Fundamentals of Mechanical Design

Author: Ma Tieliin
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: CATIA is a powerful integrated CAD/CAE/CAM software, widely used in industries such as aviation, aerospace, and automotive. This book introduces the newest version of the CATIA series, CATIA V5R12. The book is divided into 13 chapters and two appendices, covering main topics such as the history of CATIA, its features, design methods and processes, and basic operation techniques. Through numerous examples, it provides detailed explanations of CATIA V5R12's sketch design, part design, assembly design, conventional surface design, free-form surface design, digital surface design, surface-to-solid conversion, and screenshot and video recording functions. To facilitate learning, the accompanying CD-ROM includes all the materials and results used in the examples, as well as animation demonstration files for key examples, complete with voice-over explanations. Readers can refer to these resources when encountering questions during the operation process. This book is particularly suitable for beginners of CATIA and can also serve as a training textbook for mechanical design professionals.