I am trying to use a string parameter in the properties feature name field so that later name changes can be simplified into the change of one parameter which will affect all locations where that name is referenced, such as open body name, geometric element name. I have an aircraft skin that has...
We've found that once material is added to a catpart, a material parameter appears in the parameters node of the tree. If and when we remove material from the catpart, the material parameter remains with a value of 'none'. We can't delete that parameter. Obviously, it's not a big deal; but, we...
We have received 3 of the new Dell Precision 690 64bit workstations to run catia. One of our problems is that our IT group has had to configure them back to 32 bit until we get some other applications set up for the 64 bit. We expected at least the same performance of the old workstations; but...
Our tooling group has the task of creating several 'Sprung' surfaces for composite tools. These 'Sprung' surfaces will compensate for the shrinking that happens during the curing process. We do it manually; but, it is time consuming and tediuos to get it accurately. These are not simple ruled...
I've tried using the 'Hidden Text' within the FTA flag note window which causes a text window to pop up when you place the curser on the flag note. A good way to see what the note is without having to go to the parts list to read it. Much to my surprise, while doing a review on a part in our...
I want to offset a curve within a sketch based on a 'Law'. This will give me a variable offset results. I believe this how I created the control curves for spring-back tooling sufaces in V4, it's been a long time though. I haven't found a way to use a defined 'Law' in a sketch for offset curves...
We've upgraded to V5 R17 some time ago and have found that we cannot select an item from the tree if it is in 'Hide'. I believe we were able to select these hidden elements from the tree in R15 and R16.
Is this a setting thing somewhere? I've looked and cannot find one. Is this something new in...
I am trying to improve a VBA utility so that the program will filter out all of the points, regardless of their typename, out of an openbody that is selected by the user. An example of this would be selecting an openbody of points and vectors that represent a fastener pattern. The points can be...
We are an Aerospace design office that uses Catia V5 as our design tool, and have been 'looking at'/evaluating Enovia and its benefits and/or problems for use within our company as our PDM. IBM, Dassault, and their partners have promoted it as the greatest thing since sliced bread; however, what...
There is a -Reorder- method under the -List- object. The List object is a 'collection'. Products is also a 'collection'. I have tried, with no luck, to use the 'Reroder' method to reorder instances within a product.
I have asked for help on this reorder thing in this and other forums; I've only...
I have a drawing that, due to some changes in views, has sheets out of order in the tree...sheet 1,3,2, and 4.
I have not found a re-order function anywhere that will re-order these. I've tried to cut-and-paste the sheets; but, the section views that where created from other sheets loose the...
When I take short section views of a long part, Catia will cut the part with a phantom line. We need to use a break line. Is there a way to change the line type catia uses as a break line for a shortened section cut/view?
Example: I have two non-parallel curves and I want to drag a sketch along these curves using adaptive sweep. Within the sketch, I have a detail that I want to be placed 1/3 the distance between the curves as the sketch moves along the spine. I've tried to dimension insection points with the...
Within our aircraft assy's we have subproducts that contain fasteners. During the evolution of the design, these fasteners are often replaced by others. The problem is that the Fastener Product instance name stays the same as the old original fastener. There is a report that prints out this name...
How does one set the depth of a section view so that the view doesn't show/project the part behind a given plane? In old V4-auxview2, it was called back-clipping. It was nice for long parts such as aircraft spars when showing a stiffener features without everything behind it.
A couple of our guys have had the geometric elements disappear behind or under the solids in the models. Only the part of the line or curve that is exterior to the solid shows up. We don't know what caused the change nor can we find a visualization setting for this. They have had to delete the...
When I use material properties to analyze a part, I get this envelope around the part. Is the a way to capture the elements or the dimensions from this envelope to use for stock size?
If I have a view that was created from a large assy by selecting one of the sub-assy's within the top product at creation (only parts from that sub-prod were projected in the view), can I add a part or parts from one of the other sub-products later?
I've found that I get different results depending if I select the object, say a point, from the tree compared to selecting from space. In the following script, if I select the point from the tree, I get the point name, the type is some kind of a point, and I get the coordinates. However, if I...
