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  1. steelheadcity

    revision tracking with model based definition FTA

    Im thinking i will have to creat 2d on our side. we have the PDM systems. currently we run smarteam but will be migrating to Aras and currently also use vault. vault being our main for cad since we solely use inventor . im the only catia user out of the hundereds of invetnor users. our customer...
  2. steelheadcity

    revision tracking with model based definition FTA

    i can track a revision, my concern was tracking what has changed. its not like on a 2d drawing where you show what has changed with revision information. so if i pass my 3d model on to either my customer, my supplier or even someone 5 years down the road that views the history of the part, how...
  3. steelheadcity

    revision tracking with model based definition FTA

    one of our companies aerospace customers is going to all model based definition and is pushing the requirement to us. we do not have experience with it. i am currently the only catia user and will be the one interacting with our customer on this subject. how does anyone handle revision...
  4. steelheadcity

    what is considered a large assembly for catia v5?

    i am looking fr what some people consider a large model. i am currently receiving a catpart from our customer that is in the 2gb size range then down to 800 mb in cgr. approx. 30k bodies. customers policy is no catproducts, only catparts. my system seems to just barely handle it. what would be a...
  5. steelheadcity

    Trailing zeros on a whole number

    ok, it seems to be working now. been fighting with that for a month lol thank you for your help!
  6. steelheadcity

    Trailing zeros on a whole number

    thank you in advanced to anyone that can point me in the right direction. i am trying to find how to add the trailing zeros to a whole number. i have set trailing zeros on, but even with them on if i have a dimension that is exactly 1" it gives me just 1 and not 1.000.
  7. steelheadcity

    creating a basic dual valued dimension

    found the answer to my question. didnt know there was a frame options box.
  8. steelheadcity

    creating a basic dual valued dimension

    I have been trying to figure out how to get the box to show up around a dual valued basic dimension in a drawing. i can a frame around the dimension, but it only goes around the main dimension. it will not include the alternate. i am using inches over millimeters. there is probably something...
  9. steelheadcity

    setting dimension styles to show dimensions out to decimal 5 places

    oh duh, thank you! the simple thing I never tried lol thank you for the help!
  10. steelheadcity

    setting dimension styles to show dimensions out to decimal 5 places

    drawing dimensions, when I use the pull down the it gives me the options out to .0001, I need to be able to go out to .00001. I have looked at the dimension styles, but am not positive about the terminology. I was thinking it was the "value display format> main value> displayed factor" or one of...
  11. steelheadcity

    setting dimension styles to show dimensions out to decimal 5 places

    i have been digging to find how to get catia to 5 decimal places. I have searched all the sites and through all the help documentation and cannot find how to set the dimension styles to go out that far. any help or point in the right direction would be appreciated. thank you!
  12. steelheadcity

    graphics speed issue v5

    thank you, I am going to look for that macro, that would be helpful. we have been able to avoid working with our customers large assemblies in the past, but now our customers are starting to push us into using catia (we use inventor) so I am the only one here that is using catia, along with...
  13. steelheadcity

    graphics speed issue v5

    background, up until the past year most of the work I have been doing has been smaller models, up to about 100 pcs. I was using a Dell M4600 laptop. no big deal I could work very easily. well the customer is now sending me their DMU models and they are almost complete aircraft engine along with...
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