CATIA V5R15 for Designers

CATIA V5R15 for Designers introduces the reader to CATIA V5R15, one of the world's leading parametric solid modeling package. In this textbook, the author emphasizes on the solid modeling techniques that improve the productivity and efficiency of the user. The chapters in this textbook are structured in a pedagogical sequence that makes it very effective in learning the features and capabilities of the software. The following are some additional useful features of this book:

Tutorial Approach: The author has adopted the tutorial point-of-view with learn-by-doing as the theme throughout the textbook. This approach guides users through the process of creating the models in the tutorials.

Real-World Projects as Tutorials: The author has used about 50 real-world mechanical engineering projects as tutorials in this book. This enables the reader to relate the tutorials in the book to the real-world models in the mechanical engineering industry. In addition, there are about 30 exercises that are also based on the real-world mechanical engineering projects.

Coverage of all Important Workbenches: Covers important workbenches of CATIA, including the Part, Assembly Design, Drafting, and Wireframe and Surface Design workbenches.

Tips and Notes: Additional information is provided to the users in the form of tips and notes.

Heavily Illustrated Text: The text in this book is heavily illustrated with about 1100 line diagrams and screen capture images.

Learning Objectives: The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in that chapter.

Command Section: Every chapter begins with the command section that provides the detailed explanation of CATIA V5R15 tools.

Self-Evaluation Review Questions and Exercises: Every chapter ends with a Self-Evaluation Test so that the users can assess their knowledge of the chapter. The answers of the Self-Evaluation Test are given at the end of the chapter. Review Questions and Exercises given at the end of each chapter can be used by the Instructors as test questions and exercises.