Catia Mouse to work like SW
Catia Mouse to work like SW
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We have a new employee who has used Solid Works for quite a few years. Is there a way to change the mouse properties in Catia to function like Solid Works?
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Catia Mouse to work like SW
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RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW
RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW
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Christian Bunes
http://www.plastal.com/
RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW
[Ctrl] + Middle-Mouse-Button = Pan
[Shift] + Middle-Mouse-Button = Zoom
If mouse is over the Graphics Window: Scroll-Wheel = Zoom
If mouse is over the Feature Tree Window: Scroll-Wheel = Scroll the Tree
Note: The Feature Tree in SolidWorks is always in a separate Window (whether you're in a Drawing, Part, or Assembly file).
All that 2-finger mouse clicking and the click/tap required by Catia is very frustrating if you've ever ran SolidWorks. Personally, my shoulder hurt for days after switching to Catia (before I got a SpaceBall).
RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW
Middle-Mouse-Button/[Alt]+Right-Mouse-Button/[Ctrl]+Arrow keys = Pan
[Shift] + Middle-Mouse-Button = Zoom
Middle-Mouse-Button +[Shift]/[Shift]+Arrow keys = Rotate
If mouse is over the Graphics Window: Scroll-Wheel = Scroll the Tree
[Ctrl] + Scroll-Wheel = Zoom the Tree
Arrow keys over geometry = Starts element filtering mode
There are some more but they require double mouse click operation, like: [Ctrl]+ to switch between catia windows
You can open the Tree in a separate window also, I use it with my dual screen workstation. Right click on the top node of the tree and choose "open sub-tree" and back in the graphic window hit F3 to hide the original tree.
RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW
Like azrael says there are options to the catia two-mouse-button-combinations but however you look at it it's still different from SW, so it'll take some getting used to anyway.
Why Dassault decided to make two CAD systems that are so different in the basic functions beats me (not to mention file format compatibility), but that's unfortunately the reality.
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Christian Bunes
http://www.plastal.com/
RE: Catia Mouse to work like SW