Remembering Shown / Hidden Components

[jmiklovic]

I am an NX user who only occasionally has to work in Catia. All I do in Catia is navigate assembly files for the purpose of quoting. All design work is done in NX (In other words I am green when it comes to Catia).

Here is my question: Is there a way to save a 'bookmark' type file that will remember what components I have shown / hidden in an assembly. We deal with large assemblies 1000+ components. It takes me quite a bit of time to hide off what I don't want seen. When I save the assembly I need to leave all components shown for the next user. I would like to be able to open the file again with only the components I want seen displayed.

In NX we save a 'bookmark' file to do this. Does Catia have equivalent functionality to NX bookmarks?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a basic question.

Regards,
Jay

 

[jackk]

A. You could just use SAVE AS to make your own copy of the assembly with the components shown/hidden.

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B. You could add one or more Scenes to the original assembly file

 

[jmiklovic]

Thanks Jack. Save as really isn't an option as I will have multiple users interacting with these assemblies and I need access to what they are doing to them reflected in the file I am using. I believe scenes is the answer. I'll see if I can find some helpful tutorials on how to use scenes, and hopefully that will provide the solution.

Again I am green to Catia.

Jay Miklovic
Sr. Design Engineer
Edco Inc.

 

[itsmyjob]

check the CATIA documentation, it is always a good start for info.

Eric N.
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