How to trace a picture or image in catia and converting it into surface or solid

BDNS Murthy

2 Jul, 2013 11:40 AM

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1. Step 1:

   Open the Catia from the Catia icon
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Now Go to Start-> Infrastructure -> Real Time Rendering
   

   

3. Step 3:

   The Real Time Rendering Workbench looks like this
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Go to -> Insert -> Part
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Select The Product on the Left Top Corner of the Workbench to insert the part into it
   

   

6. Step 6:

   The required part is created in the Product as below
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Expand the Part on the Left Top Corner and Double click on the part to enter into part design workbench
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Then Go to Start -> Shape -> Generative Shape Design
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Then select a Plane required to you and click on the sketch tool to enter into the sketch of the required plane
   

   

10. Step 10:

    Draw a line or curve according to your requirement in the sketcher
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Exit from the Workbench to enter into the Part design workbench
    

    

12. Step 12:

    Now click on the extrude tool to extrude the given curve or line to become a surface
    

    

13. Step 13:

    There opens a window of extrude, then select the profile and give required the dimensions
    

    

14. Step 14:

    Extend it to your requirement for your image or picture as below
    

    

15. Step 15:

    After extending it select the plane so as to get the correct orientation.
    

    

16. Step 16:

    The required surface looks like this.

    And the change the ViewMode to Shading with Material
    

    

17. Step 17:

    Now Double Click on the Product on the left top corner to enter into the Real Time Rendering Workbench
    

    

18. Step 18:

    After double clicking on it. It appears like below
    

    

19. Step 19:

    Now click on the Apply Sticker on the Apply material Tab as below
    

    

20. Step 20:

    Sticker window appears as below
    

    

21. Step 21:

    Now click on the browse button which is in four colors on the Image line horizontally on the sticker window and select the picture to which you want to trace and click on open
    

    

22. Step 22:

    Now click on the Selection on the Sticker window and click on the surface on to which the image has to be projected as below
    

    

23. Step 23:

    The image is projected on the surface and set the image to required scaling and required position for your convienence
    

    

24. Step 24:

    Click on Ok on Sticker window
    

    

25. Step 25:

    The Picture or image looks like below
    

    

26. Step 26:

    Now double click on the Part in the Product tree to enter into a part design workbench
    

    

27. Step 27:

    After entering into the surface with sticker looks like this
    

    

28. Step 28:

    Now click on the sketch tool
    

    

29. Step 29:

    Now select the plane on to which the sketch has to be drawn
    

    

30. Step 30:

    After entering into the sketcher, it looks like this
    

    

31. Step 31:

    Now zoom it to your required for tracing the picture or image
    

    

32. Step 32:

    Select the spline from the Profile tool Bar and draw the splines on the outline of the picture. And make sure that the continuous single spline cannot make the full required outline sketch. So use more than one spline
    

    

33. Step 33:

    Now the trim the unnecessary splines to get the required outline. If required use the fillets and chamfers on the sketch
    

    

34. Step 34:

    Now exit from the workbench by clicking on Exit Workbench tool
    

    

35. Step 35:

    Hide the surface if you want to hide it by right clicking on it and selecting Hide/show
    

    

36. Step 36:

    Looks like this if the surface is hidden
    

    

37. Step 37:

    Now hide the sticker so as to see only your profile. To hide the sticker, right click on the sticker which is in the tree
    

    

38. Step 38:

    Now if you want to make the traced profile to be a surface make it fill, it you want it to a solid, go to partdesign workbench and then pad it
    

    

39. Step 39:

    By clicking on the pad in part design workbench and select the profile which you have traced and give the length upto which you wanted
    

    

40. Step 40:

    The required Part is created according to your requirement
    

    

41. Step 41:

    Click It worked if you love the tutorial and helpful for you.