Generative Shape Design V5R8 Update

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Generative Shape
Design V5R8 Update
CATIA Training
Foils
Version 5 Release 8
January 2002
EDU-CAT-E-GSD-UF-V5R8
Course Presentation
Objectives of the course
In this course you will see the main enhancements in the Generative Shape Design
workbench

Targeted audience
CATIA V5R7 users

Prerequisites
V5R7 CATIA Generative Shape Design
2 hour
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Generative Shape Design p.4
User Interface: Generative Shape Design p.5
2. Creating Wireframe Elements p.6
Creating a Cornered Polyline p.7
Other Enhancement about Wireframe p.11
3. Creating Surface Elements p.16
Creating an Offset Surface p.17
Creating a Swept Surface: Smooth Sweeping p.18
4. Performing Operations p.20
Federating Elements p.21
Applying an Axis-to-Axis Transformation p.27
Smoothing a Curve on a Support p.31
Fillet Creation Enhancements p.36
Other Enhancements about Operations p.40
The Generative Shape Design user interface

You will become familiar with the Generative Shape Design Workbench.
Introduction to Generative Shape Design
User Interface: Generative Shape Design
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V5R8

Creating a Polyline with Corners
Other Enhancements :
Creating a Spline Curve
Creating a Connect Curve

In this lesson you learn how to create some types of Wireframe Elements :
Creating Wireframe Elements
You will learn how to create a polyline including corners in
one operation.
Creating a Cornered Polyline
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Why create Cornered Polylines ?
You can use this tool to create rapidly a polyline including corners :
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Not using the point-point chain mode with corner tool :
Using the line point-point chain mode with corners tool :
Creating the lines point-point :
n-1 operations
Input data : 4 points
Creating the corners :
n+1 operations
Triming the lines
with the corners :
n+5 operations
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.
Lets see now how to create a Cornered Polyline ...
How to create a Cornered Polyline
The federation of elements is available through the Join and the Extract tools :
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1
2
Select existing points.
Creating a Cornered Polyline
3
Specify a radius for the intermediate
points.
4
Click OK to confirm the cornered
polyline creation.
You can now create a polyline including corners
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You will learn other enhancements in the Wireframe Creation
of the Generative Shape 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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4
Note : the point of the
spline must lie on the
selected curve.
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).
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.
Creating an Offset Surface
Creating a Sweep Surface

In this lesson you learn how to create some types of Surface Elements :
Creating Surface Elements
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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1
Creating a swept Surface : Smooth Sweeping (1/2)
2
Select the elements to create the swept surface.
The guide curve contains a tangency discontinuity.
Create the swept surface without using
the smooth option and analyse its
continuity :
3
When you create a swept surface using elements (curve or surface) with small
tangency discontinuities, you can now smooth the resulting surface while
creating it. Guide curve (the
discontinuities are
displayed)
Profile
The resulting surface
contains a 0.41deg
tangency discontinuity.
Creating a swept Surface : Smooth Sweeping (2/2)
4 Edit the swept surface and activate the new option
Smooth Sweeping.
Go and check the analysis : the
maximum tangency discontinuity has
been lessened.
3
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Note : by default, the
discontinuities under 0.5deg
are taken in account.
This option aims to generate better quality surfaces.
Federating Elements
Transforming Elements Axis-to-Axis
Smoothing Curve on Support
Creating Fillets
Other Enhancements
Splitting and Trimming: Intersection Computation
Joining Surfaces: Angle Tolerance
Healing Surfaces: Distance and Tangency Objective

In this lesson you learn how to perform some Operations :
Performing Operations
You will learn how to federate elements while joining surfaces
and extracting faces
Federating Elements
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Why federate ? (1/2)
1- Surfaces are made of several faces.
Elements created from a surface are in fact created from its faces.

2- A modification of the part geometry may lead to a change of the supporting face.

The pad has been created with the
option Up to surface, using the blue
surface.
A fillet have been added to the top
edge of this pad.
This edge depends on a face of the
blue surface.
The sketch supporting the pad have
been modified so that the filleted edge
does not lie anymore on the same face
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Why federate ? (2/2)
3- This change can lead to an update error because the elements created from these
faces are no longer recognized.

4- Federating the faces of the surfaces, this kind of update error does not occur anymore.
During the update of the part, an
update error occurred : the filleted
edge is not recognized :
To solve the problem, you just have to
federate the faces of the blue surface.
Then the part is updated without any
problem :
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Lets see now how to federate ...
How to Federate Elements
The federation of elements is available through the Join and the Extract tools :
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Click OK to create the federated
joined surface.
1
2
Select one by one the elements to be joined together.
Federating Elements while Joining Surfaces
3
Expand the new Federation panel
in the join dialog box.
4
Select one face of the join surface
and choose a propagation type.
5
Joining surfaces, you have now the possibility to federate the faces of the resulting
surface
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Click OK to create the federated
extracted surface.
1
2
Select one face of the solid.
Federating Elements while Extracting Faces
3
Choose a propagation type.
4 Activate the federation switch.
5
Extracting faces from a solid, you have now the possibility to federate the faces of the
resulting surface
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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.
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.
1
2
Select the element to transform.
Applying an Axis-to-Axis transformation
3
Select the reference Axis System.
4
Select the target Axis System.
5
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You will learn how to smooth on its support.
Smoothing a Curve on a Support
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Why smoothing curve on a support ? (1/2)
1- Smoothing a curve that lies on a surface, you may obtain a curve that does not lie
anymore on the surface.
So you may not be able to use this smoothed curve properly :

Trying to make a linear swept surface with
reference surface using the smoothed curve
as guide curve
an error message occurs because
the guide curve does not lie on the
reference surface.
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Why smoothing curve on a support ? (2/2)
2- Using the new option Support surface while smoothing the curve, you make sure
that the smoothed curve remains on the surface :

Selecting a support surface
the swept surface is correctly created
because the smoothed curve now lies on the
support surface.
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Lets see now how to smooth a
curve on a support ...
How to smooth Curve on a Support
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Click OK to create the smoothed
curve : it will lie on the surface.
1
2
Select the curve to smooth.
Smoothing a Curve on a Support
3 Define the smooth parameters.
4
Select the support surface (the curve
to smooth must lie on this surface).
5
Smoothing a curve, you have now the possibility to select a support surface.
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You will learn the enhancements about the fillets creation.
Fillet Creation Enhancement
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Creating Shape Fillets : Hold Curve and Spine
Creating Shape Fillets, you can now choose a curve sketched on one of the support
to be connected to control the radius variation.
Select the supporting faces.
1
2
4
Select the shape fillet icon.
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Spine Curve
Hold Curve
Click OK to create the fillet surface :
Select a hold curve lying on one support to drive
the fillet radius, And a spine curve.
3
Note : the result is a variable radius
fillet whose radius is driven by the
hold curve.
Creating Shape Fillets : trim first or second support (1/2)
You can now trim only the first or the second support of a shape fillet.
Select the two support surfaces.
1
2
Choose the support you want to trim.
By default, the two support will be trimmed.
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3
Type in the fillet radius and select
the fillet parameters.
4
Creating Shape Fillets : trim first or second support (2/2)
Four combinations are possible :
No support are trimmed
Both support are trimmed
The second support is left unchanged.
Only the first support is trimmed.
The first support is left unchanged.
Only the second support is trimmed.
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You will learn other enhancements in the Operations of the
Generative Shape 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.
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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3
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:
Healing two surfaces, you have now the possibility to allow a remaining gap or a
remaining tangency discontinuity between the surfaces.
Healing Surfaces : distance and tangency 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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The same option is available
concerning the tangency continuity
type healings.

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