Display of Revision of Catia
Display of Revision of Catia
(OP)
All,
We work on different versions/releases of catia for different client projects on the day and its a common error to open a rev 16 part within a rev 17 envioronment. This is something we wish to avoid so :-
Is there a way of displaying the catia revison ie Rev 16
when catia is opened or having a clear distiction between sessions visually - say a watermark in the background or some floating text like the compass or zoom scale indicator.
Ps I am aware that you can click the help text in the top bar to find out which rev I have active, but its easy to forget to check.
Cheers
Mick
We work on different versions/releases of catia for different client projects on the day and its a common error to open a rev 16 part within a rev 17 envioronment. This is something we wish to avoid so :-
Is there a way of displaying the catia revison ie Rev 16
when catia is opened or having a clear distiction between sessions visually - say a watermark in the background or some floating text like the compass or zoom scale indicator.
Ps I am aware that you can click the help text in the top bar to find out which rev I have active, but its easy to forget to check.
Cheers
Mick





RE: Display of Revision of Catia
First of all, you can try this http:
Then you can change indeed the background in a specific startup screen. All you have to do is replace the C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\Bwhateverversionyou have\intel_a\resources\graphic\splashscreens\CATIASplash.bmp with a new bmp file created by you (rename the file if you want).
Regards
Fernando
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
-Hora
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
I think the best way is to tweak the top text line of your Catia window frame:
Browse to your Catia installation folder, e.g.
...\Dassault Systemes\B17\intel_a\resources\msgcatalog\ and look for a file named "CATIA.CATNls". Open that with Wordpad and locate the parameter
ApplicationFrame.Title = "CATIA V5";
Add the version number, e.g. "CATIA V5 R17"; save the file and restart Catia. Works perfectly :)
BR
KJamsa
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
Seeing your post - I would like to investigate the top text line further by adding an environment name.
Is this possible?
Most OEMs have individual Release, ServicePack and HotFix levels, but what if you have more than one environment for the same code level . ..
Just a thought.
Scott.
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
It is possible to have multiple environments / code level. For example I use full design mode, CGR Mode, and Selective Mode.
Most of this can be setup under the enviroment manager - Select the environment - File - New From
Regards,
Derek
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
No and no.
OK lets think of a scenario, we have two installations on the workstation, R16SP8 and R17SP3.
For R16SP8 env name: "OEM1" & "MyEnv"
For R17SP3 env name: "OEM2".
For OEM2 the above scenario, editing the CATIA.CATNls file is OK.
But for the two environments "OEM1" and "MyEnv1" use the same source code, which nullifies your arguement . .
Scott.
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
RE: Display of Revision of Catia
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction - it works well.
Scott.