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CATIA V5R16 Freeform Surfaces – Rebuild P51 Mustang
(Tutorial 4 – Rebuild P51 Mustang)
CATIA V5 Freeform Surfaces
Infrastructure
Sketcher
Freestyle (Surface-modeling)
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CATIA V5R16 Freeform Surfaces – Rebuild P51 Mustang
CATIA Freeform Surface-modeling
Tutorial 4A
– Create three Extrude surfaces, offsetting from X,Y,Z planes
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Apply reference pictures onto the three surfaces
– Create a sketch for each cross-section and then relocate
them to the corresponding positions
Tutorial 4B & 4C
– Create 3D curves, then create Freeform surfaces
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First create the Body, then the Wing, and finally the Tail
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Create a symmetric model by mirroring the resultant
surfaces by a reference plane
Please be reminded that this series of tutorials is designed to demonstrate a design
approach with CATIA, rather than the command itself.
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CATIA V5R16 Freeform Surfaces – Rebuild P51 Mustang
Change the view with the mouse
A.
Panning enables you to move the
model on a plane parallel to the
screen. Click and hold the middle
mouse button, then drag the
mouse.
B.
Rotating enables you to rotate
the model around a point. Click
and hold the middle mouse button
and the right button, then drag the
mouse.
C.
Zooming enables you to increase
or decrease the size of the model.
Click and hold the middle button,
then click ONCE and release the
right button, then drag the mouse
up or down.
Middle button
Right button
General
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CATIA V5R16 Freeform Surfaces – Rebuild P51 Mustang
Tutorial 4A
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Create a Project Folder (e.g. C:/P51)
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Download the reference pictures from the web:
http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mmdsham/images/p51/
- p51-front.jpg
- p51-right.jpg
- p51-top.jpg
(The pictures are square in shape, 1000x1000 pixels)
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Then Save them into the project folder
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Enter CATIA by double-clicking its icon on the desktop
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