# Basic Steps and Tools in Catia V5 Sketcher Workbench
In this tutorial you will be gaining the basic knowledge on how to use the CATIA V5 sketcher workbench.

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> * This is the screen you see when you open the CATIA V5 Software.

**1.** Let us start by creating a new file.
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> **Start -> Mechanical Design -> Part Design**

**2.** 'New Part' window pops up.
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> Enter the part name and then click **OK**

**3.** A new file with file name 'Part1' will be created as shown below.
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> Part Tree - it creates steps of the operations we work with

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> Planes to create the drawing

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> Compass

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> Sketcher Tool

**5. Enter Sketcher workbench**
> New File -> Select the Plane -> Sketcher Tool
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> This is the sketcher workbench and you can find the sketcher tools on the right, top and bottom interfaces and start drawing.
**6. Change Plane**
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> we can select the '**Exit Workbench**' tool and also can double click the planes in the Part Tree to enter the particular plane (i.e., XY, YZ, ZX Planes).
> Exit Workbench Tool -> Select Other Plane -> Sketcher Tool
**7. Zoom In and Zoom Out**
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> Zoom In and Zoom Out tools
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> Hold the center roller and a single click on 'right click' of the mouse and by moving the mouse forward we can zoom in and by moving backward we can zoom out.

**8. Rotate**
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> Select the **Rotate** key and **hold** the left click of the mouse and rotate the plane.
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> Mouse Roller + Right Click/Ctrl

**9. Move**
Press and hold the Center Roller of the mouse and move it.

**10. Normal View Tool**
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> This is the disturbed view of the drawing area.

Now, to bring it back to the normal view select the "[Normal View](https://i.imgur.com/P8LF1XI.png)" tool.

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**11. Fit in all**

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> This tool hepls to take the drawing to the center of the plane.

**12. Grid and Snap**

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> * Grids disappear, when it is turned **off** and it appears when it is switched **on**.
> * When Snap tool is switched **on**, the motion of the cursor is restricted to the intersections of the lines and cannot be stopped in the middle.
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> * When the Snap tool is switched **off** we can take any dimension of our drawings.

*Try to create a basic mechanical design using Sketcher workbench.
Refer the link below
https://youtu.be/oSKz07vhZk*

### **Additional Resourse**

https://grabcad.com/tutorials/catia-v5-basic-tutorial--1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMQMYpw6Mhk