CATIA V5 Tutorial

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1. Introduction
A cautionary note before you begin to use CatiaV5. Catia can sometimes freeze the system on some computers, it can
also crash if you are unlucky, so it is advisable to save your work regularly during work sessions.
The CATIA V5 package consists of modules which contain various workbenches (eg Part Design, under Mechanical
Design in Start menu) containing icons which access menu operations. The most commonly used workbenches are the
Part Design workbench for creating solids, Generative Shape Design workbench (under Shape in Start menu) for
creating so called open bodies which are surfaces and Assembly Design workbench to assemble part bodies and open
bodies. Solids and open bodies are saved as CATIAParts and assemblies are saved as CATIAproducts. When creating
your design it is best to arrange it to be an assembly of relatively simple parts. You can then open the product and
work on each part in the context of the assembly. Hence you can create wing rib parts from a wing shape where the
wing surface is one part and the rib another part in the same assembly.  The kinematic example in this tutorial shows
how to assemble parts using the DMU Kinematics workbench. This is very similar to using the Assembly Design
workbench..
Start CatiaV5 by double clicking the shortcut – wait for it to start, this can take a minute or so. The first time you do
this you will probably get a window requiring you to select the licence required. Select the box and OK, then restart
CATIA. If you save and recover your settings as in the next section you will not have to do this again. Having started
CATIA, check out the available modules by selecting Start and drag to each module. You will then see the
workbenches under each module. For example Mechanical Design module has workbenches Part Design, Assembly
Design, Sketcher, Structure Design, Drafting, Sheet Metal Design and Wireframe and Surface Design.
CATIA V5 provides extensive online help with tutorial exercises as well as explanations of operational procedures.
There are various ways of selecting help, each gives you different types of information. The following sections will
lead you through the help facility and give you a start. There are then some examples of part design, surface design
and machining.
Before you start here is a brief description of how to use the catia interface.
You will be asked to select menu icons. These are usually on the right vertical menu. Place your cursor on each icon
in the menu to get a description of its function. If you can’t find an icon it is sometimes easier to use Insert on the top
menu and find it there. Always use the left button for these selections.

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