Boolean operation is an important feature in CATIA V5. Types of Boolean operations include Assemble, Add, Remove, Intersect, Union Trim, and Remove Lump. Assemble The Assemble command basically works considering the polarity of the solid bodies. One may be interested to know what actually is the polarity of a body. In simple words, it can be said…
Plastic part design consideration plays a significant role in designing and manufacturing a plastic component. Whenever a Product Designer designs a plastic part, it is important to take care of factors such as the moulding process, selection of material, mass manufacturing process and overall area of the part around the functional need by keeping the design intent…
Customization of toolbars helps a regular CATIA V5 user for executing day to day tasks and also to increase productivity. One can customize the toolbar to include the frequently used commands, so that the user has a smooth and seamless experience while using CATIA. The user need not search for each and every command in the respective…
Environment variables in CATIA are used to customize the CATIA environment as per the user requirements. There are some Environment Variables which help to start CATIA faster. Though they are not documented, they are used by the user community as they work well with the current supported CATIA release. To add these variables to your current Windows…
There are many ways to manage the performance of CATIA V5 & accuracy of models. To improve performance & increase productivity, we need to configure the settings properly. Some of these options are discussed in detail in this document. These will immensely benefit CATIA users. Undo Stack Undo ➞ Stack size ➞ change from 10 to 5…
With the help of Publications in CATIA V5, one can make different geometrical features available for use in the specification tree. One can publish a plane, a sketch or a parameter which is not readily visible in the specification tree. In assembly workbench, during Contextual Design, Publication option becomes very useful. In CATIA V5, go to Tools…
