Amy Rath

Technical Training Engineer<br><br>As a resident instructor at a large automotive OEM, Amy instructs CATIA classes and develops customer-specific course material that includes training videos and interactive training techniques. Amy’s areas of expertise include CATIA V5 Human Modeling, Functional Tolerancing and Annotation, VPM Navigator and Generative Drafting to name a few. Amy is a Dassault Systèmes Certified instructor for CATIA V5 Part and Assembly at the Expert level.

  • Putting Functional Tolerancing and Annotation on a 2D Drawing

    Putting Functional Tolerancing and Annotation on a 2D Drawing

    The Functional Tolerancing and Annotation (FT&A) workbench is a great way to add 2D drawing information right into the 3D model.

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  • CATIA V5: Sketcher Boolean Operations

    CATIA V5: Sketcher Boolean Operations

    These Boolean operations work very similar to the ones used in the Part Design workbench for when a designer has multiple bodies.

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  • Feature Recognition in CATIA

    Feature Recognition in CATIA

    Have you ever had a model that was imported in as an isolated model?

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  • Part Comparison in CATIA V5

    Part Comparison in CATIA V5

    Generally a comparison is performed on the part when it was early planning to the same part that was released into mass production.

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  • Distance and Band Analysis

    Distance and Band Analysis

    The distance and band analysis is a great function to measure the minimum distance or to see if your product is meeting a minimum and maximum distance requirement.

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  • Applying Motion using Fitting Simulation

    Applying Motion using Fitting Simulation

    Kinematics works great when you have multiple parts moving/pushing other parts in a product.

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  • CATIA V5: Making Robust Models with Corners

    CATIA V5: Making Robust Models with Corners

    Corners can be tricky when adding them into a sketch or wireframe. Adding them the right way can make your model more robust and predictable when modifications are made.

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  • Changing the Toolbar from Vertical to Horizontal

    Changing the Toolbar from Vertical to Horizontal

    An easy way to change your toolbar from vertical to horizontal is by dragging the toolbar and selecting the shift key from your keyboard.

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  • CATIA Tip: Locking Views in the Drafting Workbench

    CATIA Tip: Locking Views in the Drafting Workbench

    Typically you can modify the links or change the overload properties. The point of CATIA V5 is to have a fully updatable drawing.

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