CATIA- Toolbars - Chapter 1

1. Essential Toolbars 

1.1. Standard

	New	To open a new file and after select file type
	Open	To open saved files
	Save	This tool helps to you to save your files
	Quick Print	This tool prints the selected file
	Cut	When the commend deleted by taking a copy
	Copy	It helps to get a copy of selected objects
	Paste	This tool helps to paste the copied object
	Undo	It helps you to step backwards
	Redo	When undo your command it helps you to refresh and undo your undo
	What's This?	This tool gives an information for selected command or object

1.2. View

	Fly Mode	To show perspective view
	Fit All In	To center the selected object
	Pan	To move screen view in any direction. Like melting butter on the pan
	Rotate	To rotate screen view. You can use any mouse button(MB1,MB2 or Wheel)  for rotate by holding down the one button
	Zoom In	To zoom in the view by clicking MB2
	Zoom Out	To zoom out the view by clicking MB2
	Normal View	To select a planner suface and your view will be rotated automatically to the perpendicular form to the selected  planner surface
	Create Multi View	To divide four the sketching area
	Isometric View	This tool allows you to rotate your object to isometric view
	Shading with Edges	With this tool you can decide how to represent your part
	Hide Show	In your working space if you don't want to see any part of your complex object,  you can choose this by clicking MB1. When your object is ready you can pull  back easily
	Swap Visible Space	It allows you to move your selected element to no show space.If you want it back, you can click that button again

1.3. Select

	Select	The standard way of selecting object
	Selection Trap Above Geometry	This one allows you trap on a  specific element
	Rectangle Select Above Geometry	This allows you to select objects inside of the box
	Intersecting Rectangle Selection Trap	To make a box and select items which  they are cut
	Polygon Selection Trap	To make a polygon and select  elements inside of that geometry
	Free Hand Selection  Trap	By this option you can create a free hand lines
	Outside Rectangle Selection Trap	This selects everything outside  of the window
	Outside Intersecting  Rectangle Selection Trap	This selects everything and  intersecting outside of the window

2. 2D Sketcher Toolbars

2.1. Constraint

	Constraint Defined Dialog Box	It helps to you to measure some geometrical feautres of your element
	Constraint	It allows you to make quick measurement
	Fix Together	This tool sticks the selected elements and allow to fix together
	Animate Contraints	It allows to simulate the mechanism in the sketch
	Edit Multi Constraint	This tool allows you to change the measures of the sketch pratically

NOTE: By the help of "Constraint Defined Dialog Box" you can measure or view things such as below;

• Distance
• Length
• Angle
• Radius/ Diameter
• Semimajor Axis 
• Semiminor Axis
• Symmetry
• Middle Point
• Equidistant Point
• Fix
• Coincidence
• Concentricity
• Tangency
• Parallelism
• Perpendicularity
• Horizontality
• Verticality

2.2 Profile Toolbar and Profile Sub-Toolbars

2.2.1. Profile

Profile

This tool allows you to create adjecent lines or arcs, the process will not end unless you do not  double click to mouse

2.2.2. Prodefined Profile

	Rectangle	This tools allows you to create a rectangle by selecting two points
	Oriented Rectangle	It allows you to create a rectangle by selecting three points
	Parallelogram	It allows you to create parallel lines with the same technique of the "Oriented Rectangle"
	Elongated Hole	This tool allows you to draw a linear chamfer. After clicking to command button repectively you can input the center of the first circle, center of the second circle and the diameter of the circle
	Cylindrical Elongated Hole	This tools allow you to create curvilinear chamfer by using the same techniques "Elongated Hole"
	Keyhole Profile	It allows you to create keyhole easily
	Hexagon	This tools is use for draw a hexagon. After clicking command button the first point is selected and then the second must be the middle point of one margin
	Centered Rectangle	It is use for to draw a rectangle which the center is known
	Centered Parallelogram	It is use for to draw a parallel which the center is known, for this process we need two non-paralel lines to use this command

2.2.3. Circle

	Circle	To draw a circle, the center point is the first click of the mouse
	Three Point Circle	It creates a circle by defining three points which is circle passes on
	Circle Using Coordinates	It allows you to draw a circle by the help of coordinate system
	Tri Tangent Circle	It allows you to draw a circle whose perimeter is tangent to three selected lines
	Three Point Arc	It creates an arc from defined three points
	Three Point Arc Starting With Limits	It allows you to draw an arc with three limits by using start point, midpoint and end point
	Arc	This command allow you to create an arc with defined center point

2.2.4. Spline

	Spline	It allows you to create curved profile defined by points
	Connect	This tool allows you to connect profile or two points to spline

2.2.5. Conic

	Ellipse	To draw an ellipse these steps must be followed; first center point and then large diameter and small diameter after clicking the command button
	Parabola by Focus	It allows  you to draw a parabola
	Hyperbola by Focus	This tool allows you to create a hyperbola
	Conic	It allows you to create a conic

2.2.6. Line

	Line	It allows you to draw a standard line with defined start and end point
	Infinite Line	The infinite line allows  you to create an infinite line
	Bi Tangent Line	It draws a lines from tangents of two objects
	Bi Secting Line	It draws an infinite line which bisects the angle drawed by two different lines
	Line Normal to Curve	It allows you draw a perpendicular line from defined shape
	Axis	It creates an axis

2.2.7. Point

	Point	It allows you to put points
	Point by Using Coordinates	This tool allows you to put points by the help of coordinate system
	Equidistant Point	It helps you to put point on a defined curve or line
	Intersection Point	It creates a point on intersection of two different lines
	Projection Point	By projection point, you can create projection point on a defined curve

2.3. Operation

	Corner	It allows you to give radius on intersecting point of two sharp edges
	Chamfer	It allows you to create a chamfer between intersecting point of two edges

2.3.1. Relimitations

	Trim	This tools helps you to cut required lines
	Break	It allows you to break lines
	Quick Trim	It helps to delete unwanted elements on project
	Close Arc	It helps you to complete the arc or ellipse
	Complement	This tool deletes the and arc or ellipse and creates it is complement

2.3.2. Transformation

	Mirror	Mirrors image on defined axis
	Symmetry	It replaces sketch by taking it is mirror image
	Translate	It duplicates objects on requested amout, on requested direction and defined length
	Rotate	It duplicates objects to requested amount and angle around selected on reference center
	Scale	It scales a sketch on defined point relatively
	Offset	By a defined distance it shifts an object on required amount

2.3.3. 3D Geometry

	Project 3D Elements	This tool allows you to project edged of the drawn object on the sketch plane
	Intersect 3D Elements	It helps you to measure the intersection between sketch plane and 3D element
	Project 3D Silhoutte Edges	It shows reflection of the selected  circular surface to sketch plane

2.4. Sketch Tools 

	Grid	It creates grid to  draw a sketch easily
	Snap to Point	It allows to snap command active or inactive
	Construction/Standard Element	This tool allows to converse lines to construction element
	Geometrical Constraints	It automatically places geometric limits such as; vertical, horizontal, tangent, parallel or conicident during  sketching
	Dimensional Constraints	This command must be active during sketching to use line length, angle value measurements

2.5. User Selection Filter

	Point Filter	It only allows to select points on the sketch
	Curve Filter	It only allows to select edge lines of 3D  Model which is belongs to sketch lines
	Surface Filter	By clicking command button it  only allows to select surfaces
	Volume Filter	This tool allows to select all solid model
	Feature Element Filter	This command allows to filter rounded corner, hole and chamfer on 3D Model
	Geometrical Element Filter	It only allows to select geometrical elements (e.g. Axis of Cylindrical Surface)