Introduction
Create the highest quality surfaces in CATIA
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What you should know
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1. Class A Surfacing
What is Class A surfacing?
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Constituent components and terminology
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2. Basics of Design
Primary, secondary, and tertiary geometry
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Continuities to adjacent elements
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3. CAD Tools and Options
Options
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Common tools
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4. Tools
What are splines?
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Using Project, Intersect, and Combine
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How to parallel a curve
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Refresher on Extrude and Revolve
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What are NURBS surfaces?
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Applying blend surfaces
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Creating mesh surfaces
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Secondary operations
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Match surfaces
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How to create offsets
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Trims and splits
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Joining elements
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Distance analysis
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Visualization tools
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Extending geometry
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Converter Wizard
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Display tools
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Curve shape analysis
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5. Create Geometry
Creating the top and bottom slabs
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Creating the front and end slabs
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Extending slabs
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Corner blends frame curves
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Corner blend surfaces
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Top blends
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Initial set up of the tertiary blends
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Tertiary blend surfaces
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6. Operations
Splitting the slab surfaces
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Joining the trimmed elements
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Final fillet
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7. Analysis
Relationships to neighboring geometry
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Modifications
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Conclusion
Learn more about Class A surfacing
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Ex_Files_CATIA_V5_Class_A_Surfacing.zip
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