Mastering CATIA Composite Design: Beginner to Professional

Name: Mastering CATIA Composite Design: Beginner to Professional
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This course is designed to help you master the composite material design using CATIA software.

Created bySandeep Bandyopadhyay

Last updated 10/2025

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What you'll learn

Understanding basics of composite materials and design of laminated composite material using CATIA V5 / V6 using aerospace components from scratch.
Familiarity with CATIA composite software interface and toolbars for composite design and manufacturing. Ability to create and modify composite design models.
Gain knowledge of various techniques used for the analysis and simulation of composite designs. Generate flat patterns and output data for manufacturing.
Familiarity with the composite design for laminated and sandwich structure with various aspects of product development such as engineering, manufacturing.
Ability to create composite structures that meet desired specifications and requirements.
Understanding of the importance of quality control and inspection in composite manufacturing.

Course content

5 sections • 37 lectures • 4h 9m total length

Introduction2:51
Welcome to the CATIA Composite Design course, where you will learn how to design and analyze composite parts and assemblies using one of the industry's leading CAD software packages, CATIA. Composite materials are increasingly used in many industries due to their lightweight, high strength, and durability. The aerospace, automotive, and sports equipment industries are just a few examples where composites have become essential. CATIA Composite Design is a powerful tool that allows designers and engineers to create complex composite structures that are both lightweight and strong.
This course is designed for beginners to professionals who want to learn the fundamentals of composite design and gradually advance to the professional level. You will learn how to create composite parts and assemblies, define ply orientations, analyze and optimize the design for strength and weight, and generate manufacturing data. The course will also cover advanced topics such as designing laminates with specific properties, using advanced analysis tools, and automating design processes. By the end of this course, you will have a strong foundation in CATIA Composite Design and the skills necessary to design composite parts and assemblies for a variety of industries. Whether you are a student, engineer, or designer, this course will equip you with the tools and knowledge to create lightweight and strong composite structures that meet the demands of today's industries.
Course Content2:46
What is Composite Material1:29
Discover what composite material means and why designers choose composites. Explore fibers and plies, matrices (resins), and common materials like carbon fiber, glass fiber, and Kevlar.
Why Composite Material2:11
Discover why composite materials offer a high stiffness-to-weight ratio, boosting fuel efficiency in aircraft, and how they enable complex shapes with excellent surface finish from mold structures.
Basics of Composite Manufacturing2:49
Basic Rules of Composite Material Design4:43
Ply Angles4:21
Ply Symmetry4:59
Ply Balance4:50
Composite Modeling Approach5:27
Composite Zone Based Approach11:02
Composite Other Basic Parameters3:33

Recap and Basic Reference Creation for Composite Part4:39
Recap the basics of composites, including material types, design rules, and manufacturing processes, then demonstrate creating a basic ply and transition zones in CATIA.
Basic Composite Design Module Parameters Understanding13:25
Navigate the composite design module, create composite parameters, select materials from the catalog, and define thickness, cure thickness, fabric width, and layup directions for unidirectional and angled fibers.
Groups Creation5:37
Zones Creation7:13
Ply Creation from Zones and Visualization7:28
Learn to create plies from a single zone in CATIA, visualize ply sequences with the ply explorer, and evaluate staggering, taper, and sectioning for accurate layup.
Ply Creation From Spreadsheet6:51
Transition Zone Creation10:32
Ply Visualization10:55

Recap Till Now3:11
Create a surface with zones and a transition zone, visualize ply counts with a connection generator, then explore ply explode and define plies from a group with material and orientation.
Solid and Geometry Creation from Zone6:36
Master CATIA composite design by creating solids and geometry from zones and plies, using zone-based stackups and transition zones to visualize taper and top-surface features.
Stackup File Creation and Analyzing9:22
Ply Creation from Stack-up File5:16
Create plies from zones using stack of file and define ply sequence. Adjust materials and parameters, verify with the ply explorer, and generate geometry from zones to ensure correct stacking.
Limit Contour4:48
Understanding Limit Contour and Sandwich Structure8:33
Explore how to design core-based sandwich structures in CATIA, distinguish monolithic from sandwich layups, and manage ply groups, the upper surface, and core integration.
Creating Sandwich Structure9:16
Create a sandwich structure in CATIA by defining a 0.4 core, building a ply group with a rosette system, and stacking plies above the core with draft angles for smoothness.
Creating Flatten Contour10:24
Show how to use producibility analysis to predict wrinkles and deformation of plies at 0 or 45 degrees, then flatten plies into 2d curves and flat patterns for laser cutting.

Composite Manufacturing Information11:02
Composite Edge of Part14:24
Composite Edge of Part With Material Excess Creation15:25
Examine creation of engineering edge of part and manufacturing edge of part, generate and synchronize manufacturing documents, and define laminate from zones with ply explorer and material excess.
Dart and Splice Creation7:33
Create a line dart to reduce wrinkles and perform 3D ply splices by selecting plies, defining a splice curve with a sketch, and generating cut pieces for producibility analysis.
Composite Drawing Creation6:47
Create drafting drawings from isometric views in Catia, apply composites exploded views, edit single plies, and enable shading with edges for raster presentation.
Composite Ply Book4:19
Learn to generate a Catia composite ply book by using the default VBScript to create templates, generate flipbooks, and produce individual ply sheets or a single sheet with raster views.
Summarizing The Whole Course9:01
Closing Note3:18
Composite Design Exercise
GRID Design Introduction in CATIA CPD2:27

Requirements

Familiarity with basic CAD software, such as CATIA V5, and the ability to use it for simple modeling tasks.
A basic understanding of material properties like CFRP, GFRP, Kevlar, Epoxy etc. Some knowledge of composite materials, including fiber orientation, resin systems, and manufacturing processes.
A background in engineering or a related field may be helpful, but may not be required.

Description

Composite Material Design Using CATIA Software is a well known software to design the Composite Laminated structure. Composite materials are materials that are made up of two or more constituent materials with different physical and chemical properties. By combining these materials, composites can be designed to have improved or unique properties that are not achievable with any of the constituent materials alone. Composites are widely used in a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, construction, and sports equipment. The design of composite materials involves selecting the appropriate constituent materials, determining the optimal fiber or particle orientation, and deciding on the manufacturing process that will be used to produce the final product.

Several factors that need to be considered in composite design, including the mechanical properties, weight, cost, durability, and environmental factors. Some common composite materials include carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP), and aramid fiber reinforced polymer (AFRP). The choice of material depends on the specific application and the desired properties of the final product. When designing a composite material, it is important to consider the manufacturing process that will be used. Common manufacturing processes for composites include filament winding, pultrusion, and resin transfer molding. Each process has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the selection of the manufacturing process will depend on the design objectives and constraints. In addition to the design and manufacturing of composite materials, it is important to consider the testing and analysis of the final product. This includes both non-destructive testing, such as ultrasonic testing and X-ray inspection, as well as destructive testing, such as tensile and compression testing.

By carefully analyzing the performance of the composite material, it is possible to identify areas for improvement and optimize the design for future applications. Using CATIA software in Composite Design field is widely used in Aviation, Automotive, Sports, Renewable Energy and various other domains. One can learn the design processes very much in-depth using the course. Please be mentioned that the GRID Design method is not included into this course. It consists of Ply-By-Ply and Zone based methods only in CATIA Composite design methods.

Who this course is for:

The CATIA Composite Design course is designed for engineers, designers, and other professionals in the aerospace, automotive, and other industries who need to create complex composite structures using the CATIA software. It is also suitable for students pursuing an engineering or design degree who wish to specialize in composite materials and design.
Composite design engineers, Composite manufacturing engineers, Aerospace and automotive engineers, Product development managers, Researchers in composite materials and design
Overall, anyone who needs to design, analyze, and simulate composite structures using CATIA software can benefit from taking a CATIA Composite Design course.
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Introduction12 lectures • 51min

Composite Zone and Ply Creation8 lectures • 1hr 7min

Monolithic and Sandwich Structure8 lectures • 57min

Composite Manufacturing and Drawings9 lectures • 1hr 14min

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