Assembly Design

Getting Started
In this hands-on scenario you will experiment how to quickly position a part in an assembly.

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Open the part

Open the part to be included in the assembly.

Note: if you just finished the part design handson, your part may be used for the assembly.

(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select the SPACER_CONFIG.CATPart. If you want, you can open your part

SPACER.catpart
(3) Select Open to confirm
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Open the assembly

Open the assembly.

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(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select

MACHINE_START_DTT_FIT.CATProduct.
(3) Select Open to confirm.

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Getting Started
Ckeck you are in the Assembly Worbench

(1) if you are not already in this workbench,

select in the Start menu Mechanical Design then Assembly Design submenu

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Split the screen

Tile Horizontally the CATIA windows.

(1) Select Window + Tile horizontally

menu.
The screen is split,the assembly and

the 3D part.

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Place the Part in the Assembly

You are going to place the part in the assembly using the Drag & Drop mechanism.

(1) Select the SPACER node in the specification

tree, drag and drop it on top of the MACHINE specification tree

The part is now included in the assembly

structure.
(2) In the assembly, select the Reframe on menu

with Mouse Buton 3 on the SPACER name in the tree

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Prepare the assembly

Maximize and center the assembly on the working area .

(1) Maximize the assembly window..

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Quick positioning
You are going to use the compass to approximately position the Spacer part

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(1) Select the Compass by selecting the red

square
(2) Drag and Drop the compass on the

SPACER part
(3) Select the green compass axis to move

the part in this direction and position the part close to the charger as shown.
(4) Select the red square of the compass

and drag and drop the compass out of the geometry

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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER on the table .

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(1) Select the Shading Edge icon

representation
(2) Double click on the Quick constraint icon.
(3) Select the cylindrical surface of the SPACER

hole as shown.
Its axis is displayed

(4) Select the hole of the charger

The Quick constraint tool chooses the

coincidence constraint for you.

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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER.

(1) Rotate the model. TIP: Press MB2 and MB1 ( keeping MB2 )

to rotate the model around the model sphere center

(2) Select the hole of the SPACER (2) Select the hole of the charger. The Quick constraint tool chooses the

coincidence constraint for you.

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Constrained positioning
Add constraints to position the SPACER.

(1) Rotate the model if needed, select the

planar face of the SPACER part

(2) Rotate the model, select the planar face

of the charger as shown

The Quick constraint tool chooses the

surface contact constraint for you.

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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.

(1) Rotate the model, select the hole as

shown.
(2) Rotate the model, select the b-2201 hole

as shown.
The Quick constraint tool chooses the

contact constraint for you

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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.

(1) Rotate the model, select the hole as

shown.
(2) Rotate the model, select the b-2201 hole

as shown.
The Quick constraint tool chooses the

contact constraint for you

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Constrained positioning
Position the SPACER on the table.

(2) Rotate the model, select the SPACER

planar face as shown.

(3) Rotate the model, select the CHARGER

planar face as shown.

The Quick constraint tool chooses the

contact constraint for you

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Constrained positioning
you are going to update the model

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(1) Select the Select icon (1) Select the Update icon. All parts are positionned according to their

constraints.
(2) Select OK to close this warning This warning means that the safety

distance between the prehensor and the charger is not respected. This warning was created using CATIA V5 Knowledgeware

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Check explanation
Thank to the CATIA V5 Knowledgeware, every

user takes advantage of the capitalized company know-how .

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(1) Clicking on + node to expand the

Relations, you will see a traffic light which is a minimum distance check.
If the CHARGER is to close to the

PREHENSOR , the light is red and a warning is displayed to prompt the user. The light become green when a safety distance is respected

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Modify part
you are going to measure a distance between the

CHARGER and the PREHENSOR

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(1) Select the Measure Between icon.

The Measure between box is displayed

(2) Select the Edge as shown (3) Select the planar face as shown The gap is displayed (4) Selet Close buton to close the Measure

between box

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Modify part
you are going to analyse the gap

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(1) Select the Analyse + Compute Clash menu (2) Select clearance in the Clash Detection panel (3) Key in 3 mm in the field (4) With CTRL Key , select the PISTON node and the

MA6276B-CHARGER node in the specification tree

(5) Select APPLY

The violation is displayed

(6) Select CANCEL to close the panel

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Modify part
you are going to modify the SPACER part

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(1) Select the + node to expand the

SPACER specifcation tree.

(2) Double click on the SPACER node You are automatically in the part design

workbench

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Modify part
you are going to choose a configuration

(1) Select the + node to expand the

Relations specifcation tree.

(2) Double click on the SPACER node twice. (3) Select the Design Table button

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Modify part
you are going to choose a configuration

(1) Select the First line ( 40 mm ) in the

design table
(2) Select OK to exit from the design table (3) Select OK The part is updated

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Update the Assembly

you are going to update the MACHINE assembly

(1) Switch to the MACHINE assembly , and

double click on the MACHINE node

You switch automatically in the assembly

workbench
(2) Select the Update icon The POSITIONNING check turns green

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Duplicate parts
You are going to duplicate parts according assembly and

part design

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(1) Select the Reuse patern icon The Instantiation on pattern box is displayed

(2) Select the SPACER part

(3) Select the + node to expand the specification tree

of the b-2201 part

(4) Select Rectangular patern 2 node and select OK (5) Select OK (6) Select the UPDATE icon (7) Select the Apply Customized view parameters

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Working behavior simulation

(1) Select the + node to expand the Application

specification
(2) Click on the + node to expand Replay. (3) Double click on the Replay.1 specification. (4) Play the recorded simulation.

You can use dynamic manipulation during

the simulation (zoom, rotate)

Click on the loop mode icon

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Explode Assembly

(1) Select the Explode icon (2) Select OK to confirm. (3) Select Yes to close the Warning box (4) Select OK to close the POSITIONNING

warning.
To rebuild the assembly, selectthe

Update icon

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Congratulations !
You achieved your first CATIA V5 Assembly Design Project.

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Generative drafting
You will experiment how to quickly generate a drawing from an assembly.

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Getting Started
Open the 3D assembly. Note: if you just finish the assembly design hands-on, your assembly may be used for the drawing hands-on.

(1) Select the Open option in the File menu. (2) Select

MACHINE_FINAL_DTT_FIT.CATProduct.
(3) Select Open to confirm.

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Create a New Layout

Open an existing drawing with a pre-defined

background and create your working document.

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(1) Select the New From option in the File

menu.
(2) Select the A0-format.CATDrawing

document.
(3) Select Open to confirm (4) select the Save As... command in the

File menu
(5) Give a new name to your drawing (6) Select Save to confirm
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Open a predefine background

Tile Horizontally the CATIA windows.

(1) Select Window + Tile horizontaly

menu.
The screen is split, the drawing and

the 3D assembly

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Create the front view

You are going to create the front view.

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(1) Select the Front View icon. (2) Select the indicated face of the 3D part. (3) Click anywhere in the background to

confirm this view orientation.

(4) Maximize the drawing window
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Create a dimension
You are going to create dimensions.

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(1) Select the Dimensions icon. (2) Select 14 mm as size in the menu. (3) Select the two lines (4) Select the dimension line, drag it to

position it
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Generate the Bill Of Material

You are going to generate the bill of material

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(1) Select 3.5 mm as the text size.

(2) Select the New View icon (3) Select in the background to position this new

view
(4) Select the Insert + Generation + Bill of

Material menu
(5) Swap to the Assembly window and select the

Machine node in the product tree

(6) Swap now to the Drawing window and select

anywhere to position the BOM

You can move its position by moving the

frame view.
You can open the

ASSEMBLY.CATDrawing as result
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Congratulations !
You achieved your first CATIA V5 Assembly Drawing.

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