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  1. chev72

    CATIA V5: problems with text thickness in drawings

    I would love to upgrade, looking into it now. But if you think V5r10 is old.....I still use V4 at work every day.
  2. chev72

    CATIA V5: problems with text thickness in drawings

    I am using CATIA V5, revision 10. In some drawings the text randomly swithces to some type of bold print, like the thickness is incorrect. However, upon checking the text properties I cant find anything wrong. This only shows up on a printed copy of the drawing or in print preview mode. This...
  3. chev72

    CATIA V5: problems with text thickness in drawings

    I am using CATIA V5, revision 10. In some drawings the text randomly swithces to some type of bold print, like the thickness is incorrect. However, upon checking the text properties I cant find anything wrong. This only shows up on a printed copy of the drawing or in print preview mode. This...
  4. chev72

    Seal material

    Is there some kind of good general resource for checking what valve seal materials are compatible with certain fluids (gases, oils, fuels, water, etc.)? Thanks
  5. chev72

    Cant change parts of dimension standards

    SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it to work, just named a folder for the catreferencesettingspath variable to point to and it worked. Thanks for everyone for your help.
  6. chev72

    Cant change parts of dimension standards

    I think I've almost got it. Changed the shortcut, added the "-admin" and now I get an error saying I need to set the reference settings variable path in my environment. Im checking it now...it is blank. What do I use as the path for the CATReferenceSettingPath? Thanks, all your help is greatly...
  7. chev72

    Cant change parts of dimension standards

    Ok. I searched the online documentation and I think I understand things better now. However, I still am not doing something right. I created a shortcut with the following path: C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B10\intel_a\code\bin\CATSTART.exe -run "CNEXT -admin" Once entered as the...
  8. chev72

    Cant change parts of dimension standards

    I tried to start by browsing to this .exe file, but I get the same result-the fields are greyed out. Im not sure what you mean by having access to the CATReferenceSettingPath etc. I looked in the catia directories and found the actual .xml file that controls the standard, it will open in my...
  9. chev72

    Cant change parts of dimension standards

    I am trying to customize the arrowheads, dimension lines, etc. for a given standard (ANSI in this case) but the fields are all greyed out. This is under the tools/standards/drafting menu; I checked under tools/options to see if there was some admin lock on altering the drafting standards but...
  10. chev72

    Drawing dimensioning

    Does anyone know how to change the scale/size/thickness of the dimensioning arrows in CATIA V5? Its driving me crazy, I can change just about everything else except the scale of the arrows. Also, it leaves those annoying dimension lines that extend out across dimension text (when the arrows are...

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