Elements and features - Wireframe elements include point (by coordinates, on plane, on curve), line (point-to-point, point-direction, normal to), plane (offset, angle, through 3 points, through line and point, offset through point), and curves (splines 3D).
Structure editor - The Wireframe and Surface Structure Editor facilitates the capture of design intent and speeds up design changes. Features include cut, copy, paste, drag and drop, edit, zoom, pan, vertical and horizontal modes.
Associative - Design in context allows concurrent work with user control of associativity.
The wireframe and surface can be designed using the part or assembly context. When design changes are made, the user controls the propagation of modifications.
The designer can reuse an existing surface, and link in additional parts to support concurrent engineering (similar to CATIA V4's Multi Model capabilities).
Timesaving features - CATIA Wireframe and Surface 1 includes features for the management of design modifications.
The product provides the capability to isolate the geometry without its history, so it can be dynamically deformed with the FreeStyle applications.
Post-design 3D parameterization can be performed during or following the design, by adding 3D constraints across features.
Under-constrained designs are allowed and over-constrained designs are possible. In such cases, CATIA will alert the user, asking which constraint to remove.
User Interface - Windows user interface reduces the time necessary to get everyone up to speed.
A built-in assistant helps the user through the creation and modification of wireframe elements (snap on geometry).
