Mechanical Design

CATIA - Structure Design 1 (SR1)

CATIA V5R18

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Mechanical Design

CATIA - Structure DesignRapidly design structures using catalogues of standard or customsections

Product overview

CATIA - Structure Design 1 (SR1) product is

an application enabling to simply and quickly

creates linear, curved structures, and plates,

using standard or user-defined sections.

Taking advantage of an optimized user

interface, the user can easily create and

modify structures thanks to fully associative

design in context capability.

Moreover, the product includes a parametric

catalog through design tables and it

generates user customizable Bills of

Materials. It is natively integrated with other

CATIA applications for completing the

structure design, user will be able, for

instance, to perform extensive stress analysis

on his structure elements and beams.

Product Highlights

Creation of straight, curved and twisted

structure, planar and surfacic plates, using

standard or user defined sections

Fully associative design in context

functions for creation and modification of

structures

Optimized user interface for the

placement of structures

Assembly instantiation through

user-defined template resulting in

breakthrough productivity

Parametric catalog through design tables

Full modification capabilities for design

changes

Generation of user customizable BOMs

(Bills of Material)

Integration with CATIA Analysis products

for downstream analysis

Product Key Customers Benefits

Creation of several types of structures

Users are able to define a variety of linear,

curved and twisted structures using standard

(I, U, L, T, rectangular or round bar and pipes

sections) or user defined sections. An intuitive

grid function ensures easy placement, in 3D

space, of structures using linear, directional

and point to point placement.

Design in context

Users are able to create structures by

referencing geometrical objects or existing

structures (faces, edges, or vertex) and

optionally keep full associativity.

Optimized user interface

CATIA - Structure Design 1 (SR1) provides an

optimized user interfaces for placement of

structure elements. User can retrieve standard

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structure attributes using the Standard

He can then have a Preview Visualization to

validate choices. CATIA V5 environment

enables manipulations (3D, Zoom,

Compass...).

Assembly instantiation through

user-defined template

Users are provided with highly productive

tools to manage assembly instantiation and

penetration. As a matter of fact, users are able

to instantiate assembly templates (templates

have been previoulsy made by experts who

captured company best practices into those

reusable templates). This method allows user

to be extremely productive while being sure

that they are compliant with their company

standards and best practices. Those

templates can be used, for instance, to

automatically instantiate stiffeners along a

beam or to manage with standard penetration

of plates (standard opening or cut-out).

Parametric catalog through design table

Using the standard section catalogs (delivered

with the product) the user can define

parametric sections as well as create his own

section catalog easily and intuitively. The

standard browser of catalog is available in the

workbench.

Full modification capabilities for design

changes

Advanced features such as Move, Rotate

and Mirror enable users to position and

re-place structures. User can modify types,

sections, limits, anchor points, thickness,

orientation for linear and curve structure,

as well as material attributes. Besides,

three types of Associative Joints are

possible: weld, normal and miter-cut.

Generation of user customizable BOM's

Information such as material, section,

length to cut and quantity requirements are

easy to extract and use for Bill of

Materials.

Possibility for the user to create his own

VB macros

Users can easily and automatically use the

Visual Basic interface to create their own

structure profiles and generate structure

frames.

Integration with CATIA-Assembly Design 1

(AS1)

The user can create assembly constraints

between existing structure elements.

Integration with CATIA-Part Design 1 (PD1)

and CATIA-Sheetmetal Design 1 (SM1)

Using CATIA-Part Design 1 (PD1), users can

create holes, pockets and chamfers on

existing structures. Using CATIA Sheetmetal

Design 1 (SM1) users can create flanges on

plates with unfolded view.

Integration with CATIA-Generative Drafting

1 (GD1)

Using CATIA - Generative Drafting 1 (GD1),

users can automatically extract 2D projected

views and cuts to be used as structure

profiles.

Integration with CATIA-Analysis products

Using CATIA - Analysis products, users can

perform advanced analysis of structural

beams that have been design with CATIA -

Structure Design 1 (SR1) product. This greatly

facilitates the design-to-analysis process

allowing users to directly use what they have

just designed to simulate the manufacturability

of the structural beams.

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