Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
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Hi,
If I have a part designed in CATIA V5 in body position away from the origin but on the drawing I want one corner of that part to be 0,0,0 and have everything measured off of that corner how is this possible without moving the part? I have created an axis and made it current but this does not seem to effect the drawing or the 3D measurement unless you toggle the other axis option in the measurement tool but this is only temporary. In V4 when we create a new axis and make it the working axis that point becomes 0,0,0 in the model and drawing why does this not work in V5? I appreciate any input into this topic. Thanks,
If I have a part designed in CATIA V5 in body position away from the origin but on the drawing I want one corner of that part to be 0,0,0 and have everything measured off of that corner how is this possible without moving the part? I have created an axis and made it current but this does not seem to effect the drawing or the 3D measurement unless you toggle the other axis option in the measurement tool but this is only temporary. In V4 when we create a new axis and make it the working axis that point becomes 0,0,0 in the model and drawing why does this not work in V5? I appreciate any input into this topic. Thanks,





RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
If you actually want the blue H and V lines in that position, then you have a little more work to do. Create an axis system at the desired origin in the 3D model file. Then when you bring in a view, pick that axis system (in the tree) BEFORE picking the view plane.
That should do it.
--Jay
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
Place a point in the model where you want 0,0,0 to be and then in the drawing turn on 3d points in properties/view and take all your dimensions from that point.
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
RE: Coordinate Dimensioning CATIA V5
However, when I do this in an assembly that point becomes 0,0,0 on the part where the axis is created and every other component is measured off of that origin only where it was created but not where it is positioned in the assembly. So if I have an instance of a component 8 times in the assembly in 8 different positions each time I add a 3D coordinate callout it is the same coordinate in all positions??? This is strange because if I create a view without changing the origin all the instances have different coordinate locations. It seems that when I change the origin before creating the view it only measures each instance from where it exists in the component and not the assembly. Has anyone run into this problem?? Does anyone actually understand this problem??