CATIA SYLLABUS 1:INTRODUCTION TO CATIA Introduction to CATIA CATIA Workbenches System Requirements Getting Started with CATIA Important Terms and Definitions Understanding the Functions of the Mouse Buttons Toolbars Hot Keys Color Scheme 2:DRAWING SKETCHES IN THE SKETCHER WORKBENCH-I The Sketcher Workbench Starting a New File Invoking the Sketcher Workbench Invoking the Sketcher Workbench Using the Sketch Tool Invoking the Sketcher Workbench Using the Positioned Sketch Tool Setting the Sketcher Workbench Modifying Units Modifying the Grid Settings Understanding Sketcher Terms Specification Tree Grid Snap to Point Construction/Standard Element Select Toolbar Inferencing Lines Drawing Sketches Using Sketcher Tools Drawing Lines Drawing Center Lines Drawing Rectangles, Oriented Rectangles, and ParallelogramsDrawing Rectangles Creating Points Drawing Circles Drawing Arcs Drawing Profiles Drawing Display Tools Splitting the Drawing Area into Multiple Viewports Hiding and Showing Geometric Elements Swapping Visible Space 3:DRAWING SKETCHES IN THE SKETCHER WORKBENCH-II Other Sketching Tools in the Sketcher Workbench Drawing Ellipses Drawing Splines Connecting Two Elements by a Spline or an Arc Drawing Elongated Holes Drawing Cylindrical Elongated Holes Drawing Keyhole Profiles Drawing Hexagons Drawing Centered Rectangles Drawing Centered Parallelograms Drawing ConicsEditing and Modifying Sketches Trimming Unwanted Sketched Elements Extending Sketched Elements Trimming by Using the Quick Trim ToolFilleting Sketched Elements Chamfering Sketched Elements Mirroring Sketched Elements Mirroring Elements without Duplication Translating Sketched Elements Rotating Sketched Elements Scaling Sketched Elements Offsetting Sketched Elements Modifying Sketched Elements Deleting Sketched Elements 4: CONSTRAINING SKETCHES AND CREATING BASE FEATURES Constraining Sketches Concept of Constrained Sketches Iso-Constraint Under-Constraint Over-Constrained Inconsistent Not Changed Applying Geometrical Constraints Applying Geometrical Constraints Automatically Applying Additional Constraints to the Sketch Applying Dimensional Constraints Applying Contact Constraints Applying Fix Together Constraints Applying Auto Constraints Editing Multiple Dimensions Analyzing and Deleting Over-Defined Constraints Analyzing Sketch using the Sketch Analysis Tool Exiting the Sketcher Workbench Creating Base Features by Extrusion Creating a Thin Extruded FeatureExtruding the Sketch Using the Profile Definition Dialog Box Extruding the Sketch along a Directional ReferenceCreating Base Features by Revolving Sketches Creating Thin Shaft Features Dynamically Rotating the View of the Model Rotating the View Using the Rotate Tool Rotating the View Using the Compass Modifying the View Orientation Display Modes of the Model Shading (SHD) Shading with Edges Shading with Edges without Smooth Edges Shading with Edges and Hidden Edges Shading with Material Wireframe (NHR) Customize View Parameters Creating Sections Dynamically Maneuvering the Section Plane Position of Section Planes Assigning a Material to the Model 5: REFERENCE ELEMENTS AND SKETCH-BASED FEATURES Importance of Sketching Planes Reference Elements Reference Planes Creating New Planes Creating Points Creating Reference Lines Other Sketch-Based Features Creating Drafted Filleted Pad Features Creating Multi-Pad Features Feature Termination OptionsCreating Pocket Features Creating Drafted Filleted Pocket Features Creating Multi-Pocket Features Creating Groove Features Extruding and Revolving Planar and Non-planar Faces Projecting 3D Elements 6: CREATING DRESS-UP AND HOLE FEATURES Advanced Modeling Tools Creating Hole Features Creating Fillets Creating Chamfers Adding a Draft to the Faces of the Model 7: EDITING FEATURES Editing Features of a Model Editing Using the Definition Option Editing by Double-Clicking Editing the Sketch of a Sketch-Based Feature Redefining the Sketch Plane of Sketches Deleting Unwanted Features Managing Features and Sketches by using the Cut, Copy, And Paste Functionalities Understanding the Concept of Update Diagnosis Cut, Copy, and Paste Features and Sketches Copying Features Using Drag and Drop Copying and Pasting Part Bodies Deactivating Features Activating Deactivated Features Defining Features in Work Object Reordering Features Understanding the Parent-Child Relationships Measuring ElementsMeasuring between Elements Measuring Items Measuring Inertia 8:TRANSFORMATION FEATURES AND ADVANCED MODELING TOOLS-I Transformation Features Translating Bodies Rotating Bodies Creating Symmetry Features Transforming the Axis System Mirroring Features and Bodies Creating Rectangular Patterns Creating Circular Patterns Creating User Patterns Uniform Scaling of Model Non-uniform Scaling of Model Working with Additional Bodies Inserting a New Body Inserting Features in the New Body Applying Boolean Operations to Bodies Adding Stiffeners to a Model Generating Solid Combine 9: ADVANCED MODELING TOOLS-II Advanced Modeling Tools Creating Rib Features Creating Slot Features Creating Multi-Sections Solid Features 10:WORKING WITH THE WIREFRAME AND SURFACE DESIGN WORKBENCH Need of Surface Modeling Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench Starting the Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench Creating Wireframe Elements Creating Splines Creating a Helix Creating Surfaces Creating Extruded Surfaces Creating Revolved Surfaces Creating Spherical Surfaces Creating Cylindrical Surfaces Creating Offset Surfaces Creating Sweep Surfaces Creating Fill Surfaces Creating Multi-Sections Surfaces Creating Blended Surfaces Operations on Shape Geometry Joining Surfaces Splitting Surfaces Trimming Surfaces 11: EDITING AND MODIFYING SURFACES Surface Operations Creating Projection Curves Creating Intersection Elements Healing Geometries Disassembling Elements Untrimming a Surface or a Curve Creating Boundary Curves Extracting Geometry Transformation Features Extrapolating Surfaces and Curves Splitting a Solid Body with a 12: ASSEMBLY MODELING Assembly Modeling Types of Assembly Design Approaches Creating Bottom-up Assemblies Inserting Components in a Product File Moving Individual Components Applying Constraints Creating Top-down Assemblies Creating Base Part in the Top-Down Assembly Creating Subsequent Components in the Top-Down Assembly Creating Subassemblies in the Top-Down Assembly Editing Assemblies Deleting Components Replacing Components Editing Components inside an Assembly Editing Subassemblies inside an Assembly Editing Assembly Constraints Simplifying the Assembly Interference Detection Sectioning an Assembly Exploding an Assembly 13: WORKING WITH THE DRAFTING WORKBENCH-I The Drafting Workbench Starting a New File in the Drafting Workbench Type of Views Generating Drawing Views Generating Views Automatically Generating Individual Drawing Views Generating the Exploded View 14: WORKINGInserting Sheets in the Current File Inserting the Frame and the Title Block Automatic Insertion of the Frame and the Title Block Creating the Frame and the Title Block Manually Adding Annotations to the Drawing Views Generating Dimensions Adding Reference Dimensions Adding Datum Features Adding Geometric Tolerance to the Drawing Views Adding Surface Finish Symbols Adding Welding Symbols Applying Weld Editing Annotations Generating the Bill of Material (BOM) Generating Balloons 9: WORKING WITH SHEET METAL COMPONENTS The Sheet metal Component Starting a New File in Generative Sheet Metal Workbench Setting Sheet Metal Parameters Parameters Tab Bend Extremities Tab Bend Allowance Tab16: DMU KINEMATICS (Optional) Introduction to DMU Kinematics Designing a Mechanism Creating the Revolute Joint Creating the Prismatic Joint Creating the Cylindrical Joint Creating the Screw Joint Creating the Rigid Joint Creating the Spherical Joint Creating the Planar Joint Creating the Point Curve Joint Creating the Slide Curve Joint Creating the Roll Curve Joint Creating the Point Surface Joint Creating the Universal Joint Creating the CV