freestyle sketch tracer

FreeStyle Sketch Tracer

Overview

Conventions

What's New?

Getting Started

Entering The Workbench

User Tasks

Importing Sketches Creating an Immersive Sketch Creating an Immersive Sketch using a Screenshot

Positioning the View Positioning using the Cylindrical View Positioning using the Conical View Positioning using an Existing Sketch

Managing an Imported Sketch Refreshing an Imported Sketch Copying/Pasting a Sketch Importing Another Sketch Trimming a Sketch

Sketch Tracer Interoperability

Optimal CATIA PLM Usability for Sketch Tracer

Workbench Description

Menu Bar Toolbars Specification Tree

Index

Overview

Welcome to FreeStyle Sketch Tracer User's Guide !

This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product.

This overview provides the following information:

● FreeStyle Sketch Tracer in a Nutshell

● Before Reading this Guide

● Getting the Most Out of this Guide

● Accessing Sample Documents

● Conventions Used in this Guide

FreeStyle Sketch Tracer in a Nutshell The FreeStyle Sketch Tracer is a new-generation tool used to import stylist's drawings into the 3D world.

Using this product you can convert 2D images into a 3D scene to create 3D geometry from your hand drawings, or other source such as pictures. You position the 3D model in relation to the sketch and, in conjunction with other products, create geometric outlines directly over the sketches.

The FreeStyle Sketch Tracer User's Guide has been designed as an aid to using the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer by itself, but also in conjunction with other FreeStyle products or any other workbench.

Before Reading this Guide Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with basic Version 5 concepts such as document windows, standard and view toolbars. Therefore, we recommend that you read the Infrastructure User's Guide that describes generic capabilities common to all Version 5 products. It also describes the general layout of V5 and the interoperability between workbenches.

You may also like to read the following complementary product guides:

● Product Structure User's Guide presents the component structure and management.

Getting the Most Out of this Guide

The User Tasks section, which deals with handling all the product functions, and the Workbench Description section, which describes the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench, will prove useful.

Navigating in the Split View mode is recommended. This mode offers a framed layout allowing direct access from the table of contents to the information.

Accessing Sample Documents To perform the scenarios, sample documents are provided all along this documentation. For more information on accessing sample documents, refer to Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide.

ConventionsCertain conventions are used in CATIA, ENOVIA & DELMIA documentation to help you recognize and understand important concepts and specifications.

Graphic Conventions

The three categories of graphic conventions used are as follows:

● Graphic conventions structuring the tasks

● Graphic conventions indicating the configuration required

● Graphic conventions used in the table of contents

Graphic Conventions Structuring the Tasks

Graphic conventions structuring the tasks are denoted as follows:

This icon... Identifies...

estimated time to accomplish a task

a target of a task

the prerequisites

the start of the scenario

a tip

a warning

information

basic concepts

methodology

reference information

information regarding settings, customization, etc.

the end of a task

functionalities that are new or enhanced with this release

allows you to switch back to the full-window viewing mode

Graphic Conventions Indicating the Configuration Required

Graphic conventions indicating the configuration required are denoted as follows:

This icon... Indicates functions that are...

specific to the P1 configuration



Graphic Conventions Used in the Table of Contents

Graphic conventions used in the table of contents are denoted as follows:

This icon... Gives access to...

Site Map

Split View mode

What's New?

Overview

Getting Started

Basic Tasks

User Tasks or the Advanced Tasks

Workbench Description

Customizing

Reference

Methodology

Glossary

Index

Text Conventions

The following text conventions are used:

● The titles of CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA documents appear in this manner throughout the text.

● File -> New identifies the commands to be used.

● Enhancements are identified by a blue-colored background on the text.

How to Use the Mouse

The use of the mouse differs according to the type of action you need to perform.

Use thismouse button... Whenever you read...

● Select (menus, commands, geometry in graphics area, ...)

● Click (icons, dialog box buttons, tabs, selection of a location in the document window, ...)

● Double-click

● Shift-click

● Ctrl-click

● Check (check boxes)

● Drag

● Drag and drop (icons onto objects, objects onto objects)

● Drag

● Move

● Right-click (to select contextual menu)

What's New?

No enhancement in this release.

Getting StartedEntering The Workbench

Entering The Workbench

This task shows how to open a activate the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench.

1. Select the File -> New commands (or click the New icon).

The New dialog box is displayed, allowing you to choose the type of the document you need.

2. Select Product in the List of Types field and click OK.

A CATProduct document is opened.

The use of a CATProduct-type document is especially useful to accommodate several sketches, one for each view

for example, or one sketch for several parts (located in CATPart documents).

3. Choose Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape menu.

The FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench is loaded.

The FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench document is made of: ● the specification tree and the geometry area in the main window

● specific toolbar

● a number of contextual commands available in the specification tree and in the geometry. Remember that these commands can also be accessed from the menu bar.

If you wish to use the whole screen space for the geometry, remove the specification tree clicking off the View -> Specifications menu item, or using the F3 key.

You could also directly choose Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape menu. It would automatically open a new CATProduct document, provided there already is a CATIA session running.

User TasksImporting SketchesPositioning the View

Managing an Imported Sketch

Importing SketchesCreating an Immersive Sketch

Creating an Immersive Sketch using a Screenshot

Creating an Immersive SketchThis task shows you how to load a sketch into CATIA. This sketch is positioned in relation to the open document. The view defined for the document is also the image's view. You can define a view prior to importing the sketch, or at any time when positioning it.

A CATProduct must be open and the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench active.

Make sure the correct visualization options are active by selecting the Apply Customized View icon in the

View -> Render Style command. If this option is not active, you may view only a black picture.

1. From the View toolbar, choose the Top View icon .

The sketch will be imported within this view.

2. Click the Create an Immersive sketch icon .

The File Selection dialog box pops up into which you can navigate to open the sketch you wish.

Here, navigate to the samples directory and select the SampleCar_side.tif image.

2. Click Open.

The image is loaded and the Sketch Parameters dialog box is displayed.

The element (identified as Painting x) is displayed in the specification tree under the Painting Gallery node.You are now ready to set up the sketch positioning according to the import mode you choose.

Creating an Immersive Sketchusing a Screenshot

This task shows you how to refine a cylindrical or conical picture with any image editor and use the updated painting to create the corresponding geometry.

Open the ScreenShot1.CATProduct document.

Make sure the correct visualization options are active by selecting the Apply Customized View icon in the View -> Render Style command. If this

option is not active, you may view only a black picture.

You can use the conic or the parallel view: in the View -> Render Style command, select either Perspective or Parallel.

1. From the View toolbar, choose the Top View icon .


2. Click the Create an Immersive sketch using screen shot icon .

The Save dialog box pops up into which you can navigate to open the sketch you wish.

Here, navigate to the images directory and save it as Photo1.tif.

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The sketch is loaded into CATIA and identified as Painting x in the specification tree under the Painting Gallery node.

Parallel view Perspective

3. From an external image editor, open the sketch to paint details on top of it.

4. Save the modifications.

5. Back in CATIA, update the sketch to visualize the modifications.

Parallel view Perspective

The element (identified as Painting x) is displayed in the specification tree under the Painting Gallery node.

You are now ready to create the corresponding geometry.

Positioning the ViewPositioning using the Cylindrical View

Positioning using the Conical ViewPositioning using an Existing Sketch

Positioning using the Cylindrical ViewThis task shows you how to define the position of a sketch according to a cylindrical view: front, top, bottom or side view within the document.

Generally speaking, sketch positioning is done in three steps:

1. defining the import view, in relation to the document view defined using the standard View toolbar (Quick View sub-toolbar).

2. positioning the local axis-system (model axis) onto the image3. scaling the image in relation to the geometry within the document using information from the image: the distance between

two points along one of the model axis direction, thus setting the rectangle's or the line's size. Then it may be necessary to zoom in or out to get the rectangle or the line to match these two points, using local manipulators.

An image has been loaded as described in Creating an Immersive Sketch.

1. From the View toolbar, choose the Left View icon .


2. From the Sketch Parameters dialog box, choose the Set cylindrical view icon.

The image size is indicated in the dialog box, for information.

A dashed rectangular frame is displayed representing the size of the image, and scale in relation to the document. Several manipulators are available, to help you scale and position the sketch properly:The displayed axis-system allows you to define the document's origin.

● to define the document's origin

● to set the size: drag the arrow one way or the other, or right-click an arrow, choose the Edit contextual menu and specify a value

● to set the dimension: click the tag to edit the dimension

● to rotate the rectangular frame about the model axis

● to zoom in or out the image in relation to the document, thus scaling it. The rectangle's size remains unchanged.

● to perform a scaling and rotation, as described above, at the same time

Two options are available from the dialog box:

Use a cubeThis option enables you to define the view using a rectangle.The loaded image looks like this:

1. Move the pointer over the axis-system's middle point and position it at the correct location.

2. Release the axis-system's middle point when you are satisfied with its position.

3. Define the axis orientation:

● click the Flip arrow at any time to invert the orientation and therefore the rectangular frame. (See also Copying/Pasting a

Sketch.)

● right-click the Flip arrow to change the orientation and set another axis.

4. Move over to one of the frame's corner to define the model size:

With the pointer over the Size manipulator, right-click, and choose the Edit contextual menu item.

The Tuner dialog box is displayed, allowing you to enter exact values, in relation to the document's origin.

If you move the manipulators, the model size does not change.

You can also be simply drag the Size manipulator to the correct location, provided the scaling already is correct.The results may be something like this, with the rectangular frame's limit outside the image's limits, which may not correspond to your needs.

5. In this case, you need to zoom the image in or out to define the image scale in relation to the geometry, using the Zoom

manipulator.

The rectangular frame's size being retained, the image is in fact zoomed, thus defining the scale.

Once the scale has been defined using the zoom in one direction, you do not need to redefine it in the other direction.

6. Check and, if needed, modify the size in the other direction.

It is best not to use the zooming capability in both directions, but rather to set it once for the whole image.

Use a Line

This option enables you to define the view using a line.

The loaded image looks like this:

1. Move the pointer over the first point and position it at the correct location.

2. Release the point when you are satisfied with its position (it is not necessarily the origin)

3. Perform the same operation with the second point.

The cylindrical view is now aligned.

4. Define the axis orientation:

● click the Flip arrow at any time to invert the orientation and therefore the rectangular frame. (See also Copying/Pasting a

Sketch.)

● right-click the Flip arrow to change the orientation and set another axis.

5. Define the model size:

With the pointer over the Size manipulator, right-click, and choose the Edit contextual menu item.


If you move the manipulators, the model size does not change.

6. Click the Stretch option to allow the manipulation and distortion of the image.

Two new manipulators are displayed to:

● modify the handle position and define the stretch origin

● stretch the image

7. Define the stretch origin using the circle manipulator.

8. Use the arrows to stretch the image or right-click and choose the Edit contextual menu item.

The circle displays in dotted lines, meaning that the origin can no longer be modified.

Here is the result of a distortion:

To cancel the distortion applied to the image, simply click the Reset button or right-click the circle manipulator and choose the Edit contextual menu item.

3. Once you are satisfied with both the image size and the rectangular frame positioning, click OK in the dialog box.

The image has been imported into the .CATProduct document and a Painting feature is added to the specification tree.

You can now manipulate the image as any element into a .CATProduct or .CATPart document.

● You can trim the image itself, using the manipulators on the solid green frame.

● Click on the Focus Off text at the bottom of the image to reset the image parallel to the screen. You can also choose the Activate Viewpoint contextual menu.

Once you have clicked this text, it changes to Focus On and lets you zoom or move (grabbing the red triangles) the image within the document, independently of the compass. Note that you cannot rotate the image.

To return to standard document manipulations, click the Focus On text, or choose the Deactivate Viewpoint contextual menu.

Positioning using the Conical ViewThis task shows you how to define the position of a sketch according to a conical view.

Generally speaking, sketch positioning is done in three steps:

1. defining the import view, in relation to the document view defined using the standard View toolbar (Quick View sub-toolbar).2. positioning the local axis-system (model axis) onto the image3. scaling the image in relation to the geometry within the document using information from the image: the distance between

two points along one of the model axis direction, thus setting the cube's size. Then it may be necessary to zoom in or out to get the cube to match these two points, using local manipulators.

An image has been loaded as described in Creating an Immersive Sketch.From the samples directory, select the Phone1.tif image.

1. From the Sketch Parameters dialog box, choose the Set conical view icon.

You do not need to define a view in the View toolbar to import the sketch.

The image size is indicated in the dialog box, for information.


A dashed cubic frame is displayed representing the size of the image, and scale in relation to the document. Several manipulators are available, to help you scale and position the sketch properly:The displayed axis-system allows you to define the document's origin.

● to define the document's origin

● to set the size: drag the arrow one way or the other, or right-click an arrow, choose the Edit contextual menu and specify a value

● to set the dimension: click the tag to edit the dimension

● to rotate the cubic frame around X axis

● to rotate the cubic frame around Y axis

● to rotate the cubic frame around Z axis

● to zoom in or out the image in relation to the document, thus scaling it. The rectangle's size remains unchanged.

● to perform a scaling and rotation, as described above, at the same time

● to adjust the cube to the view

2. Move the pointer over the axis-system's middle point and position it at the correct location.

3. Release the axis-system's middle point when you are satisfied with its position.

4. Right-click the the Flip arrow to define the axis orientation. You can either:

● inverse the orientation using the Flip options, or

● change the orientation and set another axis using the Set to options

5. Define the cube rotation around three axes:

● around X

● around Y

● around Z

6. Set the vanishing line using the perspective manipulators to adjust the cube to the view.

7. Move the pointer over the Size manipulator, right-click, and choose the Edit contextual menu item.


This lets you define the model size.

You can also click the value tag to display the Tuner dialog box, or simply drag the Size manipulator to the correct location, provided the scaling already is correct.

8. Once you are satisfied with both the image size and the cubic frame positioning, click OK in the dialog box.


You can now manipulate the image as any element into a .CATProduct or .CATPart document.

● You can click the Flip text at any time to invert the axis orientation, and therefore the rectangular frame. (See

also Copying/Pasting a Sketch)

● You can also trim the image itself, using the manipulators on the solid green frame.

● Click on the Focus Off text at the bottom of the image to reset the image parallel to the screen. You can also choose the Activate Viewpoint contextual menu.

Once you have clicked this text, it changes to Focus On and lets you zoom or move (grabbing the red triangles) the image within the document, independently of the compass. Note that you cannot rotate the image.

To return to standard document manipulations, click the Focus On text, or choose the Deactivate Viewpoint contextual menu.

Positioning using an Existing SketchThis task shows you how to copy the parameters of an existing sketch by selecting it in the specification tree while editing or creating another sketch.

This capability enables to use the properties of existing sketches to fasten their positioning and definition.● An image has been loaded as described in Creating an Immersive Sketch.

● The Left View icon was selected from the View toolbar to import the sketch within this view.

● The Set cylindrical view type was selected from the Sketch Parameters dialog box.


The image size is indicated in the dialog box shows a size of 1237 X 651.

1. Use the manipulators to scale and position the sketch.

2. Click OK in the dialog box.


3. Load a second image as described in Creating an Immersive Sketch.

You can see that the orientation and the size of this sketch is different from the first one: it shows a size of 1243 X 799.

4. In the specification tree, click the first Painting feature.

You can see that:● the view orientation of the second sketch is the same as the selected sketch

● the current sketch is centered on the selected sketch and proportionally scaled.

As a consequence, scaling and positioning the second sketch will be quicker and easier.

Managing an Imported SketchThis section shows how to manage imported sketches within the CATIA environment.

Refresh an image: double-click the image frame, choose the Open icon in the dialog box and choose an image.

Copy/paste an image: select an image, change document, paste the image

Import another sketch: select another image to be imported.

Trim an image: select the green frame manipulators and set the frame limits to the desired image limits.

Refreshing an Imported SketchThis task shows how to refresh an image, that is update the document into which it has been imported when the sketch has been modified outside CATIA.

Open the CarSideView.CATProduct document from the Samples directory and select

Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape menu.

1. Double-click the image name from the specification tree (Painting.1).

The Sketch Parameters dialog box is displayed, containing the imported image's

name and location path.

2. Click the Reload Image file icon from the dialog box.

The image is updated taking into account modifications done outside CATIA.

3. If needed, re-position the frame on the new image.

4. Click OK to save this new image within the Painting.x feature.

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Copying/Pasting A Sketch

This task shows how to copy/paste an image within the same document or within another document.

Open the CarSideView.CATProduct document from the Samples directory, select Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape

menu, and expand the specification tree.

1. Right-click the Painting.1 feature from the specification tree.

2. Choose the Copy menu item.

3. Right-click Painting Gallery from the specification tree and choose the Paste menu item.

The copied Painting.1 feature is copied.


● You can copy images from a document to another just as well.

● Within a given document you can obtain a symmetric image by copying/pasting an image, then using the Flip capability to invert the set frame in the copied image.

Once the image has been copied in the Trim2.CATProduct document:

1. Double-click Painting.2 from the specification tree.2. Click the Flip text.

The sketch axis is inverted.

3. Click OK in the Sketch Parameters dialog box.

The image is trimmed as specified and the resulting .CATProduct document containing both images now looks like this:

Importing Another Sketch

This task shows how to import second image within the a given document.

Open the CarSideView.CATProduct document from the Samples directory and select Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape menu.

1. Click the Create an Immersive sketch icon .

The Image File Selector dialog box pops up. By default, it opens to the location of

the last imported image.

2. If needed navigate to a new folder, select a new image, and click Open.

The image is loaded and the Sketch Parameters dialog box is displayed.

3. Position the image as described in Positioning in 2D Mode, then click OK in the Sketch

Parameters dialog box.


The second image is added to the current Painting Gallery node.

Trimming A Sketch

This task shows how to trim the imported image to retain only a specific part of the initial image.

Open the CarSideView.CATProduct document from the Samples directory and select Sketch Tracer from the Start -> Shape

menu.

1. From the specification tree, double-click the Painting 1.

The Sketch Parameters dialog box opens up and you can edit the image.

2. Grab the green frame from the bottom left corner manipulator and bring it to the front of the car in the top view of the car.


3. Once the bottom left manipulator is set in place, use the top-right manipulator and set the green frame to limits of the car top

view.

4. Click OK in the Sketch Parameters dialog box.

The image is trimmed to the green frame limits.

Sketch Tracer InteroperabilityOptimal CATIA PLM Usability for Sketch Tracer

Optimal CATIA PLM Usability for Sketch Tracer

When working with ENOVIA V5, the safe save mode ensures that you only create data in CATIA that can be correctly saved in ENOVIA. Therefore, in interoperability mode, some CATIA V5 commands are grayed out / hidden in the Sketch Tracer workbench.

ENOVIA V5 offers two different storage modes: Workpackage (Document kept - Publications Exposed) and Explode (Document not kept).

To ensure seamless integration, you must have both a CATIA and ENOVIA session running.

Please find below the list of the Sketch Tracer commands along with their accessibility status in Enovia V5. In some cases, restriction rules apply to certain commands.

Command Accessibility in Enovia LCA

Create an Immersive Sketch Yes (only if the target is not in Explode Mode)

Create an Immersive Sketch using Screen Shot

Yes (only if the target is not in Explode Mode)

Working with Enovia V5, you can select and save an image file in the database when creating a new painting (Create an Immersive Sketch only).

Workbench DescriptionThis chapter describes the various menus, submenus, items and toolbar of the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench.

Menu BarToolbars

Specification Tree

Menu BarThere are no menu command specific to the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer. Therefore you can refer to general menu commands as described in the Infrastructure User's Guide. Refer to the Menu Bar section, and to the commands related to .CATProduct documents in the Product Structure User's Guide.

You can now manage and edit document links. Therefore, the image file is referenced as an

external file.

External documents directly pointed to by the active document can be displayed using the Edit-

>Links... or File->Desk... command.

Please refer to the Editing Document Links chapter in the CATIA Infrastructure User Guide.

ToolbarsThis section describes the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer toolbar.

See Creating an Immersive Sketch

See Creating an Immersive Sketch using a Screenshot

The Filter toolbar is also displayed, allowing you to Select Only Products.

Specification TreeWithin the FreeStyle Sketch Tracer workbench, you can generate a number of features that are identified in the specification tree by the following icons.

Further information on general symbols in the specification tree are available in Symbols Used in the Specification Tree.

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Index

Ccommand

Copy

Create an Immersive Sketch

Create an Immersive Sketch using a Screenshot

Paste

conical view

Copy

copying

creating

cylindrical view

Fframe

trimming

Iimmersive sketch

creating immersive sketch using a screenshot

creating

importing

M

managing

Oorientation

sketch

PPaste

pasting

positioning

sketch Products Selection

command

Rrefreshing Reload Image File

command

Ssketch

copying

importing

managing

pasting

positioning

refreshing

trimming

Ttrimming

Vview

conical

cylindrical