CATIA

Using CATIA V5
$83.95
Making the switch over to V5 is a real pain, especially if you're a busy v4 engineer. Honestly, the best thing is to watch a few v5 video tutorials every day so you don't have to go thru the agony of a book. There's a beginner tutorial that I found helpful. Regardless, this book is task-based and spends a helpful bit of time talking about "making the transition." It will give a beginner an overview of the workbenches, so I'd say it's a good starting point. Here's that video tutorial link - CATIA V5 Video Tutorial CD ROM- Quickstart

CATIA V5R18 for Designers
$69.00
I cannot disagree with a prior reviewer more. This book provides just the right amount of detail for someone with at least some hands on experience in CAD Solid Modeling methods and related background, but no experience in CATIA. Thankfully it is not full of endless click this, click that instructions that take all of the thinking out of the tasks being performed, and send the user into complete boredom. Perhaps this is what the "for Designers" in the title infers. As a mechanical engineer at a Fortune 500 Company, I recommend it for those trying to come up to speed with CATIA.

Advanced CATIA V5 Workbook: Knowledgeware and Workbenches Release 16
$59.95
This workbook is intended to be a natural continuation of the CATIA V5 Workbook and covers a select group of advanced CATIA V5 workbenches: Sketcher, Part Design, Assembly Design, Drafting, Generative Stress Analysis, Sheet Metal Designer, Kinematics, Prismatic Machining and Knowledgeware Tools. Table of Contents Introduction to Advanced CATIA 5
Lesson 1 - Knowledgeware
Lesson 2 - DMU Kinematics workbench
Lesson 3 - Generative Structural Analysis workbench
Lesson 4 - Generative Sheet Metal Design workbench
Lesson 5 - Prismatic Machining workbench
Terms and Definitions

CATIA V5 FEA Tutorials Release 18
$59.95
The objective of this tutorial book is to expose the reader to the basic FEA capabilities in CATIA V5 Release 18. The chapters are designed to be independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics without the need to go through the previous chapters. However, the best strategy to learn is to sequentially cover the chapters. In this workbook, the parts created in CATIA are simple enough they can be modeled with minimal knowledge of this powerful software. The reason behind the simplicity is not to burden the reader with the CAD aspects of the package. However, it is assumed that the user is familiar with CATIA V5 Release 18 interface and basic utilities such as pan, zoom, and rotation. The tutorials are based on release 18; however, other releases can also be used with minor changes. Typically, the differences are not even noticed by a beginner. The workbook was developed using CATIA in a windows XP environment. Nevertheless, it can be used for NT and UNIX platforms without any changes. Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Analysis of a Bent Rod with Solid Elements
3. Axially Loaded Block with Stress Concentration
4. Stress Analysis of a Rotating Disk
5. Deformation of an I-beam under Self-weight
6. C-clamp Deformed with Enforced Displacement
7. FEA Modeling of the Bent Rod with Beam Elements
8. Beam Elements under Enforced Displacement
9. Bending of a Notched Specimen with Smooth Virtual Part
10. Analyzing a Loaded Bracket with Shell Elements, Surface Extraction Approach
11. Modeling Mismatch in Shell Thickness and Surface Mesh
12. Analysis of Thin Walled Pressure Vessel using Shell Elements
13. Using the "Surface Mesher" to Simplify Geometry
14. FE Model of a Bearing-Shaft Assembly using Analysis Connection
15. Shrink Fit Analysis
16. Analysis of a Tensile Specimen as an Assembly
17. Analysis of a Fastened Assembly
18. Thermal Stresses in a Bi-metallic Strip
19. Hybrid Mesh Analysis
20. Spring Elements
21. Adaptive Refinement
22. Free Vibration of a Simply Supported Beam
23. Buckling Analysis
24. A Simple Spot Weld Analysis
25. Defining Restraints or Loads on Patches
26. Limited Hexahedral element Capabilities
27. Frequency Response of a Simply Supported Beam
Appendix: Miscellaneous Comments