Assembly Design

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Entering the Workbench
Fixing a Component
Inserting an Existing Component
Setting Constraints Between Components
Moving
Adding and Renaming a New Component
Designing a Part
Editing a Parameter
Replacing a Component
Analyzing Constraints
Reconnecting Constraints
Detecting Clashes
Editing a Component
Bill of Material
Exploding the Assembly

Basic Tasks

Creating an Assembly Document
Opening a CATIA Version 4 Assembly Document
Defining a Multi-Instantiation
Fast Multi-Instantiation
Assembly Constraints

About Constraints
Coincidence Constraint
Contact Constraint
Offset Constraint
Angle Constraint
Fixing a Component
Fixing Components Together
Quick Constraint Command
Changing Constraints
Deactivating or Activating Constraints
Selecting Constraints
Editing Constraints
Updating an Assembly
Updating One Constraint Only
Modifying the Properties of a Constraint
Using a Pattern
Constraint Creation Mode
Over-constrained Assembly
Searching for URLs Associated with Constraints

Analyzing an Assembly

Computing a Clash
Computing a Clearance
Analyzing Constraints
Analyzing Dependencies
Analyzing Updates
Analyzing Degrees of Freedom

Moving Components

Translate Components
Rotate Components
Manipulate Components
Snap Components
Smart Move
Exploding a Constrained Assembly
Stop Manipulation on Clash

Using Assembly Tools

Managing Products in an Assembly
Publishing Elements
Using a Parametric Standard Part Contained in a Catalog
Modifying a Parametric Part Contained in a Catalog

Creating Annotations

Creating Weld Planners
Creating Textual Annotations
Creating Flag Notes

Annotations

Measuring Distances & Angles between Geometrical Entities & Points
Measuring Properties
Measuring Inertia

Space Analysis

Detecting Interferences
Reading Clash Command Results
View Results in a Dedicated Window
Export Clash Results

Sectioning

Creating Section Planes
Creating 3D Section Cuts
Manipulating Section Planes Directly
Positioning Planes with respect to a Geometrical Target
Positioning Planes using the Edit Position Command
Using the Section Viewer

Measuring Minimum Distances

Advanced Tasks

Reconnecting a Replaced Representation
Reconnecting Constraints
Designing in Assembly Design Context

About Design in Assembly Context
Editing a CATPart in an Assembly Design Context

Assembly Features

Assembly Split
Assembly Hole
Hole Series
Assembly Pocket
Assembly Remove
Assembly Add
Performing a Symmetry

Flexible Sub-Assemblies
Scenes

Creating Scenes
Reset and Check Component Positioning
Exploding a Constrained Assembly
Saving Viewpoints in a Scene
Start Publish
Editing a Scene Macro
About Persistency in Scenes
Applying a Scene to an Assembly

Workbench Description

Assembly Design Menu Bar
Product Structure Toolbar
Move Toolbar
Constraints Toolbar
Update Toolbar
Constraint Creation Toolbar
Assembly Features Toolbar
Annotations Toolbar
Measure Toolbar
Scene Toolbar
Space Analysis Toolbar

Customizing

Assembly Settings
Assembly Constraints

Glossary
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