Category: How To
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How CATIA can help you to optimize your design?
How CATIA can help you to optimize your design? The "Optimization" workbench is available in Catia V5. It is possible to use it to solve more or less complex problems. You will find in the document below some simple examples in which some optimizations are used and some information on how to put them in
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What are the Knowledge basics features in CATIA?
What are the Knowledge basics features in CATIA? The CATIA Knowledgeware regroup a lot of functions: rules, optimizations, templates… that allow you to create generative tools or parametric constructions. Most of the common functionalities we can use in CATIA are contained in "Product Synthesis" solutions. Presentation
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How to enter the workbench and create sheet metal parts?
How to enter the workbench and create sheet metal parts? To start, go to the "Mechanical Design" and then to the "Generative Sheetmetal Design" workbench. Click on the icon and specify the correct parameters of the sheet that you are going to work with: "Thickness", "Default Bend Radius" and "Bend Extremities". The "Sheet Metal Parameters"
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How to unfold a ruled surface and transfer elements?
How to unfold a ruled surface and transfer elements? The following document has an explanation how to do this step by step. Please check it if you want to know more. Unfold a Surface
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How to perform “Surface Curvature Analysis”?
How to perform “Surface Curvature Analysis”? The "Surface Curvature Analysis" is used to find the curvature of the surface or the face of a solid. You can perform analysis in "Part Design" as well as in "Generative Shape Design". If you want to see how the procedure should look like, please open the document below.
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What is the difference between “Split” and “Trim”?
What is the difference between “Split” and “Trim”? Split is an operation where one element is cut by another element. Trim is an operation in which two elements cut each other mutually. If you want to see more details and differences between these two functions, please check the document below. Split and Trim
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How to get surface from land contour lines?
How to get surface from land contour lines? To get the surface from land contour lines you need to proceed from the isolation of the relevant geometry, then the improvement of the quality of the geometry and then the generation and extraction of 3D points. Then you should transform the 3D points into the cloud
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How to analyze the distance between two surfaces?
How to analyze the distance between two surfaces? Distance analysis tool could be used to measure distance between surfaces which are very close to each other. The distance is computed in several points so as result we will get the distance distribution between chosen surfaces. You can find "Distance Analysis" tool in "Shape Analysis" toolbar
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How to create planes between two existing planes?
How to create planes between two existing planes? You can now create planes between two existing planes at once. Follow the instruction to do this: For more details, please check the document below. Creating Planes Between Other Planes
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How to get the middle surface of a model?
How to get the middle surface of a model? For objects with features that are symmetrical in the thickness direction, a middle surface can be created using functions from the Generative Shape Design (GSD) workbench. There are several options on how this can be done. In the following document you can find three scenarios that