Powerup-SD   V3.0 May 2009
Feature - Name Origin in GS1 R16 in GS1 R17 in GS1 R19 comments
Faces Deform 12
Face_Bump_+Continuity:Point/Tangent/Curvature GSO Full panel Full panel Full panel  
Face_Offset (No Smoothing) GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Offset_+Smoothing:Automatic/Manual GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel offset for some 'not offset compatible faces'
Face_Offset-Variable GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Face_Offset-Rough GSO (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel rough offset for some 'not offset compatible faces'', (deviation max 1 mm!)
Face_Offset-Rough (Fine) GSO (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel rough offset for some 'not offset compatible faces'', (deviation till 0.1 mm!)
Face_Shape_Morphing GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Face_Wrap_Curve GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Face_Wrap_Surface GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volumes 15        
Volume_Add GSO Full Panel Full Panel No Panel  
Volume_Remove GSO  Full Panel Full Panel No Panel  
Volume_Intersect GSO Full Panel Full Panel No Panel  
Volume_Trim GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Extrude GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Revolve GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Multi-Section GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Shell GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Thick-Surface GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Close-Surface GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Sew-Surface GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Fillet GSO Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Volume_Split GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel (not yet mentioned in CATIA Documentation upto R17.. but works fine!)
Volume_Draft GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Draft_Reflect-Line GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Volume_Draft-Variable-Angle GSO Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel Example volume will be created in part origin,
can be changed later: Clear selections, select new faces
Faces Unfold (DL1) 2        
Face_Unfold_Ruled-Surfaces DL1 Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Curve_Develop_Curves DL1 Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Curve_Transfer DL1 (not existing) Full panel Full panel  
Face Fillets (1 Support, Edge) 6
Face_Fillet_Edge_Radius:Variable_+Spine    /+Limit /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel further options: trim support, limiting element
Face Fillets (1 Support, Face-Face) 10
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Radius:Constant GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Radius:Constant        /+Limit /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel further options: trim support
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Radius:Holdcurve       /+Limit /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel further options: trim support
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Tritangent  GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel further options: trim support
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Tritangent                  /+Limit /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel limiting element must not cut the boundary of the support faces
Face Fillets (2..3 Supportfaces) 12
Face_Fillet-Shape_Bi-Tangent_Radius:Constant GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Fillet-Shape_Bi-Tangent                          /+Spine   /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Crash Crash Partly panel CATIA-Bug: Abend when doubleclicking this feature!
Reported as HD67839, fixed since V5R18 SP02
Face_Fillet-Shape_Bi-Tangent_Radius:Law_+Spine         /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Crash Crash Partly panel CATIA-Bug: Abend when doubleclicking this feature!
Reported as HD67839, fixed since V5R18 SP02
Face_Fillet-Shape_Bi-Tangent_Radius:Holdcurve_+Spine /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Face_Fillet-Shape_Tri-Tangent    /+Trim:all GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel CATIA-Bug: CATIA creation-panel for ‘face fillet shape bi-tangent’ (GS1) changes to
'face fillet shape tri-tangent’, so you cann't create any Bitangent-Shape-Fillets.
Workaround, Panel-reset: Insert a Bitangent-Shape-Fillet with Powerup-SD and/or modify such Fillets
Reported as HD68154, fixed with V5R19
Faces Healing  36
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Point GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Point_Freeze (+Options) GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel use boundary as sharp edge, if sharp edge isn’t needed.
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Tangent GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel use boundary as sharp edge, if sharp edge isn’t needed.
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Tangent_Freeze (+Options) GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel use boundary as sharp edge, if sharp edge isn’t needed.
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Tangent_Freeze_+SharpEdge (+Options) GSD (S) Crash Crash Partly panel use boundary as sharp edge, if sharp edge isn’t needed.
CATIA-Bug: Abend when doubleclicking this feature!
Reported: HD67921, fixed since V5R18 SP2
Faces Sweep Explicit 15
Face_Sweep-Adaptive GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel completely editable in GS1 with full panel!
sketch.profile1 can include intersections and tangencies with guides and
neighbor faces (support-faces)
Face_Sweep_Explicit_2-Guides_Anchor:2Points GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Sweep_Explicit_2-Guides_Anchor:1Point+Direction GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Face_Sweep_Explicit_Pulling-Direction GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Sweep_Explicit_Pulling-Direction_Anlge-Law GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Face_Sweep_Explicit_Reference-Surface GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Sweep_Explicit_Reference-Surface_Anlge-Law GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Faces Sweep Segment 44
Face_Sweep_Segment_2-Limits GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Segment_LimitCurve+MiddleCurve GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Segment_Draft-Direction GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Segment_Reference-Curve GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Segment_Reference-Surface GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Sweep_Segment_Reference-Surface_Lenght:Law GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Face_Sweep_Segment_Tangency-Surface GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created.  
Face_Sweep_Segment_2-Tangencial-Surfaces GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Faces Sweep Circular 24
Face_Sweep_Circular_1-Guide_+TangentSurface_+Radius GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created.  
Face_Sweep_Circular_1-Guide_+TangentSurface_+Radius:Law GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created.  
Face_Sweep_Circular_2-Guides_+Radius GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created. 4 partial solutions deducible trough split
Face_Sweep_Circular_2-Guides_+Radius:Law GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created. 4 partial solutions deducible trough split
Face_Sweep_Circular_2-Guides_+TangentSurface GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created. 4 partial solutions deducible trough split
Face_Sweep_Circular_3-Guides  GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Circular_Center_+2-Angles GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Circular_Center_+Radius GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Sweep_Circular_Center_+Radius:Law GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Faces Sweep Conical 22
Face_Sweep_Conical_2-Guides GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Conical_3-Guides GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Conical_4-Guides GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Face_Sweep_Conical_5-Guides GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Faces Others 11        
Face_Extract_(without Federation) GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Extract_+Federation GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel CATIA-Bug: Federation-presetting remains for further Extracts
Workaround: Insert Extract without Federation with Powerup-SD
Reported as HD68049, fixed with CATIA V5R18 SP2
Face_Extract-Multiple GSD Partly panel Partly panel Full panel  
Face_Extract-Multiple_+Federation_+Complementary GSD Partly panel Partly panel Full panel  
Face_Fill_+Continuity:Curvature GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel Add or exchange boundary curves later by editing parents (join features).
Attention: during modification in the panel the curvature continuity will be lost
Face_Join_+Federation:All GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel partly federation: combination with 'join without federation'
Face_Offset (No Smoothing) GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Face_Offset_+Smoothing:Automatic/Manual GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel offset for some 'not offset compatible faces'
Curve Smooth 9
Curve_Smooth Extremity1/2:Point GSD Full panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Curve_Smooth Extremity1/2:Tangency GSD Partly panel Full Panel Full Panel in GS1 R16: tab 'extremity' is not available, in R17 available
Curve_Smooth Extremity1/2:Curvature GSD Partly panel Full Panel Full Panel in GS1 R16: tab 'extremity' is not available, in R17 available
Curve Projection 8
Curve_Projection_Along-Direction_Tangency  /+3DSmoothing GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Projection_Along-Direction_Curvature   /+3DSmoothing GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Projection_Normal_Tangency              /+3DSmoothing GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Projection_Normal_Curvature               /+3DSmoothing GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve Parallel 36
Curve_Parallel_Const_Euclidian GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Curve_Parallel_Const_Euclidian   /+SharpEdge /+RoundEdge GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Parallel_Const_Euclidian   /+Tangency/Curvature /+3DSmooth GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Parallel_Const_Geodesic   /+Tangency/Curvature /+3DSmooth GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel offset will be defined on the support surface
Curve_Parallel_Law_Euclidian      /+Tangency/Curvature /+3DSmooth GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel offset as  law (only euclidian)
Curve_Parallel_Through-Point_Euclidian/Geodesic   /+Options GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Parallel_3D-Offset GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel offset is visible if perspective is equivalent to ‘direction element'
Curve Corner 5
Curve_CornerOnVertex_3D-Corner_+Direction_+Polygon GSD (S) No Panel No Panel No Panel filleting all internal edges of a curve with radius and projection direction
Curve_CornerOnVertex_CornerOnSupport_+1Vertex GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Curve_CornerOnVertex_CornerOnSupport_+Polygon (planar) GSD (S) No Panel No Panel No Panel filleting all internal edges of a curve with edges (polygon) 
Curve_CornerOnVertex_+SupportFace_+1Vertex GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Curve_CornerOnVertex_+SupportFace_+Polygon GSD (S) Partly Panel Partly Panel Partly Panel filleting all internal edges of a curve with edges (polygon) with same radius
Curve Others 9
Curve_Connect_+BaseCurve GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Curve_Extract GS1 Full panel Full panel Full panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Curve_Extract_+Federation GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel CATIA-Bug: Federation-presetting remains for further Extracts
Workaround: Insert Extract without Federation with Powerup-SD
Reported as HD68049, fixed with CATIA V5R18 SP2
Curve_Extract-Multiple GSD Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Curve_Extract-Multiple_+Complementary_+Federation GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel with R17: usable without complementary mode
Curve_Join GS1 Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel contained in GS1, just listed for completeness
Curve_Join_+Federation:All GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel partly federation: combination with 'join without federation'
Curve_Spine_+Startpoint GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel  (not to confound with 'spline' ..)
Curve_Spine_(Computed Startpoint) GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel  (not to confound with 'spline' ..)
Solids, Laws, Mask 8
Solid_Fillet_FaceFace_Variable_+HoldCurve_+Spine GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel PDG+GS1: not with radius:holdcurve or spine
Solid_Fillet_Edge_Variable_+Spine GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel PDG+GS1: not with spine, radius1 is presetted, can be changed later
Others_Law_KWE-Sinus GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel incl. predefined sketch
Others_Law_Sketch_Linear GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel incl. predefined sketch
Others_Law_Sketch_S-Type GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel incl. predefined sketch
Others_Group
Optional:
Group +6 Input-Features (Surface-Joins, can be edited/deleted)
GSD No panel No panel No panel Features in a group can be selected and modified graphically,
just in the Structure-Stree they are hidden (are no longer listed there).
With GS1 you cann't expand or rename Groups, Input-elements cannot be defined.
Startpart_+Mask GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel Mask can not be used as Powercopy, but can be copied to other CATPart
with copy / paste special.. (as specified)  only together with related Axis-System
Point Extremum 7
Point_Extremum_Linear GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel  
Point_Extremum_Polar GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel  
Faces BIW Templates 14
Face_Bead  ABT No Panel No Panel No Panel  
Face_Diabolo ABT Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel  
Face_Hole  /Round/Slot/Rectangle/Square ABT (S) No Panel No Panel No Panel  
Face_Mating-Flange   /+BothSides /+Trim /+Cut ABT (S) No Panel No Panel No Panel  
Face_Junction ABT Full panel Full panel Full panel  
Startpart_Work-On-Support-3D ABT No Panel No Panel No Panel only works in startpart, copy/paste not possible (in GS1)
Faces BIW Templates (GSD) 13
Face_Bead GSD (S) Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel instead of  ABT-version created with GS1
Face_Diabolo  with different fillet-types around GSD (S) Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel instead of  ABT-version created with GS1
Face_Hole  /Round/Slot/Rectangle/Square (GS1) GSD (S) Full panel Full panel Full panel instead of  ABT-version created with GS1
Face_Mating-Flange  GSD (S) Full Panel Full Panel Full Panel instead of  ABT-version created with GS1
Powerup-SD Light
Features 14
Face_Junction ABT Full panel Full panel Full panel  
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Radius:Holdcurve       /+Limit /+TrimSupp GSD (S) Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel further options: trim support
Face_Fillet-FaceFace_Tritangent  GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel further options: trim support
Curve_Parallel_3D-Offset GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel offset is visible if perspective is equivalent to ‘direction element'
Curve_Projection_Normal_Curvature               /+3DSmoothing GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel  
Face_Healing_+Continuity:Tangent GSD Partly panel Partly panel Partly panel use boundary as sharp edge, if sharp edge isn’t needed.
Face_Sweep_Circular_2-Guides_+Radius:Law GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel 2 solutions will be created. 4 partial solutions deducible trough split
Face_Sweep_Segment_LimitCurve+MiddleCurve GSD (S) No panel No panel No panel  
Others_Law_Sketch_Linear GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel incl. predefined sketch
Startpart_+Mask GSD Full panel Full panel Full panel Mask can not be used as Powercopy, but can be copied to other CATPart
with copy / paste special.. (as specified)  only together with related Axis-System
Features NOT included in Powerup-SD (without guarantee on completeness):
Features of GS1, exceptions irrespected GS1 GS1 is required, to some extend also PDG and a  P2 platform
Duplicate Geometrical Set GSD GS1: use poercopies instead
History Window GSD GS1: use parent - children instead
QuickSelect Window GSD GS1: use parent - children instead
Ordered Geometrical Set: Insert Features  GSD GS1: reorder / modify / replace usable instead
Geometric Information GSD mathematic information about the selected surface
Apply / Remove Dressup GSD shows control points 
Face Edge Fillet with Blend Corner GSD only possible in PartDesign2 or GenerativeShapeDesign
Volume_Swept GSO analog to sweep in GSD (only closed profiles allowed)
Graphic support of update errors GSD Analysis of error messages
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