Part Design Contd.....

The most basic work bench you will work on is PART DESIGN - allows you to create simple parts which can be assembled into an assembly at a later stage.

Now when you hit part design icon you will see you are provided with a 1.DEFAULT PLANE SYSTEM, XY, YZ, ZX
2. Local Axis system
3. 3D Compass
4. Partbody tree

.... SOORY been a bit busy

yup so first you will encounter these three important tools/manupulator/selectors you can call them what ever you like

So if you wanted to create a 3D model it starts with a basic 2D drawing that is usually confined to a single plane XY, YZ, ZX

Most of us try to work out a easier, quicker way to model a 3D object.... an efficient CATIA V5 Designer also does the same but thinking in a more systematic way and more flexible way to make more changes with less operation ..... trying to VISUALISE things before its taking shape is as important as to know the FUNCTIONALITY of a particular tool bar.

if you are running a CATIA V5 in a 32 Bit windows environment you can expect it to be a little buggy

Next Post is going to be about .... customizing your catia v5 work environment (work benches)