How do I turn my surface into a solid in Catia?

How do I turn my surface into a solid in Catia?

How to convert enclosed surface to solid in CATIA?

1. First of all join all the surfaces to which the solid has to be created.
2. Go to Partdesign workbench.
3. Select the surface and select the closed surface from the Surface based features.
4. Then click on the ok button.
5. Hide the surface to see the solid part.

How do I fix surface in Catia?

Click Local healing in the Repair Geometry toolbar and select the surface. Click No selection in the Edges To Heal box and select the two defective edges. and a Tangency Objective lower than the tangency default found (e.g. 0.2 deg). Go to the Visualization tab and select All in the Shown Solution(s) field.

How do you simplify the surface in Catia?

About selection:

1. Select the product to you want to simplify (i.e. Product1) in the specification tree or in the geometry area.
2. Click Simplification in the DMU Optimizer toolbar.
3. Enter the desired value in the Accuracy field for instance 5mm.
4. Click Preview .
5. Click Save .
6. Click Save in the Save As dialog box.
7. Click Close .

How do you thicken the surface of Catia?

Creating a Thick Surface

1. Select the surface you wish to thicken, that is the extrude element.
2. Click Thick Surface .
3. Enter 10mm as the First Offset value and 6mm as the Second Offset value.
4. Click More>> .
5. Select the Smoothing mode under the Deviation parameters section.
6. Click OK .

How do you unfold parts in Catia?

Unfolding

1. Click Unfolding . The Unfolding Definition dialog box is displayed.
2. Select Wall. 1 as reference face in the geometry area.
3. Select Cylindrical Bend. 1 and Cylindrical Bend.
4. Click Preview to visualize the unfolding of the bends you selected.
5. Click OK to unfold the bends.

How do I create an unfolded view in Catia?

Creating an Unfolded View

1. In the Drafting window, click Unfolded View in the Views toolbar ( Projections sub-toolbar).
2. Select a surface on the part. This will automatically use the sheet metal reference wall plane.
3. Click on the sheet. The unfolded view is displayed.
4. Select one of the axis lines.

What is distance objective in healing?

Distance objective is the maximum gap allowed between two healed elements. Merging Distance is the MAXIMUM gap between the surfaces that will be filled.

What is surface thickness?

The thickness of surface film is equal to range of intermolecular forces of that liquid.

How do I flatten a part in Catia v5?

edit an already flattened ply….Flattening Plies using one Location Point and Checking the Material Roll Width

1. Click Flattening .
2. Select the feature you want to flatten.
3. Select a plane as the flattening support.

How do you unfold a surface in Catia?

CATPart document.

1. Click Unfold .
2. Select the Surface to unfold and click Preview .
3. In the Transfer tab, select points or curves on the surface to unfold or on the unfolded surface.
4. Select the type of transformation:
5. Click Preview to see the unfolded surface and elements.
6. Click OK to unfold the surface.