 | CATIA V4 Dynamic Sketcher (DYS) gives you the tools to quickly rough sketch 2D profiles as a part of doing a 3D design. You can directly manipulate coplanar solid geometry and edit shapes, altering degrees of freedom or modifying associated contraints. DYS constantly analyzes the geometry in the 2D window to detect contstraint conflicts. The product captures design intent through automatic memorization of profile drawing constraints. You can configure constraint parameters as well as add, display and edit the constraints.
Features - Allows designers to quickly rough sketch 2D profiles
- Enables users to directly manipulate coplanar geometry of exact and mock-up solids designs
- Captures design intent through automatically memorizing profile drawing constraints
- Allows users to configure constraint parameters as well as add, display and edit the constraints
- Analyzes geometry to automatically detect logical constraint conflicts
- Proposes solutions, in ranking order, to logical constraint conflicts
- Offers freehand drawing tools
- Allows users to edit shapes through direct manipulation, altering degrees of freedom or modifying associated constraints
- Automatically updates modified CATIA elements and flags other solid elements that were not updated but impacted
- Increases productivity by eliminating the need for a buffer refresh during local transformations
Key customer benefits - Powerful editor
DYS presents creation and edit tools for the direct manipulation of coplanar geometry. Designers can rapidly rough-sketch 2D profiles using geometry commands. For more complex profiles, the system provides point-by-point curve creation and select and drag deformation facilities.
- Design intent capture
DYS captures design intent by automatically memorizing constraints as designers draw the profiles. Dimensional and geometric construction rules provide efficient avenues for modifications.User-controllable construction rules include dimensional elements as well as geometric elements. You can configure these control parameters and add, display and edit them during the design session. These contraints are saved as a part of the model design data for use in subsequent design sessions.
- Guided detection mechanisms
The system analyzes the geometry through a variational solver to verify that logical constraints-position and direction-are satisfied. When out of boundary conditions are detected, DYS proposes solutions, based on priority rules, which users can scan and choose among.
- Freehand drawing
Designers can rapidly rough sketch contour shapes using freehand tools. You can then directly manipulate these shapes with drag and drop functions and changes to degrees of freedom or add, suppress or modify the associated constraints.
- Associativity
With CATIA's strong associativity and integration of design steps, DYS is an ideal tool for modifying exact or mock-up solids designs. Users can select CATIA coplanar space elements and profile-based solid primitives for editing. When the sketching session ends, the system updates computations linked to modified elements and flags other impacted solid elements that were not updated.
- Increased productivity
The standardized Motif and Windows look and feel give users an immediate familiarity with the application interface. Users enjoy an increase in productivity since there is no need for buffer refresh during local transformations. The easy-to-use profile editor requires a minimal number of interactions due to the automatic capture of constraints and diagnosis solution proposal.
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