ICEM Shape Design

Getting Started

Entering the ICEM Shape Design Workbench

Creating a Surface

Creating a Flange Surface

Modifying created surfaces

Creating a Blend Surface

Manually Updating a Part

Displaying Geometric Information on Elements

Selecting Bodies

Using the Historical Graph

Displaying and Modifying Dress-Up Features

Displaying a Part Symmetrically

Defining an Axis System

Tools Dashboard

Parallel Command Session

Managing the Compass

Repeating Objects

Creating Multiple Points and Planes

Creating Circular Patterns

Creating Rectangular Patterns

Creating User Patterns

Creating Power Copies

Saving Power Copies into a Catalog

Instantiating Power Copies

Analyzing Surfaces

Checking Connections Between Surfaces

Checking Connections Between Curves

Performing a Curvature Analysis

Performing an Iso-Curvature Analysis

Using Dynamic Cutting Planes

Analyzing Distances Between Two Sets of Elements

Performing a SSI Analysis

Performing a Surface Curvature Analysis

Performing a Split Analysis

Performing a Mirror Analysis

Analyzing Using Single Light Band Mapping

Mapping an Environment on a Surface

Analyzing Using Isophotes

Creating Inflection Lines

Analyzing Reflect Curves

Manipulating Light Sources

Analyzing Using Highlight Lines

Analyzing Using Highlights

Shape Management

Joining Surfaces or Curves

Breaking Curves

Breaking Surfaces

Restoring a Surface

Translating Geometry

Rotating Geometry

Performing a Symmetry on Geometry

Transforming Geometry by Scaling

Transforming Geometry by Affinity

Transforming Elements From an Axis to Another

Concatenating Curves

Fragmenting Curves

Fragmenting Surfaces

Disassembling Elements

Approximating/Segmenting Procedural Curves

Approximating Procedural Surfaces

Converting Curves

Converting Surfaces

Splitting Geometry

Trimming Geometry

Using Control Points

Selecting Control Points

Editing Control Points

Editing Geometry Orders

Using Control Points Support

Using Control Points Diffusion Laws

Using Control Points Cross Diffusion Laws

Harmonizing the Control Points

Smoothing Surfaces

Smoothing Curves

Symmetrizing the Control Points

Projecting the Control Points

Creating Delta Analysis

Shape Modification

Feature Modeling

Matching Surfaces

Multi-Side Matching

Refit Surfaces and Curves

Fitting a Curve to a Cloud of Points

Fitting a Surface to a Cloud of Points

Inverting Surfaces and Curves

Smoothing Curves or Surfaces

Extrapolating Curves and Surfaces

Extrapolating Curves

Extrapolating Surfaces

Creating Curves

Creating Associative 3D Curves

Creating Associative 3D Curves on a Scan

Creating Associative 3D Curves on a Cloud of Points

Creating Free Form Curves on Surfaces

Creating Associative Isoparametric Curves

Creating Project Curves

Creating Styling Corners

Creating Blend Curves

Creating Offset Curves

Creating Split Curves

Creating Intersection Curves

Creating Surfaces

Creating Planar Surfaces

Creating 3-Point Surfaces

Creating a 4-Point Patch

Creating a Surface on an Existing Surface

Creating Surfaces of Revolution

Creating a Patch from Curves

Creating a Patch from Patches

Creating a Flange

Creating a Styling Fillet

Creating Advanced Fillets

Creating Tri-Tangent Fillets

Creating Corner Fillets

Filling Surfaces

Creating Offset Surfaces

Creating a Fillet Flange

Creating Blend Surfaces

Creating Swept Surfaces

Creating Single Cell Surfaces

Creating Construction Geometry

Creating Points

Creating Polar Extremum Elements

Creating Planes

Creating Planes Between Other Planes

Creating Circles

Creating Conic Curves

Creating Combined Curves

Creating Intersections

Creating Parallel Curves

Creating a Spine

Creating Boundaries

Extracting Geometry

Extracting Sub-Elements

Working with a Support

Creating Plane Systems

Working with a 3D Support

Adjusting Surfaces

Creating Helical Surfaces

Overcrowning Surfaces

Modeling Shapes

Creating a Tube Surface

Creating Global Offset Surfaces

Creating Accelerated Surfaces

Creating Loft Surfaces

Advanced Analysis

Analysing Flat Regions

Performing a Leveling Analysis

Performing a Gap Analysis

Performing a Head Impact Analysis

Surface Checker

Interoperability

Optimal CATIA PLM Usability for ICEM Shape Design

Workbench Description

ICEM Shape Design Menu Bar

Display Sets Toolbar

Shape Analysis Toolbar

Shape Management Toolbar

Shape Modification Toolbar

Shape Select Toolbar

Creation Toolbars

Moving Frame tab

Approximation tab

Quick Reference Guide

ICEM Shape Design