Chapter 13
Learning Objectives:
• Insert additional sheets in the current drawing file
• Insert frames and title blocks
• Add annotations to the drawing views
• Edit the annotations
• Generate the Bill of Material (BOM)
• Generate balloons
Chapter 13
➢ INSERTING SHEETS IN THE CURRENT FILE
• You can insert additional sheets to the current drafting file.
• This is good practice when you need to generate the drawing views of all the
components of an assembly and also its other views such as the isometric view or a
view with Bill of Material (BOM), and balloons in a single drawing file.
Partial view of the drawing with a new
sheet added to the current file
Chapter 13
➢ INSERTING THE FRAME AND TITLE BLOCK
• Automatic Insertion of the Frame and Title Block
• Choose the Frame Creation button from the Drawing toolbar.
• The Insert Frame and Title Block dialog box is displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Insert Frame and Title Block
dialog box
Chapter 13
• Style of Titleblock
• Action
• Creation
• Deletion
• Resizing
• Update
Drawing sheet after adding the frame
and title block to the drawing sheet
Chapter 13
• Checked By
The Controller’s name dialog box
• AddRevisionBlock
• Creating the Frame and Title Block Manually
Drawing sheet after drawing
the frame and title block
Chapter 13
• Adding Text in the Title Block
• Select a point on the drawing sheet, where you need to place the text.
• The Text Editor dialog box is displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Text Editor dialog box
Chapter 13
• Inserting the Logo
Drawing sheet after completing the frame and title block
Chapter 13
➢ ADDING ANNOTATIONS TO THE DRAWING VIEWS
• After generating the drawing views, you need to generate the dimensions in the
drawing views and add the other annotations, such as notes, surface finish symbols,
geometric tolerance, and so on.
• Generating the Dimensions
• Generating all Dimensions Together
• Exit the Options dialog box and then choose the
Generate Dimensions button from the Dimension
Generation toolbar, after invoking it from the
Generation toolbar.
• The Dimension Generation Filters dialog box is
displayed, as shown in the figure.
Dimension Generation Filter
dialog box
Chapter 13
The options available in the Dimension Generation Filter dialog box are:
• Type of constraint Area • Retrieve excluded constraints
• Options Area • Add All Parts
• Generating Dimensions Step by Step
• If the Dimension Generation Filter dialog box is displayed, set the option in this
dialog box and choose the OK button to exit it.
• The Step By Step Generation dialog box is displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Step by Step Generation dialog box
Chapter 13
• Creating Reference Dimensions
The Tools Palette toolbar
• Creating the Chamfer Dimensions
The Tools Palette toolbar
Chapter 13
Selection sequence Resulting chamfer dimension
Selection sequence Resulting chamfer dimension
Chapter 13
• Adding Datum Features
• Move the cursor to the desired location and
click a point on the drawing sheet to place the
datum feature; the Datum Feature Creation
dialog box is displayed, as shown in the figure. The Datum Feature Creation
dialog box
• Adding Geometric Tolerance to the Drawing Views
• Move the cursor to an appropriate location and click on the drawing sheet to place
the tolerance on that location; the Geometrical Tolerance dialog box is displayed, as
shown in the figure.
The Geometrical Tolerance dialog box
Chapter 13
The options available in the Geometrical Tolerance dialog box are:
• Tolerance
• Reference
Drawing view after adding datum
feature and tolerance
Chapter 13
• Adding Surface Finish Symbols
• Choose the Roughness Symbol button from the Symbols toolbar, after invoking it
from the Annotations toolbar.
• The Symbols toolbar is shown in Figure A.
• Click on the surface from where you need to place the roughness symbol.
• Its preview is displayed attached to the selected point and the Roughness Symbol
dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure B.
Figure A The Symbols toolbar Figure B The Roughness Symbol
dialog box
Chapter 13
• Adding Welding Symbols
• Move the cursor and click on an appropriate location on the drawing sheet to
place the preview of the welding symbol; the Welding creation dialog box is
displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Welding creation dialog box Drawing view after adding the
welding symbol
Chapter 13
• Applying Weld
• Select the second edge from the drawing sheet; the Welding Editor dialog box
is displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Welding Editor dialog box Drawing view after adding the
welding symbol
➢ EDITING ANNOTATIONS
• You can edit the annotations added to the drawing views by double-clicking on
them to display their respective dialog boxes.
Chapter 13
➢ GENERATING THE BILL OF MATERIAL (BOM)
• To number the components, switch to the assembly file from which the drawing views
are generated.
• Choose the Generate Numbering button from the Product Structure Tools toolbar.
• Now, select Product1 from the Specification Tree; the Generate Numbering dialog
box is displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Generate Numbering Drawing sheet after generating
dialog box the BOM
Chapter 13
➢ GENERATING BALLOONS
Drawing sheet after generating balloons
Chapter 13
❑ Tutorial 1
In this tutorial, you will create the model shown in Figure A. After creating it you
need to generate the front, top, and the isometric views in the Drafting workbench.
You also need to generate the dimensions in the drawing views. The views and
dimensions are shown in Figure B. (Expected time: 45 min)
Figure A Model for Tutorial 1 Figure B Views and dimensions
for Tutorial 1
Chapter 13
1. Create the model in the Part workbench and save the file in the c13 folder.
2. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench with the standard sheet of A2 size.
3. Set the projection standard to third angle.
4. Create a standard title block and frame in the background editing mode, as shown in
Figure C.
Figure C Drawing sheet after creating
the title block and frame
Chapter 13
5. Generate the front view, as shown in Figure D.
6. Generate the top view, as shown in Figure E.
Figure D Drawing sheet after
generating the front view
Figure E Drawing sheet after
generating the top view
Chapter 13
6. Generate the isometric view, as shown in Figure F and Figure G.
Figure F Drawing sheet after Figure G Drawing sheet after
generating the isometric view modifying the display
Chapter 13
7. Generate the dimensions, as shown in Figure H.
Figure H Drawing sheet after
generating dimensions
Chapter 13
8. Arrange the dimensions and delete the unwanted dimensions,as shown in Figure I
and Figure J.
Figure I Drawing sheet after Figure J Final drawing sheet
arranging dimensions
9. Save the file in \My Documents\CATIA\c13 folder and then close it.
Chapter 13
❑ Tutorial 2
In this tutorial, you will generate the front, top, right, and isometric views of the V-
Block assembly created in the Exercise 1 of Chapter 12. You also need to generate
the BOM and balloons. (Expected time: 30 min)
1. Copy the V-Block folder to the c13 folder.
2. Open the assembly file.
3. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench.
4. Generate the front view.
5. Generate the top view.
Chapter 13
6. Generate the right view.
7. Generate the isometric view.
8. The drawing sheet after generating all the drawing views is shown in Figure A.
Figure A Drawing sheet after generating
the front, top, right, and isometric views
Chapter 13
9. Generate the BOM.
10. Generate the balloons.
11. The final drawing sheet after generating the BOM and balloons is shown in Figure B.
Figure B The final drawing sheet
12. Save the file in \My Documents\CATIA\c13 folder and then close it.
Chapter 13
❑ Exercise 1
Generate the front, top, right, and isometric views of the Blower assembly created in
Tutorial 1 of Chapter 11. The drawing view will be generated with the scale factor of
1:5. After generating the drawing views, you need to generate the BOM and balloons,
as shown in Figure A. (Expected time: 30 min)
Figure A Drawing views of the V-Block
assembly
