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Wireframe and
Surface Design
V5R8 Update
CATIA Training
Foils
Version 5 Release 8
January 2002
EDU-CAT-E-WFS-UF-V5R8
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Course Presentation
Objectives of the course
In this course you will see the main enhancements in creating wireframe construction
elements and enriching existing 3D mechanical part design with wireframe and basic
surface features.




Targeted audience
CATIA V5R7 users


Prerequisites
V5R7 CATIA Wireframe and Surface Design
1 hour
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Wireframe and Surface Design p.4
User Interface: Wireframe and Surface Design p.5
2. Creating Wireframe Elements p.6
Creating a Polyline p.7
Other Enhancement about Wireframe p.11
3. Creating Surface Elements p.16
Creating an Offset Surface p.17
4. Performing Operations p.18
Applying an Axis-to-Axis Transformation p.19
Other Enhancements about Operations p.24
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The Wireframe and Surface Design user interface


You will become familiar with the Wireframe and Surface Design
Workbench.
Introduction to Wireframe and Surface Design
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User Interface: Wireframe and Surface Design
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Creating a Polyline
Other Enhancements :
Creating a Spline Curve
Creating a Connect Curve
Intersecting Elements


In this lesson you learn how to create some types of Wireframe Elements :
Creating Wireframe Elements
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You will learn how to create a polyline.
Creating a Polyline
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Why create Polylines ?
You can use this tool to create rapidly a polyline :
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Not using the point-point chain mode tool :
Using the line point-point chain mode tool :
Creating the lines point-point :
n-1 operations
Input data : 4 points
Input data : 4 points
Creating the polyline:
1 operation
Whatever the number of point you want to
use, only one operation is necessary to create
the polyline.
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Lets see now how to create a Polyline ...
How to create a Polyline
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Click OK to create the Polyline.
1
2
Select already existing points
Creating a Polyline
3
You can now create a Polyline in one operation.
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You will learn other enhancements in the Wireframe Creation
of the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench
Other Enhancement about Wireframe
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Creating a Spline Curve
You can now use a curve to specify a tangency condition at a point of the spline
Create the spline selecting
existing points.
1
2
Select the point on which you want to add
a tangency condition and expand the
Parameters panel.
3
In the constraint type field, choose the new option
From curve that allows you to choose a curve to
add the tangency constraint.
Now you can select a curve to specify the
tangency constraint :






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Note : the point of the
spline must lie on the
selected curve.
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1
2
Select the first curve to
connect and a point on
this curve.
Creating a Connect Curve
4
If needed click on the
red arrow located on
either point to
reverse the
orientation of the
associated curve, or
use the dialog boxs
new option.
Curve 1
3
Select the second curve
to connect and a point on
this curve.
Point 1
Point 2
Curve 2
Curve
orientation
Creating a connect curve, you have now the possibility to invert the
orientation of the associated curve from the dialog box
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1
2
Select the two curves.
Intersecting Elements : Type of created Elements (1/2)
3
Choose the type of
element you want to
generate.
You can choose the type of elements that is created when you perform an
intersection operation :
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The type of element that was selected
is created (in our exemple, it is a curve
that is created).
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Intersecting Elements : Type of created Elements (1/2)
Four different type of element can be generated :
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- Points : when
intersecting two curves
or a curve and a surface.
- Curves : when intersecting
two curves or a curve and a
surface.
- Faces : when intersecting a surface
with another or a surface with a pad.
- Contours : when intersecting a
surface with another or a surface
with a pad.
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Creating an Offset Surface



In this lesson you learn how to create some types of Surface Elements :
Creating Surface Elements
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1
Creating an Offset Surface
2
Select the reference surface and key in
the offset value.
Click OK to confirm the offset creation.
If you want to create both side of the
offset surface, choose the Check both
side option.
3
4
You can now create both side of an offset surface with the same offset distance.
Reference surface
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Transforming Elements Axis-to-Axis
Other Enhancements
Splitting and trimming Elements
Healing Surfaces
Joining Surfaces


In this lesson you learn how to perform some Operations :
Performing Operations
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You will learn how to perform an Axis-to-Axis transformation.
Applying an Axis-to-Axis transformation
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What is an Axis-to-Axis transformation ?
An Axis-to-Axis transformation transform geometry positioned according to an axis
system into another axis system :

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Reference Axis System
Target Axis System
Element to transform
Transformed Element
The green surface has been duplicated
and positioned according to the new
axis system.
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Lets see now how to apply an Axis-to-Axis transformation ...
How to apply an Axis-to-Axis transformation
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Click OK to create the transformed
surface.
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2
Select the element to transform.
Applying an Axis-to-Axis transformation
3
Select the reference Axis System.
4
Select the target Axis System.
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You will learn other enhancements in the Operations of the
Wireframe and Surface Design workbench
Other Enhancement about Operations
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Splitting and Trimming : Intersection Computation
While splitting or trimming elements, you can now compute their intersection.
Select the elements you
want to trim or to split :
1
2
You can now compute
the intersection while
performing the split or
trim operation.
3
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The elements intersection is
computed and the
intersection is added in the
tree.
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Healing two surfaces, you have now the possibility to allow a remaining gap
between the surfaces.
Healing Surfaces : distance objective
Select the
surfaces to heal :
1
2
If you should decide to allow a remaining gap between
the surfaces, key in the maximum tolerated value of
this gap.
Then CATIA inform you about the value of the
remaining gap :




3
4
0.2 mm gap
Key in a merging distance superior to the gap value.
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Joining Surfaces : Angle Tolerance
While joining surfaces, you can specify an angle tolerance.
If the angle value on the edge between two elements is greater than the Angle
Tolerance value, the elements are not joined
Select the elements to be
joined. The tangency
discontinuity between these
surfaces is 6deg :
1
2
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Click OK to
confirm the join
creation.
4
Activate the new
option Angle
Tolerance.
CATIA refuses to create the join
surface because the tangency
discontinuity between the
surfaces is greater than the
specified angle tolerance: