Assembly Drafting

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES
Speaker Drafting
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Tutorial Objectives
Description
? This Tutorial is an introduction to Assembly Drafting.
Message
? To show how CATIA V5 allows the user to automatically generate
associative drafting from 3D mechanical assemblies produced with CATIA V5.
? To show a higher productive environment for drawings dress-up and
annotation
Duration
? 45 minutes
Product Coverage
? Assembly Design, Generative Drafting
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Tutorial Major Steps

Here are the major steps of the tutorial:
Step 1
? Preparing the assembly
Step 2
? Generating projection views
Step 3
? Generating a section view
Step 4
? Adding dimensions
Step 5
? Creating an isometric view
Step 6
? Generating an exploded view
Step 7
? Generating balloons
Step 8
? Inserting a bill of material
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes
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Settings 1/2
Depending on your needs, you may have to modify the CATIA V5 settings (units, default
directory, visualisation parameters, etc)
In order to use the appropriate settings for this tutorial, you have two possibilities:
1. Do the following operations (simplest one):
? Do not forget to put this folder (CATSettings) in read mode:

? Select the folder (CATSettings)
? Click mouse button 3 then click on Properties and
uncheck the Read-only Attribute
? Select all the files in the folder
? Click mouse button 3 then click on Properties and uncheck the Read-only
Attribute
2. Set them manually:

? Launch your CATIA V5 session and do the operations from page 32 onwards
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?BEFORE STARTING YOUR CATIA V5 SESSION:

? Copy or replace the directory ..\Assembly Drafting\Data\CATSettings in:
For NT users
C:\Winnt\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
For Windows 2000
C:\Documents and settings\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
or XP users
For Windows
C:\Windows\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
98 users
XXXX is the name used to log on to your computer
Settings 2/2
For this tutorial you also need to install a material catalogue:
? Do not do this step if you have already done it in getting started or in a previous tutorial
? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program
Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\French directory
Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\German directory
Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\Japanese directory

Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials directory
? Answer Yes in order to replace the old catalogue
You are now ready to launch your CATIA V5 session
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Step 1: Preparing the assembly
? Opening the assembly

?In the menu bar select File/Open
?Select 250mm
Speaker.CATProduct file and click
on Open button
? Choosing the Visualisation mode
?In the menu bar select
View/Render Style/Customize View
? Check Edges points, Shading
and Materials boxes
? Click on OK button
? Changing of workbench
Start/Mechanical Design/Assembly
Design
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? Generating numbers
?Click on Generate Numbering
icon
? Select in the specification tree the
root of the assembly structure
(250mm Speaker)
? In the Generate Numbering
dialogue box panel check the Letters
option
?Numbering assembly components

will allow us later on to generate the bill
of material in the drawing
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? Customising the display of the Bill of Material
? In the menu bar, select Analyse/Bill of
Material
? Click the Define formats button to
customise the display of the Bill of Material.
?In this panel you can choose the
properties you want to display for the Bill of
Material and Recapitulation sections.
?The Bill of Material (BOM) lists all parts
and sub-products one after the other. The
Recapitulation displays the total number of
parts used in the product
? In the properties for the Bill of Material

section click on the Hide all properties icon
? In the Properties for the Recapitulation
section, select Number and click on Show
properties icon
? Click on OK button to close the Bill Of

Material panel
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? Creating an exploded 3D view

?Click on Create Scene icon
? Key in Explode in the Edit Scene
panel
?Click on Explode icon

? Click on OK button in the
information box
?Exploded views can be used for
technical documentations to show how
the assembly components are mounted
together
?Click Mouse button 3 (MB3) on the

3D compass red dot
? Select Snap Automatically to

Selected Object option
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?Expand the specification tree

?Select in the specification tree the
Voicecoil part
?The 3D compass turns to green and
is snapped automatically onto the part
?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

the voicecoil part inside the basket as
shown in the picture
Former part

the Former part on the left of the
basket part as shown in the picture
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Spider part
?Drag the compass u/x axis to
move the Spider part on the left of the
Former part as shown in the picture
Diaphragm part

the Diaphragm part on the left of the
Spider part as shown in the picture
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Surround part
the Surround part on the left of the
Diaphragm part as shown in the
picture
Dustcap part

the Dustcap part on the left of the
Surround part as shown in the picture
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Magnet part
the Magnet part on the right of the
Basket part as shown in the picture
?Select in the specifications tree the
Pole Piece part

the Pole Piece part on the right of the
Magnet part as shown in the picture
?Click on Exit from scene icon
?The scene is now stored in the
assembly tree under the
Applications/Scene branch
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Step 2: Creating projections views
? Generating a front view

?In the menu bar select File/New
? In the New panel, select Drawing
? In the New drawing panel check
that the standard is ISO, the format
A0 ISO and the orientation
Landscape and click on OK button
?De-activate the Sketcher Grid icon

from the bottom tool bar
?Click on Front View icon
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Step 2: Generating projections views
? Select Window in the menu bar

? Select 250mm Speaker.Product
? In the 3D geometry select the
planar face of the Basket part
? Click on the sheet to generate the
view
?Drag the red frame of the Front

view (with MB1) to the lower left
corner of the sheet
? Generating a left view
?Click on Projection View icon
? Move the mouse cursor on the

right of the front view and click on the
sheet to generate the view
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Step 2: Generating projections views
? Generating a back view

?Double click on the blue frame of
the left view
?The frame turns to red, meaning that
it is the active view
?Click on Projection View icon
? Move the mouse cursor on the

right of the left view and click on the
sheet to generate the view
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Step 3: Generating a section view

? Generating a section view
? Double click on the front view blue frame
to make it the active view
? In the menu bar select Windows/Tile
Horizontally
? Click on the Offset Section View icon
? Zoom in on the front view
? Select the two circles
? Notice that the section plane appears at
the second point you select and moves
dynamically on the 3D part as you create the
cutting profile on the drawing. This section
plane will automatically disappear as you will
double-click to end the cutting profile
? Double-click to end the cutting profile

creation
? Maximize the drawing window by clicking
on maximize button
? Zoom out to see the whole page
? Move the mouse cursor above the front
view and click to generate the view
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Step 3: Generating a section view
? Modifying the section view

?Even after creation you are still able to
modify the cut elements of section views
? Double-click the section view frame to

activate it
? MB3 click on the section view frame (or
in the tree)
? In the contextual menu select Section
view AA object & Overload Properties
? Select the spider geometry on the section
view (zoom in if necessary)
? Click on Edit button
? In the Editor panel uncheck the option Cut
in section views
? Click on OK button to close the
Characteristics panel
?The spider element is no more cut in the
section view
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Step 4: Adding dimensions
? Adding overall dimensions

?Click on the Dimensions icon
? Select the basket vertical edge
?You get a 300mm diameter
dimension
? Moving the mouse cursor, drag the

dimension to a location above the
speaker geometry and click on the
sheet
?Click on the Dimensions icon

? Select the magnet vertical edge
?You get a 160mm diameter
dimension

dimension to a location below the
speaker geometry and click on the
sheet
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? Double-Click on Dimensions icon

?When you double-click an icon, you keep
the functionality active
? Select the horizontal edge of the basket

? Select the horizontal edge of the pole
piece
?You get a 132.8mm distance dimension

dimension to a location on the right of the
speaker geometry and click on the sheet
dimension to a location on the right of the
speaker geometry and click on the sheet
?You get a 10.8mm distance dimension
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Finally, you should have the

following 4 dimensions on the section
view
?Click on the yellow arrow at the top
right of your toolbars
?Zoom out to see the whole page
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?Double-click on the blue frame of

the front view to activate it
?Click on Dimensions icon
(dimensioning toolbar)
?Zoom in and select the upper right
external circle as shown
?Click on the sheet to create the
dimension
?In the top toolbar, click on the
second Dimension Line (dimension
properties toolbar) icon to change the
dimension line type
?MB3 click on the dimension
? Select Properties
? Select the Dimension Texts tab
? In the first field of the Associated
Text area key in 6 X
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? You get the diameter dimension as

shown on the figure
? Click on Centre Line with Reference
icon (Dress Up toolbar)
?Please refer to the Getting Started
scenario to extract the non visible toolbars
due to the display settings of your screen.
You have to drag and drop the bottom right
toolbars until you find the needed one.
? Select the same circle as the one used

before for the dimension creation
? Select any concentric circle of the view as
a reference
? Click on Centre Line with Reference

icon
? Select the next circle
? Select any concentric circle of the view as
a reference
? Click on Angle Dimensions icon

? Select the two centre lines
? Move the mouse cursor above the
geometry
? Click on the sheet to create the dimension
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?MB3 on the angle dimension
? Select Properties in the contextual

menu
? Select the Dimension Texts tab
? In the first field of the Associated
Text area key in 6 X
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Step 5: Creating an isometric view
? Generating an isometric view

?Click on New Sheet icon
Windows/Tile Horizontally
?In the 3D window, rotate the
assembly to get a view as shown on
the right
?Click in the drawing window
?Click on Isometric View icon
(views toolbar)
? Move the mouse cursor over the

3D geometry till an axis is displayed.
When you get this axis click with
mouse button 1
? In the drawing window, click
anywhere on the sheet to generate
the view
?Move the isometric view to to the

upper right corner of the sheet
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Step 6: Generating an exploded view
? Generating an exploded view

?In the lower left corner of the 3D
window, double click on the Explode
window to open it
?If no geometry is visible in the
window, click on Fit All In icon
?Click anywhere in the drawing
window
?Click on Isometric View icon
? In the specification tree click on

Explode
? Click any planar face, the magnet
face for example
? In the drawing window click
anywhere on the sheet to generate
the exploded view
? With mouse button 1 move the
blue frame of the exploded view to the
left as shown in the picture
? Maximise the drawing window by
clicking on maximize button
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Step 7: Generating balloons
? Generating balloons on the exploded view

?Balloons are references defined on the
different parts of an assembly. They will be
useful later on when creating the bill of
material
? Activate the exploded view with a double

click on the blue frame of the view
? Click on Generate Balloons icon
(Generation Toolbar)
? Using MB1 move all balloons except B
above geometry
? Multi-select (Ctrl Key)all balloons except
B
? In the menu bar, select
Tools/Positioning/Element Positioning
? Click on Align to Top icon

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Step 7: Generating balloons
?You should finally get the following

balloons disposition
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Step 8: Inserting a bill of material

? Inserting a bill of material
?The bill of material corresponds to
information on the product element from
which the views were generated.This Bill of
Material, or parts list, consists of an
itemised list of the several parts of a
structure shown on a CATDrawing or on an
assembly.
? In the menu bar select

Insert/Generation/Bill of Material
? Click a point on the bottom right corner of
the sheet to insert the bill of material
?You can still move the table after the
generation by dragging it with MB1
? Changing the views properties
? In the tree multi-select (Ctrl Key)the 6

views (holding Mouse Button 1 and Shift
key)
? With MB3 select Properties
? Uncheck Display view frame box
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Step 9: Adding a title block
? Adding a title block

?In the menu bar select File/Page Setup
? In the Page Setup panel select All sheets
in the list
? Click on Insert Background View
button
? Click on Browse button
? Select A0 Title Block.CATDrawing file
? Click on Open button
? Click on Insert button
? Click on OK button in the Page Setup
panel
?A previously defined A0 title block is inserted
in the background view of the two drawing
sheets
?In the menu bar select Edit/Background

?Double click on XXX characters in the
DESIGNED BY area
? In the Text editor panel, key in your name
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Manual Settings
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Setting the CATIA options
? Setting the CATIA options

?Start CATIA V5
Tools/Options
?Select Mechanical
Design/Drafting chapter and Layout
tab
? Check/uncheck the boxes as

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Setting the CATIA options
?Select Mechanical
Design/Drafting chapter and
Generation tab
? Check/uncheck the boxes as

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Congratulations
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? Assembly Design, Generative Drafting

Tutorial Major Steps

IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions / Dassault Systemes

1. Do the following operations (simplest one):

? Do not forget to put this folder (CATSettings) in read mode:

2. Set them manually:

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?BEFORE STARTING YOUR CATIA V5 SESSION:

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

? Answer Yes in order to replace the old catalogue

You are now ready to launch your CATIA V5 session

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

? Opening the assembly

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Numbering assembly components

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

? In the properties for the Bill of Material

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

? Click on OK button to close the Bill Of

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

? Creating an exploded 3D view

?Click on Explode icon

?Click Mouse button 3 (MB3) on the

? Select Snap Automatically to

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

?Expand the specification tree

?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

?Select in the specification tree the

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

?Select in the specification tree the

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

Step 1: Preparing the assembly

?Select in the specification tree the

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Drag the compass u/x axis to move

Step 2: Creating projections views

? Generating a front view

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?De-activate the Sketcher Grid icon

Step 2: Generating projections views

? Select Window in the menu bar

?Drag the red frame of the Front

? Move the mouse cursor on the

Step 2: Generating projections views

? Generating a back view

?Click on Projection View icon

1997 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

? Move the mouse cursor on the