Cant change parts of dimension standards
Cant change parts of dimension standards
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I am trying to customize the arrowheads, dimension lines, etc. for a given standard (ANSI in this case) but the fields are all greyed out. This is under the tools/standards/drafting menu; I checked under tools/options to see if there was some admin lock on altering the drafting standards but didnt find anything. There must be some other menu or something that allows this access. I am using v5 version 10. Thanks.





RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
CATReferenceSettingPath
CATCollectionStandard
Then start up catia using the following command:
<installpath>\code\bin\CATSTART.exe -run "CNEXT -admin"
Where <installpath> is the installation path of CATIA.
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
Search the CATIA ONLINE DOC. You will find all information about ENVIRONMENT, XML files and which parameter to change.
if there is something you do not understand in the ONLINE DOC let us know, if you have some pb changing your XML file, post your XML we will have a look.
For who are you working to be on R10 ? Should move to R14 or 15.
You might not find all info winthin R10 online doc, check R15 it will help you.
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RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
By access, I mean that you need write permissions for those directories.
No, you cannot get to admin mode by browsing to the catia bin directory and double-clicking on the executable. You need to execute CATIA thru a shortcut with that command in it. The easiest way is to copy your existing CATIA Shortcut, and then edit it to include the -admin option.
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
Thanks.
NOTE: here is a clip of the online documentation I was following:
The recommended method for customizing standard files is the following:
You need to work in administrator mode. To do this, proceed as follows:
Set up the CATReferenceSettingPath variable.
Start a V5 session using the -admin option.
For more information, refer to the Managing Environments chapter in the Infrastructure Installation Guide.
Set up the CATCollectionStandard environment variable.
If none of the conditions are respected, a warning message will appear to let you know that you will neither be able to modify nor save the XML file.
Modify the Drafting standards as appropriate.
Use the Save As or the OK button to store your modifications.
To exit, use the Cancel button.
Once the standard files have been customized and saved, they can be used in a V5 session in normal mode
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
When you start CATIA, do you get a pop-up telling you that you are in Admin Mode? Also, the title bar of CATIA should state that you are in Admin Mode.
One thing that you might check, I believe that at R10 you needed to be a Windows Administrator in order to get into Admin Mode. At R14 this is no longer required (it may have occured earlier, but I didn't notice until R14).
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
Have you tried putting the -admin in the shortcut above?
i.e., "C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B10\intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe" -admin -env CATIA.V5R10.B10 -direnv "C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\CATEnv"
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
Thanks, all your help is greatly appreciated.
RE: Cant change parts of dimension standards
I got it to work, just named a folder for the catreferencesettingspath variable to point to and it worked.
Thanks for everyone for your help.