Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
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Hi, I would like to know how can I make a polygon (e.g a Pentagon or a triangle) in CATIA V5R13. Is there a option as it exists for Hexagon ?
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Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
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RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
I don't remember if there is a HExagon icon for sketcher but I haven't used Catia in awhile. I think Solid Works has one for the sketcher. I always just sketch a dashed construction circle and then create the polygon and add the angles and constraints needed to keep the end points on the circle. I'm sure one of the users who's used it more recently could give you a specific answer.
I know some other products allow you to save sketch entities and bring them into sketcher. Maybe you can do a copy paste operation.
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Michael
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
There is a icon for making Hexagon directly in CATIA V5R13, but just hexagon, Solidworks has a option polygon where user can enter the number of sides and it generates a geometry based on user input, Its so flexible. I think the big brother (CATIA) should have it somewhere.
Catiauser05
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Draw a circle of the required radius in the sketcher.
Then use equidistant points command in sketcher to create 5 equal points in the circle
Then, draw the lines which form the polygon and constrain them.
There's no direct method to create a polygon
Regards,
Jay
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Equal Length constraints are a great thing Catia should of had that in V5R1.
Michael
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Dig a little bit in the formula, I think you can link the ditance with the curve length. May be you need SPA license for that, but I think it will work.
I'll check that soon
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Eric N.
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RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Just an idea to make a Pentagon on sketcher.
1. With Construction mode on, draw a circle of any length. 2. Next draw a straignt line through its centre (and
passing the circumference on both ends)
3. rotate the straight lines by an angle (360/5) about the
circle centre
4. With Standard mode on , using Profile Icon to draw the
Pentagon (using the intersection points between the
rotated lines and circle)
5. When you drag the circle (in step 1), the whole pentagon
will move accordingly.
6. Obviously, one single radius value governs the whole
thing.
Cheers. Kennis.
RE: Drawing a Polygon in CATIA
Kennis.