This CATIA V5 Kinematics course is based on the DMU Kinematics workbench functionality provided by the KIN product. The course will teach you how to build working mechanisms by defining mechanical joints between assembly components and driving “commands” by which the mechanism can be manipulated. You will learn how to simulate the mechanism to study its motion and carry out various analyses to evaluate the mechanism design.
Objectives:
- Create new Mechanisms.
- Define Joints.
- Define Joint limits.
- Define driving “commands”.
- Analyse the mechanism degrees of freedom.
- Simulate the mechanism by direct manipulation of the Commands.
- Simulate the mechanism by Laws.
- Define Laws using formula.
- Define advanced Laws using Sketch curves.
- Record a Simulation.
- Sequencing multiple mechanisms.
- Define Sensors (Speed & Acceleration, Measurements, Clash & Contact, Distance & Band).
- Record sensor values during simulations & plot result graphs.
- Determine joint limits based on clash detection.
- Generate Swept Volumes.
- Generate Trace curves.
- Import and use mechanisms defined within sub-assemblies (sub-mechanisms).
- Define “Skeleton” mechanisms & use mechanism “Dress-Up”.
Pre-Requisites: Students attending this course should have knowledge of CATIA V5 Foundation.