Transform a Product to a Part CATIA 3DExperience

Maxime Chagnot

26 Mar, 2019 01:00 PM

https://youtu.be/jFvcoBDpU8s

Dear 3DExperience and CATIA Fans,

A lot of my customers asked me "how can we transform a product to a part like in CATIA V5?" and the answer → Derived Representation feature in CATIA Assembly Design.

In the video you can see how to transform a small assembly to a part and make a cut. You can keep the links with original parts and change parameters.

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1. Step 1: video

   
   

2. Step 2: Assembly Preparation

   Open an assembly containing few parts

   Insert a 3DShape into the root product

   *This one is fixed in the assembly*

3. Step 3: Use Derived Representation

   Use the feature derived representation on the assembly

   Select the 3DShape that you just created

   Tick the option "keep link" in the panel

   then select the parts you want to keep and the one you want to remove from selection

   Click on OK

   *The assembly is hidden, and now the geometry are inside the 3Dshape (parts become bodies)*

4. Step 4: Boolean operations

   Now you have several bodies.

   -> Go to structure tab in action bar

   Use the feature Add

   Add the different bodies to the PARTBODY (repeat action several times)

   Then create a new Body

   Call it "CUT"

   Draw a sketch and extrude a profile

   Use the feature Remove

   And remove the CUT to the PARTBODY

   Now you have a cut in your 3DShape

5. Step 5: Drawing (optional)

   Insert a Drawing in the root assembly

   go to Drafting application

   Insert an isometric view

   go back to assembly

   select the 3DShape

   * The view is now generated*

   
   

   • End of tutorial