Generative Shape Design (GSD) helps to design advanced shapes based on a combination of wireframe and extensive multiple surface features, with full specification capture. CATIA - Generative Shape Design (GSD) includes all the functions and commands from the CATIA - Generative Shape Design 1 (GS1) product. It provides an extensive set of tools for creating and modifying mechanical surfaces used in the design of complex shapes or hybrid parts. Its feature-based approach offers a productive and intuitive design environment to capture and reuse design methodologies and specifications | Preface What s New Getting Started Basic Tasks Advanced Tasks Workbench Glossary Index Generative Shape Design Dassault Sy èmes 1994-99. All rights reserved. Preface CATIA Version 5 Generative Shape Design allows you to quickly model both simple and complex shapes using wireframe and surface features. It provides a large set of tools for creating and editing shape designs and when combined with other products such as Design it meets the requirements of solid-based hybrid modeling. The feature-based approach offers a productive and intuitive design environment to capture and re-use design methodologies and specifications. This new application is intended for both the expert and the casual user. Its intuitive interface offers the possibility to produce precision shape designs with very few interactions. The dialog boxes are self explanatory and require practically no methodology all defining steps being commutative. As a scalable product Shape Design can be used with other CATIA Version 5 products such as Design and Shaper and Optimizer. The widest application portfolio in the industry is also accessible through interoperability with CATIA Solutions Version 4 to enable support of the full product development process from initial concept to product in operation. The CATIA Generative Shape Design User s Guide has been designed to show you how to create and edit a surface design part. There are numerous techniques to reach the final result. This book aims at illustrating these various possibilities. Using This Book More Information Using This Book This book is intended to help you become quickly familiar with CATIA Generative Shape Design. You should already be accustomed with basic CATIA Version 5 concepts such as document windows standard and view toolbars. To get the most out of this guide we suggest you start reading and performing the step-by-step Getting Started tutorial. This tutorial shows you how to
