CATIA V5 Design With Analysis: (Tutorial 3 - Deep Fry Basket)

CATIA V5R16 Design with Analysis – Deep Fry Basket
CATIA V5 Design with Analysis

(Tutorial 3 – Deep Fry Basket)
Infrastructure
Sketcher
Part Design (Solid-modeling)
GSD (Surface-modeling)
Assembly Design
Generative Structural Analysis
Product Engineering Optimizer
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Version 1g- Mar07 By Dickson Sham (ME Dept, HKPU)
Overview of Tasks
Tutorial 3A - Modeling Linked Children

• Build a Master Model of the basket handle Master Model
• Create the upper & the lower parts from the Master Model
• Build the mechanical features on the both parts
• Get the both parts auto-updated after modifying the outlook of the
master model
Tutorial 3B - Modeling
• Build the metal arm
• Build the basket Parts Assembly
• Add material texture onto all components
• Assemble components
Tutorial 3C – Structural analysis

• Simplify the model for analysis
• Create Meshes onto two components and create a connector between
them
• Create boundary conditions & define properties
• Analyze displacements & stresses
Tutorial 3D – Structural analysis (By Nastran)

• Repeat Tutorial 3C with the use of Nastran
Tutorial 3E – Design optimization

• Create a user parameter “volume” Structural
• Run optimization to get the minimum volume of the metal arm with the analysis
smallest part deformation
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General
Change the view with the mouse

A. Panning enables you to move the
model on a plane parallel to the Middle button
screen. Click and hold the middle
mouse button, then drag the Right button
mouse.
B. Rotating enables you to rotate

the model around a point. Click
and hold the middle mouse button
and the right button, then drag the
mouse.
C. Zooming enables you to increase

or decrease the size of the model.
Click and hold the middle button,
then click ONCE and release the
right button, then drag the mouse
up or down.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
• Enter CATIA by double-clicking its icon on the desktop
• (If a license menu pops up), select ED2 and close CATIA.
Then reopen again
• By default, a empty “Product” file is created. But now, you
don’t need this, just select “File/Close” on the menu
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/Part Design”on the

menu bar
• Uncheck “Enable Hybrid Design” and then click “ok”

• An empty part is now created on “Part Design” workbench.
You can see a specification tree at the upper left-hand
corner and xyz datum planes in the middle of the screen
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To reset the layout of workbench (optional):-
• Sometimes the workbench may not be tidy
before you use; some toolbars are missing and
some are at wrong positions. To reset the layout,
select “View/Toolbars/Customize” and select
“Toolbar/restore position” on the pop-up
window; Close and exit
To rename the tree:-

• Single-click “Part1” on the tree, right-click it, and
then select “Properties”
• Modify Part Number as “Master_handle” on the
tab page “Product”
• Select “ok” to exit
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Modeling
To build 1st sketch:-

Tutorial 3A Dimensional constraints
• click “Sketch” icon and select xy plane Sketch
Geometrical constraints
• Ensure “Dimensional Constraints” & “Geometrical

Constraints” are activated in the Toolbar “Sketch
tools”
Draw arc
• Draw an arc with one end touching y-axis
• Add a dimension constraint onto the circle by Constraint
clicking “constraint” icon and then selecting the circle.
• Double-click on the dimension and modify the radius
as 380mm; the arc will be resized automatically
• Draw an axis along the x-axis Draw axis
• Click “Mirror” icon and then select the arc and the
axis to duplicate the arc on the opposite side
Mirror
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Modeling
To build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

Tutorial 3A Draw arc
• Draw an arc (R35) connecting the bigger arcs , on
the positive-x side, which is NOT tangent to them
• Similarly, Draw another smaller arc (R10) connecting
the bigger arcs on the negative-x side
Constraints defined in dialog box
• Multi-select the arc (R10) and the upper arc(R380)
by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard
• Then select “Constraints defined in dialog box”
icon
• Select “Tangency” and “ok”
• Add another Tangency constraint between the arc

R10 and the lower arc(R380) by repeating the above
Not Tangent
steps
Tangent
Tangent
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Modeling
To build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

Tutorial 3A Constraints
• Click “Constraint” icon and then select the arcs
R10 & R35
• Modify the value to 120mm
• Similarly, Click “Constraint” icon and then select

the end points of arc R35
• Modify the value to 36mm
• (After that, the sketch color should become green
since it has been fully constrained.)
• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon
Exit
• Now, you are back to Part Design Workbench (3D

environment) and “Sketch.1” is created on the tree.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To build a solid:-
• Select “Sketch.1” on the tree / directly
click on the geometry
• Click “Pad” icon
• Enter 20mm as the length of First Limit
• Select “Mirror extent”
• Click “ok”
• A solid is created
To round the sharp edges:-

• Add a “Edge Fillet” R5mm onto the
vertical sharp edges
R5 R5
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To draft both sides of the solid:-
• Click “Draft angle” icon +1deg Neutral
• Enter 1deg as Angle Element &
• Select a vertical face as “Face to draft” also parting
-1deg element
(after that, all tangent faces will be
automatically selected and turn red)
• Click the selection box of “Neutral
element” and then select xy plane
• Click “More”
• Check “Parting=Neutral”
• Check “Draft both sides”
• Click ok to complete
Vertical face
(Face to draft)
Neutral Element
& also parting A- 10
element
Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To change the workbench:-
• Select ‘Start/Shape/Generative Shape
Design”on the menu bar
• Select “Insert/Geometrical Set” on the menu

bar and click ok to complete (Now a new branch
“Geometrical set” is created on the part tree,
which is used to store all reference curves and
surfaces)
To create a reference plane:-

• Click “plane” icon
• Select “Offset from plane” as plane type
• Select “yz plane” as Reference
• Click “Reverse Direction” in the command
window
• Enter 38mm as Offset value
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sketch
To build 2nd sketch:-
• click “Sketch” icon and select zx plane
Draw axis
• Draw a horizontal axis as shown
• Multi-select the endpoint of the axis and plane.1 by
pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard
icon
• Select “Coincidence” and “ok”
• Draw another two arcs (R450 & R270) and add the
corresponding constraints as shown
• Click on an empty space to deselect the sketch Draw arc
Tangent & coincided

axis
Constraint
Plane.1
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sketch
To build 3rd sketch:-
• Click “Sketch” icon and select plane.1
Draw arc
• Draw an arc as shown
• Multi-select the endpoints then the y-axis by
pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard
• Then select “Constraints defined in dialog Constraints defined in dialog box
box” icon
• Select “Symmetry” and “ok”
• Add Constraint R30 onto the arc
• Rotate the model by mouse to have an isometric
view
• Multi-select the arc and the point by
pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard.
• Then select “Constraints defined in dialog
box” icon
• (Now the arc should be coincided with Sketch.2)
Sketch.2
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Sketch.3
Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To build a Surface:- Sweep
• Click “Sweep” icon
• Select “Explicit” as Profile Type
• Select “Sketch.3” as Profile
• Select “Sketch.2” as Guided Curve
• (On the tree, this surface is stored in
“Geometrical Set.1”, so it will not be mixed with
solids.)
Sketch.2
Sketch.3
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/ Part Design”
on the menu bar to go back to solid-modeling
environment
split
To cut the solid with this SURFACE:-

• Click “Split” icon
• Click OK on the warning window
• Select the Yellow Surface “Sweep.1”
• Click on the arrow so that it is pointing
downwards
Hide/show
To hide the surface & its curves:-
• Select the surface “Sweep.1” and click
“hide/show” icon
• Hide Sketch.2 & Sketch.3 too
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Guide-curve
Now, we are going to create a Multi-
section surface for the bottom face. Guide-curve
Before that, we need to construct
three guide curves and three
different sections Section
To change the workbench:- Guide-curve

• Select ‘Start/Shape/ Generative Shape
Design” on the menu bar to go back to
surface-modeling environment
Section
To create a reference plane:- Section

• Select “xy plane” as Reference
window (The arrow points to negative Z)
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To create a intersection curve:-
• Click “intersection” icon
• Right-Click on the entry box of First
Element
• Select “Create Extract”
• Select “No propagation “ for Extract
Definition
• Select the Face
• Select Plane.2 as Second Element
To create another intersection curve on

Intersect.1
the opposite side:-
• Repeat the above steps but select the
face opposite to Face as First Element
Intersect.2
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sketch
To build 4th sketch:-
• Click “Sketch” icon and select zx plane
Draw axis
• Draw a horizontal axis as shown
• Multi-select the endpoint of the axis and plane.1 by
icon
• Draw another two arcs (R300 & R150) and add the
corresponding constraints as shown
• Click on an empty space to deselect the sketch Draw arc
Plane.1
Constraint
Tangent & coincided
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sketch
• click “Sketch” icon and select plane.1
Construction/stan
• Click “Construction/Standard element” icon so dard element
that the coming elements will be considered as
construction (reference) elements

view
Intersect 3D
elements
• Click “Intersect 3D elements” icon
• Select the curve “Intersect.1” (A point is created)
Intersect.2
• Similarly, click “Intersect 3D elements” icon
• Select the curve “Intersect.2” (A point is created)
Intersect.1
• Click “Construction/Standard element” icon
again to deactivate this mode.
• Draw an arc by selecting the two intersection

points as the endpoints
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To build 5th sketch (Cont’):- Constraints defined in dialog box
• Multi-select the arc and the point by

• Then select “Constraints defined in dialog
box” icon.
• Select “Coincidence” and “ok”.
• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon. point
Intersect.1
• Select “Parallel through point” as plane type
• Select a Endpoint of the curve “Intersect.1”
yz plane Make a plane at the

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“intersect.1”
Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sketch
• click “Sketch” icon and select plane.3
• Click “Construction/Standard element” icon so

that the coming elements will be considered as Intersect.2
construction (reference) elements

view
• click “Intersect 3D elements” icon Sketch.4
• Select the curve “Sketch.4” (A point is created)
• Click “Construction/Standard element” icon
again to deactivate this mode. Intersect.1
• Draw an arc with the endpoints near the Plane.3

extreme points of Intersect.1 & Intersect.2
Draw an arc touching
• Add three Coincidence constraints to align the three points
arc onto the points
• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
• Select another Endpoint of the curve
“Intersect.1”

• Draw an arc with the endpoints near the
endpoints of Intersect.1 & Intersect.2
• Add three Coincidence Constraints to align the

arc onto the points
• (Refer to the steps of building 6th sketch)
Draw an arc touching

three points
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Multi-sections
surface
To create a Multi-sections surface:-
Sketch.4
• Click “Multi-sections surface” icon
Sketch.7 (guide)
• Select “Sketch.6”, “Sketch.5”, & “Sketch.7” in (section)
order (They will then be inserted into the entry
box of Section)
Intersect.2
• If any red arrows are not pointing to the same (guide)
direction, click it once to reverse.
• Then click the entry box of Guides once Sketch.5
(section)
• Select “Intersect.1”, “Sketch.4” & “Intersect.2”
Intersect.1
(guide)
Sketch.6
(section)
All red arrows should point

to the same direction,
otherwise the created
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A The multi-sections face is not

As seen, the multi-sections surface is not big big enough to cover the solid
enough to cover the whole solid…
To hide the solid:-

• Right-click on “PartBody” on the tree
• Select Hide/Show
To extend the surface:- extrapolate

• Click “Extrapolate” icon
• Select “Sketch.6” as Boundary
• Select “Multi-sections surface.1” as “Extrapolated”
• Enter 20mm as Length
• Enter Tangency as Continuity
• Select “Assembly Result”
• Click Ok to complete
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To extend the surface on the other end:-
• Click “Extrapolate” icon
• Select “Sketch.7” as Boundary
• Select “Extrapol.1” as “Extrapolated”
• Enter 20mm as Length
• Enter Tangency as Continuity
• Select “Assembly Result”

environment
• Unhide “PartBody”
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To cut the solid with this extended
surface:- split
• Click “Split” icon.
• Click OK on the warning window.
• Select the Yellow Surface “Extrapol.2”
upwards.
Result after Split by
the extended
surface

• Hide Everything except “Partbody”, xy plane,
yx plane and zx plane.
All reference
curves & surfaces
are now hidden
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Next, we are going to create a curve-based
pocket on the top face:-

• Select ‘Start/Shape/ Generative Shape
Design” on the menu bar to go back to the
surface-modeling environment
Create a plane
To create a reference plane (plane.5):-
window (The arrow should point to negative X)
yz plane
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
• Draw an arc (R24, endpoints symmetric about
y-axis)
• Add a Constraint (9mm) to define the distance
between the arc and x-axis
• Click on an empty space to deselect the sketch

• Draw an axis
• Add a coincidence constraint between the axis
and plane.5
• Draw an arc (R28, endpoints symmetric about
the axis)
• Add a Constraint (9mm) to define the distance
between the arc and x-axis
• Click on an empty space to deselect the sketch
Draw an axis and
add a coincidence Plane.5
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plane.5
Modeling
Tutorial 3A Sweep.2
To build a Surface:- Sweep
• Select “Explicit” as Profile Type
• Select “Sketch.9” as Guided Curve

environment
split
To cut the solid with this SURFACE:-
• Select the Yellow Surface “Sweep.2”
downwards.

• Select “Sweep.2”, “Sketch.8”, “Sketch.9” &
“Plane.5” and click “hide/show” icon. A- 29
Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Edge fillet
To add Edge Fillets:-
• Click “Edge Fillet” icon
• Enter 3mm as Radius
• Select Tangency as Propagation
• Select the three sharp edges
To save the new part in a Project Folder:-

It is a good practice to store all part files of a
product in one specific folder.
• Create a folder wherever you can save (by MS
window technique).
• Save your current part as
“master_handle_a.CATPART” into the folder.
• Add “a” after its name to remind us its version.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To create the upper body:-
• Select File/New on the menu bar
• Select Part as type
• Enter Upper_body as part name
• Select Window/Tile Vertically (we can see

Master_handle & Upper Body at the same time)
• Right-click “PartBody” of master_handle_a.CatPart;
• and then select “Copy”;
• Right-click “Upper_body” of the tree of Upper_body

and then select “Paste Special…”
• Select “As Result with link”;
• Click ok to complete.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Shell
To make the solid hollow:-
• Click “Shell” icon
• Enter 2mm as Default inside thickness
• (the material inside the solid is removed)
To cut the solid with a plane:- Split

• Select xy plane
• Click on the arrow so that it is pointing upwards.
To Save the new part in a Project Folder:-

“Upper_body_a.CATPART” into the folder.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To create the lower body:-
• Select File/New
• Select Part as type
• Enter Lower_body as part name
• Select Window/Tile Vertically (we can see

Master_handle & Lower Body at the same time)
• Right-click “PartBody” of master_handle_a.CatPart
• and then select “Copy”
• Right-click “Lower_body” of the tree of Lower_body

and then select “Paste Special…”
• Select “As Result with link”
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Shell
To make the solid hollow:-
• Click “Shell” icon
• Enter 2mm as Default inside thickness
• (the material inside the solid is removed)
To cut the solid with a plane:- Split

• Select xy plane
downwards.
To save the new part in Project Folder:-

“Lower_body_a.CATPART” into the folder.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Building mechanical features on Upper Body:- Body.2 is
added onto
Partbody
To add two Bodies together:-
• Right-click “Body.2” on the tree
• Select Body.2 object/add… (Body.2 will become a
branch of PartBody)
To get a boundary curve from the solid:- Boundary

• Select ‘Start/Shape/ Generative Shape Design” on
the menu bar to go back to surface-modeling
environment
• Click “Boundary” icon
• Select “Point continuity” as propagation type
• Select the parting surface (both inner & outer edges
will be highlighted)
• Select “Keep only one sub-element by a Near” in the
message window “Multi-result management”
Parting
• Click ok surface
• Select an inner face as Reference Element
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To remove material from the boundary:-
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/ Part Design” on
the menu bar to go back to solid-modeling
environment
• Click “Pocket” icon
• Select the curve “Near.1”
• Select “Reverse Direction”
• Enter 1.5mm as First Limit
• Select “Thick” option
• Enter 1mm as thickness.1
Result
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Bottom face of

Pocket
To build a sketch:- Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select the bottom face of

Pocket.1
• Draw 4 lines (two horizontal & two vertical)
• Add a Symmetric Constraint between two horizontal
lines
• Add 3 more dimensional constraints (28mm, 8mm &
14mm)
To build a solid from the open profile:-

• click “Pad” icon
• Click ok on the warning window
• Select “Neutral Fiber”
• Select “Merge Ends” so that the lines will be extended
until they touch the solid face
• Select “Up to Next” as First Limit
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To build another sketch:- Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select xy plane
• Draw a circle (Dia6.0) on x-axis
• Add a dimensional Constraint (20mm)
To build a solid:-
• click “Pad” icon
• Select “More”
• Enter 5mm as Second Limit
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a hole:-
• Click “Hole” icon and select the top face of
the cylinder Top face of
• Select “Blind” as Extension type cylinder
• Enter 2.5mm as Diameter
• Enter 13mm as Depth
To make a pattern:-
• Multi-select Pad.2 & Hole.1
• Click “Rectangular Pattern” icon
• Click the box “Reference Element”
• Select xy plane
• Click “Reverse”
• Enter 2 as Instance
• Enter 62mm as Spacing
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A Cut part by sketch plane
To check the depth of holes:- Sketch

• Click “Cut Part by Sketch Plane” icon
• Visual Check whether the holes are too deep Not too thick &
or not deep enough (for this case, they are not too thin
accepted)
To make a pocket:-
Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select yz plane
• Draw a circle (Dia3.0) at (-12.0mm, 0)
• Select the circle, click “Mirror” icon, and then
click y-axis
Pocket
• Enter 10mm as First Limit
• Check “ Mirrored extent” option
** SAVE THE FILE AGAIN **

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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Building mechanical features on Lower Body:-
To add Bodies together:-

• Right-click “Body.2” on the tree
• Select Body.2 object/add… (Body.2 will become a
branch of PartBody)
To get a boundary curve from the solid:- Boundary

• Select ‘Start/Shape/ Generative Shape Design” on
the menu bar to go back to surface-modeling
environment
• Select “Point continuity” as propagation type
• Select the parting surface (both inner & outer edges
will be highlighted)
• Select “Keep only one sub-element by a Near” in the
message window “Multi-result management”
Parting
• Click ok surface
• Select an inner face as Reference Element
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To add material from the boundary:-
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/ Part Design” on
the menu bar to go back to solid-modeling
environment
• Select the curve “Near.1”
To Offset a solid face:-

• Click “Thickness” icon
• Select the parting surface
• Enter -0.5mm as Default thickness
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Sketch
To build a sketch:-
• Click “Sketch” icon and select the top face of Pad.1
• Draw 4 lines (two horizontal & two vertical)
• Add a symmetric Constraint between two horizontal
lines
• Add 3 more dimensional constraints (28mm, 8mm &
14mm)
To build a solid from the open profile:-

• Click “Reverse Direction”
• Select “Merge Ends” so that the lines will be extended
until they touch the solid face
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a pocket:-
• Click “Sketch” icon and select yz plane Sketch
• Draw a Profile as shown (you can use
“Profile” command to draw the straight lines
continuously, and then click “Tangent Arc”
option in the toolbar “Sketch tools” to draw the
arc.
• Select the profile, click “Mirror” icon, and then
3 options of
click y-axis “Profile”: line,
Profile
• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon tangent arc &
three- point arc
• Click “Pocket” icon Pocket

• Check “ Mirrored extent” option
Result
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a pad:-
Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select the top face of
Pad.1
• Draw 3 lines (three horizontal lines)
• Add a symmetric Constraint between two
horizontal lines
• Add 2 more dimensional constraints (50mm,
& 7mm)
Pad

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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a pocket:-
Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select the face of
Pad.3
• Click “Cut Part by sketch plane” icon to
view the sketch plane
• Draw a Profile (two vertical lines, one
Cut part by sketch plane
horizontal line & an arc)
• Add a dimensional constraint R1.5 on the arc
• Add another dimensional constraint (45mm)
between the circle centre and the y-axis

• Check “Mirrored Extent” option
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
window (The arrow should point to negative Z)
To make a pad:-
• Click “Sketch” icon and select Plane.1
Sketch
• Draw a Circle (Dia9.5mm)
• Add a dimensional constraint (20mm) between
the circle center and the y-axis

Pad
• Select “Up to Next” as First Limit Type
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a pad:- Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select the top face of
the cylinder
• Draw a circle
• Add a Concentric Constraint
• Add a dimensional constraint (1.5mm)

• Select “Up to Last” as First Limit Type
• Click “More” option
• Enter -2.5mm as Second Limit
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a hole:-
• Click “Hole” icon and select the top face of
the cylinder
• Select “Up to Last” as Extension Type
• Enter 3.2mm as Diameter
To make a solid by an used sketch:-

• Select “Sketch.5” as Profile (Sketch.5 has
been used before and it is now hidden)
• Check “Thick” option
• Enter 1.5mm as Thickness.1
• Enter 0mm as Thickness.2
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
To make a pattern:-
• Multi-select Pad.4, Pocket.3, Hole.1 & Pad.5
• Click “Rectangular Pattern” icon
• Click the box “Reference Element”
• Select xy plane
• Click “Reverse”
• Enter 2 as Instance
• Enter 62mm as Spacing
To hide a plane:-
• Right-click on Plane.1
• Select “Hide/Show”
**SAVE THE FILE AGAIN**
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Modeling
Tutorial 3A
Now we have three part files:
• Master_handle (which controls the handle outlook)
• Upper_body (which is a child of Master_handle
and has its own mechanical features)
• Lower_body (which is a child of Master_handle
and has its own mechanical features)
To modify Master Handle:-

• Single Click “Sketch.1” in Master_handle
• Change R380 to R250
• Change R10 to R12 Modify Master model
To get Upper & Lower bodies updated:-

• Activate the window of Upper_body
• Click “Update” icon
• After a few second, the model turns from red to
blue; by then the model is updated in shape
• For Lower body, the steps are the same.
update
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
Building the basket:-
We are going to use Surface-modeling

technique to build the basket…
Don’t
• Select File/New on the menu bar check
“Hybrid
• Select “Part” in “List of Type
Design”
• Enter “Basket” as Part Name
• Select ‘Start/Shape/Generative Shape Design”on

the menu bar.
• Select “Insert/Geometrical Set” on the menu bar

and click ok to complete (Now a new branch
“Geometrical set” is created on the part tree, which is
used to store all reference curves and surfaces)
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B Centered
rectangle
To build a sketch:- Sketch
• Click “Sketch” icon and select xy plane

• Draw a centered rectangle (center at origin, 170mm x
130mm)
To create a swept surface:-

• Select “Line” as Profile Type
• Select “with draft direction” as subtype
• Select “Sketch.1” as Guide Curve.1
• Select xy plane as Draft Direction
• Enter 10 deg as Angle
• Enter 60mm as Length.1
• Click the arrow as shown (angular sector =2)
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To create a surface from a closed boundary:-
• Click “Fill” icon
• Select all the four edges of the smaller opening
• Click ok to complete (a surface will be created to
fill the opening)
To Join surfaces into one:-

• Click “Join” icon
• Select surfaces “Sweep.1” & “Fill.1”
• Click ok to complete (a new surface is created to
represent both surfaces; They are hidden now)
A new surface is created; the

original surfaces are hidden
after this creation
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To add a Fillet on surface edges:-
• Select all the four Vertical edges
To add another Fillet on surface edges:-

• Select an edge of the bottom face
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Tutorial 3B
To hide a sketch:-
• Right-Click on “Sketch.1”
Boundary
To get a boundary from a surface:-
• Select “Point continuity” as propagation Select the edge
type
• Select an edge of the opening
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To create a swept surface:-
• Select “Circle” as Profile Type
• Select “Center & Radius” as Subtype
• Select the curve “Boundary.1” as Center
Curve
• Enter 1.5mm as Radius
To hide a curve:-
• Right-click on “Boundary.1”
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Tutorial 3B Create a
new plane
window (The arrow should point to negative X)
To make a point on a new sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select plane.1 Sketch
• Draw a point (x=20, y= - 40)
Create a
point
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B Create a point

Sketch on another new
To make another point on a new sketch:- sketch
• Click on empty space to deselect “Sketch.2”
• Draw a point (33mm above the previous
point)
Sketch.2
To project a point onto a surface:-
• Click “Projection” icon
• Select “Along a direction” as Projection Type
• Select the point “Sketch.2” as Projected
• Select the surface “Edgefillet.2” as Support
• Select Plane.1 as Direction Plane.1
Sketch.2
A new point is projected

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Sketch.2 By Dickson Sham (ME Dept, HKPU)
Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To project another point onto a surface:-
• Click “Projection” icon again
• Select “Along a direction” as Projection Type
• Select the point “Sketch.3” as Projected
• Select the surface “Edgefillet.2” as Support Plane.1
• Select Plane.1 as Direction

• Click ok to complete A new point is projected
on the surface from
Sketch.3
Sketch.3
To make a mirror copy:-

• Click “Symmetry” icon
• Select the point “Project.1” as Element Symmetry.2
• Select zx plane as Reference
• Click “Symmetry” icon again Symmetry.1
• Select the point “Project.2” as Element Project.2

• Select zx plane as Reference
Project.1
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Tutorial 3B
To hide all reference elements:-
• Multi-select Plane.1, Sketch.2 & Sketch.3
• Right-click on anyone
To add Material Texture:-

• Download a texture from a shared library at
http://www.planit3d.com/source/texture_files/metal/metal.html
• Save the texture file into the project folder

• Click “Apply Material” icon
• Click B&W Tiling
• Select the surface ”EdgeFillet.2” on the tree
Apply Material
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Tutorial 3B
To view the material texture:-
• Click “Shading with material” icon
Shading with
To modify the texture:- material
• Double-click “B&W” Tiling (under Edgefillet.2)
on the tree
• Select the tab page “Texture”
• Select “Image” as Type
• Click “…” icon of Image Name
• Select the downloaded texture file
• Select “Cubical Mapping”
• Enter 30mm as Material Size
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Tutorial 3B
Apply Material
To add another material texture:-
• Click “Apply Material” icon
• Select “Iron” in the tab page “Metal”
• Select the surface “Sweep.2”

“Basket_a.CATPART” into the folder.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
Building the metal arm:-
We are going to learn how to build 3D curves to

represent the metal arm…
• Select “File/New” on the menu bar Don’t

check
• Select “Part” in “List of Type “Hybrid
• Click ok to complete Design”
• Enter “Metal_arm” as Part Name
• Select ‘Start/Shape/Generative Shape Design”on

the menu bar.
• Select “Insert/Geometrical Set” on the menu bar

and click ok to complete
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Tutorial 3B
• Select “zx plane” as Reference
Profile
Sketch
To make a Sketch:-
• Click “Sketch” icon
• Select Plane.1
• Draw the Profile as shown (You can use “Profile”
command to draw the profile continuously)
• Add dimensional constraints
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Tutorial 3B
To create another reference plane:-
Sketch
To make the 2nd Sketch:-
• Click “Sketch” icon
A line in
• Select Plane.2 Sketch.1
• Draw a straight line as shown
• Multi-select the line in the previous sketch and
the current line; and add a Coincidence Constraint.
• Add two more dimensional constraints (remark: to
have a horizontal dimension, right-click and select
“Horizontal Measure Direction” while creating the
constraint)
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Tutorial 3B Connect
Curve
To create a connecting 3D curve:-
• Click “Connect Curve” icon
• Select the endpoint of Sketch.1
• Select “Tangency” as Continuity of First Curve Sketch.2

• Select “Tangency” as Continuity of Second Curve
• Click “Preview” to have a preview
• Click “Reverse Direction” if the curve is flipped
• Click ok to complete Sketch.1
Connecting
Curve

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Tutorial 3B
• Select “Offset from Plane” as plane type
• Select “plane.3” as Reference
• Enter 33mm as Offset
To create an intersection point:-

• Click “Intersection” icon
• Select “Plane.4” as First Element
• Select “Sketch.1” as Second Element
Plane.4
Sketch.1
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Tutorial 3B
To duplicate elements by mirroring:-
• Multi-select “Sketch.1” , “Sketch.2” & “Connect.1”
• Click “Symmetry” icon
• Similarly, click “Symmetry” icon again

• Select the intersection point as Element
• Select “zx plane” as Reference Here is the
intersection point
To create a line in 3D space:-

• Click “Line” icon
• Select the Endpoint of Sketch.2
• Select the Endpoint of its mirrored image
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To create a round corner between two lines:-
• Click “Corner” icon
• Select “Line.1” as Element 1
• Select “Trim element 1”
• Select “Sketch.2” as Element 2
• Similarly, click “Corner” icon again

• Select “Corner.1” as Element 1
• Select “Symmetry.2” as Element 2
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Tutorial 3B
To group all lines & curves:-
• Click “Join” icon
• Select all lines & curves in the screen, which
includes: “Sketch.1”, “Connect.1”, “Corner.2”,
“Symmetry.3”& “Symmetry.1”
Draw a
circle here
Corner.2
To make a sketch:- Symmetry.3

• Draw a circle (Dia 3.0) Symmetry.1
• Add a coincidence constraints between the circle
center and the line Connect.1
Sketch.1
Draw a circle
here
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To make a solid:-
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/Part
Design”on the menu bar to go back to solid-
modeling environment
• Click “Rib” icon Solid is created
• Select “Join.1” as Center Curve
To add material texture:-

• Click “Apply Material” icon Apply Material
• Select “Iron” in the tab page “Metal”
• Select “PartBody” on the tree

“Metal_arm_a.CATPART” into the folder.
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Tutorial 3B
Assemble components together…
In the folder, you should have five part files;
– Master_handle_a.CATPART
– Upper_body_a.CATPART
– Lower_body_a.CATPART
– Basket_a.CATPART
– Metal_arm_a.CATPART
To go to a new Workbench:-
• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/Assembly Design”
on the menu bar.
• You may need to reset the layout of the toolbars if the
workbench isn’t tidy.
To rename the tree:-

• Single-click “Product1” on the tree, right-click it, and
then select “Properties”.
• Modify Part Number as “Basket_assm” on the tab
page “Product”.
• Select “ok” to exit .
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Tutorial 3B
To insert existing parts into a product:-
• Right-click the highest icon of the Product
You can multi-
tree “Basket_assm”, then select
select the parts
“Components/Existing component…”
by holding “ctrl”
• Multi-Select all part files except on keyboard
“Master_handle_a.CATPART
• Click “open”
You should see all

inserted parts are
mixed together and at
wrong positions. It is
normal because the
system puts all the
parts’ origins onto the
product’s origin.
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Tutorial 3B
Compass
To move a part by “Compass”:-
• Click and hold the RED dot of the compass
Drop the compass
• Drag it onto the part that you want to move onto a part
• The compass will then turn into green and
its axis labels will be v-u-w
• Drag along the green lines/arcs of the
compass to move the part to a desired
position
• Repeat the steps so that all parts are

NEARLY at desired positions
• Now the parts are separated. It is easier for
us to select part features later
To reset “Compass” as original:- result

• Click and hold the red dot of the compass.
• Drag it onto the coordinate system at lower
right-hand corner of the window and then
release.
• It will be auto-reset.
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Tutorial 3B Offset constraint

To assemble parts by adding constraints:-
(1) Fix “Basket” in space

• Click “Fix” icon Fix
Contact constraint
• Select “Basket” on tree; Now the part “Basket”
is fixed in position. Coincidence constraint
(2) Link “Metal Arm” to “Basket”

• Click “Coincidence Constraint” icon
• Check “Do not prompt in future” and click
“close” to close the message box.
• Select zx plane of Metal Arm
• Select zx plane of Basket
(If you want to delete a constraint, just click the

constraint either on the model or on the tree,
and then press “Delete” key on keyboard.)
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Tutorial 3B Offset constraint

(Cont’)
• Click “Offset Constraint” icon
• Select the point of Metal Arm
• Select the point of Basket
• Enter 2mm as Value
• Click “Update” Icon to update the
position.
• UNHIDE the curve “Join.1” of Metal Arm
• Similarly, Click “Offset Constraint” icon again

• Select the point of Metal Arm
• Select the point of Basket
• Enter 2mm as Value
position.
• HIDE the curve “Join.1” of Metal Arm again
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Tutorial 3B
(3) Link “Lower Body” to “Metal Arm”
• Select the axis of Metal Arm
• Select the axis of Lower Body
Coincidence constraint
• Similarly, Click “Coincidence Constraint” icon

again
• Select the axis of Metal Arm
position.
• (Remark: when the mouse cursor points on

a circular face, the axis can be detected)
result
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Tutorial 3B
(4) Link “Upper Body” to “Lower Body”
• Select the axis of Upper Body
Coincidence constraint

again
• Select the axis of Upper Body

again
• Select xy plane of Upper Body
• Select xy plane of Lower Body

position.
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Modeling
Tutorial 3B
To hide all constraints:-
• Just single-click “Constraints” on the tree and
right-click to show the contextual menu; then
select “Hide/Show”
To hide all datum planes:-

• Select “Edit/Search..” on the menu bar and then
click “Load all type” icon
Hide/Show
• Select “Plane” as Type
Search &
• Click “Search & Select” icon select
• Click “Hide/Show” icon
To Save all files:-

• Select “File/Save all”
• Click OK to close this message box (because you
have to define the file location of the new Product
file)
• Click “Save As…” icon
• Enter “Basket_assm_a.CATAnalysis” as filename
and save it in your project folder.
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Analysis by CATIA
Tutorial 3C
We are going to estimate the deflection of the
basket under the maximum load by
Finite Element Analysis…
Max Load 15N
(~1500g)
Assumptions:
- Linear Behavior of the material
- Displacements will be small such that a linear
solution is valid
- The spot weld joint between the basket and the
metal arm will not break under the load
- Loading rate should be sufficiently low
- Load is uniformly distributed on the bottom faces
of the basket
- The deformation of the basket is much lower than
that of the metal arm
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Tutorial 3C
File/Open/ Basket_assm_a.CATProduct
To go to a new Workbench:-
• Select ‘Start/Analysis/Advanced Meshing
Tools” on the menu bar.
• Select Static Analysis and then click ok
(1) To simplify the model for analysis:-

• Click “+” next to “Link Manager.1” on the tree
• Click “+” next to “Link.1” on the tree
hide
• Hide Upper_body.1 & Lower_body.1
• Hide the surface “Sweep.2” under Basket.1
• Hide “PartBody” under Metal_arm.1
hide
• Show the curve “Join.1” under Metal arm.1
hide
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Tutorial 3C One curve

Now, we should see the below elements only: (Grouped)
• One surface
• Six points (4 points on surface, 2 points on curve)
• One Curve (grouped) One Surface
Six points
(2a) To create a 2D mesh:-

• Click “Surface Mesher” icon
• Select the surface
• Select “quadrangle” as Shape
• Select “Linear” as Type
• Enter 5mm as Mesh Size
• Leave all the rest default options
unchecked
• Enter 0mm as Constraint sag
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Tutorial 3C
(Cont’):-
• Click “Project External Points” icon (so that nodes
are created on the positions of spot welding)
• Select the four points on the surface
• If you select a wrong element accidentally,
click and then remove it from the list Project
• Enter 0.01mm as Tolerance External
Points
• Select “Project on geometry”
• Click ok to complete (Now 4 red dots appears on
the surface)
• Click “Mapped Method” icon

• Select the surface on which 4 red dots have been
just created
• Enter 5mm as Mesh Size
• Click ok to complete (Meshing this surface before
other surfaces will result in an uniform mesh
distribution on this surface)
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Tutorial 3C Exit
(Cont’):- “Mesh the part”
• Click “Mesh the part” icon (The system will mesh
the remaining surfaces according to the
specification you defined, i.e. linear quadrangle
mesh with 5mm size)
• Click “Exit”
Beam Mesher
(2b) To create a 1D mesh:-
• Select ‘Start/Analysis/Advanced Meshing
Tools” on the menu bar again
• Click “Beam Mesher” icon
• Select the curve
• Click “Add Isolated points” on the command
window
• Select the two points on the curve (so that nodes
are created on the positions of spot welding)
• Enter 0.01mm as Tolerance
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Analysis by CATIA
Tutorial 3C
Now, we have already created two meshes:
Surface Mesh.1 (for the basket)
1D Mesh.1 (for the metal arm)
The workbench has been automatically switched to

“Generative Structural Analysis”
(3) To Create a constraint:- Clamp

• Click “Clamp” icon
• Select the two straight lines as shown
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Tutorial 3C
(4) To Create a Force:-
• Click “Distributed Force” icon
• Select the bottom faces (9 faces) of the surface
as shown
• Enter -15N as Z Force
(5) To Create a User Material:-

• Click “User Material” icon
• Select “Iron” from the catalog
• Click ok to complete (it will be created on the tree)
• Double-click it on the tree to view its properties

• Leave everything unchanged
• Click ok to quit
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Tutorial 3C 2D property 1D property

(6a) To define Properties of Surface Mesh.1:-
• Click “2D Property” icon
• Select the surface
• Select “User-defined material” option (because
the original material is used for rendering only, not
the actual material of the basket)
• Click the entry box “No selection” once
• Select “User Material.1” on the tree
• Enter 1mm as Thickness
(6b) To define Properties of 1D Mesh.1:-

• Click “1D Property” icon
• Select the curve
• Select “User-defined material” option
• Click the entry box “No selection” once
• Select “User Material.1” on the tree
• Select “Cylindrical Beam” as Type
• Click the icon
• Enter 1.5mm as radius
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Tutorial 3C General Analysis

Connection
(7) To build Connections between meshes:-
• (We have four pairs of points and we are going to

build a connection for EVERY PAIR
independently)
• Click “General Analysis Connection” icon 2

• Select point 1 as First Element
1
• Click the box “No selection” of Second Element
• Select point 2 as Second Element
• Repeat the above steps for the remaining three

pairs
Four
connections
are made
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Tutorial 3C Rigid Connection

Property
(8) To define Properties of connections:-
• Click “Rigid Connection Property” icon

• Select ‘General Analysis Connection.1” on tree
• Repeat the above steps for

‘General Analysis Connection.2”
** SAVE ALL FILES**

• Select “File/Save all” What we have already done…
1. Simplify the model (Hide
• Click OK to close this message box (because you
unnecessary parts & features)
have to define the file location of the new Product
2. Create Meshes (2D & 1D)
file)
3. Create a constraint (Clamp)
• Click “Save As…” icon 4. Create a force (distributed force)
• Enter “Analysis_a.CATAnalysis” as filename and 5. Create a User material
save it in your project folder. 6. Define Properties of Meshes
7. Create connectors
8. Define Properties of Connectors
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Tutorial 3C
(9) To start Computation:-
• Click “Compute” icon Compute
• Select “All”
• Click ok
(10) To View the result:-

• Click “Von Mises stress” icon
• Click “Shading with material” Animate
Shading with
• (We can see the stress distribution on the basket. Von Mises stress material
The stress value is not the same as the real case
because we simplify the metal net as a metal
sheet)
• Click “Animate” icon to see the variations in

stress with different degrees of displacement
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Tutorial 3C
(Cont’):-
• Click “Displacement” icon Displacement
• (We can see the maximum displacement of the
basket is about 96.7mm!)
The Displacement is too big to accept.

Now we are going to shorten the
length of the metal arm and make it thicker…
To edit the part “Metal Arm”:-

• Right-click “Metal arm” on tree
• Select Metal_arm.object/Open in new
window
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Tutorial 3C Change to 50mm
(Con’t):-
• Double-click “Sketch.1” on tree
• Modify the dimension 100mm to 50mm
• (The metal arm is automatically updated)
To increase the diameter of Metal Arm

(1D- Mesh):-
• Select “Window/Analysis1” on the menu bar
to go back to the analysis workbench (The
metal arm in the assembly is also updated)
• Double-Click “1D Property.1” icon on tree

• Click the icon
• Change Radius from 1.5 to 1.75
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Tutorial 3C
To Compute Analysis again:-
Displacement
• Click “Compute” icon
• Click ok
• Click “Displacement” icon to view the update

displacement
• (The maximum displacement is now

decreased to 27.8mm after the modification of
the metal arm)
** CLOSE ALL FILES WITHOUT SAVING**
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END of Tutorial 3C
Analysis by Patran
Tutorial 3D
We are going to estimate the deflection of the
basket again by another FEA tool, MSC
PATRAN…
Assumptions: (Same as Tutorial 3C)

- Linear Behavior of the material
- Displacements will be small such that a linear
solution Is valid
- The spot weld joint between the basket and the
metal arm will not break under the load Max Load 15N
- Loading rate should be sufficiently low (~1500g)
- Load is uniformly distributed on the bottom faces
of the basket
- The deformation of the basket is much lower than
that of the metal arm
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Tutorial 3D
(1) To prepare the 3D model for analysis:-
• Enter CATIA
• File/Open/ Basket_assm_a.CATProduct One curve
(Grouped)
Now, we should see the below elements only:
• One surface
• Six points (4 points on surface, 2 points on Six points
curve)
• One Curve (grouped)
• Hidden elements are:-

– Upper_body.1 & Lower_body.1
– “Sweep.2” under Basket.1
– “PartBody” under Metal_arm.1
One Surface
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Tutorial 3D
Export the file in an IGES file:-
• File/Save as
• Select “igs” as File Type
• Enter “Basket_assm_a.igs” as File Name
• (Keep the file folder unchanged)
• Click “Save” to complete
File/Close/Basket_assm_a.Catproduct
Check and Re-save the IGES again:-

• File/Open/Basket_assm_a.igs
• (From the file, we can see that all elements are
stored in the same level of the tree, and the
product structure has been eliminated)
• Select “File/Save as” on the menu bar
• Select “igs” as File Type
• Select the file “Basket_assm_a.igs”
• Click “Save” and then “yes” to overwrite the file
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Tutorial 3D
**Close CATIA**
**Enter MSC Patran**

• Select “MSC Software/MSC Patran2005/MSC
Patran 2005” on the START menu of
WindowsXP
(2) To Create a NEW Database:

• File/New
• Select Your project folder
• Enter “basket.db” as File Name
• Click OK
• Select “Based on Model” as Tolerance
• Select “MSC Nastran” as Analysis Code
• Select “Structural” as Analysis Type
• Click OK
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Tutorial 3D
(3) Import the model geometry:-
• File/Import
• Select “IGES” as Source
• Select your project folder
• Select the file “Basket_assm_a.igs”
• Click APPLY
• (all elements in IGES have been imported; the
white “+” is the model origin)
• The unit of CATIA models is mm. To have the

Origin
unit consistency in Patran, remember to use
the SI(mm) units as shown
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Tutorial 3D
View the model geometry:-
• Click “Smooth Shaded” icon to switch to
the shading mode
• Use the middle mouse button to rotate the

model
rotate pan zoom
• Click “Wireframe” icon to switch to the

wireframe mode
• Click “Point Size” icon to increase the

point size so that we can see all locations
of points
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Tutorial 3D
(4a) To associate points to a curve:-
• Click “Geometry” icon on the top menu
• Select Action/Associate
• Select Object/Point
• Select Method/Curve
• Click the Entry Box of Point List Once, then
select a point on the curve
• Click the box again
• Press and hold “SHIFT” key
• Select another point on the curve
• Click the Entry Box of Curve List, then select

the curve
• (If Auto-execute is checked, it is not
necessary to click Apply)
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Tutorial 3D
(4b) To associate points to a surface:-
• (Keep Action/Associate)
• Select Object/Point
• Select Method/Surface
• Click the Entry Box of Point List Once, then
select a point on the surface
• Click the box again
• Press and hold “SHIFT” key
• Select another point on the surface
• (Repeat the steps until all 4 points are
selected)
• Click the Entry Box of Surface List, then

select the Surface (at which the 4 points are
located)
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Tutorial 3D
(5a) To create a 1D Mesh:-
• Click “Elements” icon on the top menu
• Select Action/Create
• Select Object/Mesh
• Select Type/Curve
• Select Bar2 as Topology
• Click the Entry Box of Curve List Once, then

select the curve on screen
• Deselect Automatic Calculation

• Enter 5 for the Global Edge Length
• Click Apply
• (If we look closer to the nodes, we can see

that a node is created on the location of the
associated point)
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Tutorial 3D
(5b) To create a 2D Mesh:-
• Select Object/Mesh
• Select Type/Surface
• Select Quad as Element Shape

• Select Paver as Mesher
• Select Quad4 as Topology
• Click the Entry Box of Surface List Once, then

Click the Surface icon under Picking Filters
• Select all Surfaces on screen
• Deselect Automatic Calculation

• Enter 5 for the Global Edge Length
• Click Apply
• (If we look closer to the nodes, we can see
that a node is created on the location of the
associated point)
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Tutorial 3D
(6) To equivalence Nodes to connect 2D
Quad Elements:-
• Select Action/Equivalence
• Select Object /All
• Select Method/Tolerance Cube
• Click Apply
• Select Action/Verify
Before all surfaces
• Select Object/Element were disconnected; the
• Select Test/Boundaries whole boundary of
• Click Apply every surface was free
• Reset Graphics
Now only the open
edge is free; all
surfaces are
connected
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Tutorial 3D
(7) To create Rigid Joints between two meshes:-
• Select Object/MPC
• Select Type/Rigid(Fixed)
• Select “Define Terms..”

• Select “Create Independent” and then the end node
of the curve
• Select the node with on the surface as
Dependent Node
• (If Auto-execute is checked, it is not necessary to

click Apply)
• Click “Cancel” on the submenu
• Click “Apply” on the top menu
• (NOW MPC.1 is created)

Independent
Dependent
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Tutorial 3D
(Cont’):-
• Select “Define Terms..”

• Select “Create Independent” and then another
node of the curve
• Select the corresponding node on the surface
as Dependent Node

• Click “Cancel” on the submenu
• Click “Apply” on the top menu
• Repeat the steps until all four MPCs are

created MPC.4
– MPC.1
– MPC.2
– MPC.3
MPC.3 MPC.2
– MPC.4
MPC.1
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Tutorial 3D
To show the meshes only:-
• Click “Smooth Shaded” icon to switch to the
shading mode
• Click “Plot/Erase” icon

• Select “Erase” under Geometry
• Click ok
• (Previously, the geometry and the meshes
were overlapped together, but now only Plot/Erase
meshes are shown on the screen)
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Tutorial 3D
(8) To create a Constraint:-
• Click “Loads/BCs” icon on the top menu
• Select Object/Displacement
• Select Type/Nodal
• Click the entry box of New Set Name

• Enter “fixed” in the box
• Click “Input Data…” icon

• Enter <0 0 0> under Translation
• Enter <0 0 0> under Rotation
• Click ok
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Tutorial 3D
(Cont’) :-
Front view
• Click “Select Application Region” icon
• Select FEM under Geometry Filter
• Click “Front View” icon Polygon pick
• Click “Polygon pick” icon
• Click at 1 , 2, 3
• then Double-Click at 4 to select all
nodes within the region
• Click “Add” icon

1 2
• Click ok
• Finally Click Apply
4 3
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Tutorial 3D
(9) To create a Distributed Load :-
• Select Object/Total Load
• Select Type/Element Uniform
• Click the entry box of New Set Name

• Enter “force” in the box
• Select 2D as Target Element Type
• Click “Input Data…”

• Enter <0 0 -15> under Surf. Load (Patran
will distributed the 15N load evenly over
the area of the Application Region)
• Click ok
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(Cont’) :-
• Click “Plot/Erase” icon
• Select “Plot” under Geometry Surface or
Face
• Click ok
Plot/Erase
• Click “Select Application Region” icon

• Select “Geometry” under Geometry Filter
• Click “Surface or Face” icon for Picking
Filter
• Press and Hold “Shift” key on the

keyboard
• Multi-select all bottom faces (9 faces)
• Click “Add” icon
• Click OK
• Click Apply
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(10) To create Material Properties :-
• Click “Materials” icon on the top menu
• Select Object/Isotropic
• Select Method/Manual Input
• Enter “Iron” for Material Name

• Click on “Input Properties…”
• Enter 1.2E5 and 0.29 for Elastic
Modulus(N_mm2) and Poisson ratio
respectively
• Click ok
• Click Apply
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(11) To create Element Properties :-
(FOR 1D MESH)
• Click “Properties” icon on the top menu
• Select Object/1D
• Select Type/Beam
• Enter “metal_arm” as Property Set Name
• Click “Input Properties” icon
• Click the icon next to “Mat Prop Name”

and then select Iron
• Click “Create Sections Beam Library”

icon
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• Enter “Cross_sect” as New Section Name
• Click the arrow icon
• Select the cross-section with a solid circle
• Enter 1.5 as R
• Click ok
• Enter <1 0 0> as Bar Orientation
• Click the entry box of “Select Members”
and then select the curve on the screen
• Click Add
• Click Apply
• (Optional) Display the cross-section by
selecting…
– Display/Load/BC/Elem. Props…using Beam
Display/3D: Full-Span +Offsets.
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(Cont’) :-
(FOR 2D MESH)
• Select Object/2D
• Select Type/Shell
• Enter “basket” as Property Set Name
• Click “Input Properties” icon
• Click the icon next to “Mat Prop Name”

and then select Iron (it has been selected
by default)
• Enter 1 as Thickness and Click OK
• Click the entry box of “Select Members”

and then select all surfaces on the
screen
• Click Add
• Click Apply
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(12) To check assignment of Loads
and Boundary Conditions :-
• Click “Load Case” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Modify
• Select Load case Default from “Select
Load Case to Modify”
• Check to see that the Total Load and the
fixed constraint are assigned to the
default load case
• Click Cancel
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(13) To Run the Analysis:-
• Click “Analysis” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Analyze
• Select Object/Entire Model
• Select Method/Full Run
• Click “Translation Parameters…”

• Select XDB and Print
• Click OK
• Click “Solution Type”

• Select “Linear Static” as Solution Type
• Click Ok
• Click Apply
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(14) To Read the results:-
• Select Action/Access Results

• Select Object/Attach XDB
• Select Method/Result Entities
• Click “Select Results File…”

• Select the file “basket.xdb” and Click OK
• Click Apply
• Click “Results” icon on the top menu

• Select Object/Quick Plot
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(Con’t):-
• Select “Displacement, Translational” for Fringe Result

• Select “Displacement, Translational” for Deformation Result
• Click Apply
The maximum
Displacement = 98mm
Result by CATIA = 97mm
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END of Tutorial 3D
Design Optimization
Tutorial 3E
We know we can get a stronger metal arm by shortening its length and/or
increasing its diameter. But what are their best values so that we can use
the minimal material to support the load? (Less Volume Less Cost)
** File/Open… Analysis_a.CATAnalysis**
To Define a User Parameter “Volume”:-

• Click “Formula” icon
• Select “Volume” as Type
• Select “Single Value”
• Click “New Parameter of Type”
• Rename “Volume.1” to “Metal_arm_volume”
• Click “Add Formula”
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(Con’t):-
• Select “Part Measures” on the list of
“Dictionary”
• Double Click “smartvolume(elem:solid,…)”
under the list of “Members of Part
Measures”
• (now Metal_arm_volume=smartvolume())
• Then click the space between two blankets
• Maximize the product tree and maximize

the part tree of Metal Arm
• Click “Partbody” under Metal_arm once
• Double-click “Metal_arm/Partbody” on the
list of “Member of all”
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(Con’t):-
• (The system measured the volume of
“Metal_arm” and return the value as
3.652e-006m^3)
To minimize the tree:-

• Click “+” next to “Link Manger.1”
To Display the User-defined Parameter

“Volume” on the tree:-
• Select Tools/Options… on the menu bar
• Select “Analysis & Simulation” on the left list
• Select the tab page “General”
• Select “Show parameters”
• Select “Show relations”
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(Con’t):-
• Select “Parameters and Measures” on the left
list
• Select the tab page “Knowledge”
• Select “With Value”
• Click ok to complete (Now we can see the
user-defined parameter “volume” with its value
on the tree)
To Create a measurement senor:-

• Right-click “Sensors” on the tree
• Select “Create Local Sensor”
• Select “Displacement Magnitude” on the list
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(Cont’):-
• Double-Click “Displacement Magnitude.1”
on the tree
• Unhide the whole assembly
• Select the edge as Supports (Test point)
• Select “Maximum” as Post-Treatment
• Select “Create Parameters”
Now we have a sensor to

result measure the maximum
displacement of the basket
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To Create a case of Optimization:-
• Select “Start/Knowledgeware/Product
Engineering Optimizer” on the menu bar
• Click “Optimization” icon
• (1) To define Free Parameters:-

– (For this case, we choose
- Diameter of the metal wire
- Length of a portion of the metal arm)
– Click “Edit List” icon

– Maximize the tree so that we can see the
Geometrical set.1 of Metal Arm
– Click “Sketch.1” once (only related
parameters are shown on the list)
– Click on the dimension”100” or click
“Offset.10” on the list (They are the same)
– Click the arrow icon
– Click ok to complete
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• (Con’t) :-
– (Now a parameter is added on the list
of Free Parameters)
– Single Click on this parameter

– Click “Edit ranges and step”
– Select the box next to Inf. Range

– Enter 40mm as Inf. Range (lower limit)
– Select the box next to Sup. Range

– Enter 100mm as Sup. Range (upper
limit)
Set Range
– Select the box next to Step 40-100mm
– Enter 0.5mm as Step
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• (Con’t):-
– Click “+” next to “Link Manger.1” to

minimize the tree
– Click “Edit List” icon again

– Maximize the tree so that we can see
the Properties.1 of Finite Element
Model.1
– Click “1D Property.1” once (only
related parameters are shown on the
list)
– Click the one and the only parameter
on the left list, which is the radius of
the 1D mesh
– Click the arrow icon
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• (Con’t) :-
– (Now the 2nd parameter is added on
the list of Free Parameters)
– Single Click on this parameter

– Click “Edit ranges and step”
– Select the box next to Inf. Range

– Enter 1.5mm as Inf. Range (lower limit)
– Select the box next to Sup. Range

– Enter 2mm as Sup. Range (upper limit)
– Select the box next to Step Set Range

– Enter 0.1mm as Step 1.5 -- 2.0mm
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• (2) To define Constraints:-
– Select the tab page “Constraint”

– Click “New…” icon
– Select “Displacement Magnitude”
under Sensor.1 on the tree
– Then add “<=20mm” after the words
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• (3) Define computation method:-
– Select the tab page “Problem”
– Select “ Only Constraints” as
Optimization Type
– Select “Simulated Annealing Algorithm”
as Algorithm type”
– Set Termination Criteria:

a. Enter 100 as Maximum number of
updates
b. Enter 20 as Consecutive updates
without improvements
c. Enter 3 as Maximum Time (minutes)
(If any of these is fulfilled, the
computation will stop)
– Select “Save Optimization data” (so

that we can see all raw data after
computation)
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To RUN Optimization:-
• Click “Run Optimization” icon
• Enter “Data” as file name (all the raw data
will be stored in this excel file)
• Click “Save” to start computation
(The computer starts to search all possible

values of the two free parameters so
that the constraint can be met)
(After 3 minutes)
To review the results:-

• Select the tab page “Computation
Results”
• On the list, all attempts failed until #19
(i.e. Result – Target = 0)
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(Cont’):-
• Select “Show Curve” icon
• On the list, the four attempts failed but the
Wire Radius
rest can meet the requirement
(i.e. Result – Target = 0)
Arm Length
To Further optimize the parameters (for

the minimum volume of metal arm):-
Distance to satisfaction
• Select the tab page “Problem” again
• Select “Minimization” as Optimization type
• Click “Select” icon
Only a few can meet the

requirement. But which
one can give the minimum
volume?
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(Cont’) :-
• Select “Metal_arm_volume” on the list
• Select “Gradient Algorithm with

Constraints” as Algorithm type”
• Set Termination Criteria:

a. Enter 100 as Maximum number of
updates
b. Enter 20 as Consecutive updates
without improvements
c. Enter 3 as Maximum Time (minutes)
(If any of these is fulfilled, the
computation will stop)
To RUN Optimization again:-

• Click “Run Optimization” icon
• Select Yes to overwrite the data
file
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To review the result:-
• Select the tab page “Computation
Results” minimum
• Select “Show Curve” icon
Volume
Wire Radius
Arm Length
From the curve, the best values are:
Wire Radius = 1.9mm
Arm Length = 40mm
Its volume is the smallest but it is still

so strong that the deflection is lower
than the required limit. Distance to
Satisfaction = 0
In this revised optimization, all cases can meet

To Save all files:- the requirement (i.e. deflection of basket is
smaller than 20mm)
• Select “File/Save all”
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END of Tutorial 3E
For enquiries, please contact:
Mr. Dickson S.W. Sham

CATIA Certified Professional,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tel : (852) 2766 4507

Email : mmdsham@polyu.edu.hk
Website : http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mmdsham
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Tutorial 3A - Modeling Linked Children

Tutorial 3C – Structural analysis

Tutorial 3D – Structural analysis (By Nastran)

Tutorial 3E – Design optimization

Change the view with the mouse

B. Rotating enables you to rotate

C. Zooming enables you to increase

• Select ‘Start/Mechanical Design/Part Design”on the

• Uncheck “Enable Hybrid Design” and then click “ok”

To rename the tree:-

To build 1st sketch:-

• Ensure “Dimensional Constraints” & “Geometrical

To build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

• Add another Tangency constraint between the arc

To build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

• Similarly, Click “Constraint” icon and then select

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon

• Now, you are back to Part Design Workbench (3D

To round the sharp edges:-

• Select “Insert/Geometrical Set” on the menu

To create a reference plane:-

Tangent & coincided

To cut the solid with this SURFACE:-

To change the workbench:- Guide-curve

• Click “plane” icon

To create another intersection curve on

Tangent & coincided

• Rotate the model by mouse to have an isometric

• Draw an arc by selecting the two intersection

• Multi-select the arc and the point by

yz plane Make a plane at the

• Click “Construction/Standard element” icon so

• Rotate the model by mouse to have an isometric

• Draw an arc with the endpoints near the Plane.3

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit” icon.

To build 7th sketch:-

• Add three Coincidence Constraints to align the

• (Refer to the steps of building 6th sketch)

Draw an arc touching

All red arrows should point

Tutorial 3A The multi-sections face is not

To hide the solid:-

To extend the surface:- extrapolate

To change the workbench:-

To hide the surface & its curves:-

To change the workbench:-

To build 9th sketch:-

To change the workbench:-

To hide the surface & its curves:-

To save the new part in a Project Folder:-

• Select Window/Tile Vertically (we can see

• Right-click “Upper_body” of the tree of Upper_body

To cut the solid with a plane:- Split

To Save the new part in a Project Folder:-

• Select Window/Tile Vertically (we can see

• Right-click “Lower_body” of the tree of Lower_body

To cut the solid with a plane:- Split

SAVE THE FILE AGAIN

SAVE THE FILE AGAIN