V5 Foundation - 4 days

This course provides trainees who are new to CATIA V5 with a thorough grounding in using this software. The course deals with the interface and a complete range of solid modelling functions (thereby obviating the need for a specific solid training course). Drafting is covered towards the end of the course, thereby enabling trainees to return to the workplace with a sufficiently rounded knowledge to start using CATIA within their workplace.

Skills: Introduction to the sketcher, and solid modelling using feature based methodology. CATPart manipulation and editing. Drawing layout, manipulation of views, hidden line removal, sectioning, detailing, annotation and crosshatching. Introduction to the Assembly Design Workbench.
Course meets all the needs for Airbus Certification (Foundation).
Pre-requisites: None

V5 Foundation Plus (Basic Surfacing & Assembly Design) - 3 days

This course covers the creation of surface model geometry, for use in styling and similar applications, mainly within the Generative Shape Design Workbench. The first day looks at the basics of surfaces, their creation and manipulation, which is extended on the second half-day to include more complex surfacing functionality such as filleting, lofting, evaluation and analysis. The assembly section of this course covers the use of CATIA V5’s Assembly workbench, also some features from the Digital Mockup workbench, to provide trainees with a thorough understanding of creating and manipulating assembly model and digital mock ups of product designs.

Skills: Basic surface modelling, lofting, curve laying, extending/breaking surfaces, construction of faces and volume model, construction and modification of curves and patches, filleting, surface and curve evaluation. Basic assembly/DMU navigator interfaces, building and manipulating assemblies and digital mock ups, space analysis, clash detection, configurations, dimensional analysis, sectioning, detailing.
Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation course 

V5 Advanced Surface Design- 3 days

This course covers the creation of surface model geometry, for use in styling and similar applications, mainly within the Generative Shape Design Workbench. The first day looks at the basics of surfaces, their creation and manipulation, which is extended on the second day to include more complex surfacing functionality such as filleting, lofting, evaluation and analysis. The third day covers all advanced topics including creation of laws.

Skills: Basic surface modelling, lofting, curve laying, extending/breaking surfaces, construction of faces and volume model, construction and modification of curves and patches, filleting, surface and curve evaluation. Advanced surfacing techniques and analysis.
Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation course 

V5 Advanced Assembly Design - 3 days

The assembly course covers the use of CATIA V5’s Assembly workbench, also some features from the Digital Mockup workbench, to provide trainees with a thorough understanding of creating and manipulating assembly model and digital mock ups of product designs.

Skills: Assembly/DMU navigator interfaces, building and manipulating assemblies and digital mock ups, space analysis, clash detection, configurations, dimensional analysis, sectioning, detailing.
Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation course

V5 Manufacturing - 5 days

This course will allow the trainee to:

• create a Manufacturing Program, simulate it and generate outputs.
• define and manage prismatic (2,5 axis) operations, being aware of all capabilities in terms of strategies, parameters and transition paths.
• define and manage NC programs dedicated to machining parts designed with Surface or Solid geometry using 3-Axis machining techniques.
• define and manage NC programs to machine Surface or Solid geometry using 5-Axis machining techniques.
  
• define:
  • Multi-Axis Flank Contouring operation
• Multi-Axis Helix machining operation
• Cavities Roughing operation

Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation & Foundation Plus courses

V5 Interrogators Course - 2 days

This course will allow the trainee to interrogate and capture information from existing Parts, Drawings and Assemblies using CATIA V5. The course is not intended to teach the creation of CATIA parts, drawings and assemblies and is purely for the extraction of engineering information. However the course will include some simple part, drawing and assembly creation to aid understanding.
Pre-requisites: None

V5 Advanced Part Design Methodology - 3 days *

This course covers from basic to advanced level within the Part Design Workbench. All functions are covered fully during the various exercises. Emphasis is placed on acquiring a best practice methodology for all solid designs. Advanced functions include the use of hybrid modelling techniques including the use of integrated surfaces and designing within the context of an assembly.

This course can be tailored to either Automotive or Aerospace if required. This is done with the use of industry specific exercises.
Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation course

V5 Freestyle - 2 days *

This course is an extension of the surfaces course and looks at the techniques available within V5 for developing complex surface models of freeform designs, such as those encountered in car body styling applications.
Pre-requisites: V5 Foundation course; V5 Advanced Surface

V4 to V5 Advanced Surface Migration - 3 days *

This course is designed to cater for the V4 user looking to migrate to V5. The course covers all the topics from the V5 Advanced Surface course with the addition of full descriptions of how each exercise would have been completed in V4 and how it is now created in V5. A full migration list, V4 palette function to V5 icon equivalents, is supplied.

V4 to V5 Advanced Solid/Part Design Methodology Migration - 3 days *

This course is designed to cater for the V4 user looking to migrate to V5. The course covers all the topics from the V5 Advanced Part Design Methodology course with the addition of full descriptions of how each exercise would have been completed in V4 and how it is now created in V5. A full migration list, V4 palette function to V5 icon equivalents, is supplied.

* Available by arrangement