Catia V5 Personal Development 3

[CAD2015]

Hi,

I consider myself advanced in using the most common Catia V5 workbenches:
- Assembly Design
- Drafting
- Sheet Metal Design
- Part Design (3D Solid Modeling and Sketcher; basic only wireframe and surfacig skills)

I'd like to make myself more competitive on the job market.
What other Catia V5 functionality should I study/learn in order to achieve this goal?

Thanks!

 

[FTARunner]

You know the basics of Catia, however, most of the differences come from working in a different business. Work on Part Design and Generative Shape Design to improve those areas.

Also, I just recently got into creating (or attempting to create) macros. It may not be something you can put on a resume, but once you have a library set up and shareable among co-workers, that could improve work improvement for the office.

 

[MarkAF]

I'll second that vote for learning to write macros. Learning some VBA has been a big help to me. There's been many instances where I've been able to take routine tasks and turn hours of work into minutes or seconds. Really I've only learned a little, but that has carried over into a much greater understanding in other related areas of my work. For example, understanding how to better work with our PLM system...

Mark

 

[CAD2015]

I hace expected to recommend me the GSD workbench..........And/or surfacing training!
Thanks for both of you!

 

[MarkAF]

I think that learning surfacing techniques in GSD workbench is a great idea, but it will depend on what type of work you do or want to do. In some fields it will be immensely valuable. In my field, it's only moderately valuable.

-My two cents

 

[ferdo]

Hi,

Definitely, some trainings in few specific workbenches are very good, depending on what field of activity you are (or if you want to go). Some of them: FTA, GSD, SMD, Composite....or other specific to automotive or aviation industries.

Learn your companies methods and procedures (or if you are a subcontractor of a "giant" learn what they want) in this way the quality of your work it will be always good.

Follow good practices and if you find a way to do things better (not necessarily faster) try to convince peoples that is a good way to improve the work (and here you can come with macros and learning about how to do them).

Listen to others, you will be surprise in how many ways things can be done...look in the forums, a lot of experienced peoples can help with good advices. Don't be afraid to ask (if you find that documentation is not good enough, but try first to understand CATIA help and Companions).

Just for curiosity, look in this forum for the threads which has stars...a lot of knowledge here...good questions and answers...

I have to say that myself I'm learning everyday few new things (I have the advantage that I'm working for a 'giant'), I would say that is almost impossible to know everything about this software (if you look at how many workbenches are inside and you never know when you will have the chance to use them...).

Regards
Fernando

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