CATIA Training

Exercises

Structure Design

Version 5 Release 8 February 2002 EDU-CAT-E-STD-FX-V5R8

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Table of Contents
Master Exercise : Boring Fixture
Presentation Boring Fixture (1) : Create a Grid Boring Fixture (2) : Place Members Boring Fixture (3) : Create Planar Elements Boring Fixture (4) : Create Joints Boring Fixture (5) : Modify Your Design

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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture
4 min.

In this exercise you will see how to create a boring fixture using the Structure Design workbench: Creating a grid Placing members Creating plates and end-plates Jointing elements Making modifications

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Design Intent: Boring Fixture

Creation of a cartesian grid as support of members using Grid. Placement of members in context of assembly using: Member, Member on Support and Infill. Creation of plates, gussets and plugs using: Plates and End-Plates. Creation of Joints using: Miter and Weld Cut options in Joint. Operations and transformations.

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Design Process: Boring Fixture

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Enter Structure Design workbench

Create a Grid

Place Members 3 Create Planar elements

Create Joints

Modify your Design 5

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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture (Step 1): Create a Grid
15 min.

Create the grid to support members

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Do It Yourself
Open \Data_Student\Step1\Boring_Fixture CATProduct Create the grid :
Name = BF_Grid Mode = Relative Origin = indicated point X = 1250 - 1 time Y = 1000 - 1 time Z = 2800 - 1 time

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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture (Step 2): Place Members
60 min.

Place members on the grid

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Do It Yourself
Member 5 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0 Position = Absolute

Member 4 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0

Member 2 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC250x12.0 Anchor point = Top Right Orientation = 0

Member3 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC250x12.0 Anchor point = Top Left Orientation = 0

Member 1 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC250x12.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0

Member 12 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Top Left Orientation = 0

Member 11 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Top Right Orientation = 0

Member 9 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Top Left Orientation = 0

Member 6 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0

Member 8 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0

Member 10 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Top Right Orientation = 0

Member 7 :
Type = Beam Section = TUBEC180x10.0 Anchor point = Bottom Right Orientation = 0

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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture (Step 3): Create Planar Elements
60 min.

Create plates, gussets and plugs on structure members

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Do It Yourself
6 2 5

5 1 4

1 2
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Create plugs 6 on top of each vertical members. If needed, you can open \Data_Student\Step3\Boring_Fixture CATProduct.
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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture (Step 4): Create Joints
60 min.

Create weld and miter cuts

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Do It Yourself
If needed, open \Data_Student\Step4\Boring_Fixture CATProduct 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Miter Cut Member 9 and Member 12 Miter Cut Member 10 and Member 11 Miter Cut Member 1 and Member 2 Miter Cut Member 1 and Member 3 Miter Cut Member 7 and Member 6 Miter Cut Member 7 and Member 8 Weld Cut Member 4 on Member 2 Weld Cut Member 4 on Member 3 Weld Cut Members 5 on Member 2 Weld Cut Members 5 on Member 3 Weld Cut Member 9 on Member 7 Weld Cut Member 10 on Member 7 Weld Cut Member 11 on Member 2 Weld Cut Member 12 on Member 3 Save and Close Boring_Fixture.

See Step 3 for member numbers

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Master Exercise
Boring Fixture (Step 5): Modify your Design
45 min.

Modify the framework of Boring Fixture

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Do It Yourself
Open \Data_Student\Step5\Boring_Jig CATProduct Insert Boring_Fixture as existing Component. Create constraints between Boring_Fixture and Base. Stretch the grid of Boring_Fixture.

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