TOMOB ILE LAMP MOULD DES IGN BASED ON CATIAР FU X iang - kuiР (Department ofMechanical Engineering,W uhan Polytechnic University,W uhan 430023, China)РAb s trac t: This paper introduces a method of erecting die for an automobile lamp shape design, by means of shapeРdesign technology based on CAD, and with the help of powerful free shape design functions of CATIA, using modulesРof CATIA V5 R14, we can construct a three - D mould of a kind of headlamp, analyze some key technology ofРautomobile lamp shape design and mould design, obtain viable solution by examp le, and do some work ofРmodularized and standard for lamp shape design.РKey wo rds: automobile lamp; erecting die; mould design; wireframe; surface