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  1. rikman

    V4 resurrected

    Hi ferdo, Thanks for the info. I've seen some screen shots of dVISE - the graphics look superb, but the interface seems a bit "clunky" - probably since the demo was running on a unix box. That said, I think I prefer the DMU layout as well. I'm not sure how Airbus use dVISE - is it a...
  2. rikman

    V4 resurrected

    Hi Ferdo, According to Airbus' own press release on the subject, one of the issues they had with the looms was that Catia V4 could not generate a 3D mockup of the wiring. I work with Catia V4 / V5 all the time - the only problem I've ever had with visualising wiring in the mockup is that...
  3. rikman

    V4 resurrected

    I spoke to some of the engineers who were involved on the A380 - according to them, the real problem was that one of the major Airbus sites was allowed to stay on CADDS 5 - Catia V4/V5 issues had no real impact. No one seems too sure where the story about the Catia V4/V5 problems originally...
  4. rikman

    V4 resurrected

    One thing you will also need to check about is the operating system: DS are bringing out Catia 4.2.5 for compatability with AIX5. However, they admit that some functionality is lost wrt 4.2.4 (e.g. 4D Nav). If you need to run Catia at 4.2.4, the 44P-170 is probably at the top end of the...
  5. rikman

    Programmatically change the color of a part?

    Sorry "(another part of the code selected the items in the first place)" should read "(another part of the code read the part names in the first place)" "Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "Yes, Brain, but isn't that dangerous?"
  6. rikman

    Programmatically change the color of a part?

    We've used variations on the following bit of code to change the colours of individual parts within an assembly (another part of the code selected the items in the first place): Set SelectedElements = productDoc.Selection Set VisPropSet = SelectedElements.VisProperties SelectedElements.Clear()...
  7. rikman

    To open file format *.x_t in Catia

    If you have access to the correct multi-CAx plug-in, Catia V5 should be able to open a parasolid into a CATProduct. I checked the following link and ParaSolid is mentioned as having a valid Multi-CAx product. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/plm/catiav5/prods/idl/ Good luck...
  8. rikman

    CATIA & LINUX

    Hi All, In the company I work for, we operate a half-way house between Unix and Windows for largish assemblies (10,000 to 15,000 instances): we still perform our server based operations such as automated clash detections, aircraft zoning, etc. on Unix, but the interactive sessions have now...
  9. rikman

    CATIA & LINUX

    Sad but true, I'm not a big fan of Microsoft - if you have to go under the covers Unix systems are MUCH easier to work with - but I've run Catia V5 on both Windows and AIX and agree with what the others have said: V5 is much more optimised towards working in Windows (so long as you have 2k...
  10. rikman

    Drop down screens for IFE

    You could try contacting someone at the following website "World Airline Entertainment Association". They have a technology committee who may be able to give you more information. http://www.waea.org/index.htm "Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "Yes, Brain, but isn't that dangerous?"
  11. rikman

    Drafting Section View Problem

    Whoops! Sorry KooKoo - genuine typing error, Honest!. In my defence though, I have to state that I'm suffering from a severe lack of concentration today - it's a gorgeous day here; I should be out there with a few beers cremating something on the BBQ instead of wrestling with the joys of...
  12. rikman

    Drafting Section View Problem

    Hi Bacvar, We've seen similar symptoms on V5 R13. When we looked more closely at the results, it seemed to occur where Catia had difficulty resolving a given cross-section - where there was more than one possible choice (e.g. due to a clash in an interference type coupling), Catia...
  13. rikman

    can I save Measure Inertia box

    Hello Solid7, I think you may need to have one of the NC manufacturing licences selected to be able to access the Surface Machining Tools toolbar. If you have access to one or more of these licences (e.g. 3-axis machining or prismatic machining) simply enter GSD, go to View + Toolbars and...
  14. rikman

    Can it install the CATIA V5 by no grapics hadware ?

    One of our server administrators tested a Catia V5 install on a unix (aix) server that had no graphics hardware using virtual frame buffer as the graphics setting. As far as I'm aware it worked fine for batch-mode inputs, though it would obviously crash if you tried to start an interactive...
  15. rikman

    VB scripting - how to address a Product?

    I think it should work if you try CurrentProd.parameters instead of CurrentDoc.parameters If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.
  16. rikman

    VB scripting - how to address a Product?

    You could try something like the following: ' Initialise Part Settings Dim CurrentDoc As Document Set CurrentDoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument Dim CurrentProd As Product Set CurrentProd = CurrentDoc.Product It works ok on the macro I'm working on, which follows a similar strategy to the one you...
  17. rikman

    EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS

    There is a roundabout way of getting the sketch points into 3D space in Catia V5. 1. In the Power Input field (the text box on the lower right of the V5 interface), type "t:vertex". This will select all elements of type vertex (sketch points,"real" points, etc.). 2. Within GSD, select the...
  18. rikman

    How to collect 3D point using VB

    Hello I3ob, Unfortunately you are correct - V5 seems to treat intersection (and projection) points differently from "normal" points. While it recognises the intersection as being of type "point", we couldn't find a way to extract the coordinate data directly. The only way round this seemed to...
  19. rikman

    How to collect 3D point using VB

    Hi Camille, We've created a few macros using point coordinate data retrieved from a selection of entities, which may contain some info you can use. The type of element you are looking for is a "CATIAHybridShapePoint". I've attached the relevant portion of one of the macros below: '...
  20. rikman

    text turned into pocket or solid then removed?

    Hello Ncman, While I don't know of a way to do this directly in Catia, a company we deal with have written a macro that takes user-defined text and generates sketches for letters and numbers from a catalog of standard letter sketches. These sketches could then be used to generate pads /...

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