Assembly Design
Getting Started
In this hands-on scenario you will experiment how to quickly position a part in an assembly.
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Open the part
Open the part to be included in the assembly.
Note: if you just finished the part design handson, your part may be used for the assembly.
(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select the SPACER_CONFIG.CATPart. If you want, you can open your part
SPACER.catpart
(3) Select Open to confirm
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Open the assembly
Open the assembly.
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(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select
MACHINE_START_DTT_FIT.CATProduct.
(3) Select Open to confirm.
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Getting Started
Ckeck you are in the Assembly Worbench
(1) if you are not already in this workbench,
select in the Start menu Mechanical Design then Assembly Design submenu
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Split the screen
Tile Horizontally the CATIA windows.
(1) Select Window + Tile horizontally
menu.
The screen is split,the assembly and
the 3D part.
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Place the Part in the Assembly
You are going to place the part in the assembly using the Drag & Drop mechanism.
(1) Select the SPACER node in the specification
tree, drag and drop it on top of the MACHINE specification tree
The part is now included in the assembly
structure.
(2) In the assembly, select the Reframe on menu
with Mouse Buton 3 on the SPACER name in the tree
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Prepare the assembly
Maximize and center the assembly on the working area .
(1) Maximize the assembly window..
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Quick positioning
You are going to use the compass to approximately position the Spacer part
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(1) Select the Compass by selecting the red
square
(2) Drag and Drop the compass on the
SPACER part
(3) Select the green compass axis to move
the part in this direction and position the part close to the charger as shown.
(4) Select the red square of the compass
and drag and drop the compass out of the geometry
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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER on the table .
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(1) Select the Shading Edge icon
representation
(2) Double click on the Quick constraint icon.
(3) Select the cylindrical surface of the SPACER
hole as shown.
Its axis is displayed
(4) Select the hole of the charger
The Quick constraint tool chooses the
coincidence constraint for you.
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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER.
(1) Rotate the model. TIP: Press MB2 and MB1 ( keeping MB2 )
to rotate the model around the model sphere center
(2) Select the hole of the SPACER (2) Select the hole of the charger. The Quick constraint tool chooses the
coincidence constraint for you.
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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER.
(1) Rotate the model if needed, select the
planar face of the SPACER part
(2) Rotate the model, select the planar face
of the charger as shown
The Quick constraint tool chooses the
surface contact constraint for you.
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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.
(1) Rotate the model, select the hole as
shown.
(2) Rotate the model, select the b-2201 hole
as shown.
The Quick constraint tool chooses the
contact constraint for you
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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.
(1) Rotate the model, select the hole as
shown.
(2) Rotate the model, select the b-2201 hole
as shown.
The Quick constraint tool chooses the
contact constraint for you
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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.
(2) Rotate the model, select the SPACER
planar face as shown.
(3) Rotate the model, select the CHARGER
planar face as shown.
The Quick constraint tool chooses the
contact constraint for you
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Constrained positioning
you are going to update the model
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(1) Select the Select icon (1) Select the Update icon. All parts are positionned according to their
constraints.
(2) Select OK to close this warning This warning means that the safety
distance between the prehensor and the charger is not respected. This warning was created using CATIA V5 Knowledgeware
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Check explanation
Thank to the CATIA V5 Knowledgeware, every
user takes advantage of the capitalized company know-how .
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(1) Clicking on + node to expand the
Relations, you will see a traffic light which is a minimum distance check.
If the CHARGER is to close to the
PREHENSOR , the light is red and a warning is displayed to prompt the user. The light become green when a safety distance is respected
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Modify part
you are going to measure a distance between the
CHARGER and the PREHENSOR
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(1) Select the Measure Between icon.
The Measure between box is displayed
(2) Select the Edge as shown (3) Select the planar face as shown The gap is displayed (4) Selet Close buton to close the Measure
between box
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Modify part
you are going to analyse the gap
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(1) Select the Analyse + Compute Clash menu (2) Select clearance in the Clash Detection panel (3) Key in 3 mm in the field (4) With CTRL Key , select the PISTON node and the
MA6276B-CHARGER node in the specification tree
(5) Select APPLY
The violation is displayed
(6) Select CANCEL to close the panel
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Modify part
you are going to modify the SPACER part
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(1) Select the + node to expand the
SPACER specifcation tree.
(2) Double click on the SPACER node You are automatically in the part design
workbench
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Modify part
you are going to choose a configuration
(1) Select the + node to expand the
Relations specifcation tree.
(2) Double click on the SPACER node twice. (3) Select the Design Table button
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Modify part
you are going to choose a configuration
(1) Select the First line ( 40 mm ) in the
design table
(2) Select OK to exit from the design table (3) Select OK The part is updated
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Update the Assembly
you are going to update the MACHINE assembly
(1) Switch to the MACHINE assembly , and
double click on the MACHINE node
You switch automatically in the assembly
workbench
(2) Select the Update icon The POSITIONNING check turns green
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Duplicate parts
You are going to duplicate parts according assembly and
part design
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(1) Select the Reuse patern icon The Instantiation on pattern box is displayed
(2) Select the SPACER part
(3) Select the + node to expand the specification tree
of the b-2201 part
(4) Select Rectangular patern 2 node and select OK (5) Select OK (6) Select the UPDATE icon (7) Select the Apply Customized view parameters
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Working behavior simulation
(1) Select the + node to expand the Application
specification
(2) Click on the + node to expand Replay. (3) Double click on the Replay.1 specification. (4) Play the recorded simulation.
You can use dynamic manipulation during
the simulation (zoom, rotate)
Click on the loop mode icon
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Explode Assembly
(1) Select the Explode icon (2) Select OK to confirm. (3) Select Yes to close the Warning box (4) Select OK to close the POSITIONNING
warning.
To rebuild the assembly, selectthe
Update icon
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Congratulations !
You achieved your first CATIA V5 Assembly Design Project.
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Generative drafting
You will experiment how to quickly generate a drawing from an assembly.
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Getting Started
Open the 3D assembly. Note: if you just finish the assembly design hands-on, your assembly may be used for the drawing hands-on.
(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select
MACHINE_FINAL_DTT_FIT.CATProduct.
(3) Select Open to confirm.
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Create a New Layout
Open an existing drawing with a pre-defined
background and create your working document.
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(1) Select the New From option in the File
menu.
(2) Select the A0-format.CATDrawing
document.
(3) Select Open to confirm (4) select the Save As... command in the
File menu
(5) Give a new name to your drawing (6) Select Save to confirm
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Open a predefine background
Tile Horizontally the CATIA windows.
(1) Select Window + Tile horizontaly
menu.
The screen is split, the drawing and
the 3D assembly
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Create the front view
You are going to create the front view.
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(1) Select the Front View icon. (2) Select the indicated face of the 3D part. (3) Click anywhere in the background to
confirm this view orientation.
(4) Maximize the drawing window
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Create a dimension
You are going to create dimensions.
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(1) Select the Dimensions icon. (2) Select 14 mm as size in the menu. (3) Select the two lines (4) Select the dimension line, drag it to
position it
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Generate the Bill Of Material
You are going to generate the bill of material
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(1) Select 3.5 mm as the text size.
(2) Select the New View icon (3) Select in the background to position this new
view
(4) Select the Insert + Generation + Bill of
Material menu
(5) Swap to the Assembly window and select the
Machine node in the product tree
(6) Swap now to the Drawing window and select
anywhere to position the BOM
You can move its position by moving the
frame view.
You can open the
ASSEMBLY.CATDrawing as result
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Congratulations !
You achieved your first CATIA V5 Assembly Drawing.
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