Hide tangent line & convert centerlines

[sundeep198]

Hi all,
I deal with creation of tube / pipe drawings in Catia V5 R18 & 19 from models.
My major time is spend in hiding the tangent lines & converting the center-lines. The drawings are big in size. Refer the attached image file, this is just a view of a drawing.

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...73d-a83e-269375e52067&file=CATIA_TUBE_DRG.JPG

Is there a setting or macro which can help me.

Regards,
Sundeep

 

[danicole]

I do tube drawings as well and I am having a difficult time getting the all the tangent lines to show up (some show up, some don't). I think I have tried every suggestion & variation from this post with no luck. I need the tangent lines & the centerlines to show up in every view. As it stands now, I can only get one or the other depending on which options I choose. I have found that if I change the View Generation Mode to "CGR" or "Approximate", the tangent lines appear but the centerlines disappear. Those modes also disable most of the Dress-up buttons.

Please help!

 

[GELFS]

Hi danicole,

It works for me.
With the following settings in the view properties:

Fillets:Boundaries: checked
3D WireFrame:Is always visible: checked
Generative View Style: set to my customized generative view style filename

I get displayed tangent and centerlines.

What is the version you use?


-GEL
Imposible is nothing.

 

[hims1980]

Hi! GEL,

I just looked this forum & am having a problem in my standard .xml file for Default Generative Style. I am not able to locate the node "3D Inheritance" in this file.

Can you please help ?


Regards,

Himanshu

 

[GELFS]

Hi Himanshu,

In the file DefaultGenerativeStyle.xml, the first nodes are definitions of used enumerators.
At the end of them, there is the node named Drafting
The second sub-node of Drafting node is called ViewDressup
The second sub-node of ViewDressup node is the 3DInheritance

   <std:node name="[b]Drafting[/b]">
<!--   Drafting application parameters-->
   <std:node name="Generate">
      ...   
   </std:node>
   <std:node name="[b]ViewDressup[/b]">
      <std:node name="Operators"
          ...
       </std:node>
      <std:node name="[b]3DInheritance[/b]">
         <std:node name="Wireframe">
            <std:node name="Color">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Linetype">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Thickness">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>
         </std:node>

         <std:node name="Solid">
            <std:node name="Color">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Linetype">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Thickness">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>
         </std:node>

         <std:node name="3DPoints">
            <std:node name="Color">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Symbol">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">Yes</std:enumval>
            </std:node>

            <std:node name="Name">
               <std:enumval name="YesNo">No</std:enumval>
            </std:node>
         </std:node>
      </std:node>
      <std:node name="GeneratedGeometry">
         ...
      </std:node>
      </std:node>
   </std:node>
</std:node>
...

-GEL
Imposible is nothing.