Apostila catia v5

CATIA User Interface
•Let’s review the following key features:
ÄMulti-document support ÄStandard and specific menus & toolbars (File, Edit, Insert, …) ÄStandard manipulation (Copy-Paste, Drag & Drop, …) ÄIntuitive (Highlight, copilot, cursor shapes, …) ÄContextual menu (Mouse Button 3) ÄSpecification Tree (including all technological features, constraints, relationships, …) ÄWorkbenches and associated toolbars …

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• IMPORTANT
ÄThe next pages are very important to use CATIA correctly. ÄYou MUST READ these pages and refer to them if you don’t remember how to use some of the functionalities. ÄFirst, open a CATIA file. 8Launch CATIA if it is not already launched 8Click on the Close button 8Maximize the CATIA window 8Close the Product1 window 8Open the file polepiece.CATPart under the …\DATA\Assembly Design\ directory 8Select the polepiece.CATPart file 8Click on the Open button

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CATIA window Use the Window menu to list & swap Icons to minimize, maximize or close window open windows

Menus Window of active document Tree & Geometry Toolbars of active workbench Icon of active workbench

Use this icon to quit a function

Tree scrollbar Toolbars Prompt zone

Double arrows indicate more toolbars Drag the >> sign to move unseen toolbars

Undo icon to cancel actions

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• Dialog boxes provide parameters for the definition of features. They are standardized across all functions.
ÄEX: if you double-click on a hole you will get the Hole Definition dialog box.
Name of the task Select a tab to define particular attributes Select an option from the drop down list Key in a value or click up and down arrows Fields not selectable (locked) Click the question mark and select a field to get help Click the cross to close the dialog box

Select button to activate the option Click check box to activate the option Inactive field

Click OK to confirm Click Apply to