Solido Teoria

Solid Design - Course
Solid Design
Version 4 Release 2.2

November 1999
FOR-E-TRSOL-07-AL
Copyright DASSAULT SYSTEMES 1999
Solid Design
Course Schedule
Morning
Afternoon
Day 1
Modules:
Sketching the Profile
Creating the Main Features
Organizing the Part Structure
Associated exercises
Modules:
Adding Draft Angles
Filleting the Part
Day 2
Modules:
Modifying the Part
Analyzing the Part
Modules:
Further Operations
Advanced Use of Solid Design
Practice on the scenarios provided in the exercise
database of the Solid Design course
Day 3


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Solid Design
E.P.S.S.
Task Description
Tools
Practice on...
Sketching a profile
Dynamic Sketcher
Chainsaw Engine (1)
Creating features
Creating prisms
Creating cylinders
Creating features of revolution
Creating sweeps
Creating cuboids
Creating spheres
Creating cones
Creating tori
Creating pipes
Creating pyramids
Creating offset features
Creating features by projection
Creating features by closing surfaces
Creating features by closing volumes
Creating pattern grids
Creating import features
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + PRISM

SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + CYLINDER
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + REVOLUTN
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + SWEEP
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + CUBOID
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + SPHERE
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + CONE
SOLIDE + CREATE + COMPLEX + TORUS
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + PIPE
SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + PYRAMID
SOLIDE + CREATE + COMPLEX + OFFSET
SOLIDE + CREATE + COMPLEX + PROJECT
SOLIDE + CREATE + COMPLEX + CLOSE
SOLIDE + CREATE + COMPLEX + VOLUME
/solpatt
SOLIDE + CREATE + IMPORT
Chainsaw Engine (2) - Motor Support (1)

Piston (3) - Motor Support (2)
Piston (3) - Motor Support (2)
Salt & Pepper Set (1) - Heater Case (3)
Ball Bearing Support (1)
Crank (2) - Airplane Structure (2)
Ducts (2)
Heater Case (4)
Connecting Rod (5) - Stringer
Working with the Part Editor

Displaying the Part Editor
Working on a local solid
Updating the solid
Working on the tree visualization
Multi-selecting branches
Modifying feature parameters
Reordering features
Dressing up features
Removing branches
Part Editor icon

Smart Solid icon
Update icon
Collapse/Expand/Reframe/Zoom in/Zoom out icons
Multisel icon
Modify option of contextual menu
Reorder option of contextual menu
Color/Rename/Collapse options of contextual menu
Delete/Break/Inactive options of contextual menu
Chainsaw Engine (3)

Ball Bearing Support (1) - Stringer (3)
Chainsaw Engine (3)
Casing (1)
Casing (2) - Salt & Pepper Set (2)
Chainsaw Engine (3) - Heater Case (2)
Piston (2) - Exchanger (1)
Connecting Rod (5)
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Solid Design
Task Description
Tools
Practice on...
Performing operations
Performing Boolean operations
Performing Trim operations
Performing operations with limits
Adding thickness
Creating chamfers
Hollowing a part
Splitting a part
Inserting details to the solid
SOLIDE + OPERATN + UNION/INTERSEC/SUBTRACT

SOLIDE + OPERATN + UNION/SUBTRACT
SOLIDE + OPERATN + UNION/SUBTRACT
SOLIDE + OPERATN + THICK
SOLIDE + OPERATN + CHAMFER
SOLIDE + OPERATN + SHELL
SOLIDE + OPERATN + SPLIT
DETAIL + DITTO + MODEL + STANDARD
Piston (2) - Motor Support (2) - Airplane Structure (2)

Simple Industrial Cases - Airplane Structure (2)
Connecting Rod (1)
Ducts (2)
Heater Case (2)
Plastic Casing (1) - Ducts (1)
Connecting Rod (5) - Plastic Cover (1)
Piston (3) - Plastic Casing (3)
Applying draft angles

Standard draft
Standard withparting element 1-side
Standard with parting element 2-sides
On reflect curve
On separate FSURs
SOLIDE + OPERATN + DRAFT

Chainsaw Engine (4)

Heater Case (2)
Crank (1)
Casing (1)
Casing (1)
Filleting a part
Fillets on edges
Face-face fillets
Tritangent fillets
SOLIDE + OPERATN + FILLET + EDGE

SOLIDE + OPERATN + FILLET + FACEFACE
SOLIDE + OPERATN + FILLET + TRITGT
Chainsaw Engine (5) - Plastic Casing (5) - Connecting Rod (4)

Heater Case (5)
Heater Case (3)
Applying transformations to features

Translating a feature
Rotating a feature
Mirroring a feature
Applying a scale factor to a feature
SOLIDE + TRANSFOR + TRANSLAT

SOLIDE + TRANSFOR + ROTATE
SOLIDE + TRANSFOR + MIRROR
SOLIDE + TRANSFOR + SCALING
Exchanger (2)
Motor Support (2)
Chainsaw Engine (6) - Connecting Rod (5)
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Analyzing the part

Inertia analysis
Parameter analysis
Position analysis
Draft analysis
SOLIDE + ANALYZE + SELF + INERTIA

SOLIDE + ANALYZE + SELF + PARM
SOLIDE + ANALYZE + POSITN
Tools (Menubar) + Analyze + Draft
Chainsaw Engine (7)

Crank (5)
Salt & Pepper Set (2)
Chainsaw Engine (7)
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Solid Design
Task Description
Tools
Practice on...
Modifying a part
Moving features
Modifying feature parameters
Modifying feature contours
Modifying operations
Dressing up features
SOLIDE + MODIFY + GEOMETRY + MOVE

SOLIDE + MODIFY + GEOMETRY + PARM
SOLIDE + MODIFY + GEOMETRY + CONTOUR
SOLIDE + MODIFY + OPERATN
SOLIDE + MODIFY + DRESS UP
Chainsaw Engine (6)

Chainsaw Engine (6) - Salt & Pepper Set (4)
Chainsaw Engine (6) - Exchanger (3)
Plastic Casing (4) - Connecting Rod (3) - Piston (3)
Casing (3)
Extracting elements
Extracting curves
Extracting faces
SOLIDE + EXTRACT + EDGECRV

SOLIDE + EXTRACT + FACE
Crank (4) - Heater Case (2)

Crank (4)
SOLIDE + UPDATE
Tools (Menubar) + Update + Solids...
Heater Case (4)

Airplane Structure (4) - Piston (4)
Updating the solid
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Solid Design
Course Introduction
Solid Design is an easy-to-use
CATIA product which allows you to
create simple or hybrid geometry.
Learning path:
In order to take full advantage of this
course you must first go to the:
The resulting geometry
becomes the reference for
downstream applications.
Course Modules
then
- Main concepts
- Associated exercise
Exercises
- On industrial cases
- Gradual level of difficulty
You can then modify it either

changing the solid parameters,
through the Part Editor or the
Dynamic Sketcher.
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Solid Design
Geometric
analysis
Mesh
analysis
Drawing
extraction
Assembly, Kinematics,
Interference checking
Rendering
Manufacturing
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Solid Design
Course Modules
Here we will teach you how to design a forged part in an assembly.
The assembly is a chainsaw engine. The part is a connecting rod.
Further
Operations
Sketching the
Profile
Creating the
Main Features
Analyzing the
Part
Organizing the
Part Structure
Modifying the
Part
Adding Draft
Angles
Filleting the
Part
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Advanced Use
of Solid Design
Solid Design - Sketching the Profile
CATIA Dynamic Sketcher

The Dynamic Sketcher allows you to draw any
profile to define a 3D feature easily as you
would draw free hand.
Any existing geometry on the sketching plane
is shown to help you prepare the profile.
You can use the Dynamic Sketcher to

modify an existing profile at any time
during the design process.
You can either add

constraints while sketching
or afterwards by adding
dimensions and specific
geometrical contraints such
as concentricity and
perpendicularity.
If you want to know more

about this product start the
Dynamic Sketcher course
from the Navigation Map.
If the drawing is only

preliminary, you are not
obliged to measure each
element: you can leave out
undefined areas.
... and now

start the exercise
Solid Design - Creating the Main Features
Basic Features (Canonic)

Cylinder
Solid of revolution
Prism
Sweep
The basic features of the part

are created as individual solid
features. Some of them are
created from a contour, the
others giving parameter values.
Cuboid
Torus
Sphere
Cone
... and also Pipe and Pyramid
Complex Features
The Project solid fills
the space between the
selected surface and its
projection on a plane.
Volume
Other Features (Complex)

can be created from surfacic
elements: surfaces, faces,
skins or volumes.
Offset
Complex features can

be used in the solid
construction just like
basic ones.
Close
Project
Boolean Operations after Feature Creation

You can perform Boolean
operations between two solids
to create the overall solid object.
Union
Subtract
Intersect
The Trim option can

also be used to remove
part of resulting solid.
Initial solids can be

kept using Duplicate
option.
Construction Tree (1)

When you create a solid a
construction tree is managed by
CATIA. It contains all information
about the construction process.
Subtract
Associated
construction
tree
This tree is useful to check the part

structure during all the part design
and modification process.
Construction Tree (2)

Depending on the construction
method a part may have
different construction trees.
1st operation
2nd operation
The construction tree can be

reorganized at any time in the
design or modification process.
Boolean Operations during Part Creation

Boolean operations can be
performed while creating a
new feature. The new
feature is always inserted
into the current solid.
The last created or modified

solid becomes Current solid.
The current solid can be
changed in the Manage
window.
Identifier of
current solid
Cylinder creation
using Subtract Option
Add to
current solid
Create a new
feature
Intersect with
current solid
Subtract from
current solid
When the operation is performed

between the current solid and a
feature being created it is added
at the bottom of the part tree.
Feature Limits (1)

To define features or feature limits you have
to select faces or edges of existing solids.
Here is some terminology which will help
you selecting the right element.
FEDGE = Functional Edge:

Intersection of two adjacent
FSURs
FSUR = Functional Surface:

Selectable face of a solid
REDGE = Relimited Edge:

Functional edge interrupted
by a Boolean operation
RSUR = Relimited Surface:

Functional surface interrupted
by a Boolean operation
Selecting an edge is sometimes

easier with the standard display
mode (without shading).
Feature Limits (2)

You can define the length of a feature either
giving offset values or selecting its limits.
This is called the Until/From-To mode.
The created features are associative:

if the selected limits move the
associated feature follows.
Lim1
Lim1
Lim2
Lim1: Next
Lim2: Next
Lim1: Last
Lim2: Last
Lim1: Next
Lim2: Last
Lim1: Last
Lim2: Next
Manual selection
of limits
This mode is available

when creating prisms,
cylinders or sweeps for
Union, Subtract and
Intersec operations.
Lim1
Lim1
Lim2
Limits are selected

manually or defined
as the Next RSUR or
the Last RSUR
encountered.
Lim2
Lim1
Lim2
... and now

start the exercise
Lim2
Solid Design - Organizing the Part Structure
Managing the Part Structure
Throughout the design process you need to

manage the structure of your solid part very
carefully:
- to ensure that features are grouped logically to
improve understanding and modifications,
- to optimize the performance of your model for
both modifying and updating the part,
- to correct errors or unexpected interactions
between the features.
The Part Editor is a graphic tool which

allows you to visualize and modify the
structural view of a part.
It reminds you the way features were
created and grouped together.
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The Part Editor Window Interface

To display the Part Editor click the
icon in the Manage window:
the tree structure of the current
solid is displayed.
The Multisel icon is

useful to select several
branches of the part
structure and apply a
modification to all of
them at the same time.
Clicking this icon

allows you to work on
one specific feature or
group of features
called local solid.
The Update icon allows

you to take into account the
modifications performed on the
whole solid or on the displayed
local solid. If the window
background is green the solid
needs to be updated.
To Zoom in/out you

can either use those
icons or press mouse
button 2 and move the
mouse up and down.
Feature
Branch
The Collapse/Expand
icons are helpful to
simplify the visualization
of the construction tree
on complex parts.
Operation
Current solid
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The Reframe icon

allows you to display
the while tree in the
window.
The Part Editor Contextual Menu

From the Part Editor window you
have access to a menu by clicking,
with mouse button 3, the branch you
want to modify or the whole solid.
Depending on the position of the

cursor when clicking mouse
button 3 the menu is different
(contextual menu).
On an operation
On a feature
Most of those tools are

also available in the
SOLIDE function.
On a whole solid
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Reordering a Branch
The contextual menu allows you to reorder
branches inside the construction tree. The
branch moved interacts at a different
stage of the solid construction process.
Initial part
Modified part
(after update)
Select receiving
branch.
Hints & Tips...

If the receiving
branch is identical to
the reordered branch
tree presentation is
inverted.
Operation has
been changed
The manual mode is used to

impose the reorder operation
to a precise position.
The default auto mode
proposes to reorder the branch
without geometry modification
(if possible).
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Removing Part of a Solid

The Delete, Break and Inactive options
of the contextual menu allow you to
remove branches from the part tree.
The Break option is

equivalent to Delete but the
broken branch is kept in the
model as another solid.
The Inactive menu allows you

to keep the branch in the tree
but it will not be taken into
account when computing the
resulting solid.
Initial part
Modified
part
These operations can be performed

on several branches of the tree
using multi-selection.
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Inserting Features into the Part Structure

You will use Boolean operations to
insert features or branches into the
part structure. The new branch can
be inserted directly in the right place
using the Part Editor.
Use MODIFY + OPERATN + INSERT
Inserted
channel
Outer casing
Here you insert the

channel feature by
subtracting it from
the casing.
The reverse operation consists

in deleting the feature or branch
or in breaking it to make an
independent solid.
You can also replace part of the

tree by a new solid using MODIFY
+ OPERATN + REPLACE
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Dressing up Features of a Solid

The Rename, Color and Collapse options
of the contextual menu allow you to dress
up branches in the part tree.
You can rename features to
identify them more easily.
The Color menu allows to change

the color of a solid feature.
The color will be modified both on
the part and in the tree.
The Collapse menu allows

you to remove part of the
visualized tree to simplify
the management of a
complex part.
These operations are important to

obtain a part easy to understand.
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Working in Smart Solids (1)

CATIA Smart Solids is an editing tool.
It allows you to get an immediate look
at the solid at any point of construction.
By default solids are created in Smart
mode: all the intermediate (local) solids
are stored in the model and can be
modified separately.
Local solids can be

visualized to understand the
part construction tree.
Local solid representation

(small square) only exists
in Smart mode.
A solid can be made Unsmart

to save memory.
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Working in Smart Solids (2)

In Smart Solids mode you can access a
feature of a branch to modify it. The new
solid is then called local solid and
represented by a dot on the branch.
You can work on the local solid as

if it was a final part: add operations,
modify its contour, all geometric
graphic parameters, etc.
When you work in Smart mode you

can select either the geometry or
the corresponding branch to
display the local solid.
The Stop button

allows you to work on
the chosen local
solid.
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... and now

start the exercise
Solid Design - Adding Draft Angles
Draft Parameters
As part of the detail design process
and preparation for manufacturing,
draft surfaces can be added. The user
controls whether material is added or
removed, the location of split surfaces
and the draft angles used.
The neutral element

cuts the solid where it is
unchanged. You can
define its position on a
FSUR, a surface, a skin
or a plane.
Material is
added
Material is
removed
The neutral element can

be defined from several
FSURs, selecting the
Add Fsurs switch.
The pulling direction is a

vector defining the
direction in which the mold
of the part will be extracted
(default: current Z axis).
The parting element is a
user-defined element,
splitting the solid in two,
and thus defining one or
two faces to be drafted. It
can be the same as the
neutral element.
One-side draft angle
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Two-sides draft angle
Types of Drafts
You can compute drafts on planar or
on rounded surfaces (fillets) of a solid.
The reflect curve is

automatically computed on
the FSUR, according to the
given draft angle.
Draft on reflect curve

Standard draft with parting element
Standard draft
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You can apply a separate draft

to relimited surfaces (RSURs).
Drafts in the Part Structure

Draft operations
should be placed as
high up as possible in
the solid structure.
Draft surfaces should

be defined before fillets
or chamfers as they
replace the original
surface of the feature.
Draft after
chamfer
Draft after fillet:

not computed
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... and now

start the exercise
Solid Design - Filleting the Part
Filleting Operation
The FILLET operation allows you to
round off the sharp edges of a part.
Fillet operations
added to the part
Filleted part
Initial part
Any fillet radius can be modified

editing each filleted edge.
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Element Selection for Filleting

To create fillets on edges
you can either select
edges, FSURs or vertices.
Edge
selection
Selection
FSUR
selection
Vertex
selection
Selection
Propagation option for edges

with tangency continuity
(Default: Auto).
Selection on initial parts
Resulting parts
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Types of Fillets
Three main types of
fillets are available:
Face-face
fillets
Fillets on
edges
Tritangent
fillets
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Constant-Radius Fillets on Edges

Adjacent fillet
Round-edge fillet
The fillet is created

on an edge common
The fillet is created by rolling a

ball along the edge being
filleted. The ball goes from
face 1 to face 2 by rolling
around the edge keeping the
Rolling edge
2
3
Non-adjacent fillet
The fillet lies locally
on FSURs to which
the edge does not
Cliff-edge fillet
Rolling edges
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The cliff-edge fillet is

tangent to a face and
limited by a rolling
edge which remains a
Variable-Radius Fillets on Edges
Variable fillet with linear evolution

The fillet is defined by one radius
value at each end of the edge. The
radius evolution between the two
Variable fillet with imposed tangencies

The fillet is defined by one radius value
at each end of the edge. Tangency
conditions are imposed at each end of
Variable fillet by indication of points

The fillet is defined by several radius
values indicated on the edge to be
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Face-Face Fillets
Face-face fillet
The fillet is created by selecting
two non-adjacent faces and
giving a radius value. The
support face is relimited in the
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Tritangent Fillets
Tritangent fillet
The fillet is defined by
selecting three faces, one
of which is removed during
Constant tritangent fillet
Variable non-linear tritangent fillet
Variable linear tritangent fillet
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Fillet Creation Methodology

Following points are can help you
performing efficient fillet creation
and modification on your part.
This advice is not to be taken as a
compulsory rule!
When fillets interfere

start with high radius
values first.
Group fillets in the

same operation
when they belong to
the same area of
your part.
You had better filleting edges

of the solid than adding a
corner to a generating
contour (sketcher), except
for functional radii.
Place fillet operations as

high as possible in the part
tree (as soon as support
edges exist).
You can inactivate all fillet

operations to obtain a simplified
part (for mesh operation or for
quicker updates).
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... and now

start the exercise
Solid Design - Modifying the Part
Modifying Feature Parameters

You can modify the part
geometry by changing
initial feature parameters:
Key in new
values...
You can replace / delete

a prism or the limiting
FSUR of a cylinder:
... or measure
new parameter
values in the
model geometry.
You can also replace the

contour of a feature with
another compatible one
for a new shape:
A Modify option is provided in the

contextual menu when clicking a feature
or operation with mouse button 3.
Parameter modification is also available
under MODIFY + GEOMETRY + PARM.
Warning!
The solid must be
updated after any
modification.
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Modifying Operation Parameters

You can modify the part
geometry by changing
operation parameters:
... or draft parameter

(pulling direction,
neutral elements)
radius value of
fillets...
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Modifying the Feature Contour

You can also modify the contour
from which the feature was
created (parent contour):
If the feature contour has not

been parameterized with the
Dynamic Sketcher you can
partially parameterize and deform
it using MODIFY + GEOMETRY +
CONTOUR.
Start the Dynamic

Sketcher and select the
feature contour...
In the PARAM3D function you can store

defined parameters in the model.
You can then directly retrieve constraints
from the Dynamic Sketcher.
... then modify the

constraints of the
sketched contour.
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Moving Features inside the Part

You can move a feature or group of features
inside the part to modify its geometry using
MODIFY + GEOMETRY + MOVE.
The three holes are

moved together.
Feature duplication during

transformation can be made using
MODIFY + OPERATN + DUPLICAT
The Family option allows to

transform logically-linked
elements (parent contour).
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Applying Transformations
The transformations allow you to copy a feature or a
branch without duplicating the geometry, using the
TRANSFOR item.
You can apply translations, rotations, mirror symmetries,
scalings or any already stored transformation.
All modifications performed on

the initial solid are repeated on
the transformed one.
Only one branch appears in the

Part Editor even if the solid was
duplicated several times.
Mirror
Rotation
The transformation parameters

can be modified (number of
occurences, angle, etc.)
Grids of features can be designed using such

translations or rotations.
The /solpatt command will be preferred when
intermediate occurences have to be removed.
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Dress-up Features & Faces

You can change the name and the color
of any feature (just like in the Part Editor
contextual menu).
Even separate FSURs can be assigned a
specific color.
The faces can also be

reset to their original
colors.
You can color or

rename any
feature just by
selecting it.
If the color of the part is

changed the faces keep
the color they were
assigned.
Faces can be singly or

multiply selected to be
colored.
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Working on Repeated Features (1)

If one branch of a solid is reused
several times in the geometry you
can create a detail from it.
First create the solid

geometry of the detail in a
DETAIL workspace...
... then create dittos

and position them in
the part geometry.
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Working on Repeated Features (2)

The dittos are then included
into the solid part.
Work with dittos:

- when transformations cannot be used,
-to avoid geometry duplication,
-to save model space and reduce update time.
Resulting geometry
Initial tree
Initial tree
Ditto branch
The ditto branch is

then inserted into the
tree.
A solid created from a ditto is called a Macroprimitive.

This conversion is automatic when operating
between solids and dittos.
You can also perform it using CREATE + MACRO.
... and now

start the exercise
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Solid Design - Analyzing the Part
Solid Analysis
Each individual part can be checked to
ensure that weight and manufacturing
targets have been met.
The geometry resulting from an analysis can

always be created (axis, points, etc.).
It allows you to re-create erased construction
elements such as the axis of a cylinder.
Each feature can be analyzed.

You get information on the
feature parameters.
You can detect an

interference between
two solids...
... a clash between a

group of solids...
Volume, mass, surface,
gravity center and main
inertia can be analyzed.
... or verify the
alignment of
hole axes.
You get information
about solid complexity
and space used.
At any stage in the design

process you can also analyze
the overall assembly.
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Solid Design - Analyzing the Part
Quick Geometrical Analysis
Analyzing the draft
The Free Form Design

product allows you to
analyze the part shape.
The Space Analysis product

allows you to detect
assembly contacts and
clearances for correction.
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Detecting an
unsatisfactory area
... and now

start the exercise
Solid Design - Further Operations
Shell Operation
The shell operation consists in
removing material from a part
leaving walls for which you define
a positive or negative thickness.
You can also remove faces to create

openings. However make sure that
all opening faces are bounded by a
set of edges that are either ALL
convex or ALLconcave.
Positive thickness
Negative thickness
In the case of a filleted part

the negative thickness
must be smaller than the
value of the fillet radius
(depending on concavity).
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Thickness Operation
The thickness operation allows
you to add material on one or
several FSURs of a solid part.
Thickness= - 6
RSUR2
RSUR1
Thickness= 6
You can also apply a

different thickness
to separate RSURs.
This capability is
particularly useful to
modify the thickness of
one wall of a shelled
part.
Thickness=5
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Chamfer Operation
You can create chamfers
on one or several edges
of a solid part.
Parameters: two lengths
Two options
for chamfer
parameters:
The Auto / Manual propagation mode

defines whether you want to chamfer
all the edges that are continuous in
tangency with the selected edge.
L1
L2
Parameters: length + angle
Chamfered part
L1
A1
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Split & Sewing Operations

Splitting and sewing show
the integration between
the surfacic and solid
working modes.
Lower side of
solid kept
The split capability

allows you to cut a
solid by a plane, a
surface or a skin.
Upper side of
solid kept
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The sewing
capability allows
you to relimit a solid
on a face, a surface
or a skin.
Element Extraction
You can create new CATIA elements
from the FSURs, the edges or the
branches of a solid, for example:
curves and
lines from an
edge...
... a new solid
from a branch of
the selected
solid.
... faces, face

boundaries and
surfaces from a
FSUR...
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Solid Design - Advanced Use of Solid Design
Trimming Solids (1)

Trimming a solid consists
in joining/subtracting two
solids while removing the
material you do not need.
Part of the solid was

kept starting from the
blue face and
propagating until the
solids intersection.
Select the face

to be kept
(in blue)
You define the

elements to be kept
or removed after
selecting the solids.
SOLIDE
OPERATN + UNION
Select the
two solids
Select the face

to be removed
(in pink)
Part of the solid was

removed starting from
the pink face and
propagating until the
solids intersection.
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Trimming Solids (2)

The unchanged faces can be defined with the help
of the Trim Assistant :
- faces that will be relimited are displayed in red,
- other faces of solid 1 in green and of solid 2 in blue
(whatever the original colors).
The Trim
Assistant is
available in the
Trim Options
window.
KEEP or REMOVE
constraints are
generally set on
these green and
blue faces.
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... and now

start the exercise
Trimming Solids (3)

The blue face that
carries the KEEP
constraint is now
relimited by the union
operation. By
propagation, the whole
blue box is kept.
You have to define which

faces you will select whatever
the constraint you apply on it.
Modify the length of

the green box and redo
the union operation
with the same
constraints.
The KEEP / REMOVE constraints

should be carried by faces that have
the smallest chance to become
relimited after a design change.
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Trimming Solids (4)

You can change the constraints:
- click an existing constraint to remove it
- apply a new constraint
Use Preview to check the

result before computing it.
The constraints are highlighted.
The Trim Assistant is on.
You can visualize and modify

the constraints after union,
using the contextual menu of
the Part Editor.
Using
sel branch
Choose
in contextual menu
... and now

start the exercise
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Defining Pattern Grids
Cartesian Grids
Radial circular grid
Linear cartesian grid
Parallel circular grid
Rectangular cartesian grid
Circular Grids
When creating a grid you may use a

ditto or a feature as element to pattern.
You can modify the pattern geometry
or modify the parameters of the grid.
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Working in a Multimodel Environment

In a multimodel environment the solid is
defined by components stored in different
models.
The solid stored in the active model
references solids from one or more
external model(s).
Modifications
performed on imported
models are taken into
account in the
multimodel solid when
updating it.
Use Check Links

contextual menu to
verify the consistency
between all referenced
solids.
This capability allows working

in concurrent engineering
since associativity between
models is ensured.
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Importing a Solid from another Model (1)

You can create
imported features
from solids belonging
to other models.
Part is then opened

in the session as
passive model.
You first have to publish

the solid (it is assigned a
unique identifier: UUID)
Import is created by
subtracting the passive
model from the active
model.
The imported
feature is
integrated to
the part tree.
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Importing a Solid from another Model (2)

At any time you can
modify the geometry of
the imported model or
change the referenced
model.
Then make the imported

model active, modify the
solid geometry and save
the model under a new
name.
Load imported
solid model as
passive.
Original model has

been modified.
Select new
passive model
Which passive
model should be
referenced ?
Referenced
model needs to
be updated.
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Exercise Database
Solid Design - Exercises

Now play the exercises given below in the prescribed order
to practice the notions you have learned and discover new ones.
Connecting Rod
Piston
Plastic Casing
Crank
Ball Bearing
Support
Motor Support
Exchanger
Airplane
Structure
Casing
Stringer
Heater Case
Plastic Cover
Salt & Pepper

Set
Ducts
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Chainsaw Engine (1)

SOLIDE + CREATE + CANONIC + PRISM

Chainsaw Engine (2) - Motor Support (1)

Working with the Part Editor

Part Editor icon

Chainsaw Engine (3)

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SOLIDE + OPERATN + UNION/INTERSEC/SUBTRACT

Piston (2) - Motor Support (2) - Airplane Structure (2)

Applying draft angles

SOLIDE + OPERATN + DRAFT

Chainsaw Engine (4)

SOLIDE + OPERATN + FILLET + EDGE

Chainsaw Engine (5) - Plastic Casing (5) - Connecting Rod (4)

Applying transformations to features

SOLIDE + TRANSFOR + TRANSLAT

Analyzing the part

SOLIDE + ANALYZE + SELF + INERTIA

Chainsaw Engine (7)

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SOLIDE + MODIFY + GEOMETRY + MOVE

Chainsaw Engine (6)

SOLIDE + EXTRACT + EDGECRV

Crank (4) - Heater Case (2)

Heater Case (4)

Updating the solid

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You can then modify it either

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Solid Design - Sketching the Profile

CATIA Dynamic Sketcher

You can use the Dynamic Sketcher to

You can either add

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If the drawing is only

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... and now

Solid Design - Creating the Main Features

Basic Features (Canonic)

The basic features of the part

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... and also Pipe and Pyramid

Solid Design - Creating the Main Features

Other Features (Complex)

Complex features can

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Solid Design - Creating the Main Features

Boolean Operations after Feature Creation

The Trim option can

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Initial solids can be

Solid Design - Creating the Main Features

Construction Tree (1)

This tree is useful to check the part

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