Training courses

CAD training, designed both for people who have not had any previous contact with the program, and those with little experience. It covers basic and intermediate issues in solid and surface modeling, assemblies, parameterization and creating 2D documentation.

Scope:

Infrastructure

• Introduction
• Software features and usability
• Interface overview
• New document creation methods
• Overview of system settings and adapting to the user
• Useful keyboard shortcuts

Sketcher

• Overview of tools for defining profiles
• Operation tools – rounding, chamfering
• External geometry projection methods
• Transformation options
• Geometry dimensioning techniques
• Definition of geometric constraints
• Basic sketch analysis methods
• Sketch animation

Part Design

• Introduction to solid modelling – geometry construction methods
• Overview of tree structure
• Basic operations of solid geometry construction
• Solid editing operations
• Solid transformation methods
• Reproduction of operations in patterns
• Model construction using basic Boolean operations
• Defining reference elements
• Visualisation methods
• Basic solid parameter measurements
• Analysis of threads and drafts
• Basics of model parametrization

Wireframe & Surface Design

• Introduction to surface modelling
• Basic wireframe construction techniques
• Basic surface creation tools
• Surface operations – trim, split, fillets
• Using surface modelling for solid design (hybrid modelling)

Assembly Design

• Assembly design and management methods
• Manipulating and positioning components
• Constraints definition
• Analysis of constraints and degrees of freedom
• Basics of space analysis – collision detection
• Measurements between components

Drafting

• Methods of creating 2D draft documentation
• Background definition – adding frame and drawing table
• Adding basic views to the documentation
• Dimensioning methods
• Adding texts and drawing annotations
• Managing views and drawing sheets

Duration: 4 days (28h)

CAD training for users who know the basics and want to upgrade their skills to an advanced level in the field of solid and surface modeling, working with assemblies, creating flat documentation, parameterization and creating design templates.

Scope:

Infrastructure

• Managing V5 platform settings
• Environment variables
• Working in Administration Mode
• Methods of increasing system performance
• Advanced settings and customization

Sketcher

• Using Outputs
• Complex techniques of creating geometry and constraints
• Types and usage of Positioned Sketches
• Advanced sketch analysis methods

Part Design

• Using advanced features to build solid models
• Analysing of technological drafts – Draft Analysis
• Advanced copy methods
• Parametrization, creating Design Tables and Libraries
• Building start models and menaging axis systems
• Advanced Boolean Operations
• Creating adnotations
• Using of CATDUA tool
• Creating and implementation of PowerCopy

Generative Shape Design

• Managing of reference elements
• Creating complex curves
• Techniques of creating surface geometry
• Usage of smoothing and techniques of model control
• Complex techniques of creating surface elements
• Surface modifications
• Continuity analysis
• Analysing and healing techniques

Assembly Design

• Managing product structure
• Managing links
• Skeleton-based assembly design
• Creating and managing of associative parts
• Usage of Flexible sub-assemblies
• Managing part representations
• Creating annotations
• Creating and managing scenes
• Band Analysis tools

Drafting

• Optimization of user interface
• Advanced tools for dimmensioning
• Advanced view tools
• Creating views, brake views, breakout views, and cuts
• Creating documentation for large assemblies
• Usage of Enhanced Scens in Drafting
• Hole and Coordinate Dimension Tables
• Generating and managing of BOM
• Managing properties of sheets and views
• Managing standards

Duration: 5 days (35h)

Introductory training to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, showing how to navigate the platform, search for data, manage the user profile and collaborate with other people on the platform.

Scope:

• Introduction to the course scenario
• Presentation of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
• Connecting with the community
• View and explore data
• Work with data’s Bill of Materials

Duration: 0,5 day (4h)

Advanced surface modeling training covering issues from the basics of creating reference elements, through the creation of complex surfaces, to advanced analysis and repair techniques of surface models.

Scope:

• Managing reference elements structure
• Techniques of creating wireframe geometry
• Techniques of creating surface geometry
• Usage of Ordered Geometrical Set
• Creating complex curves
• Continuity analysis
• Continuity types and parameters based on Bezier curve
• Complex techniques of creating surface elements
• Controling surfaces by using construction elements (Spine, Hold Curve, Area Law, Guides, Cutters, Relimitation)
• Defining and methods of using Adaptive Sweep
• Usage of smoothing and techniques of model control
• Analysis techniques
• Connecting and healing surfaces

Duration: 3 days (21h)

The training, during which participants learn from scratch all stages of analysis part and assemblies using finite element method.

Scope:

Basic information about the FEM method

• Introduction to calculation using the finite element method, application examples
• Overview of the individual steps of FEM

Defining discrete model, assigning restraints and loads

• Methods of creating finite spatial element meshes
• Qualitative analysis of finite elements and controlling its parameters
• Assigning physical properties to finite elements
• Using non-standard materials and creating personal material libraries
• Using various-type meshes within a single model
• Pre-Processing – imposing boundary conditions and loads
• Model Checker – analysis of model readiness for performing calculations
• Analysis techniques using various algorithms
• Frequency analyses
• Techniques for modifying the finite element mesh
• Parameterisation of finite element mesh (automatic adjustment of element size with geometry changes)
• Examples of determining reaction at restraints
• Using Virtual Part elements
• Conducting analysis with automatic change of finite elements size
• Creating several load cases within one analysis
• Structure buckling analysis

Results display and analysis

• Adding views
• View options
• Result animation
• Adding local and global sensors

Assembly analysis

• Optymalizacja konstrukcji przy wykorzystaniu modułu Product Engineering Optimizer na przykładzie ramy przestrzennej
• Introduction to assembly analysis using FEM
• Assumptions and simplifications used in part set analysis
• Types of part connections
• Defining part connection properties
• Welding joint analysis
• Optimisation of construction using Product Engineering Optimizer module based on frame example

Duration: 3 days (21h)

Writing macros for CATIA V5 training, thanks to which users are able to create their own tools to automate their work and increase efficiency.

Scope:

Introduction

• Introduction to creating macros in CATIA V5
• Description of environments and programming language

Creating macros

• Recording and running parametric macros
• VB/VBScript/CATScript language elements
• Basic objects of CATIA V5 Automation – Methods and Properties
• CATIA V5 Automation – in/out operations
• CATIA V5 Automation – Part Design
• CATIA V5 Automation – Assembly Design
• CATIA V5 Automation – Drafting
• Macro libraries and files managing
• Documentation

Duration: 2 days (14h)

Designing sheetmetal parts Training.

Scope:

Introduction

• Basic information about modelling sheet metal parts
• Using the Generative Sheet Metal Design module
• Defining material parameters

Modelling

• Techniques for defining basic walls
• Tools for supporting the bending process
• Techniques for creating flanges
• Defining advanced flanges using the User Flange option
• Stamps operations using various input elements
• Corner editing
• Transformation options
• Unfolding
• Concurrent operations on folded and unfolded element
• Conversion of solid elements to SheetMetal type elements

Duration: 1 day (7h)

Training showing how to create documentation of parts and assemblies on a 3D model by assigning annotations, dimensions and tolerances.

Scope:

Introduction

• Introduction to FTA module
• Basic assumptions
• Adding 3D annotations to parts

Annotation creation and management

• Managing annotation position
• Creating and managing annotation views
• Element set annotations
• Using Tolerancing Advisor tools
• Managing geometry linked with annotations

Duration: 1 day (7h)

The training covers the issues of reverse engineering from import and working with a cloud of points to creating surfaces based on it.

Scope:

Introduction

• Theoretical introduction
• Software use and capabilities
• Interface overview and getting started

Digitized Shape Editor

• Importing cloud of points
• Operations on the cloud of points
• Creating and editing the element mesh
• Scanning surfaces and curves
• Cloud of points integration
• Generating cross-sections, scans and curves on the mesh
• Cloud of points export

Quick Surface Reconstruction

• Curve analysis
• Creating scan-based curves
• Creating scan-based sketches
• Creating 3D curves
• Trimming curves with no common points in the space
• Trimming contours
• Creating curves on a spatial grid
• Deviation analysis
• Creating networks
• Creating networks-based surfaces

Duration: 1 day (7h)

Training in modules for ergonomic analysis from creating manikin model to posture, movement and biomechanics analysis.

Scope:

Introduction

• Theoretical introduction
• Software use and capabilities
• Getting started

Human Builder

• Preparing scenery
• Defining and editing manikins
• Manipulation and positioning manikin
• Defining the relationship between manikins and geometry
• Analysis of the field of vision and collision
• Preparation and simulation of minikin movement

 Human Measurment Editor

• Editing genders and origins, creating custom manikins
• Changing anthropometric data
• Creating manikin catalogue

Human Posture Analysis

• Determining range of motion
• Displaying results of posture assessment
• Posture analysis

Human Activity Analysis

• Risk assessment using RULA method
• Analysis of ergonomics of lifting/lowering of loads
• Analysis of push/pull ergonomics
• Determination of recommended weight values of loads moved
• Biomechanics analysis

Duration: 2 days (14h)

Parametric optimization in CATIA V5 Training.

Scope:

Introduction

• Intruduction to module
• User interface
• Terminology and methodology

Optimization

• Defining optimization problem
• The process of solving the optimization problem – types of algorithms, defining criteria
• Optimization results analysis
• Examples of using PEO

Duration: 1 day (7h)

The above proposals are only part of our offer, and most of our trainings’ scopes are individually consulted and selected. With extensive experience in transferring knowledge, we are highly flexible in creating the training program. Please contact the sales department at: sales@cadsol.pl , or with your individual sales representative.