface Design

Version 5 Release 9 June 2002 EDU-CAT-E-WFS-FX-V5R9

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Table of Contents
1. Master Exercise: Mobile Phone
Creating the wireframe geometry Creating the surfaces Trimming and joining the body surfaces Creating the part body Modifying the geometry

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p.7 p.12 p.15 p.19 p.21

2. Recap Exercise: Button

Creating the wireframe geometry Creating the surfaces Creating the solid Modifying the geometry

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p.24 p.26 p.28 p.31

3. Exercise: Wrench Body

Creating the surface of the handle Creating a lofted surface to link the parts Creating the side surface of the head Creating a connecting surface Completing the wrench body

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p.37 p.39 p.42 p.44 p.46

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Mobile Phone Exercise

Mobile Phone: Presentation Mobile Phone (1): Creating wireframe geometry Mobile Phone (2): Creating basic surfaces Mobile Phone (3): Trimming and joining the body surfaces Mobile Phone (4): Creating the part body Mobile Phone (5): Modifying the Geometry

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And now practice in the context of the Mobile phone

Enter the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench

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Create the wireframe geometry

Enter the Part Design workbench

Create the part body Trim and join the body surfaces

Create the surfaces

Modify the geometry

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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 (Points, splines, combine curves, circles, lines) Creating surfaces (swept, extruded, revolved surfaces) Manipulating surfaces (trim, symmetry, join) Creating solid from surface (Close, fillet, shell) Modifying the geometry

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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
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Exercise
Mobile Phone: Creating the wireframe geometry
10 min.

Create the guide curves and profiles.

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Do It Yourself (1/4)
Guide curve 1

Part used: Mobile_phone_step1-1.CATPart

Guide curve 2

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). 4- Draw a spline passing through these points imposing a tangency condition with the X axis at the 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). 7- Draw a spline passing through these points imposing a tangency condition with the X axis at the last extremity. 8- Create a combine curve using the last created spline curve and the second spline curve. Rename it Guide curve 2.
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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):

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7- Create a combine curve using the first created spline and the second circle. Rename it Guide curve 3. 8- Create a combine curve using the third created spline and the second circle. Rename it Guide curve 4. 9- Create a combine curve using the first created spline and the first circle. Rename it Guide curve 5. 10- Create a combine curve using the third created spline and the first circle. Rename it Guide curve 6. 11- Create a line starting from the point (0,0,-300) and X directed (whatever its length, it will be used as an axis).
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Do It Yourself (4/4)

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

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Exercise
Mobile Phone: Creating the surfaces
10 min.

Create swept, extruded and revolved surfaces.

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Do It Yourself (1/2)
Part used: Mobile_phone_step2-1.CATPart 1- Create a swept surface using Guide curve 1 and Guide curve 2 as guide curves, the sketch Profile 1as 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.

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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).

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Exercise
Mobile Phone: Trimming and joining the body surfaces
5 min.

Trim the surfaces by selecting the surface area you want to keep.

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Do It Yourself (1/3)

Part used: Mobile_phone_step3-1.CATPart

1- Trim the first created swept surface with the revolution surface.

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

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

4- Trim the last trim surface with the second circle swept surface.

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

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Exercise
Mobile Phone: Creating the part body
5 min.

Close the body surface into a solid, then fillet and shell the solid.
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Do It Yourself

Part used: Mobile_phone_step4-1.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 :

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Exercise
Mobile Phone: Modifying the geometry
5 min.

Modify the geometry by modifying a construction element.

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Part used: Mobile_phone_step5-1.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.
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Recap Exercise
In this exercise you will see how to create a button body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design workbenches:
25 min.

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

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

In this step you will: Create the points Create the profile curves Create the direction lines

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Do It Yourself

Pt5

Line.1 Pt4 Pt3 Pt2 Spline.1

Pt5

Pt1

Pt1

Points, Spline, Line (1-, 2-, 3-) Button_step1.CATPart

Sketch on XY plane (4-)

Line on YZ plane (5-)

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

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

In this step you will: Create extruded surfaces

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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

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

In this step you will: Create a pad using the existing surfaces as limits Add fillets on edges Shell the part

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Do It Yourself (1/2)

Sketch.3 on XY plane (1-) Button_step4.CATPart

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

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Do It Yourself (2/2)

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)

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

In this step you will: Modify the geometry by moving the definition points of the spline and changing parameters in the Sketcher

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Do It Yourself

Pt3

Point on spline (1-)

Sketch.1 (2-)

Button_step5.CATPart

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

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Wrench Body Exercise

Wrench Body: Presentation Wrench Body (1): Creating the Surface of the Handle Wrench Body (2): Creating a Lofted Surface to Link the Parts Wrench Body (3): Creating the Side Surface of the Head Wrench Body (4): Creating a Connecting Surface Wrench Body (5): Completing the Wrench Body

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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)

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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

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And now practice in the context of the Wrench Body

Enter the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench

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Create the surface of the handle

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Create a connecting surface

Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench

Complete the wrench body

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Exercise
Wrench body : Creating the Surface of the Handle
10 min.

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

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Do It Yourself

Part used: Wrench_body_step1.CATPart

Vertex 2 C B A

Vertex 1

Spline 1

Points, Spline (1-, 2-, 3-)

Revolving surface (4-)

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).

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Exercise
Wrench body : Creating a Lofted Surface to Link the Parts
10 min.

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

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Do It Yourself (1/2)

Part used: Wrench_body_step2.CATPart

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 and 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.
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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.4, Sketch.3 and the edge curve of the link end face), three guide curves P1 users should create the three (Spline.2, Spline.3 and Spline.4) and a spine (Line.1). sections loft in two times. 8- Apply a symmetry to the lofted surface with respect to the XY plane. 9- Join the lofted surface and the symmetry.
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Exercise
Wrench body : Creating the Side Surface of the Head
10 min.

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

Part used: Wrench_body_step3.CATPart

Side face of the head

Extracted edges

Split of Sketch.4

Side surface

1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body extract with tangency continuity the upper and lower edges of the head.. 2- Split sketch.4 with the side face of the head. 3- In the SURFACES Open Body define the side surface: create a sweep with a profile (Split.1=sketch.4 split) and two guide curves (Extract.1 and Extract.2).

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Exercise
Wrench body : Creating a Connecting Surface
10 min.

Create a connect surface at a junction by sketching the profile and revolving it.
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Do It Yourself

Part used: Wrench_body_step4.CATPart

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).
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Exercise
Wrench body : Completing the Wrench Body
5 min.

Create solids by extruding and closing the surfaces. Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing.

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Do It Yourself (1/2)

Part used: Wrench_body_step5.CATPart

Join.1 Revolute.1

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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.

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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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