INTRODUCTION TO CATIA

CATIAV5 (Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application),is one of the world’s leading CAD/CAM/CAE packages. Being a solid modeling tool, it not only unites the 3D parametric features with 2D tools, but also addresses design-through-manufacturing process. The Bi-directionally associative nature of this software ensures that the modifications made in the model are reflected in the drawing views and vice versa.

CATIAV5 serves the basic design tasks by providing different workbenches. A work bench is defined as a specified as a specified environment consisting of a set of tools, which allows the user to perform specific design tasks in particular area. The basic workbenches in CATIAV5 are as follows: