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Catia Surfacing Textbook Surfacing
Surface Design
Jaecheol Koh
ONSIA Inc.
ONSIA
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Preface
This textbook explains how to create models with freeform surfaces using CATIA V5.
CATIA is a three dimensional CAD/CAM/CAE software developed by Dassault Systms, France. This textbook is based on CATIA V5-6R2014. Users of earlier releases can
use this book with minor modifications. We provide files for exercises via our website. All
files are in CATIA V5R20 so readers can open the files using later releases of CATIA V5.
It is assumed that readers of this textbook are accustomed to the modeling tools and processes in how to construct solid models in CATIA V5. For basic modeling, assembly and
drafting techniques, refer to the textbook written by the author. This textbook is suitable
for anyone who are interested in learning how to create and use the freeform surface in
constructing 3D models using CATIA V5.
Topics covered in this textbook
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Surface Design
- Chapter 2: Creating a Freeform Surface in a Solid Body
- Chapter 3 and 4: Creating Reference Elements and Curves
- Chapter 5 through 9: Creating Freeform Surfaces with various Commands
- Chapter 10: Analyzing Suface Quality
- Chapter 11 through 16: Modeling Projects (Cup Holder, Router Stand, PET Bottle,
Lamp Shade, Classical Handset, Bumper Surface of Audi Q5)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction to CATIA V5 Surface Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 What is the Surface Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Workbenches and Toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Workbenches for Surface Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Screen of Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.3 Adding Workbenches in the Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.4 Toolbars for Generative Shape Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Understanding Geometries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Settings for Surface Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.1 Edge Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.2 Update Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4.3 Defining a Shortcut Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2
Creating a Freeform Surface in a Solid Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1 Guidelines for Successful Surface Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2 Geometrical Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2.1 Creating a Geometrical Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2.2 Characteristics of Geometrical Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.3 Options for Geometrical Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Ordered Geometrical Set (OGS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.5 Hybrid Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6 Constructing a Free Form Surface in a Solid Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6.1 Close Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6.2 Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Chapter 3
Reference Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1 What is a Wireframe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.2 Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
3.2.1 Coordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2.2 On Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2.3 Tangent on Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2.4 Type Lock Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.3 Extremum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.4 Multiple Result Management (MRM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.5 Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.6 Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.1 Offset from plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.2 Parallel through point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.6.3 Angle/Normal to plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6.4 Through point and line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.6.5 Through planar curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.7 Repeated Creation of Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.1 Object Repetition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.2 Planes Between. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.7.3 Duplicate Geometrical Features Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 4
3D Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.1 3D Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2 Creating Curves from Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2.1 Polyline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2.2 Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.2.3 Spline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.3 Creating New Curves Using Existing Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.3.1 Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.3.2 Connect Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.3.3 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.3.4 Combine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.3.5 Parallel Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.3.6 3D Curve Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.3.7 Transformation Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.4 Creating New Curves from Existing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.4.1 Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.4.2 Intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5 Creating New Curves from Existing Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5.1 Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.5.2 Extract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.6 Modifying Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.6.1 Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.2 Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.3 Join. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Chapter 5
Rigid Surface, Explicit Sweep and Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.1 Rigid Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.1.1 Extrude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.1.2 Revolve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.1.3 Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.1.4 Cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.2 Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.3 Explicit Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.3.1 With Reference Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.3.2 Spine and Relimiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
5.3.3 With Two Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
5.3.4 With Pulling Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
5.4 Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.4.1 Defining in the Law Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.4.2 Using the Law Definition Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
5.4.3 Using Function for Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chapter 6
Surface Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
6.1 Surface Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
6.2 Cutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
7.1 Adaptive Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7.2 Sketches for Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
7.3 G1 Continuity with the Adjacent Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
7.4 Availability of Adaptive Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
7.5 Adding Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
7.6 Relimitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Exercise 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Exercise 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exercise 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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Implicit Sweep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
8.1 Implicit Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
8.2 Line Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.2.1 Two Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Exercise 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.2.2 Limit and Middle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.2.3 With Reference Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Exercise 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.2.4 With Reference Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Exercise 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.2.5 With Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.2.6 With Draft Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.2.7 With Two Tangency Surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
8.3 Circle Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.3.1 Three Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.3.2 Two Guides and Radius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
8.3.3 Center and Two Angles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.3.4 Center and Radius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.3.5 Two Guides and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.3.6 One Guide and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
8.3.7 Limit Curve and Tangency Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
8.4 Conic Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
8.4.1 Two Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
8.4.2 Three Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
8.4.3 Four Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
8.4.4 Five Guide Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Exercise 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Chapter 9
Multi-Sections Surface, Blend and Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
9.1 Multi-Sections Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
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Surface Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
10.1 Connect Checker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
10.1.1 Curve-Curve Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
10.1.2 Surface-Surface Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
10.1.3 Surface-Curve Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
10.2 Light Distance Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
10.3 Feature Draft Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
10.4 Surfacic Curvature Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
10.5 Porcupine Curvature Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
10.6 Apply Dress-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
10.7 Geometric Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Chapter 11
Cup Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
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Chapter 12
Router Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
12.1 Router Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
12.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
12.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.1 Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.2 Side Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
12.3.3 Creating a Solid Body for Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
12.3.4 Creating the Cutter Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
12.3.5 Completing the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter 13
PET Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
13.1 PET Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
13.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
13.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.1 Basic Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.2 Narrow Waved Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
13.3.3 Wide Waved Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
13.3.4 Twisted Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
13.3.5 Neck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
13.3.6 Bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
13.3.7 Completing the Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
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Lamp Shade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
14.1 Lamp Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
14.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
14.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.1 Basic Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.2 Sine Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
14.3.3 Creating Other Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
14.3.4 Creating Frill Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
14.3.5 Surface Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
14.3.6 Modifying Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
14.3.7 Boss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
14.3.8 Completing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Chapter 15
Classical Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
15.1 Classical Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
15.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
15.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
15.3.1 Base Points and Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
15.3.2 Back and Ring Surface of Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
15.3.3 Front Surface of Transmitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
15.3.4 Receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
15.3.5 Handle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Chapter 16
Bumper Surface of
Audi Q5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
16.1 Bumper Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
16.2 Modeling Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
16.3 Detailed Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
16.3.1 License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
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Creating a Freeform
Surface in a Solid Body
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Therefore, you have to be patient to achieve a satisfactory result. The process of trial and
error may be tedious especially for beginners. If you understand these characteristics of
surface modeling, it will be helpful for you not to give up and skip to the next step to
accomplish your task.
In addition, keep in mind the following guidelines for successful surface modeling.
1. Choose as simple a process as possible.
2. Manage elements by using the geometrical sets.
3. If two elements have to meet, there should be no gap between the objects.
4. Create a solid body as early as possible. Keep in mind that the final result is almost
always a solid body.
5. The surface has to be as smooth as possible.
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The selected geometries are grouped in the geometry set a as shown in Fig 2-1.
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Exercise 01
In this exercise, we will learn how to create geometries into a geometrical set according
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1. Close all parts by choosing File > Close in the menu bar.
2. Choose File > New and select Part in the New dialog box as shown in Fig 2-3.
3. Enter part name in the New Part dialog box and uncheck the Enable hybrid design
option as shown in Fig 2-4.
4. Click OK.
Switching to GSD Workbench
1. Create two geometrical sets named wireframe and surface as shown in Fig 2-5.
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Fig 2-5 Creating Geometrical Sets
1. Define the wireframe GS in a work object. (Right click on the wireframe GS and
press f.)
2. Create a sketch on the zx plane as shown in Fig 2-6
A.
B.
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Fig 2-7 Creating Sketches
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Fig 2-9 Changing Geometrical Set
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1. You can use geometrical sets regardless of the feature creation order.
2. You can define a geometrical set in the lower or upper level of the existing geometrical
set.
3. You cannot define a specific feature in a geometrical set in a work object.
4. The order of feature creation is not important. Therefore, you cannot use the Edit >
Scan or define in work object command in the menu bar. This does not mean that you can
neglect parent/children relationship between features.
2.2.3 Options for Geometrical Set
Right click on the geometrical set in the Spec Tree and select the geometrical set object.
Several options are available for the geometrical set.
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Fig 2-10 Options for Geometrical Set
You can move the selected geometrical set into an existing geometrical set.
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Auto Sort
When you move a geometry into a geometrical set after creating it, the order of the geometries in the geometrical set is sorted automatically. The modeling result is not affected
by the sorting.
Reorder Children
You can modify the order of the features in the geometrical set according to your requirements. The modeling result is not affected by the order of the features.
Group
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Features in a geometrical set are grouped in a single container. If you right click on the
group name, the options for the group are available as shown in Fig 2-14. You can expand the group to see the contents of the group or ungroup it by choosing the Edit Group
option.
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2.4 Body
Solid bodies have to be created in a Body in the Spec Tree. You can define a GS in a Body,
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but you cannot create an OGS in a Body. In case you create a solid body during the surface
modeling process, a Body is set in a work object automatically.
Hybrid, as a word, means that two different types of objects are allowed for a single
purpose. For example, a hybrid engine can use both electrical power and fossil fuel. The
classical meaning of hybrid modeling is that you can use solid bodies and surfaces in
combination to complete a target solid body.
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Surface Operations
Ch 6: Surface Operations
A
Replacing Surface
1. Show surface
with Surface
in the element to join list box and clear selection. You can remove
again.
in the list.
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and
3. Split the solid body and apply 2mm fillet on the edges as shown in Fig 6-43.
4. Replace surface
with surface
5. Click OK.
6. The Update Diagnosis dialog box is invoked as shown in Fig 6-46 with the model.
Note that the side of the split is not correct. If this is the case, you have to reverse the side
of the split.
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Fig 6-46 Model and Update Diagnosis
4. Select the newly created edge in the model as designated by the arrow in Fig 6-48 and
press OK in the Edge Fillet Definition dialog box.
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The error for the first edge fillet has been resolved and the Update Diagnosis dialog box
for the next error is encountered as shown in Fig 6-49.
5. Click the Edit button and press OK in the Feature Definition Error message box.
6. Select the newly created surface as designated by the arrow in Fig 6-50.
7. Click OK in the dialog box. The model is updated and all the errors have been resolved.
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Fig 6-49 Update Diagnosis
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6.4 Healing
Using the Healing command, you can join surfaces while the point or tangent continuity
is satisfied.
When you are performing point healing, the surfaces within the merging distance are
joined within the distance objective. If you want to satisfy tangent continuity between the
surfaces, you have to choose Tangent in the Continuity dropdown list.
You can specify surfaces that do not have to be changed as a result of surface healing.
Note that some surfaces have to be changed from their initial shape to satisfy the point or
tangent continuity. If you do not specify the frozen element, all the elements to heal are
deformed to satisfy the continuity.
Note that the edges have to be joined so that you can apply tangent healing. Therefore,
you have to set the merging distance appropriately when the surfaces have not been joined
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in advance. You can apply tangent healing up to 10 degrees of tangency angle to satisfy
the tangency objective.
Free Edge
Joined Edge
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6.5 Extract
Using the Extract command in the Operations toolbar, you can extract faces from the
existing solid body or sheet body as the new sheet bodies.
If you select faces in the existing body with tangent continuity, the faces are created as
a single joined surface feature. You can select additional faces by pressing the multiple
selection button. The faces that are selected in the multiple selection tool will be created
as respective extract features that are not joined. If you want to extract multiple faces as a
single feature, you have to use the Multiple Extract icon.
If you select all the outer surface of a solid body and they are closed within the default
distance tolerance, the output surfaces constitute a solid body.
Note that the Federation option is available, and you can create the multiple extract feature as a federation and then you can use them to minimize the impact on the downstream
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<Tangent Continuity>
<Multiple Selection>
<PartBody Hidden>
Fig 6-52 Join with Healing
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6.6 Extrapolate
Using the Extrapolate icon in the Operations toolbar, you can extend the free edges of
a sheet body.
You can define the amount of extrapolation in the Limit option. You can define it by entering length or by selecting an element with the Up to Element option.
The continuity of the extended surface can be defined in the Continuity option. If you
choose Tangent (G1) in the Continuity dropdown list, the surface is extended with the
same tangency angle as the extrapolated surface at the shared boundary. If you choose
Curvature (G2) in the Continuity dropdown list, the surface is extended with the same
curvature as the extrapolated surface at the shared boundary. Note that, if you extend the
edge with curvature continuity, you cannot identify the shared edge in the model.
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<Tangent Continuity>
<Curvature Continuity>
Fig 6-53 Continuity of Extrapolation
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In the Extremities option, you can determine how to extend the end points of the edge
to extend. If you choose Normal in the Extremities dropdown list, the extended edge is
created normal to the edge to extend while the continuity option is still satisfied. If you
choose Tangent, the extended edge is created tangent to the extrapolated surface while
the continuity option is satisfied.
Tangent
Normal
<Normal Extremities>
<Tangent Extremities>
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If you choose the Assemble result option, the extended surface is joined with the extrapolated surface. You can use the Propagation mode option to select free boundary
edges of a surface that are point continuous or tangent continuous with the selected edge.
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6.7 Offset
Using the Offset command in the Surfaces toolbar, you can create a new surface feature
by offsetting the existing surfaces. You can reverse the side of offset by clicking the Reverse Direction button.
You can create offset surfaces on both sides by choosing the Both sides option. In this
case, two offset surfaces are created on both sides as respective offset features. If you
choose the Repeat object after OK option, you can create several offset features in the
geometrical set.
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Fig 6-56 Offsetting Surface
When the offset distance is too much to construct one or more offset surfaces, a warning
message will be issued as shown in Fig 6-57. If you click YES, the MRM dialog box is
invoked with the preview of the partial result as shown in Fig 6-58. You can choose your
desired option in the MRM dialog box and click OK.
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If you click NO in the warning message box shown in Fig 6-57, an error message is issued
as shown in Fig 6-59. Click OK and you can modify the offset option.
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For example, if you choose Automatic smoothing option, you can create an offset after
smoothing the input surfaces. In this case, the offset result will differ from the exact offset
and a warning message is issued as shown in Fig 6-60.
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You can specify the maximum deviation from the exact one by choosing the Manual
smoothing option. If the output deviates from the exact offset, a warning message is
issued and you can create offset by skipping the error by clicking YES or modify options
in the Offset Surface Definition dialog box. If you click YES in the warning message
box, the sub-elements to remove are displayed in the Offset Surface Definition dialog
box with the preview of the offset.
Note that you can skip the erroneous surfaces to be offset by selecting in the Sub-Element to remove tab in the Offset Surface Definition dialog box whether you choose a
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Fig 6-61 Manual Smoothing
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Exercise 06
ch06_006.CATPart
Lets complete a model by using the given part. Note that geometrical sets are defined in
the Spec Tree for you to efficiently manage the output elements.
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2. Make the offset_surface GS(geometrical set) in a work object and offset the given
surface -15mm along the Z direction as shown in Fig 6-63.
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1. Click the Sweep icon in the Surfaces toolbar. Note that the swept_surface GS is still
defined in a work object.
2. Show the skin GS.
3. Press the Explicit button in the Profile type option and choose With reference surface
in the Subtype dropdown list.
4. Select the line created in Fig 6-64 as the profile and select Sketch.2 as the guide curve.
5. Select Split.1 in the skin GS as the support surface and hide the skin GS. Note that
you can hide or show elements while you are operating a command by right clicking on
an element in the Spec Tree.
6. Enter 50 deg in the Angle input box and choose the angle sector such that the swept
surface is created as shown in Fig 6-65.
7. Click OK
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Exercise 07
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ch06_007.CATPart
Lets create the model shown in Fig 6-70 by using the given part. Note that geometrical
sets are defined in the Spec Tree for you to manage the output elements efficiently.
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and
domains.
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Fig 6-71 Break
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Chapter 9
chapter
Multi-Sections Surface,
Blend and Fill
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Fig 9-1 Multi-Sections with Sections
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You can create a multi-sections surface by selecting sections in order. Note that you have
to define two or more sections when you are defining only sections.
By selecting sections one by one, the arrow is displayed on each section, which informs
you of the location of the start point of the section and the sweeping direction. This command creates a surface by connecting the start points of each section and sweeping toward
the arrow direction along each section. Therefore, aligning the start point and direction of
the arrow are very important in creating a satisfactory surface. You can reverse the direction of the arrow by clicking the arrow head.
To practice creating this type of surface, open the file ch09_fig3.CATPart. Click the
Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select the given curves one by
one in order. Click OK in the dialog box, then you can create a multi-sections surface as
shown in Fig 9-3.
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You can create multi-sections surface by selecting sections and guides in order.
By selecting guide curves, you can control the shape of the output surface on the boundary
across the sections. You can also control the internal shape of the surface more precisely
by specifying guides between the first and the last guide curves. Guides are arranged according to the sweep direction of the sections regardless of the selection order. However,
it is recommended to select the guides in accordance with the sweep direction.
To practice creating this type of surface, open the file ch09_fig4.CATPart. Click the
Multi-Sections Surface icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select the given curves one by
one in order. Select the Guides tab in the Multi-Sections Surface Definition dialog box
and click the selection area as specified by
in order: G1, G2 and G3. By clicking OK, you can create a multi-sections surface with
guides as shown in Fig 9-4.
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G2
G3
A
G1
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When you are defining guides, the following conditions have to be fulfilled.
- End point of sections or guides have to be on the boundary curves as specified by
in Fig 9-5.
- End points of the last sections and guides have to be coincident with each other as
specified by
in Fig 9-5.
in Fig 9-5.
If the conditions are not fulfilled, an error is encountered as shown in Fig 9-6.
B
A
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C
A
B
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ch09_001.CATPart
Lets create a multi-sections surface after creating an internal curve. Note that the internal
guides or sections have to intersect each other.
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3. Create a reference plane by offsetting the zx plane by 20mm. Move the plane symbol if
required. The model view of Fig 9-8 is isometric.
Creating a Sketch
1. Define the sketch plane on the reference plane. If the sketch plane is oriented, you can
press the Isometric View icon in the View toolbar. You can turn off the Grid option in the
Visualization toolbar.
4. Click OK in the Intersection dialog box. Three intersection points are created as designated by the arrows in Fig 9-10.
5. Click the Spline icon in the Profile toolbar and select the three intersection points in
order to create a spline as shown in Fig 9-11. Note that each point of the spline has to pass
through the corresponding intersection point.
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G1
G2
G3
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END of Exercise
9.1.4 Continuity
When the first and/or last sections are on the existing surface, you can apply tangency or
curvature continuity at the first and/or last section and the multi-sections surface can be
connected smoothly to the existing surfaces. The same is true for guides. The following
two cases have to be considered when you are applying continuity with the existing surfaces.Note that curvature continuity is not available for lower versions of CATIA V5.
When you are using only sections, you can apply either tangency or curvature continuity with the existing surface all the time provided that the first and/or last section curves
are on the surface.
When you are using sections and guides, and you are applying tangency with the end
surfaces that possess the first and last sections (S1 and S2 in Fig 9-14), the end guides (G1
and G3 in Fig 9-14) have to be tangent or curvature continuous with the edges of the sup-
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port surface connected by the guides. The internal guide(G2 in Fig 9-14) also have to be
tangent or curvature continuous with the existing surface. The same is true for the surfaces
that contain the first and last guides.
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G1
S2
G2
G3
S1
Fig 9-14 Condition for Tangency
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Exercise 02
Applying Continuity
ch09_002.CATPart
You can apply tangency with the existing surface at the first and last sections according
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3. Select the first section and support as shown in Fig 9-17 and choose Tangent in the
Continuity dropdown list.
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G1
S3
S2
S1
G2
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S1
G2
G3
G1
S2
Fig 9-43 Switched Guides and Sections
Spine controls the shape of U constant isoparametric curves. You can create an isoparametric curve using the Isoparametric Curves icon in the Wireframe toolbar.
To practice formation of the U constant curve, open the file ch09_fig42.CATPart. Create
a multi-sections surface by choosing the sections and guides as shown in Fig 9-43. Then
click the Isoparametric Curves icon in the Wireframe toolbar and create the U constant
parametric curve as shown in Fig 9-44. Note that if you do not need to specify a spine
explicitly, the spine is calculated automatically.
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U Constant Curve
Fig 9-44 Isoparametric Curve
Now, double click the multi-sections surface, click the spine tab in the Multi-Sections
Definition dialog box, click the Spine selection box and select the curve named spine.2
in the Spec Tree as the spine. An error is encountered as shown in Fig 9-45. Note, because
the spine controls the construction of U constant isoparametric curve while satisfying the
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sections and guides, the possibility of error increases as the number of guides increases.
Click OK in the error message box and remove the second guide, i.e. Curve.12 by selecting it in the guide tab and pressing the Remove button. Click Preview, then the surface
is previewed as shown in Fig 9-46. Click OK to create a multi-sections surface with two
guides and a spine specified.
You can compare the effect of spine by changing spines given in the file. Fig 9-47 shows
the multi-sections surfaces and U constant isoparametric curves with different spines.
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Not Joined
Fig 9-54 Symmetry
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9.2 Blend
Using the Blend command in the Surfaces toolbar, you can connect two edges or curves
by applying continuity with the surface to be connected. You can apply point, tangency
or curvature continuity.
The Tension, Closing Points and Coupling/Spine options are available in each tab in
the Blend Definition dialog box. Using the Tension option, you can modify the shape of
the blend surface by modifying the tension values. Note that the Tension is available only
when you are applying tangency or curvature continuity.
To practice creating a blend surface, open the file ch09_fig56.CATPart. Click the Blend
icon in the Surfaces toolbar and select First curve and First support. Then select
Second curve and Second support consecutively. Choose Curvature in the First continuity and the Second continuity dropdown lists as shown in Fig 9-56. Click OK in the
dialog box, then you can create a blend surface as shown in Fig 9-56.
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Connecting Surfaces
Exercise 05
with Blend Surface
ch09_005.CATPart
Lets connect two surfaces by using the blend surface. We will apply tangent continuity
and trim out the unnecessary parts.
Creating Extremum
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You can control the location of the closing point and coupling method in creating a blend
surface as we did in creating the multi-sections surface. We will create the extremum
points along the y direction on the given curves to locate closing points for each curve.
1. Click the Extremum icon in the Wireframe toolbar.
2. Select a curve and the zx plane as the direction and click Preview and OK to create an
extremum point as shown in Fig 9-58.
3. Create another extremum point as shown in Fig 9-59.
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1. Open the given part in the GSD workbench. Note that the surface geometrical set is
in a work object.
2. Create a fill surface as shown in Fig 9-68.
3. Click the Boundary icon in the Wireframe toolbar.
4. Choose Tangent continuity in the Propagation type dropdown list and select the fill
surface.
5. Select the limit 1 point and limit 2 point to create half of the boundary curve as shown
in Fig 9-69. Note for the arrow direction.
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Multi-Sections Surface
1. Create an extrude surface as shown in Fig 9-70 that will be used as the tangent support.
You have to join the two curve features Join.2 and Join.3 to select as a profile of Extrude
by right clicking on the Profile selection box. Choose the zx plane as the direction of
extrude.
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Section Direction
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Fig 9-71 Multi-Sections Surface
1. Create a symmetric copy of the multi-sections surface with respect to the zx plane.
2. Join the three surfaces as shown in Fig 9-72. You can display the half cut model by
clicking the Dynamic Sectioning icon and choosing the zx plane. You may need to reverse the section view direction by right clicking on the section plane.
3. Switch to the Part Design workbench and define PartBody in a work object.
4. Click the Close icon in the Surface-Based Features toolbar and select the joined
surface.
5. Hide the Join feature, then you can see the solid body as shown in Fig 9-73.
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Fig 9-73 Solid Body
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Chapter 14
chapter
Lamp Shade
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326
Revolve
Curves
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Multi-Sections Surface
ThickSurface
Locking Part
327
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Fig 14-2 Basic Surface
We will create a sine curve on a cylindrical surface which will be used for creating a frill
surface.
Creating a Cylindrical Surface
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Cylindrical Surface
Fig 14-3 Cylindrical Surface
Creating a Law
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2. Click the Destination selection box in the Law Editor dialog box and select the location of the law in the Spec Tree. You can select either a geometrical set, ordered geometrical set or Part Body. In this model, suppose that you are creating a law in the lamp part
under the wireframe/frill geometrical set.
3. Click OK in the Law Editor dialog box. The dialog box is expanded as shown in Fig
14-5.
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parameter name.
5. Enter an equation as specified by
in Fig 14-5.
6. Click OK in the Law Editor dialog box. A law is registered in the Spec Tree as shown
in Fig 14-6.
Note that the parameter on the right hand side of the equation, i.e. FormalReal.2, can have
a value ranging from 0 to 1. The equation entered in Fig 14-5 expresses a sine wave of
14mm amplitude and that makes six periods between 0 and 1. The sine wave is shifted by
7mm along the FormalReal.1 direction.
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A
330
1. Extract the lower edge of the cylindrical surface that was created in Fig 14-3 as a curve.
2. Split the extracted curve with respect to the yz plane leaving half as specified by
in
Fig 14-7.
3. Offset the half curve on the cylindrical surface along the z direction. Use the law created in Fig 14-6 as the Constant.
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In this section, we will create curves that are required to create frill surfaces by using the
multi-sections surface command. Note that the frill surface has to be tangent connected to
the basic surface. Therefore, you have to create curves for sections or guides such that you
can apply tangent continuity. In this model, we will apply tangent continuity for a section.
First Guide Curve
4. Create spline
on plane
at point
A.
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Index
3D Corner 58
3D Curve Offset 65
Circle 53
Circle Type 214
Close 130
Closed Curves 254
Close Surface 24
ability 253
Combine 62
aligning 231
Conditions 233,254
Connect Curve 59
Continuity 61,236,270
associativity 171,202
Auto Sort 21
Corner 57
Availability 171
Corner On Support 57
Corner On Vertex 58
Blend 260
Body 22
Boundary 72
Boundary Splines 242
C
C0 80
C1 80
C2 80
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center curve 216,218
Change Geometrical Set 20
Change Sketch Support 182,187
Check connexity 77,130
Check manifold 131
Check tangency 131,258
Coupling 248
Curvature 236,248
Curvature Analysis 276
Curvature threshold 80
Curve-Curve Connection 270
Curve Smooth 78
Customize 5,7
Cut Part by Sketch Plane 26
cutting elements 121
Cylinder 86
D
Direction 60
Distance Analysis 274
Distance Propagation 132
Draft Analysis 275
Draft Direction 212
GS 15
Duplicate 50
GSD 3
Edge Display 9
Edit Group 21
Healing 143
Hybrid Modeling 22
Euclidean 33
Feature 8
iso-constrained 160,165
Federation 137
Fill 264
Formula 346,349
Free Form Surface 24,96
Function 116
G
G0 61
G1 61
G1 Continuity 166
G2 61
Generative Shape Design 3
Join 77,130
K
L
Law 110
Limit and Middle 205
Lines 41
Line Type 203
Geodesic 33
Geometrical Sets 15
Maximum deviation 80
geometries 8
MRM 37
ii
Polyline 52
Porcupine 277
Near/Far 38
New Parameter of type 330
Next Solution 58
No Canonical Curve 170
Normal View 65
O
Object Repetition 49
Q
R
Offset 147
Ratio 248
OGS 15
On Curve 34
orientation 109
Relimitation 174
Relimiter 104
OUT 81
Reorder 340
Reorder Children 21
Paintings 366
Parallel Curve 64
Parameters 173
parent/children 340
Part Body 15
Replication 49
requirement 165
Revolve 84
Rigid Surfaces 84
Part Design 7
Sections 173
segmentation 279
Plane 44
shortcut key 11
Planes Between 49
Points 32
iii
Update Option 10
Sphere 85
Use-edges 170
Spine 104,210,250
Spline 53
Split 27,74,120,130
Support 41,100
Surface-Curve Connection 273
surface feature 120
surface modeling 8,14
Surfaces 2
Surface-Surface Connection 271
Sweep 89
Sweep sections preview 170
Symmetric Copy 66
T
tangency 236,254
Tangency Surface 211,213,219,220,221
Tangency threshold 80
Tangent 248
Tangent Curve 240
tangent direction 242
Tangent on Curve 34
Tangent Support 257,287
Tension 60
Thick Surface 30,130
Threshold option 81
Transformation 66
Trim 76,122
Twisted 99,246,312
Type Lock 35
U
U direction 250
iv
V direction 250
Vertices 248
W
wireframes 32
X
Y
Z