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Groove - Tutorial for beginners  
 
Written by Mech  
Thursday, 18 Janaury 2007
 
This tutorial exercise explains you how to create a Groove on an existing solid body. Follow the steps as shown below: 
 
1) Create a cylinder with dia of 100 mm and 100 mm hieght as shown in Figure 1.
 
CATIA | Groove - Tutorial for beginners
Figure 1.
 
2) Create a sketch as shown in Figure 2.
 
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Figure 2.
 
3) Now select Groove tool from the toolbar or from Insert>Sketcher-Based Features>Groove menu as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 respectively.
 
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Figure 3.
 
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Figure 4.
 
4) When "Groove Definition" dialogue box appears enter the parameters as shown in Figure 5.
 
CATIA - Groove Tutorials for beginners - Groove Definition dialogue box
Figure 5.
 
5) The resultant part will be as shown in Figure 6.
 
CATIA - Groove Tutorials for beginners
Figure 6.
 
6) If you change the First angle to 270 deg the part would be as shown in Figure 6.
 
CATIA - Groove Tutorials for beginners
Figure 6.
 
To know better about the groove tool try to change the parameters and the profile sketch....
 
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