The workbook was developed using CATIA in a windows XP environment.
Typically, the differences are not even noticed by a beginner. The tutorials are based on release 15 however, other releases can also be used with minor changes. However, it is assumed that the user is familiar with CATIA V5 interface and basic utilities such as pan, zoom, and rotation. The reason behind the simplicity is not to burden the reader with the CAD aspects of package. In this workbook, the parts created in CATIA are simple enough that can be modeled with minimal knowledge of this powerful software. However, the best strategy to learn is to sequentially cover the chapters. The chapters are designed to be independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics without the need to go through the previous chapters. The objective of this tutorial book is to expose the reader to the basic FEA capabilities in CATIA V5. The chapters of CATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design and Animation Release 21 are designed to be used independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics of interest without having to go through the previous chapters. Students majoring in engineering/technology, designers using CATIA V5 in industry, and practicing engineers can easily follow the book and develop a sound yet practical understanding of simulating mechanisms in DMU. The majority of the common joint types are covered.
The processes of generating movie files and plots of the kinematic results are covered. The tutorials are written so as to provide a hands-on look at the process of creating an assembly, developing the assembly into a mechanism, and simulating the motion of the mechanism in accordance with some time based inputs. This book is intended to be used as a training guide for those who have a basic familiarity with part and assembly modeling in CATIA V5 Release 21 wishing to create and simulate the motion of mechanisms within CATIA Digital Mock Up (DMU). The chapters of CATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design and Animation Release 19 are designed to be used independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics of interest without having to go through the pervious chapters.ĬATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design and Animation Release 21 is composed of several tutorial style lessons. This book is intended to be used as a training guide for those who have a basic familiarity with part and assembly modeling in CATIA V5 Release 19 wishing to create and simulate the motion of mechanisms within CATIA Digital Mock Up (DMU). CATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design and Animation Releases 19 is composed of several tutorial style lessons.