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Tutorial Objectives
Description
? This Tutorial is an introduction to Generative Drafting.
Message
? To show how CATIA V5 allows the user to automatically generate associative drafting from 3D mechanical parts produced with CATIA Version 5. ? To show a higher productive environment for drawings dress-up and annotation
Duration
? 45 minutes
Product Coverage
? Part Design, Generative Drafting
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Step 1
? Prepare the drawing
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? Create main views
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? Use the Wizard to generate views
Step 4
? Create a Detail view
Step 5
? Create a Section view
Step 6
? Create Dimensions
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? Create a Breakout view
Step 8
? Finish the drawing
Step 9
? Finishing
Note : in the ..\Generative Drafting\Data directory you can find several drawings named with the different steps of this tutorial. If you have some difficulties or if you need to stop and continue sometime later, you can load them at the end of each step to continue the tutorial.
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes
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Settings 1/2
Depending on your needs, you may have to modify the CATIA V5 settings (units, default directory, visualisation parameters, etc) In order to use the appropriate settings for this tutorial, you have two possibilities:
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Settings 2/2
For this tutorial you also need to install a tooling and a material catalogue: ? Do not do this step if you have already done it in getting started or in a previous tutorial
? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\French directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\German directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\Japanese directory ? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials directory ? Answer Yes in order to replace the old catalogue
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?In the Browse window, check the Show Preview option ?Select the Spindle.CATPart file ?Click on Open button
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?Answer Yes to the question because some libraries are not installed on this CATIA demonstration mode
?In the New Drawing Creation window, click on the Modify button ?Choose ANSI for the Standard and C ANSI for the Format ?Validate by clicking on OK in the New Drawing window ?Validate by clicking on OK in the New Drawing Creation window ? A new drawing window is opened
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? Select and drag the text box, placing it under the front view as shown ? Maximise the drawing window ? Zoom out to see the whole page ? Select the front view frame and drag it to position it as shown
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?Drag the projection view around the front view to preview the different projections you could create ?Now position the projection view as shown on the right and click MB1 ? Another way to create views ?Delete the views by clicking MB3 on the frame (and not inside the frame) of both views and then selecting the Delete function
? Another way is to select a view and use the Delete key of the keyboard
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?Drag the mouse to change the radius ?Click the sheet when the radius is as shown ?Zoom out to see the top left corner of the sheet
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?Drag the mouse to the top left side of the sheet and click there
? The detail is created here with a 1:16 scale factor (x2)
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?Double click to end the profile creation ?Zoom out to see the whole sheet ?Drag the section view on the left and click MB1 to create it ?Move the Section view
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Generating dimensions
? You can automatically generate dimensions on one of the views ? Zoom out and double-click MB1 on the blue frame of the Section view
? The colour of the frame changes to red. This means the Section view is now the active window
? Key in 0.08 in the font size field ? Click on the Thread Dimension icon behind the Dimension icon ? Select the top line that represents the thread by clicking MB1
? the thread dimensions are displayed
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? Select dimension value to move and drag it to the left or right as shown ? Multi select the two values (use CTRL key) and click MB3 then MB1 on Properties to customise extension line. ? Click on the Extension Line tab then Key in 0 in as blanking value. ? Click OK to validate the modification
Generating dimensions
? You can automatically generate dimensions on one of the views ?Zoom out and double-click MB1 on the blue frame of the Bottom view
? The colour of the frame changes to red. This means the Bottom view is now the active window
?Click on the Dimension icon ?Select the bottom line by clicking MB1
? A diameter dimension is displayed
?Without clicking, drag the mouse. When the dimension is correctly positioned, click MB1 ?Drag the value to the right of the dimension line ?Click on the dimension arrow to reverse its orientation ?Click anywhere to finish
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? If you make a mistake, delete it with Delete key of the keyboard or with the contextual menu
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? Now you will re-use automatically the properties defined for the next length dimension creation.
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? Drag and position the dimension as you did before ? Click anywhere to finish ? Click MB3 on the dimension and select Properties ? Select the Extension line Tab then key in 0 in as blanking value ? Click Ok ? On the dimension value, click MB3 and select Set as Default ? Select the Only User Default Properties option
Generating dimensions
?Behind the Dimension icon, select the Stacked Dimension icon 5 ?Select the bottom line again ?Then select the next 4 lines as shown
? They have to be selected in the right order
4 3 2 1
?Without clicking, drag the mouse and position the dimensions as shown here
? If you drag one dimension, the others follow
?NB: If you click MB1, you can move each dimension individually.
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? You will note that you have the same properties as the last length dimension created (text size, blanking value)
? In the Menu bar, select Tools + Dimension generation + Filters ? Select the Detail view frame in the 2D sheet (this is very important if you dont want to generate the dimensions in all the views) ? Click the Sketcher wireframe constraints option in the Dimension Generation Filters window ? Click OK
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?Reduce the Drawing window ?Check Generated constraints in the Generated dimensions analysis window
? The corresponding dimensions are displayed in the 3D view
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?Click OK to close
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?Click on the other axis (3) ?Move the mouse to the left and click MB1 when the perpendicular symbol and the vertical dotted line are displayed (4)
?Zoom out to see the Right view ?Move the mouse over the vertical edges in that Right view
? You will see the dynamic preview
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?Click MB3 on the Front view frame + Front view object + Apply Breakout To ?Select the Isometric view frame
? The breakout view now appears in the Isometric view.
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?In the File menu, select Page Setup ?Select the ISO Standard and the A2 ISO format ?Click OK
? You can see that all dimensions automatically change to an ISO representation.
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Step 9: Finishing
Finishing steps
? You can remove the view frames ?Select the Detail view in the tree ?Click MB3 + Properties ?Click the Frame option to deselect it
?Click OK to validate
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Manual Settings
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Settings
Tools/Options
? Select Tools + Options menu
? Under General select Parameters on the tree ?Select Units tab ?Select the Length line ?Select Inch (in) in the pull down menu
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Settings
Tools/Options
? Under Mechanical Design select Drafting on the tree ?Select Generation tab ?Select the options as shown
?Click OK to validate
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CONGRATULATIONS
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