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Catia V5 Beginner to Advanced | Automotive and Industrial

Name: Catia V5 Beginner to Advanced | Automotive and Industrial
Rating: 4.6 (6589 reviews)

Learn Catia V5 from a design engineer with more than 20 years experience in automotive, racing and industrial design

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Created byAlexander Consulting

Last updated 7/2026

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What you'll learn

Workbenches: Sketcher, Part Design, Assembly Design, Drafting, Generative Shape Design (GSD), Sheetmetal Design and DMU Kinematics (simulations)
Learn to use the software the way it's actually used on the job, not just what each button does
Practice projects and guided exercises to build real design experience fast
Design complete parts, assemblies and 2D manufacturing drawings from scratch
Learn how to think like a professional design engineer, not just a software operator
Insider knowledge from a career spent working with Ferrari Formula One Team, Red Bull Racing, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin
Learn about the automotive industry and Formula 1 from the inside
Build a portfolio, tailor your CV, and know how to look for a job as a design engineer

Course content

20 sections • 249 lectures • 34h 41m total length

A quick about me1:48
Add subtitles in your own language3:52
How was this course designed6:55
This course is designed to teach you Catia V5 in 3 easy steps
Catia V5 workbenches and what you can design4:52
What is a Catia V5 workbench and how many things can you design with the workbenches from this teaching.
Catia V5 files6:28
What type of files is Catia V5 saving on your drive and how to use them?
Catia V5 general interface4:27
How to use and modify the Catia V5 interface?
How to modify menus and toolbars6:05
Options to modify now and what you should know so you can modify later.
How to use your mouse and keyboard5:48
How you use your mouse in Catia V5?
What kind of mouse works and doesn't work in Catia V5 (the cheapest)
How to use the STEP files3:23
Learn how to use step files in Catia V5 to open a complete assembly from the archive and save it as a cut product with all parts.
Watch this - Catia V5 Electrical Harness Design6:24
Start your Catia V5 beginner to advanced journey by mastering the basics, interface, workbenches, and essential sections for electrical harness design to build project-ready skills.

Sketcher overview8:21
Explore the sketcher workbench in Catia V5, starting from a 2d sketch on a plane to create 3d parts. Use points, lines, circles, and constraints to manage degrees of freedom.
Point, line, circle and degrees of freedom9:16
Sketch constraints10:06
Using constraints and dimensions on 2D sketches
Construction elements2:23
The difference between standard and construction lines and dots.
Sketch profiles9:14
How to use predefined profiles to design faster
Exercise 1 - Edit multi-constraints and contact constraints10:58
Master edit of multi-constraints and contact constraints to build a centered rectangle, apply symmetry, tangency, and parallel relationships, then explore circle and hexagon geometry in sketcher workbench.
Sketch operations part 11:38
Round corners and chamfers
Sketch operations part 2 - relimitations3:20
Trimming and breaking lines
Sketch operations part 3 - transformations6:52
Mirror, Symmetry, Move, Rotate, Scale and Offset
Sketch operations part 4 - project 3D elements3:57
How to use and connect existing 3D elements
Sketch operations part 5 - project 3D geometry4:11
Learn to project 3d geometry in sketches using intersect 3d elements and project 3d silhouette edges on a sketch plane, handling step files and curved edges on complex models.
Exercise 2 - sketch patterns9:58
Sketch analysis5:33
Tools to analyze your sketches. Detect errors fast and check sketch quality.
Visualization tools3:14
Visualization tools to help in sketch design

Pads9:01
Create solids with 3D pads
Pockets7:16
Cut solids with 3D pockets
Sketcher profile rules8:28
Points9:25
All the different ways to create points in 3D
Planes8:01
All the different ways to create planes in 3D
Lines6:54
All the different ways to create lines in 3D
Exercise 1 - Part Design12:57
Open a new part in Catia v5 and sketch a central circle with horizontal axis. Mirror features, apply constraints, pockets, and fillets to finalize the connecting rod profile.
Hole6:51
Create all the different type of holes: simple, tapered, counterbored, countersunk, counterdrilled and threaded
Shaft and groove7:37
Create and cut solids with shaft and groove
Exercise 2 - Part Design12:32
Fillet and chamfer5:15
Create fillets and chamfers on 3D solids
Exercise 3 - Sketch and Shaft4:12
Shell and thickness5:48
Create advanced solids with shell. Add thickness to solids.
Draft angle5:23
Create advanced solids with draft angles
Rib and Slot9:24
Create and edit advanced solids with rib and slot
Exercise 4 - Sketch and Rib4:51
Multi sections solid and removed multi section10:53
Create and edit multi-section solids
Part body and geometrical sets5:28
What are body's and how to use them. Difference between Partbody and Body. What are geometrical sets and how to use them
Body transformations5:43
Transform and manipulate body's inside the part
Patterns7:53
Design faster with 3D patterns
Boolean operations11:41
What are boolean operations and how to use them
3D annotations3:43
Create 3D annotations, labels and text
Exercise 5 - Part design7:00
Exercise 6 - Part design12:43
Open a new part and design a crankshaft by sketching concentric circles, applying tangents and symmetry, mirroring the solid, patterning eight holes, and adding fillets.
Multipad4:53
Multipocket1:33
Thread/Tap4:22
Drafted filleted pad6:49
Drafted filleted pocket2:51
Explore drafting a drafted filleted pocket in Catia v5 by sketching a 100 by 50 rectangle, adding a 20 depth, and previewing the draft angle and fillet limits.
Face-face fillet5:11
Variable edge fillet8:40
Chordal fillet2:46
Tritangent fillet2:48
The stiffner5:17
Solid combine3:42
Explore the solid combine command that creates a solid from two sketches on different planes, demonstrated with a cylinder from a rectangle and circle, and a bracket profile.
Exercise 7 - part design10:03

View and render tools5:56
Visualization tools in the assembly workbench. The difference between parallel and perspective render style
Measurements6:33
How to make and use 3D measurements
Product structure14:54
How are parts and assemblies organized in Catia V5. Different commands to create parts and products
Assembly manipulation9:44
How to manipulate parts inside the assembly
3D compass6:09
What is the 3D compass and how to use it
Assembly constraints11:20
How to create 3D constraints between parts in an assembly. When are constraints needed?
Exercise 7 - Assembly Design3:40
Annotations3:14
3D annotations and text in assembly mode (labels, texts, welds)
Clash and section5:27
How to detect clashes and penetrations between parts inside the assembly. How to create 3D sections to analyze the assembly
Enhanced scenes9:44
What are enhanced scenes and how to use them? The difference between full and partial scenes.
Search and select4:47
How to search for parts, products and elements in Catia V5 projects. How to automatically select when searching.
Exercise 8 - Assembly Design4:19
Build an engine assembly by constraining crankshaft and piston subassemblies, fix the crankshaft, apply coincidence and 4.5 offset constraints, copy pistons, and verify zero face gaps and 88 axis distance.

The drafting workbench2:15
How to quickly open and use the drafting workbench
Views toolbar10:45
Create views from 3D to drawing. Project from existing views. Create cutting views.
Create detailed views with different scales.
Create quick and advanced clippings
Create breaking views
Use the view wizard to project all the possible views in a drawing.
Drawing toolbar4:23
Create new sheets and how to instantiate 2D components used in drawings.
Overload properties3:45
What are overload properties and how to use them?
Dimensioning toolbar10:53
Add dimensions on the views in the drawings. Use dimensions that collect information from 3D. Edit dimensions. Create tolerances, coordinates and tables.
Annotations and dress-up6:27
Add annotations to drawings (texts, balloons, symbols). Add fillings to projected views (hash, color fill, dots, images)
Text replicate3:11
What is text replicate and how to use it (create texts with link in 3D that update automatically)
Sheet background - frame and title block2:39
How to enter sheet background. Use predefined frames and title block. Create your own frame and title block.
Other useful tools in drafting mode7:23
Sheet and view properties. Create raster views with colors from 3D.

Lighting and depth1:47
Check and change lighting in Catia V5.
What is depth and how to use it.
Apply materials4:31
How to apply materials on 3D parts and bodies
Catalog browser4:52
How to use the catalog browser in Catia V5
Performance options2:05
Check and change performance options in Catia V5
Other Catia V5 tools11:55
Desk environment - relocate lost files
Load/Unload
Deactivate/Activate
Assembly Symmetry (Mirror, Rotation, Translation)
How to use selection sets
Flexible/Rigid assembly
Document links
Hide multiple elements with a few clicks3:13
How to hide or delete multiple elements with a few clicks? This is a creative trick Catia that will help you work faster in Catia V5.

Practice project #1 - Assessing the job that has to be done3:14
Let's assess the job that we have to do on this assembly
Practice project #1 - Planning and collecting information2:46
Let's make a mental plan about what we will design and how we collect the needed information
Practice project #1 - Designing and assembling the parts25:40
Now we can design and assemble the first draft of our parts. Notice how problems and ideas appear and change during the design phase.
Practice project #1 - Product analysis and conclusion2:57
Let's analyze the assembly and decide the next step.
Practice project #2 - Part 1 - Base12:10
Practice project #2 - Part 2 - Bracket10:56
Let's design the base and the bracket first
Practice project #2 - Part 3 - The wheel24:32
Design the wheel with Catia V5 advanced 3D features.
Practice project #2 - Part 4 - Creating the assembly5:01
Practice project #2 - Part 5 - Bulb and Wire #17:17
Design the wire retainer
Practice project #2 - Part 6 - Bulb and Wire #226:11
Design the light and bulb using advanced 3D features
Practice project #2 - Part 7 - Bulb and Wire #34:17
Assembly the parts
Practice project #2 - Part 8 - Wire Retainer5:14
Finishing the assembly16:51
Create new material11:02
Practice project #3 - Part 1 - Central beam7:55
Let's design this part first
Practice project #3 - Part 2 - Tow ball mount4:45
Design the towing ball mount
Practice project #3 - Part 3 - Brackets11:07
Design the side brackets
Practice project #3 - Part 4 - Assembly5:16
Assembly the parts
Practice project #3 - Part 5 - Product analysis6:57
Let's analyze the assembly and see what modifications we can do

Wireframe and 3D sketches1:52
Points5:06
Lines3:34
Planes4:10
Explore creating and manipulating planes in Catia v5, including offsets, parallels, and angles. Define planes through points, lines, and curves, and use tangent or normal planes for surface connections.
Point and plane repetition2:42
Explore point and plane repetition on a curve: replicate points along a curve with instances or spacing, adjust distance, reverse direction, and generate normal planes for each point.
Polyline2:00
Circle and arc6:52
Axis and corner2:32
Create a corner with a radius on two lines, trim the segments, and use the axis command to define a circle's axis by aligning directions or using normal options.
Spline and connect curve4:45
Learn 3D spline creation in Catia V5 by using the spline command to place points and tangents, adjust tension, and connect curves to form a unified spline.
Helix and spiral7:38

Extrude2:09
Revolve1:41
Fill and join4:41
Split and trim3:12
Sphere1:40
Cylinder1:10
Surfacing exercise #18:08
Projection of curve on surface2:54
Curve at surface intersection1:46
Create a curve at the intersection of two surfaces using the intersection tool, preview the curve, and extrapolate it onto the first surface for downstream operations.
Offset1:11
Create a surface from the same spline by extruding, offset by three millimeters with the offset tool, offset on both sides to yield two surfaces per side and seven instances.
Sweep (simple) - part 11:28
Multi section surface3:34
Blend surfaces5:17
Heal surfaces3:44
Boundary1:55
Convert solid to surface and extract surface from solid3:52
Convert surface body in solid body2:27
Sweep - part two - explicit profile11:24
Explore the sweep command in Catia v5, focusing on explicit profile options, two guide curves, a reference surface, and pulling direction to create complex tunnel-like profiles.
Sweep - part three - line profile12:13
Explore the sweep line profile in Catia V5 by using guide curves and limits to generate surfaces between curves, then apply reference surfaces, tangency, and draft directions.
Sweep - part four - circle profile12:46
Sweep - part five - conic profile5:41
Explore the conic profile in the sweep command using up to five guide curves in different planes to shape the surface. Adjust angles and tangency to control direction and curvature.
Adaptive sweep3:36
Shape, edge and variable fillet3:55
Chordal, face-face and tritangent fillet3:14
Learn to create chordal, face-to-face, and three-tangent fillets in Catia v5, compare normal and chordal fillet calculations, and apply consistent five-millimeter fillets to complex surfaces.

Requirements

Just basic computer usage, no prior CAD experience needed
You need to have Catia V5 installed before starting this course (any version works)

Description

Hi, my name is Alex, and I'm a Design Engineer.

I've spent more than 18 years working with Catia V5 in automotive engineering, racing and industrial design. That experience got me into companies like Ferrari Formula One Team, Red Bull Racing, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin, and everything in this course comes from that practical experience, not theory.

My goal is simple: teach you everything you need to walk into a company and actually use Catia V5 like a professional. I'll show you every command, and I'll show you how it's really used in production design work, not just what each button does in isolation.

Catia V5 is easier to learn than people think. The real secret is learning how to use it, and that's exactly what this course does. My videos are edited down to only the information you need: no intros, no dead air, no waiting around.

What's inside

245 lectures and more than 34 hours of content, covering every core workbench: Sketcher, Part Design, Assembly Design, Drafting, Generative Shape Design (surfacing), Sheet Metal Design and DMU Kinematics.

Here's how the course works. First we build two full assemblies from scratch, so you learn how designing in Catia V5 actually feels from day one. Then you go through a complete video library where every command and option is explained in detail. After that, guided exercises and full practice projects consolidate everything into real experience, part by part and step by step.

More than just software

At the end you'll find sections built from my time across different industries: how the automotive world works from the inside, how Formula 1 cars are built, and how to become a design engineer in automotive, racing or industrial design. You'll also learn how to build a modern professional portfolio, tailor your CV, conduct yourself at an interview, and actually go look for a job. I'll show you how I got my first job with no experience, and how you can do the same.

You'll also have my personal email, and if you ever get stuck or have questions, I'll answer and help you.

Everything I teach comes from practical experience only, no theories. And I only wish to give you some inspiration.

See you in the course!

Who this course is for:

Complete beginners who want to learn Catia V5 and mechanical design from zero
Students and freshers preparing for a career in mechanical or automotive design engineering
Design engineers switching to Catia V5 from SolidWorks, NX, AutoCAD or Fusion 360
Anyone who dreams of working in automotive, motorsport or Formula 1 design
Design engineers who want to build a portfolio and land their first job with no experience
CAD users who want to go deeper into surfacing (GSD), sheet metal design or kinematics

Catia V5 Beginner to Advanced | Automotive and Industrial

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Course content

Introduction to Catia V510 lectures • 50min

Let's design something quick!6 lectures • 1hr 26min

Sketcher video library14 lectures • 1hr 29min

Part design video library36 lectures • 4hr 8min

Assembly design video library12 lectures • 1hr 26min

Drafting video library9 lectures • 52min

General video library6 lectures • 28min

Practice Projects #2 - Design assignments19 lectures • 3hr 14min

Generative Shape Design - Wireframes10 lectures • 41min

Generative Shape Design - Surfaces24 lectures • 1hr 44min

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