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  1. Hrishiis

    Learning Catia - Constraint Problem

    The construction line you're referring to is not really a construction 'line'. It is a construction entity (it is a single 'polyline' with no points in it) which you have created by clicking on the face (projecting the whole face). I suggest you create the construction line by clicking...
  2. Hrishiis

    First Impressions?

    Interesting (I thought). I was just asked by DraftSight to reactivate my licence. It involved clicking one button when the pop-up came up (resulting in an email) but thought it was worth mentioning here. It asked me whethe I use DraftSight for 'Home/Work' or 'School' use (note that 'Home' and...
  3. Hrishiis

    More Help with Dimension Settings in Standards

    I am not sure how to create a setting for this requirement but a very crude way to do this for a few dimensions would be to use 'Fake Dimension' and assigning the required number of spaces before the actual real value. I did have a go at setting the dimensions 'prefix' as 'R ' (or similar...
  4. Hrishiis

    Frustrated (New-ish) User

    nkwheelhuy, PeterGuy and all On a partially related topic, I was just wondering if the CATSettings files that are updated every time we close a Catia session has anything to do with saving standards (Is there a separate file that is created?). Or is it just the settings (positions of...
  5. Hrishiis

    First Impressions?

    I was looking everywhere for the equivalent of the 'Boundary Polyline' command in DWGEditor (which is sued to sort of 'combine' a bound/closed polyline) and finally found it! It's called 'Bound Area' which is available in the 'Draw' menu. The functionality is pretty similar, and can be easily...
  6. Hrishiis

    First Impressions?

    Was a bit sceptical about considering migrating to a new software but during the short time I have used it, it has pleasantly surprised me. On a more detailed note, some options are sort of hidden (which makes you go to the help section a little more often than I'd like but I must say it's not...

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