CATIA - AscendBridge Solutions

Focus On Your Strengths
You know what differentiates your
company from your competitors.
We can help you build on those core
strengths to reach your potential
and maximize your benefits to your
customers. Our knowledge of OEM
requirements within the industries
we serve combined with PLM
expertise makes AscendBridge an
invaluable resource.
AscendBridge Solutions Inc. works with your
organization to identify how PLM technologies
and solutions can streamline your current product
development process.
Our team will work closely with the key departments in
your organization to review and understand your current
business processes. We will work with you to ensure our
solutions are tailored to improve your overall productivity
and deliver a continual return on your investment.
Let us demonstrate how we can help you reach
your goal, while keeping your eye on the ball.
Our Commitment
As a comprehensive technology provider we are
committed to helping companies realize their full
potential. Our unique approach combined with
world-class solutions help our customers capture
all program information, reduce development time
and create superior products.
Stand Out From The Crowd
Reach Your Goals
Cultivate Productivity
For your organization to be a step
ahead of the competition you need to
be a strong and innovative company.
You not only have to worry about
choosing the right solutions for your
business but you must also consider
the additional offerings and support
you need for success.
Whether you aim to implement
the latest technology, improve
your infrastructure or execute a full
PLM strategy, bottlenecks in related
processes may impede your follow
through and leave you just short of
your goals. We can help you identify
and resolve whatever is limiting your
performance so you get the full benefit
of your technology investments.
In today’s market, it’s not enough
to be good at what you do. Market
forces are driving your customers to
go where they can get more for less.
Knowing the product at its fullest
allows your trained staff to improve
product development and cut cycle
time to help you better meet your
customers’ needs.
AscendBridge Solutions Inc.
50 Acadia Avenue, Suite 123
Markham, Ontario
Canada L3R 0B3
Telephone: 905-944-0047
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Machining
CATIA - Preparation Machinist 2 Configuration
(RM2)
Configuration overview
This CATIA P2 Machining configuration integrates the powerful standard 3D and
2D mechanical design tools with generative 2.5-axis and 3-axis surface
machining tools. It is targeted at Machining users who need to make design
modifications or create additional geometries, fixtures or even drawings to
explain the machine set-up. The easy implementation and propagation of
modifications are only possible through the associativity of CATIA V5.
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CATIA - Interactive Drafting
Address 2D design and drawing production requirements
Product overview
Interactive Drafting is a new generation CATIA product to address 2D design and
drawing production requirements, It offers a highly productive, and intuitive,
interactive drafting system. It also enriches Generative Drafting with both integrated
2D interactive functionality and with a productive environment for drawings dress-up
and annotation.
CATIA - NC Manufacturing Review
Access, visualize, and browse 3D NC Manufacturing data from CATIA V5 and previous versions
Product overview
CATIA NC Manufacturing Review 2 (NCG) offers basic NC capabilities such as tool
path verification, material removal simulation, remaining material analysis, tool path
edition and creation of shopfloor documentation. It provides the infrastructure for all
V5 NC programming products and allows NC programmers or machine operators to
review V5 part operations. Furthermore, different manufacturing data such as APT
files, CL files and ISO code can be imported and reviewed. NCG also allows the reuse of CATIA V4 NCMILL and
NCLATHE programs.
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CATIA - Prismatic Machining
Easily defines NC programs dedicated to machining 3D parts using advanced 2.5-axis milling
and drilling operations. It also provides high-level automation and knowledge reuse capabilities.
Product overview
CATIA - Prismatic Machining 2 (PMG) easily defines drilling and 2.5-axis milling
operations including support of High Speed Cutting technology. Quick tool path
definition is ensured thanks to an intuitive user interface based on graphic dialog
boxes. Tools can be easily created and stored in tool catalogs. Entire manufacturing
process is covered from tool path definition and computation, tool path verification
including material removal simulation to NC code and shop floor documentation generation. Associativity with CATIA
design parts allows efficient change management.
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CATIA - 3-Axis Surface Machining
Easily define NC programs dedicated to machining 3D parts using 3-axis surface machining
operations.
Product overview
CATIA - 3 Axis Surface Machining 2 (SMG) easily defines 3-axis milling and drilling
operations. High Speed Milling Technology is supported for all milling operations.
Quick tool path definition is ensured thanks to an intuitive user interface based on
graphic dialog boxes. Tools can be easily created and stored in tool catalogs. Entire
manufacturing process is covered from tool path definition and computation, tool
path verification including material removal simulation to NC code and shop floor documentation generation. Instant
Cycle Update Technology (TM) allows fast tool path update after modification. Associativity with CATIA design parts
allows efficient change management.
CATIA - Object Manager
Provide a highly scalable and open platform for collaborative product development, which
combines the best of the current CATIA technologies with new generation standards
Product overview
The Next Generation CATIA Solution Version 5 is built on a totally new scalable
architecture, which combines the best of the current CATIA technologies with new
generation standards. It offers total single system image across Native Windows and
UNIX environments, and an extensible environment capable of supporting all aspects
of the Digital Enterprise, from Digital Mockup, Digital Manufacturing, to Digital
Operation and Digital Plant definition. The Version 5 system architecture offers a unique scalability environment which
gives to customers the choice of selecting the optimum set of solutions, given the CAD specialization of the intended
users, the complexity of the project and corresponding functional requirements. The 3 possible choices are CATIA-P1,
CATIA-P2 and CATIA P3 installations.
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ABOUT CATIA V5R14
CATIA is Dassault Systemes' PLM solution for digital product definition and simulation. It is totally integrated with
DELMIA, the Company's solution for defining and simulating lean digital manufacturing processes, ENOVIA, its
solution for managing product lifecycle information, including digital mockup configuration, processes knowledge
and resources information, and SMARTEAM, its rapidly implemented, cost-effective solution for managing
product lifecycle collaboration at companies of all sizes.
plm.3ds.com/CATIA
For more information about our products visit plm.3ds.com/contact
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Machining
CATIA - Advanced Machining
Easily define NC programmes dedicated to machining complex 3D parts
within a single workbench including nearly all 2.5-axis to 5-axis
machining technologies.
Product overview
CATIA - Advanced Machining 2 (AMG) easily
defines NC programs to machine complex 3D
parts (i.e. for aerospace, hydraulics, and
turbo machinery) within a single workbench.
The product offers machining operations
covering milling from 2.5-axis mode up to
5-axis mode as well as axial machining. In
addition to the complete set of machining
operations offered by other V5 Machining
products like CATIA - Prismatic Machining 2
(PMG), CATIA - 3-Axis Surface Machining 2
(SMG) and CATIA - Multi-Axis Machining 2
(MMG) ; CATIA - Advanced Part Machining 2
introduces multi-axis flank contouring, 5-Axis
Helix Machining for Turbo-machinery parts,
and advanced multi-axis processes like the
unmatched Multi-Pocket strategies dedicated
to Structural Part Machining.
What's New in V5R13
For enhancements in 2.5-axis milling and
drilling, see CATIA - Prismatic Machining 2
(PMG)
For enhancements in 3-axis milling and
drilling, see CATIA - 3-Axis Surface
2 (SMG)
For enhancements in 5-axis milling and
drilling, see CATIA - Multi-Axis Surface
Machining 2 (MMG)
are new machining from rough to finish
strategies allowing users to group several
operations in a single path. This
technology brings huge productivity gains in
the programming process.
Provides Aerospace Companies with
highly productive Global Machining
for Structural Part
Programming Time Accelerator
High Speed Machining Technology
5-Axis Flank Contouring enhancements:
Global auxiliary guiding curve: One major
use of guide curve is to avoid collision on
of drive elements, or keep a safety distance
to it. Very interesting for twisted surfaces in
Turbomachinery and eventually structural
parts.
Planar Tip Compensation as output: also
called 3D space compensation output.
the NC controller to better understand of
tool path bringing a far better machining
quality.
AMG dedicated NC Detailing capabilities
Multi-Pocket machining dedicated to
Aerospace Structural Part Machining:
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Product Highlights
Accurate tool path definition through a full
set of milling operations from 2.5-axis up to
5-axis and axial machining
operations.
Flexible management of tools stored in
file-based tool catalogs or in external tool
databases.
High level of automation and
standardization by capture and reuse of
proven manufacturing know-how.
Tool path verification by material removal
simulation and analysis of the in-process
part.
Associativity with CATIA design parts for
efficient change management.
Product Key Customers Benefits
Accurate tool path definition through a full
set of 2.5 to 5 axis milling and drilling
machining capabilities ... CATIA -
Advanced Machining 2 (AMG) offers a full set
of operations for the machining of complex 3D
parts:
there are still parameters to be defined in
order to complete the operation. Help icons
assist the user for each parameter of the
operation : when clicking on these help icons,
an image describing the parameter pops up in
the panel. Moreover, the user takes
advantage of copy/paste facilities for
organizing program using specification tree.
Finally, tool changes and machine rotations
are automatically generated and can be
visualized in the machining operation definition
panel.
Flexible management of tools and tool
catalogs ... Tools can be stored into
file-based tool catalogs and retrieved using
simple or complex queries. Tool assemblies
(tools and tool holders) are supported so that
the user can define the characteristics of the
tool visualization. Tools can also be retrieved
from external tool databases (like CATIA
Version 4 TDB or WALTER TDM databases).
Machining areas definition ... The final part
can be split in several machining areas.
Different offsets can be applied to each
machining area, thus allowing the user to
machine a final part with different local offsets.
Axial machining operations: 17 operations
for hole-making, from standard drilling to
complex boring and chamfering.
2.5-axis machining operations: multi-level
pocketing, facing and contouring;
point-to-point machining
3-axis surface machining operations:
sweep roughing, roughing, sweeping,
milling, spiral and pencil milling,
and between-contours machining
Multi-axis surface machining operations:
sweeping,
face-isoparam,
machining and contouring
Multi-axis flank contouring
5-Axis Helix Machining for
Turbo-machinery Parts
Multi-Pocket machining dedicated to
Aerospace Structural Part Machining
Quick tool path definition thanks to an
intuitive user interface ... The user defines
machining operations quickly using intuitive
graphic dialog boxes. "Traffic lights" indicate if
Automated reworking ... Unmachined areas
in roughing and finishing are detected
automatically and can be reworked with
different milling strategies.
Fast tool path update after modification...
The Instant Cycle Update technology allows
a partial recomputation of the tool path. After
parameter modification, recomputation is
done only on the impacted part of the tool
path. This avoids a full computation, thus
saving substantial time.
Tool holder collision checking ... While
detecting a possible collision between the part
and the tool holder, the system creates a
warning and a proposal for a proof tool path.
Automation and standardization ... The
can define and store machining processes for
2.5 axis milling or axial machining operations
in CATIA catalogs, and apply them to part
geometry or to design features. By this, the
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company know-how can be capitalized and
reused for efficient programming. NC objects
and attributes can be handled as
knowledgeware objects in order to increase
the level of automation and standardization.
Quick verification of tool path... Tool path
replay allows generation and verification of
individual operations or the complete
programs. Alternative machining strategies
can be tested and collision-free trajectories
can be obtained.
In-process part visualization and material
removal simulation... The user can
visualize the in-process part and analyze
remaining material, tool collision, etc.
Furthermore, he can run a material removal
simulation interactively or in batch-mode.
Seamless NC data generation... CATIA NC
process is extended from tool trajectory (APT
source) to NC Data generation (ISO format)
thanks to an integrated postprocessor
execution engine and a library of standard
Post Processor (PP) samples. Moreover, the
system allows the execution of Post
Processors built with CATIA Version 4 Post
Processor Builder product.
Efficient change management... Integrated
the PPR data model CATIA NC offers a high
level of associativity product engineering,
manufacturing processes and resources.
Thus, CATIA allows an high efficiency in
concurrent engineering and best support of
design changes or design variants and a rapid
creation of programs for families of parts.
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ABOUT CATIA V5R13
CATIA is Dassault Systemes' PLM solution for digital product definition and simulation. It is totally integrated with
DELMIA, the Company's solution for defining and simulating lean digital manufacturing processes, ENOVIA, its
solution for managing product lifecycle information, including digital mockup configuration, processes knowledge
and resources information, and SMARTEAM, its rapidly implemented, cost-effective solution for managing
product lifecycle collaboration at companies of all sizes.
plm.3ds.com/CATIA
For more information about our products visit plm.3ds.com/contact
Copyright © 2002-2004 Dassault Systemes - All rights reserved