Start the Assembly Design Workbench by selecting Start > Mechanical Design > Assembly Design or File > New > Product. Rename the product to Guitar (right-click on Product1 and select Properties).

Create a new part for the product (Right-click on Guitar and select Components > New Part).

Double-click on the yz-plane to switch into the Part Design [...]

This tutorial is to model a simple heat exchanger consist of a chamber and a spiral tube. I’m trying to analyze the heat extraction capability of this and other models for my research project of extracting wasted heat from automotive exhaust. I’ll continue the automotive engine design later.. very sorry about that.
The first step is [...]

I’ve put this together in response to a recent request for information on modelling a flexible hose (pictured in ENG-TIPS Thread 560-176891), so here’s a step-by-step guide to the the method I used, but while I’m at it I’ll elaborate a little.
There’s no shortage of pictures so most of them appear as thumbnails, C L [...]

I’m not sure if this script exists in the help docs. At the time we developed this, we could not find it. Forgive us if this is duplicate.
Please read how the script works, and then follow instructions to go get it.
Step 1
(assuming that you’ve downloaded the script, and stored it somewhere that you can find [...]

To open Catia without opening a new document at startup, you need to set an environment variable in Windows XP. As a default, Catia will start each new session with a CATProduct file. Following this procedure will allow the user to turn the default document option off, and eliminate the need to close the file, [...]