Geometric Modeler |
Topology |
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| CGM Overview | A first glance at CATIA Geometric Modeler |
| Topology Concepts | What is topology? |
| The CGM Topological Model | How the topological concepts are implemented |
| How to Associate Topology with Geometry | Rules between topological and geometric objects |
| The Boolean Operators | Best practices |
| The CGM Journal | The record of the topological modifications |
| Journal methodology | Tips and tricks on how to create a journal. |
| The CGM Data Checker | How to check CGM data consistency |
| The Versioning of the Topological Operators | Migration principles |
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| Use Cases | |
| Using the Topological Objects | Creation of and navigation in a tetrahedron |
| Basic Topological Operators | How to create vertex bodies or simple wire bodies |
| Overview of the Topological Operators | How to use them to create bodies |
| How to Use the Topological Journal | Reading the data and creating the journal of a sequence of topological operations |
| How to Create a point on a wire | How to use the CATTopComputePointOnWire operator. |
| How to Achieve a Given Geometric Continuity along a Wire | How to use CATTopCleanCrvOperator to achieve a given geometric continuity along a wire. |
| How to create a single patch NURBS and dress it with a skin | Explains how to create a single patch NURBS surface and transform it into a skin. |
| How to create a multi patch NURBS and dress one patch of this surface with a skin | Explains how to create a multi patch NURBS surface and transform one of its patches into a skin. |
| How to create a geometric helix and convert it into a wire | Explains how to create a geometric helix and transform it into a wire. |
| How to compute the area of a CATFace | Explains how to use the CATDynMassProperties3D class to compute the area of a face. |
| How to thread a rod | Explains how to combine sweep and boolean operations to create a threading operator. |
| How to create fillets | Explains how to create fillets with constant and variable radii. |
| How to create a circle sweep -1 | Explains how to create a circle sweep with a one guide and a tangency surface. |
| How to create a circle sweep - 2 | Explains how to create a circle sweep with three guides. |
| How to create a circle sweep - 3 | Explains how to create a circle sweep with two guides and a radius law. |
| How to create a circle sweep - 4 | Explains how to create a circle sweep with two guides and a tangency surface. |
| How to use the Smoothing options in a sweep | Explains how to create a segment sweep and act on the smoothing options to improve the quality of the sweep surface |
| How to use the CATBodyChecker | Explains how to check that a shell is valid: no curvature radius less than resoltution - no self-intersection |
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| Quick Reference | |
| Where to Find What | The index of the resources used in the use cases |
| Frequently Asked Questions | To help you to answer your questions |
| AdvancedTopologicalOpe Framework Reference | Interface and class reference for AdvancedTopologicalOpe |
| BasicTopologicalOpe Framework Reference | Interface and class reference for BasicTopologicalOpe |
| NewTopologicalObjects Framework Reference | Interface and class reference for NewTopologicalObjects |
| TopologicalOperators Framework Reference | Interface and class reference for TopologicalOperators |
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| Version: 1 [Jan 2000] | Document created |
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