Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
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Is it possible to show a component in a drawing view as a refernce, where by you can see all geometry behind the reference component as though it was not there. We are creating assembly drawings of our products and would like to show the customers interface components as a reference. We still need to see what is behind their interface components on our drawings. We don't want to show hidden lines. In other CAD packages such as Inventor (You made these component models "Reference") and in Pro/E (Exclude and make Transparent).
Does Catia have this functionality???
Thanks
Does Catia have this functionality???
Thanks





RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
Under the management tab on the property page of the part there is an option called Represented with Hidden lines. Will this work?
You could also incorporate this using a scene. While in the scene you can change the part colour to a particular colour.
Regards,
Derek
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
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RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
Again, I want to show a part as Reference with phantom lines. The view will be shown as though the reference component where not there. Any components behind the reference component would be shown as solid geometry, as they would appear if the reference component were not part of the drawing view.
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
If I understood you right you have to use the overload properties and change the graphical properties to phantom line for those dedicated parts. If I got it wrong then a picture could be helpful to understand better:)
Jopal, you would be suprised how many things that "can't be done" actually can:)
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
Don't know if you already knew this.. but this part was a little tricky for me first time using overload properties
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
The only way I have found to accomplish this is to create a separate view of the component that is to be reference, change its line type and then superpose (View positioning) it over the other view.
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
The other way is to set up two views using same projection plane, one for the real parts and another view for the reference geometry that you set to be shown as phantom, then superpose then to get wanted result.
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
thanks,
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?
RE: Can Catia make a component referece on a drawing?