CATIA V5 Exams

As a certified CATIA Part Designer, you have proven your knowledge and skills with CATIA modeling techniques after initial training and a minimum of three months of regular practice using CATIA.

This exam proposes hands-on problem sets focusing on modeling and modification of basic, intermediate and advanced parts. Understanding of drafting principles is assessed in multiple-choice questions.

In details:

• Duration: 105 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA V5 Fundamentals or CATIA V6 Mechanical Design Fundamentals

Topics covered:

• Sketch features, tools & relations
• Basic and dress-up features such as pads, pockets, shafts, fillets, chamfers, patterns, ...
• Analysis and modification of the geometry, sketch offset, materials, measures, mass properties, …
• Drafting questions on views, dimensions, title blocks, …

As a certified CATIA Assembly Designer, you have proven your knowledge and skills with CATIA modeling techniques after initial training and a minimum of three months of regular practice using CATIA.

This exam proposes hands-on problem sets focusing on building and modifying two assemblies. Understanding of drafting principles is assessed in multiple-choice questions.

In details:

• Required Product: CATIA V5R19 and higher (for the CATIA V5 Part Design exam) or V6R2013X (for the CATIA V6 Part Design exam)
• Duration: 105 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA V5 Fundamentals or CATIA V6 Mechanical Design Fundamentals

Topics covered:

• Creation and modification of assemblies:
• Placing of the base part, inserting components,
• Constraints, reference geometry,
• Modification of key parameters in assembly,
• Analysis, measures, interferences, replacement, …
• Drafting: views, bill of materials, exploded views, …

As a certified CATIA Surface Designer, you have proven your knowledge and skills with CATIA modeling techniques after initial training and a minimum of three months of regular practice using CATIA.

This exam includes several hands-on problem sets focusing on creation, modification and analysis of wireframe and surfaces.

In details:

• Required Product: CATIA V5R19 and higher except R21 (for the CATIA V5 Part Design exam) or V6R2013X (for the CATIA V6 Part Design exam)
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA Surface Design

Topics covered:

• Wireframe: points, planes, repetitions, line, axis, ellipse, circle, connect curve, spline, axis system, …
• Creation, modification and analysis of surfaces: helix, boundary, extrude, project curve, circular pattern, revolve, sweep, fill, multi-section surface, join, split, trim, fillets, symmetry, geometrical sets, near, …

As a certified CATIA Part Design Expert, you prove your knowledge and skills with CATIA advanced modeling techniques after solid training and between six and twelve months of advanced hands-on practice and work experience in Part Design.

This exam includes several problem sets focusing on multi-body methodology, part analysis, and advanced part design features.

In details:

• Required Product: CATIA V5R19 and higher
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA V5 Mechanical Design Expert or CATIA Part Design Expert

Topics covered:

• Creating solid using multiple bodies
• Combining solids using boolean operations
• Creating intersecting elements
• Analyzing curvature
• Creating multi-sections solids and stiffeners
• Instantiating a power copy

As a certified CATIA Assembly Design Expert, you prove your knowledge and skills with CATIA advanced modeling techniques after solid training and between six and twelve months of advanced hands-on practice and work experience in Assembly Design.

This exam includes several problem sets focusing on assembly advanced features such as assembly analysis, optimization, and flexible sub-assemblies.

In details:

• Required Product: CATIA V5R19 and higher
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA V5 Mechanical Design Expert or CATIA Product Design Expert

Topics covered:

• Constraints and replacing components
• Detecting clashes, sectioning assembly
• Creating BOM, publication
• Creating sub-assemblies
• Flexible sub-assemblies

As a certified CATIA Surface Design Expert, you prove your knowledge and skills with CATIA advanced modeling techniques after solid training and between six and twelve months of advanced hands-on practice and work experience in Surface Design.

This exam includes several problem sets focusing on wireframe analysis, advanced surface creation, advanced blending operations and surface analysis.

In details:

• Required Product: CATIA V5R19 and higher
• Duration: 105 minutes
• Targeted audience: CATIA users

Recommended Preparation course:

CATIA Surface Design Expert

Topics covered:

• Analyzing the connection between curves
• Connecting and smoothing curves
• Creating adaptive swept surfaces and replacing inputs
• Creating different types of blends for surfaces
• Analyzing connection between surfaces
• Analyzing curvature and moldability, …

As a 3DEXPERIENCE Collaborative Designer for CATIA V5, you will demonstrate the Collaborative Design Workflow within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. You will be assessed on the fundamental understanding of the connectivity between CATIA V5 and the platform capabilities such as parts’ lifecycle, revision management and content organization.

• Associated software role trigram: UE5
• Exam duration: 20 minutes
• Number of certification credits: 2