This Composites Design course is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the CATIA Composites Design Workbench.

Duration:

5 days

Course Objective:

This Composites Design course is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the CATIA Composites Design Workbench. Covering both Composites Engineering; the definition of zones, plies, limit contours, staggering, laminate stack, cores, composites/stack information and Composites Manufacture; the producibility analysis, transfer to production tool form, ply flattening, splicing, darting, inspection, ply export and ply book generation. The course includes a mixture of presentation and tutorial, enabling students to gain hands-on experience.

The course covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to the CPD workbench
  • Preliminary design, Composite materials catalog & laminate parameters
  • Defining zone groups, zones and transition zones
  • Generating and editing a Stack up from zones
  • Geometry creation from zones
  • Ply creation from zones and manual ply generation
  • Limit contour creation/modification and staggering definition
  • Creating multiple ply and core groups
  • Query the engineering part for ply and stack information
  • Geometry creation from plies
  • Drawing and reviewing the composite model
  • Generation of the manufacturing part
  • Production surface replacement and material excess
  • Producibility analysis
  • Modification for production; splicing and darting
  • Ply flattening
  • Synchronisation of engineering and manufacturing information
  • Ply book generation and ply export

Who Should Attend?

New CATIA V5 Mechanical Designers with a working knowledge of CATIA.

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An experienced, specialist trainer
Dedicated training facilities
Years of industry experience
Personal attendance certificate
On hand training co-ordinator
Lunch & refreshments

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