Some basic shortcut keys and interface settings
The shortcut key is set but the desired effect cannot be achieved
Comrades who have just started using catia generally set shortcut keys, but most of the online writing is to directly press D and A to define the work object or update it locally, but in fact it may not work normally. For example, I am , after pressing D, the input letters will be displayed at the bottom of the picture, but the effect we want when setting does not appear (as shown in the picture below).
At this time, you need to operate as follows: Click Tools - Options
in the upper column to get this interface. Change P2 in the user style interface in the figure to P1, and then restart the software to cancel the input bar in the lower right corner.
Quick Toggle Toolbar
The toolbars commonly used in headlight design are as follows:
Among them, the generative shape design is the first to be mastered, which is also one of the functions that is different from other software. The purpose of use is to solve the suture thickening of the cas surface or to extract the surface to cut the entity to achieve our spatial structure design; needless to say,
engineering drawing is used to produce two-dimensional drawings;
part design is also entity design, It is used to combine various parts into a large part. The main learning difficulty is the operation of Boolean operations. Sometimes the operation sequence of each part will cause the operation to fail (this reason is still unsolvable to me...)
Free style is used to assist generative shape design . I think the operation of some functions is relatively more visual than free style?
Assembly design exists to solve too many parts. For example, a lamp is composed of lamp glass, bezel, thick wall, reflector, lamp housing and other things. This is not a standard part and it is produced for traceability after different revisions. document. The assembly design puts each will in a file, which not only facilitates management, but also controls the file size and reduces the pressure on the computer.
Common shortcut keys
In the design of car lights, or in the design of plastic parts, there are not many function keys that are often used (the function keys mentioned here refer to those operations that do not directly trim the target), and generally only the following few keys are used: indivual:
Local update (you have to turn off the automatic update before designing, or it will be very troublesome to update it just after one operation)
define the work object (define the subset of operations, if the entity is not selected correctly, the operation cannot be performed; Selecting the set will cause trouble in subsequent search)
show\hide (display the ones that need to be operated to avoid unnecessary interference)