I am having trouble creating a simple axis system. I wish to recreate the drawing defined Datums on a part so I may verify hole vectors against a table. The file is using airplane coordinates which are useless to me. So the file coordinate system has no common vector or origin with the defined...
The compass eludes me. Is there any way to snap to features? Say I slap the compass on a face. It makes Z normal to the surface. Wonderful. I then want to rotate the compass to a line element or maybe translate one axis to snap to a point (only the one axis) without losing my previous...
Is it possible to use IF statements in a parameter formula? What is the syntax like for this if so?
For instance, I'd like a bunch of parameters to update based on one single string parameter.
Nick
Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20
APM Consortium Inc...
I feel like a tool. I have to believe there is a way to change the colour of individual components in a product. Right now, if I select a component and change the colour, the entire product updates to that colour. There is no way around it. I can change line types in the way I described, but...
Can someone help with this one? I hit F1 and that used to get me to CATIA help. Now, when I hit the binoculars, I get the errors shown in my attachment. It's gotta be a Java thing. Nothing has changed by my hand. It worked last week.
Absolutely no security settings have been changed...
I hope I can clearly communicate what I want to do. I have template products that I "new from" often. Such as a machine table with a vise and the 4th axis assembly on it. The components for these products (the machine table, the vise parts, the 4th axis parts...) all reside in a master folder...
I just installed r22 and kept my r20 because it was set up just the way I need it. Now, r20 has lost all of my keyboard shortcuts, custom toolbars and all settings are default. Can anyone shed light on what happened or guide me to find (I hope to god they exist) the settings file/ keyboard...
This is likely a very basic question but I cannot find info on it. We currently have V5r20. Our customer has r21; we cannot open their files. Because we are paying the yearly licensing fee, are the maintenance releases (r19,r20,r21....) included in that? Is there a download or patch that I...
On Thursday, our shop experienced a power outage. Now, I've found that all of my keyboard assignments, and settings in the options menu have been reset. Also, a couple icons that I had assigned to macros in toolbars have been replaced with plain text.
Is there any way I can fix this? Is...
When I import parameters from an excel file into a drawing, I have problems with the data type.
Basically I am making a tool list template. There are 23 tools each with 6 pieces of information, so there will be 138 parameters. It is much easier to enter data within excel which is why I choose...
Is there any way to do simple find/ replace across multiple sheets? The current option only works on the active sheet so I have to repeat the process 5 times.
Nick
Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20, NX6
APM Consortium Inc.
Cambridge Ontario, Canada
Is there any way to change the file that is created when you choose "New part"/ product"/ drawing"?
When I choose say, "New part". I get a new part file (duh). I would like this file to perhaps have a couple frequently used parameters already in it, maybe a specific hierarchy of geometrical...
Every time I start CATIA it opens a new product document. Is there any way to stop this? I want CATIA to do nothing on open.
Nick
Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20, NX6
APM Consortium Inc.
Cambridge Ontario, Canada
Hello. I guess I will basically asking this to Ferdo, because I'm sure he'll be the first to reply.
I have been to many resources about VBA scripting. Everywhere I go I learn the same thing; about data types and loops. I totally understand this kind of stuff in VBA, but I have no idea where...
I am interested in learning about and using publication. Reading through the CATIA documentation, it says to select "Tools > Publication" to get started.
Is there a special license required? There is no publication entry in my tools menu either in Part design, or assembly design.
I'm using...
I have read through some posts and it seems that you cannot record macros in the drafting workbench. Is this really the case? It seems to me that drafting would be the one place, above all else, you would want to record macros. What a horrible oversight on CATIAs part.
Alas, I am...
Hi all. I am trying to make a symmetrical part that is linked to the original. How I do it:
-copy the "body" in the part,
-create a new part file
-"paste special"- result with link.
-then I select the symmetry command.
at this point, CATIA suggests "Instead of directly transforming an...
Is it possible to place balloons on a drawing without the leader? I know you can right click on the leader and then remove it, but of course this is unacceptable (I place a lot of balloons). I can't find it anywhere in the drafting standards to default to having no leader.
Nick
Light...
Hi all. I'd like to be able to place, for example, the following text:
"ALL DIMENSIONS +/-0.010" UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED"
where the '+/-0.010" ' is the result of a prompt.
I have just started to become familiar with text templates but haven't found a way.
Nick
Light structural...
In Autodesk inventor, you can create work axes on appropriate solid geometry (cylindrical face). I am having trouble with this in CATIA.
What I am trying to do is make two components' holes coincident in a product. One of the components was generated from .STP and the holes are not recognized...
