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Description
? This Tutorial is an introduction to Assembly Design.
Message
? Assembly Design is easy to use and powerful. The basics of product
structure, constraints, and moving assemblies and parts can be learned
quickly.
? In this tutorial you will understand the power of associativity in CATIA V5,
creating design in context and realising operations directly in the assembly
design.
? We will see the facility to use sub assemblies and constraints.
Duration
? 45 minutes
Product Coverage
? Assembly Design, Part Design
In order to use the appropriate settings for this tutorial, you have two possibilities:
Customising a Hotkey
? You could use the pulldown Window-Tile
Vertically to do this action, but we would like you
to take a moment to see how easy it is to create
a Hotkey
? Click MB3 on any icon and choose
Customize from the contextual menu
? You can also use Tools + Customize in
the Menu bar
? Select the Commands tab
? Select Window on the left part of the
window
? Select Tile Vertically on the right part of
the window
? Click on Show Properties button
? Enter F4 into Accelerator
? Click Close
Designing Table
? Modify the height of the Box
? Double-click the side of the box
? This brings us into Part Design
? Double-click on Configuration in the
tree
? Select this button in the window
? Double click on line 2
? Click OK
? The assembly needs to be updated
? Double-click on Loudspeaker at the top
of the tree
? This will update the locations of the
woofer, tweeter and the screws
? Hit F3 to hide the tree
Designing Table
? Return to the first size:
? Double-click the side of the box
? This brings us into Part Design
? Double-click on Configuration in the
tree
? Select this button in the window
? Double click on line 1
? Click OK
? The assembly needs to be updated
? Double-click on Loudspeaker at the top
of the tree
? This will update the locations of the
woofer, tweeter and the screws
? Hit F3 to hide the tree
Facultative point:
? If you had not enough time or if you had
failed the steps before, you can load the
following file:
?Close all the windows present in
CATIA V5
?Select file open
? Find Loudspeaker product
?Click Open or double click on
Loudspeaker.CATProduct in
../Assembly Design/Data/Step 7.
? You are now able to continue the
script.
End of the facultative point
Insert a support
? Import the support:
?Re-size the view
?Double-click on Loudspeaker at
the top of the tree
? It will be highlighted in orange
?Use the contextual menu on the
Loudspeaker to insert a component.
? MB 3 on Loudspeaker, and then
Component/Existing Component
?Select the Support.CATProduct
In \Assembly Design\Data\
? You can focus your research on
CATProducts, using Files of type :
Products(*.CATProduct)
?Click OK
Positioning
? Move the imported product:
?Re-size the view
?Drag and drop the compass on the
support in the 3D view
? Place the compass on the 3D
geometry.
?Click on support in the tree to
highlight it
? The support can be now moved
entirely.
?Select the z axis on the compass
to move down the support
? Drag and drop the compass until
its in the right place.
?With a drag and drop, replace the
Split
? Select the cutting element:
?Open the tree, as in the picture
?Click on the Split icon and select
the join in the open body of Rotator
Axis
? This join will be the cutting
element
Manipulation
? Flexible Sub-Assembly:
?Change the sub-product Support
as a Flexible Sub-product, MB3 on
Loudspeaker support in the tree, and
click on Flexible/Rigid
? We are now able to use the
constraints inside the sub-product
starting from the global product.
? Also note that the icon in the tree
has changed for another one in
purple.
?Select the manipulation Icon
?Switch the button :
With respect to constraints
?Select the icon axis rotation.
Tools/Options
? We will configure the environment of
CATIA
?Select Tools + Options menu
Tools/Options
? Under General select Parameters on
the tree
?Select to check With value and
With formula
Tools/Options
? Under Mechanical Design select Part
Design on the tree