Automate Your Workflow Using UDF | CATIA V5 Tutorial

Learn How to Create User Defined Features (UDF) in this complete CATIA V5 tutorial designed for beginners, engineering students, and mechanical designers looking to boost productivity in their CAD workflow. This video walks you step-by-step through preparing geometry, defining parameters, building smart features, and saving everything into a Catia Catalog so you can reuse your UDFs in any project.

Whether you're just starting to learn CAD, practicing catia part design exercises, or diving into catia advanced functions like generative shape design, catia v5 sweep surface, and catia surface tutorial workflows, this tutorial gives you the foundation you need. You’ll also see how UDFs support flexible CATIA parametric modelling, improve catia part design, and streamline mechanical design in both solid and surface environments.

This video is perfect if you're exploring catia for beginner, figuring out how to use catia, learning the Compass tools, or moving further into catia gsd exercises, catia v5 gsd tutorial, catia sheet metal, or CATIA V5 part modelling. We also touch on related skills like structuring a catia part body, maintaining clean constraints, and preparing models for 2D drawing in CATIA for beginner workflows.

If you're an engineer or designer wanting to master catia parametric design, create reusable features, and build a smarter modelling process, this CATIA tutorial will help you level up your skills.

📌 What you’ll learn:
What UDFs are and why they’re useful
How to prepare your geometry for UDF creation
Defining inputs and parameters
Inserting and reusing UDFs in new models
Pro tips for managing UDF libraries

Perfect for: Mechanical engineers , CAD designers, Engineering students using CATIA V5

💡 Bonus: Includes tips on how to include UDFs into your Catalog

🛠 Software Used: CATIA V5 (any recent version)

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⏲ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - What is an UDF?
03:41 - How to build an UDF?
32:20 - UDF to Catalog
34:05 - Outro

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