Catia V5
Profile icon
Audience:
New Catia V5 users
11-12 Grade
Objective:
• To master Catia V5 drawing skills utilizing the
Profile Icon.
Previous Drafting skills required
• Print reading
Introduction
This presentation is to help you master your drawing
skills utilizing the Profile Icon in Catia V5 software. The
profile icon is the most efficient way to draw using a
sketch. You can continuously draw lines and arcs/radii
without interruption. Remember time is money. If you
were working in industry your company would want you
to work as proficiently as possible.
There are short quiz’s throughout this presentation.
Click on arrows in the lower right and left hand corners
to navigate your way around.
Location
The Profile Icon is located in the Profile
toolbar within the sketcher workbench
Profile Toolbar
Profile Icon
Activating the Profile Icon
A single click on the Icon will only allow you
to use it once then deactivate
Double clicking the Icon will allow you to
continue using it until you deselect it or
choose another Icon
When a Icon is active the color of it will turn
orange
What have you learned?
Where is the profile icon located?
Click on box next to the correct answer
Profile toolbar
Sketcher toolbar
Line toolbar
All of the above
YAY!
YOU GOT IT RIGHT!
You are so smart!
SORRY
TRY AGAIN
Double clicking an icon will keep
it active?
True
False
YAY!
YOU GOT IT RIGHT!
When any icon is active the color of
it is?
BLUE
BLACK
ORANGE
SORRY
TRY AGAIN
To begin Drawing
• With your 1st mouse button indicate the
first point of the line you want to draw.
• To complete a line indicate where you
want the end point
• You can continue to draw any sketch
following these steps.
Click on video
What have you learned?
All Lines on a sketch are blue?
TRUE
FALSE
While drawing in sketcher the
dotted line indicates?
Click on button next to correct answer
Horizontal line
Vertical line
In line with another line
Angle line
Wrrrrong
How do you know if a line is in a
horizontal or vertical position?
Click on button next to correct answer
It will be orange
The word horizontal/vertical will be next to the
line
It will be labeled with a H or V next to the line
It will be obvious to the eye
You did it 
SORRY
TRY AGAIN
You have completed this lesson on
the Profile Icon using Catia V5.
Great Job!!