Catia V5 Design Tables
Catia V5 Design Tables
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I am cading up a model airplane and the fuselage formers all have the same geometry. They get smaller towards the empenage. I know that there is a way to create a design table in catia so with only a few parameters you can change the geometry of a sketch. This would come in very handy in this application. I have seen it done once but can't remember how. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Fernando
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Is is it possible using this method to have different configurations in the same assembly, without decoupling the parts from the original?
In all my attempts I have only been able to have one configuration of a part active in an assembly at once, or to create a copy which breaks the link with the original part.
Thanks,
Nick
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Every time I make a change to the source part, I have to go into the catalog editor and jump through hoops to get it to update the generated parts. 'Edit' > 'Links' >'Synchronize' sometimes seems to work, but only for minor changes.
What I end up doing is deleting the chapter and recreating it, basically creating all the files again and overwriting the previosly generated set.
Is there a way to re-resolve, or 'force' resolve parts from the catalog?
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Parts Catalogs are kinda funny like that. I think that the idea was supposed to be that you didn't do a whole lot of changing of parts already created. I understand that it's a pain to modify them. Usually, I try to keep 2 sessions open, and do the addition of parts in the "other" Catia session. However, the synchronization is a problem, as you say. (related to having parts already loaded in a current session) You will do a good bit of bouncing back and forth if you are creating parts on the fly. I would guess that someone out there has a script to do a manual sync, but I can't say it authoritatively.
Power copies are another option, if catalogs don't work well. From there, knowledge templates are yet another route. I don't know exactly what you're doing, but there is definitely the capability to accomplish what you ask.
Hope that helps.
P.S. - it sometimes helps to delete all of the parts in your catalog directory before you insert a new part. They'll be re-created, or prompted for update when you need a new part. (dummy parts into your model to help force the sync/update)
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