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DASSULT SYSTEM CATIA CERTIFICATIONS

V5 CATIA Certification Tracks Details

Part Design Track
1. Exam title: CATIA PART DESIGN SPECIALIST
 Exam code: CAT-PDG-101-518 / CAT-PDG-101-520
 Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Part Design / CATIA V5R20 Part Design
 Topics covered:
Common tools: views manipulations and interface: (multi) selection, properties, compass,
specification tree display, manipulations and behavior, symbols …
Sketcher: profile construction and modification, constraints creation, colors and display
(graphism), symbols and attributes, analysis, grid and sketch tools, transformations, formulae…
Part Design: sketch-based features creation and modification, dress-up features creation and
modification (pads, holes, pockets, grooves, shafts, multi-pad, parameters and limits, fillets,
drafts, chamfers, shells, thread and taps,…)
Transformations: General, Symmetry, Mirror, patterns…
Modifications: Reordering, activation, (manual) updates, delete, feature modification, drag and
drop
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 70

2. Exam title: CATIA PART DESIGN EXPERT

 Exam code: CAT-PDG-201-518 / CAT-PDG-201-520
 Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Part Design / CATIA V5R20 Part Design
 Topics covered:
Common tools: Catalogs, Copy-Paste, Delete, Design Tables, Formulas, Hide-Show, Layers,
Materials, Multi document links, Power Copies, Shortcuts, Specifications Tree…
Sketcher: Sketch analysis, Constraints, Formulas, Transformations…
Part Design: Analysis, Bodies, Boolean operations, Dress up features, Operations, Patterns,
Sketch based features, Surface features, Transformations, Update…
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 60

Assembly Design Track

1. Exam title: CATIA ASSEMBLY DESIGN SPECIALIST
 Exam code: CAT-ASM-101-518 / CAT-ASM-101-520
  Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Assembly Design/ CATIA V5R20 Assembly Design
 Topics covered:
Positioning and alignment: Compass, Snap, Smart Move, origin…
Constraints: creation and modification, update, icons and symbols, constraint types…
Analysis and manipulations: Change workbench, Keep link, Visualization modes, measures,
constraint status, degree of freedom…
Product structure: icons and symbols, reorder, existing and new components, new product,
instances, (fast) multi-instantiation, deletion, links, part origin, reuse patterns, paste options,
product analysis…
Save operations: save, save as/all, save management.
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 66

2. Exam title: CATIA ASSEMBLY DESIGN EXPERT

 Exam code: CAT-ASM-201-518 / CAT-ASM-201-520
 Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Assembly Design / CATIA V5R20 Assembly Design
 Topics covered:
Analysis, BOM, Clash & clearance analysis, Contextual parts, Delete, Deactivate, Design in
context, Explode, Isolate, Knowledgeware parameters, Large assemblies, Links, Published
geometry, Replace component, Rigid & flexible sub-assemblies, Scenes, Section plane and
viewer, Settings, Skeleton methodology, Part instantiation, Smart move, Visualization modes,
Weld feature…
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 57

Surface Design Track

1. Exam title: CATIA SURFACE DESIGN SPECIALIST

 Exam code: CAT-SUR-101-518 / CAT-SUR-101-520
 Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Generative Shape Design / CATIA V5R20 Generative Shape
Design
 Topics covered:
3DWireframe: curves, lines, planes and points creation and modification…
Geometric transformations: axis to axis, affinity, symmetry…
Curves in space: circles, parallel and connect curves, splines, corners, spiral…
Curves on surfaces: intersection projection, boundary, propagation, combine…
Surfaces from curves: sweep, blend, multi-section surfaces, sill, sphere, revolution, extrude…
Surfaces from surfaces: offset, near, disassemble, untrim, join, split, extrapolate, extract,
fillets…
Operations: Surface-solid operations, connect checker, draft analysis, feature edition, work on
support, display modes…
  Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 63

2. Exam title: CATIA SURFACE DESIGN EXPERT

 Exam code: CAT-SUR-201-518 / CAT-SUR-201-520
 Product covered: CATIA V5R18 Generative Shape Design / CATIA V5R20 Generative Shape
Design
 Topics covered:
Analysis, Blend, Connect checker, Connect curve, Conic, Depth effect, Corner, Disassemble,
Extract, Extrude, Fill, Fillets, Free sides, Geometric information, Geometrical sets, Healing,
Hybrid design, Intersection, Invert, Join, Laws, Loft, Power copy, Projection, Ruled surface,
Smooth, Split, Update, Reflect lines, Spline, Sweep…
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 53

Composites Design Track

Exam title: CATIA COMPOSITES DESIGN SPECIALIST
 Exam code: CAT-COMP-101-519
 Product covered: CATIA V5R19 Composites Design
 Topics covered:
- Preliminary design: catalog, zones & groups of zones, transition zones, import laminate,
imposed thickness point...
- Engineering design: stack-up file, plies, exploded surfaces, 3D sectionning, numerical
analysis, core sample, solid from plies, edge of part, IML from plies...
- Manufacturing design: manufacturing part creation, skin swapping, producibility analysis,
flattening, multisplice creation, special zones, mirrored parts, plybook...
- Grid approach design: grid definition, virtual stacking management, plies generation, swap
edges, reroute ply contour, local drop off, angle cut, limits, stacking synchronization...
- Solid approach: zones bridge analyzer, defining solids, slicing curves, plies creation from
slicing, modification...
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 65

CATIA V5 To V6 Transition

 Title: CATIA V5 to V6 Transition (V6R2012x)

 Code: CAT-V5V6-Transition
 Product covered: CATIA Mechanical Design V6R2012x
 Topics covered:
 Collaborating with the community
Instant collaboration
Concurrent engineering
 Creating and editing documents in V6
 Engineering connections
Product structure
Propagation
Robot
Sketcher
 Designing in context
Relational design
Catalogs
Assembly features
 Introduction to V6 and PLM 2.0
Connecting to V6
Database architecture
Navigation & authoring windows
 Managing data in V6
Lifecycle
FBDI
3D Index
Search
Concurrent engineering
Compass
Documents
 Managing large assemblies
Large assemblies management
Navigation representations
Lifecycle
Favorites
 Managing product structure
Editing links & relations
Product structure
Publication
Impact graph
Weight definition
Skeleton methodology
 Reviewing the design
Digital review
Interference simulation
 Duration: 75 minutes
 Number of questions: 63
Note: this exam is not covering specific PLM Express features