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global axis system in a Catia strcutural analysis

global axis system in a Catia strcutural analysis

global axis system in a Catia strcutural analysis

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Hi,
I´m trying to find out wich axis system catia considers as " Global" when you create loads, restrains or when you ask for rections, etc.
The problem is that i have a structural anlysis of a prodcut with some many parts and it seems that none of the axis systems of these parts is the global axis.
I know that the global axis is the one loacted in the right bottom corner of the catia window but i need to know where is the origin and which are the exactly dirctions of the axis.

RE: global axis system in a Catia strcutural analysis

The global axis system of a CATProduct is implicit; it is always at its own origin. There isn't any way to access it directly. You can see where it is and access it by proxy by inserting a new part into the assembly. When prompted about whether to locate the part relative to an existing axis system (Yes) or the product's axis system (No), select the product (click No). Then the part's origin and axis system will be coincident with the product axis system.

Hopefully that helps. I should say, that's how Catia operates normally in Assembly Design. I'm not familiar with Structure Analysis, but I expect it's the same behavior.

Cheers,
Mark

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