Gurucharanhcl
Aerospace
CATIA TIPS
Optimized ways of creating PowerCopy in CatiaV5?
* As far as possible, minimize the number of elements making up the Power Copy.
* When defining Power Copies including sketches, use profiles constrained with respect to edges or faces rather than to planes.
* Additionally, set the option Create geometrical constraints off before sketching. Generally speaking, it is always preferable to use profiles both rigid and mobile.
* It is preferable to constrain elements with respect to external references such as faces, edges, reference or explicit planes.
* It is preferable not to use projections nor intersections in your sketch if you want to use your sketch in a Power Copy.
* Avoid constraints defined with respect to reference planes.
* Before creating your Power Copies, make sure that your sketch is not over-constrained.
* Make sure that your sketch is iso-constrained (green color). You can use non- iso-constrained sketches, but it will be more difficult to understand and control the result after instantiation.
* Create sketches on an axis system, to better control the Sketch position.
* Avoid access to sub-elements.
* Formulas are automatically included if you select all the parameters.
* For complex design, integrate knowledge rules.
* You cannot select a Power Copy reference as the component of another Power Copy
Optimized ways of creating PowerCopy in CatiaV5?
* As far as possible, minimize the number of elements making up the Power Copy.
* When defining Power Copies including sketches, use profiles constrained with respect to edges or faces rather than to planes.
* Additionally, set the option Create geometrical constraints off before sketching. Generally speaking, it is always preferable to use profiles both rigid and mobile.
* It is preferable to constrain elements with respect to external references such as faces, edges, reference or explicit planes.
* It is preferable not to use projections nor intersections in your sketch if you want to use your sketch in a Power Copy.
* Avoid constraints defined with respect to reference planes.
* Before creating your Power Copies, make sure that your sketch is not over-constrained.
* Make sure that your sketch is iso-constrained (green color). You can use non- iso-constrained sketches, but it will be more difficult to understand and control the result after instantiation.
* Create sketches on an axis system, to better control the Sketch position.
* Avoid access to sub-elements.
* Formulas are automatically included if you select all the parameters.
* For complex design, integrate knowledge rules.
* You cannot select a Power Copy reference as the component of another Power Copy
