Creating Design Tables in CATIA – Alternate Method
(The way that was shown in class)
1. Workbench Setup: Open the Sketcher Workbench and when part name dialog box opens,
give it a name and deselect “Enable hybrid design” and select “Create a geometrical set”
It should look like this:
2. Relations Tab: Click on the following setup to make sure the Relations Tab will show up in
the Design Tree when it needs to: Tools – Options – Infrastructure – Part Infrastructure –
Display- then make sure “Relations” is checked
3. Part Body: Define the “Part Body” in the Design Tree as the “In Work Object” CATIA will
auto default to “Geometrical Set.1” being the in work object
4. Part Creation: Draw your part, when you give dimensions, you can right click on them and
“Rename Parameter” It looks like this:
5. Creating the Design Table
 Click the Design Table Icon on the bottom of the Design Space
 Make sure you select “Create a Design Table from current parameter values” and also
that the Orientation is “Vertical”
 Click OK
 A new dialog box will open, scroll down and find the parameters you have named in Part
4 and insert them into the design table.
 Click OK
 A new dialog box will open with the values that you created in the part drawing
 Click “Edit Table” in the bottom left hand corner of the dialog box
 An Excel file will open. Auto-Expand the parameters so they are in a single column
 Add a column so that the first column, column A, is “PartNumber”
 Insert the values that you want in the Design Table
 Save the Worksheet and Close it
 A “Knowledge Report” dialog box will appear in CATIA, telling you that you have
updated the Design Table
 Click OK and then Click OK again to close the Design Table dialog box
6. Relations Tab: The “Relations” Tab should now have appeared in the Design Tree. This is
where you will go to change between the dimensions you have created.
7. Save and Close: Save and close the Part, we are going to make a catalog.
8. Catalog Editor: Click the following: Start – Infrastructure – Catalog Editor
 Make sure “Chapter.1” is highlighted on the left hand side
o Add a Part Family, either through “Insert” or the icon on the right hand side
o Give it a name
o Click Select Document and then select you saved CATIA Part that you closed in
Step 10
o Save the Catalog
o Go to the Assembly Design Workbench
o Catalog Editor tab on the bottom of the Design Space
o From here you can create your assemblies by combining different table features.