6/15/2011

CATIA Surface-modeling Glasses Tutorial-C

Convert the surfaces into a solid

Build the parting surface

Split the finished (master) model into separate parts

assemble the parts into a product

Part Design in Assembly (Design in Context)

Capture/Render Images for marketing purposes.

(Switch workbench to Part Design)

-Select “Start/ Mechanical Design / Part Design” on the top menu

-Click icon “Close Surface”

-Select a Join Surface

-Click icon “Close Surface”

-Select another Join Surface

-(Two Solids are added together. An intersection edge can be found)

-Hide “Geometrical Set.3” on tree

-Hide Geometrical Set “Control_Curve” on tree

-Click icon “Edge Fillet”

-Select the solid edge

-Enter 0.5mm as Radius

-Click ok

-Click icon “Mirror”

-Select ZX plane as Mirror plane

-Click ok

-Select “Insert/ New Body” on the top menu

-Click icon “Thick Surface”

-Select the surface (lens) in Geometrical.Set

-”Control_Curve”

-Enter 2mm as First Offset

-Click ok

-Click icon “Chamfer”

-Select the 2 solid edges

-Enter 0.3mm as Length1

-Enter 45deg as Angle

-Click ok

-Click icon “Mirror”

-Select ZX plane as Mirror plane

-Click ok

-Select “Insert/ Geometrical Set…” on the top menu

-Enter “Parting_Surface” as Name, click ok

-Click icon “Plane”

-Select Yz plane as “Reference”

-Click option “Reverse Direction”

-Switch to Top View

-Drag the offset value to around 25mm (~just behind the u turn)

-Click ok

-File Save Again

-File /New/ Part

-Name it as “Glasses_Front”

-Select “Window/ Glasses_master” on the top menu

-Multi-select the Solid (“PartBody”) & the offset plane

-Right-click, then select “Copy”

-Select “Window/ Glasses_Front” on the top menu

-Right-Click the part tree, “Paste Special”

-Select “As Result with Link”

-Click ok

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