CATIA - Structure Design 1 (SR1)

Mechanical Design
CATIA - Structure Design 1 (SR1)
CATIA V5R18

Mechanical Design
CATIA - Structure Design
Rapidly design structures using catalogues of standard or custom
sections
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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