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What is Catia V5? Here's what IBM has to say about Catia V5, "Catia Version 5 (V5) is a completely re-engineered, next-generation family of CAD/CAM/CAE software solutions for product lifecycle management from IBM. It helps you, and companies of all sizes, leverage the benefits of e-business to increase your competitiveness and responsiveness to your customers, and to improve your time to market. Through its exceptionally easy-to-use state of the art user interface, Catia Version 5 delivers innovative technologies, for maximum productivity and creativity from product definition through to product in service." Why the need for V5? One answer is competition. While functionally I think Catia V4 is still the best overall CAD
	system in the world, it's user interface has grown tired. CAD systems like ProE, AutoCAD, and Unigraphics have all "leapfrogged" over Catia V4 when it comes to the user interface. Catia V5 provides a very "slick", Windows-type interface. This, however, is an oversimplification of a complex issue. In reality, there are many reasons why the switch to V5 is necessary. Ulrich Sendler, a leading authority on 3D CAD, has written a white paper on "state-of-the-art of 3D CAD in an Internet / intranet-based world". This is a must-read for anyone interested in Catia V5, the evolution of 3D CAD, and where this technology is headed.
Is Catia V5 going to replace Catia V4? Absolutely. Daimler-Chrysler is expected to begin a new car program in the very near future using Catia V5, exclusively. Ford will be making the transition to Catia V5 over the next two years. Toyota has recently announced that it is abandoning its in-house CAD system, TOGO-CAD, and going with Catia V5. Are my V4 skills going to be obsolete? Absolutely not. When I first sat down at a V5 workstation, it seemed like a totally new CAD system to me. V5 was at release two at the time. Since then, Catia V5 has matured considerably. Much of the V4 functionality has been added to V5. The user interface and design methodology are different, so it will take some getting used to. If you've used the "Dynamic Sketcher" in V4, you have a head start on Catia V5. Unlike Catia V4, V5 has excellent HTML-based help files. So learning V5 is much easier than trying to learn V4. However, most companies cannot afford the time necessary to allow employees to train themselves, so count on taking some Catia V5 training. I'm using another CAD system, but I'd like to learn Catia. Should I take V4 or V5 training? Or should I wait? With the down-turn in the auto industry, many Catia V4 designers have found themselves out of work. That makes it particularly difficult for a "new" Catia V4 user to find work. Unless you have a Catia V4 job waiting for you, forget Catia V4 training. If you've been around this business any time at all, you know this a largely an industry of procrastination. As such, most suppliers (and v4 designers) are going to wait until the absolute last possible second before making the switch to Catia V5. When they do, the suppliers, head-hunters, etc. are going to be looking high and low for anyone who has Catia V5 training or experience. Those that have thought ahead and taken Catia V5 training will be able to write their own ticket (at least for a while). With Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, and Toyota (perhaps GM) switching to Catia V5, a bidding war for the Catia V5 talent will ensue unlike anything that has been seen since the glory days of manual drafting. So you have two choices. You can be proactive and learn Catia V5 now and prepare yourself for the inevitable. Or you can be reactive and wait until the last minute like the tens-of-thousands of other people who'll be lined up waiting to take Catia V5 training. Catia Training® covers the following Catia V5 Workbenches. · Sketcher · Part Design · Assembly Design · Drafting · Surface Design -Generative Shape Design (wireframe and surface) & Free Style · Digital Mockup
SYLLABUS SKETCHER Session 1 Introduction Abbreviation for CATIA Modules with brief explanation Applications, Advantages Session 2 Introduction to Sketcher Toolbars, customization Sketcher Tool (Profile) with types of construction methods Creating dimensions and Visualizations Graphic properties Session 3 Sketcher tool bar Selection methods Operator Tool bar Modification by interactive method Session 4 Constraint (Geo-Metric, Dim) Auto dimension Animate Dimension Sketch Analysis Relation by using formula and applications Examples Session 5 Practice PART DESIGN Session 6 Intro to part work bench Concepts, solid creation methods Mouse function with key board and with out key board About planes, views, CSYS, Compass system Visualization of solids Session 7 Creating a first feature(Sketch based features) Feature creation with constraints and with out constraints Pad def. (Sold, Thick) with Normal to profile and Ref. control Profile selection (complex and sketcher) Session 8 Orientation Drafted fillet pad Multi pad (with Ref control) Examples Session 9 Pocket def Drafted fillet pocket Multi pocket (with ref control) Examples Session 10 Shaft Groove Examples Session 11 Hole (Types, Specification, Thread) Rib (2D-center curve, 3D-center curve) Slot Examples Session 12 Stiffener (from side & from top) Solid combine (with Ref. control) Loft (blend between sketches by parallel & Rotational) Examples Session 13 Loft (boundaries, spine, coupling, re-limitation) Remove loft Examples Session 14 Edge fillet (propagation, transitions) Variable fillet (more than two points) Face to face Tri tangent fillet Examples Session 15 Chamfer Draft (propagation) Variable(draft, parting elements) Draft reflect line Examples Session 16 Shell (variable thickness) Thickness Cosmetic thread Remove faces Replace face Session 17 Reference elements (planes) Dimension creation in part Ref Elements (Points) Session 18 Ref elements (axis) Transformation features Mirror Scaling Examples Session 19 Rect. pattern (keep specification) Circular pattern User pattern Examples Session 20 Practice ASSEMBLY Session 21 Introduction Top down and bottom up assembly Uses and conditions About tool bars Session 22 About product Assembly constraints with degree of freedom Move (manipulation) Session 23 Reuse pattern Change constraint Replace component Multi-instantiation Fast Multi-instantiation Assembly example and bill of material DRAFTING Session 24 Introduction, types of Drafting Template, sheet size Back ground, working views Placing first view Views(projection, section, detail, clipping, broken view) Session 25 Drawing sheets Generating dimensions Annotations Dress up BOM & Balloons Session 26 Interactive Drafting Modifications Session 27 Project ENGINEERS CADD CENTRE PRIVATE LIMITED F10, 11, 12 – Eureka Court, Beside BATA Near Chermas, Ameerpet Hyderabad, AP 500 073 INDIA D. ANAND K. REDDY, Managing Director, ECC