CATIA_V5R16_for_Designers.pdf

CATIA V5R16 for Designers

Introduction

CATIA V5R16

• Welcome to CATIA ( Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application ).

As a new user of this software package, you will be joining hands with thousands of

users of this high-end CAD/CAM/CAE tool worldwide.

If you are already familiar with the previous releases, you can upgrade your designing

skills with the tremendous improvement in this latest release.

CATIA V5, developed by Dassault Systemes, France, is a completely re-engineered,

next-generation family of CAD/CAM/CAE software solutions for Product Lifecycle

Management.

Through its exceptionally easy-to-use state of the art user interface, CATIA V5 delivers

innovative technologies, for maximum productivity and creativity from the concept to the

final product.

CATIA V5 reduces the learning curve for the user, as it allows the flexibility of using |

feature based and parametric designs.

CATIA V5R16 for Designers

Introduction

CATIA V5 serves the basic design tasks by providing different workbenches.

A workbench is defined as a specified environment consisting of a set of tools, which

allow the user to perform the specific design tasks in a particular area.

The basic workbenches available in CATIA V5 are :

Part Design Workbench

The Part Design workbench is a parametric and feature-based environment, in which you

can create solid models.

Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench

The Wireframe and Surface Design workbench is also a parametric and feature-based

environment, in which you can create wireframe or surface models.

The tools in this workbench are similar to those in the Part Design workbench, with the

only difference that the tools in this environment are used to create basic and advanced

surfaces.

CATIA V5R16 for Designers

Introduction

Assembly Design Workbench

The Assembly Design workbench is used to assemble the components using the

assembly constraints available in this workbench.

There are two types of assembly design approaches:

Bottom-up

Top-down

Drafting Workbench

The Drafting workbench is used for the documentation of the parts or the assemblies

created earlier in the form of drawing views and their detailing.

There are two types of drafting techniques:

Generative drafting

Interactive drafting

CATIA V5R16 for Designers

Introduction

¾ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The following are the system requirements to ensure smooth running of CATIA V5R16 on

your system:

System unit: An Intel Pentium III or Pentium 4 based workstation running Microsoft 2000

Professional Edition or Windows XP Professional Edition.

Memory: 256 MB of RAM is the minimum recommended for all applications. 512 MB of

RAM is recommended for DMU applications.

Disk drive: 4 GB Disk Drive space (Minimum recommended size)

Internal/External drives: A CD-ROM drive is required for program installation.

Display: A graphic color display compatible with the selected platform-specific graphic

adapter. The minimum recommended monitor size is 17 inches.

Graphics adapter: A graphics adapter with a 3D OpenGL accelerator is required with

minimum resolution of 1024x768 for Microsoft Windows workstations and 1280x1024 for

UNIX workstations.

CATIA V5R16 for Designers

Introduction

¾ GETTING STARTED WITH CATIA V5R16

Install CATIA V5R16 on your system and then start it by double-clicking on the shortcut

icon of CATIA V5R16 on the desktop of your computer.

You can also choose Start > Programs > CATIA > CATIA V5R16 from the taskbar menu,

as shown in the figure.

Starting CATIA V5R16 using the taskbar shortcuts

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