CATIA – Advanced 3D Modelling

Module 1: Introduction to CATIA V5

• CATIA V5 overview: Dassault Systèmes platform and industry applications
• CATIA interface: menu bar, toolbars, specification tree, and compass
• CATIA workbenches: Part Design, Assembly Design, and Drafting overview
• File management: CATPart, CATProduct, and CATDrawing formats

Module 2: Sketcher Workbench

• Profile creation: lines, rectangles, circles, ellipses, and splines
• Sketch constraints: geometric and dimensional constraint application
• Sketch analysis: over-constrained, under-constrained, and iso-constrained states
• Using the Sketcher toolbar for construction geometry and trimming

Module 3: Part Design – Sketch-Based Features

• Pad and Pocket: extruding profiles to create solid features
• Shaft and Groove: revolving profiles around an axis
• Rib and Slot: sweeping profiles along a guide curve
• Multi-section Solid and Removed Multi-section features

Module 4: Part Design – Dress-Up and Transformation Features

• Edge Fillet, Variable Fillet, and Face-Face Fillet operations
• Draft Angle and Variable Draft for moulded parts
• Shell: creating thin-walled parts from solid bodies
• Rectangular and Circular Pattern, Mirror, and Scaling features

Module 5: Surface Design with Generative Shape Design

• Introduction to wireframe geometry: points, lines, and planes
• Surface creation: Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Fill surfaces
• Surface operations: Join, Trim, Split, and Extrapolate
• Converting surfaces to solids with Thick Surface and Close Surface

Module 6: Assembly Design Workbench

• Top-down and bottom-up assembly strategies in CATIA
• Assembly constraints: Coincidence, Contact, Offset, and Angle
• Assembly management: component activation, deactivation, and flexibility
• Clash and clearance analysis in assemblies

Module 7: Drafting Workbench

• Creating drawing sheets and views from 3D parts and assemblies
• Generative views: front, projection, section, and detail views
• Dimensioning: driving and driven dimensions, tolerances, and GD&T
• Drawing annotations: text, surface finish, and welding symbols

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• Complete aerospace or automotive component design in Part Design
• Surface modelling project using Generative Shape Design
• Assembly and engineering drawing package creation
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Learn from CATIA V5-certified designers and engineers who have developed complex aero-structures, automotive body panels, and industrial machinery components for leading OEMs and tier-1 suppliers.

Backgrounds at the Top Our CATIA trainers have worked at aerospace companies, automotive manufacturers, and engineering design firms where CATIA is the standard for complex surface and solid modelling.

Clear & Effective Teaching CATIA V5 Sketcher, Part Design, Generative Shape Design, Assembly Design, and Drafting workbenches are taught systematically with industry-relevant design examples at each stage.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students design complex 3D parts, build constrained assemblies, create surface models, and generate complete drawing packages through structured project-based exercises.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest CATIA V5 releases, 3DEXPERIENCE platform migration considerations, and best practices in model-based definition and digital manufacturing.