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After completing this chapter you will be able to:

Create wireframe geometry.
Create extruded surfaces.
Create revolved surfaces.
Creating Spherical Surfaces
Creating Cylindrical Surfaces
Create offset surfaces.
Create swept surfaces.
Create fill surfaces.
Create loft surfaces.
Create blend surfaces.
Split surfaces.
Trim surfaces.
Join surfaces.

SURFACE MODELING

The product and industrial designers these days are giving importance to product styling and providing a unique shape to components. Generally, this is done to make sure that the product looks attractive and presentable to the customer. The shape of products are managed using the surface modeling techniques. Surface models are three-dimensional models with no thickness and unlike solid models, they do not have mass properties. CATIA V5 provides a number of surface modeling tools to create complex three-dimensional surface models. Various workbenches in CATIA V5 with surface creation tools are:

Wireframe and Surface Design.
Generative Shape Design.
FreeStyle.

In this textbook, you will learn about the surface modeling tools available in the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench.

WIREFRAME AND SURFACE DESIGN WORKBENCH

The Wireframe and Surface Design workbench provides the tools to create wireframe construction elements during preliminary design and enrich existing 3D mechanical part design with wireframe and basic surface features.

Starting Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench

Start a new session of CATIA and close the new product file, which is opened by default. Next, choose Start > Mechanical Design > Wireframe and Surface Design from the menu bar to start a new file in the Wireframe and Surface Design Workbench.

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