Help!! Catia tutorial books please.....

[Brendan P]

As usual,I come to my favorite place to get the 'expert' help I need.

We have just purchased a 5 Ax Mitsu Laser,and the preferred software package is Cenit's (Catia based) Fast Trim.

 

I have been going thru in house training for Catia V5R12 for the past (2) days,and already my head is spinning!!

If any of you have used Catia,you know that it is much different than Mastercam. (and our teacher isn't that great either.)

BTW,thanks Peter for the Great training from Services 4 automation.

You don't realize how you got till it sucks!!

 

Anyway,I was hoping to find some good Catia training books (for dummies like me)

The other problem is I think version 5 is a lot diff. then 4.

 

Also,I wasn't too impressed with the so called 'package' Cenit sold us.

No real discs,(just burned memorex cd's with magic marker writing on them),no real book(s) just mimeograph pages in a so called binder,(about 30 pages in all).

No real box for any of it either,not even sure if the are going to give us any back up discs!!

 

The real kicker is that there is no hasp,so if I want to learn at home,I have to take the whole computer box with me.

 

I would apreciate any help on really getting going on this software.

Thanks

[Charles Davis]

IMHO: trash it and get a Mastercam post processor. 5-axis trim cuts, etc. are awesome in Mcam and much easier to use.

[TheePres]

Think Cad Bleu, has an easy to follow training manual. Written in ENGLISH!!!

 

It is called "One on One with CATIA"

[Charles Davis]

Cad bleu? I'm not sure I'd want software with "blew" (sic) in the name.

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

It must be an old Catia Book. Cad Bleu.

 

Bleu is the pats tense of Blows, isn't it

 

Mike Mattera

[TheePres]

As anyone who has been around CATIA, you will find much else which is foreign about this CADCAM system.

[P_Scott]

Buckethead,

 

Thanks for the props. It's always good to hear from former students that it wasn't all in vain. Good luck with the software. If it was me, I'd probably just ask them to buy the Catia converter for Mcam and then have the post tweaked for the output I was looking for. That's just me however. I love how Management ALWAYS consults with the guys who have to work with the stuff before purchasing it. I feel for you Brendan.

[chip]

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(just burned memorex cd's with magic marker writing on them),no real book(s) just mimeograph pages in a so called binder,(about 30 pages in all)

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Bucket that's Getto. With the cost of Catia, I would expect to have it delivered along with a new Dell.

 

They got to be able to hook you up.

[Brendan P]

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They got to be able to hook you up.

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We only paid them 1/2 the $$ soo far.....

I wrote a nice letter today.

With the price of the software,they should be performing certain other acts too!!!

[Müřlıń®]

Catia.... isn't that based off the old 30 year old CAD-AM software?

 

Takes an act of Congress just to draw a line.....

 

Unfortunatly most of the government aircraft guys use it....go figure....

 

L/M used to not do any out-sourcing to anyone who couldn't give them a native Catia file.

That's probably why the bosses bought it, maybe well sometimes you can't tell about upper management

 

Sounds like you guys are going to get into some fun work Brendon.....

 

Good luck

 

Murlin

[Jack Mitchell]

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Sounds like you guys are going to get into some fun work Brendon.....

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So there has been a Brendon, a Brenden, and a Brendan so far as I know.

 

My sons name is Brandon which could be offered as an excuse I suppose.

 

Sorry Brendan - if this is correct.

 

Regards, Jack

[Brendan P]

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Takes an act of Congress just to draw a line.....

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Actually,like any cad software once you get the hang of it,it isn't too bad.

When you are drawing a 2D profile,you draw it 'freehand' or close to what it should look like,then you go ahead and 'constrain' (create tangencies,input the actual values) of all the geometry.

I think this is done mostly because this cad software is used by designer type draftsman.

 

BTW,hi Jack

It would be nice if Charles Davis wrote some books on this stuff!!

[Müřlıń®]

Ahh, sounds like they have changed it to be more like Proe.....Brendan

 

 

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My sons name is Brandon which could be offered as an excuse I suppose

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OK OK....you got me Jack

[gcode]

Two guys here just got back from a week of

Catia V5 school. They say the design package is similar to SolidWorks. No feedback on the manufacturing module yet. I'm told its very powerful. I was on a hot project at the time and didn't even get to sit in on the sales demo

 

According to the salesman, you just window it

and cut it

[steve barton]

Hi Bucket Head,Catia version 5 workbook R10-11 and Advanced Catia version 5 workbook R8-9 by Richard Cozzens may interset you.There is also a web site with extra support.Its published by a US university.

You can find them, plus others on Amazon.Good Luck.

[Brendan P]

Thanks for all your help guys.

I did find some books from a company called BadenCorp outta Florida.

I got the books delivered last week and I'm starting to work with them.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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...With the price of the software,they should be performing certain other acts too!!!

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Something along the lines of dinner and a kiss before they screw you??? LOL!!!!

[George Hardwick]

Hi Bucket head.

I have just ordered two books Catia V5 Basic and Advanced From www.badencorp.com I had a look at a preview and they seem to be for V5 r12 Maybe worth a look.

But cant help anymore than that until they arrive.

 

George.

[Brendan P]

Thanks George,

I too ordered them last week and already started to work with them.

They seem pretty good soo far...

[George Hardwick]

Hi Brendan.

Only just read all the thread ????

Just seen that you had already said that????

Pleased there OK I look forward to mine arriving.

Regards.

George.