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2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

(OP)
I have an isolated 2d isometric view in a catdrawing that I want to know what orientation it was projected. I am making a design change where I want to project an isometric view at the same orientation of the isolated view so I can superpose the two views. The original design was in V4 so I am working with legacy data.

RE: 2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

Hi,

As you are telling it is an iso view,then the orientation is ISO view only.So what else do you want to know on this?

RE: 2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

I think he wants to know the exact angles that the iso view was created from and then try to duplicate that projection on a newly created view.

Drew Mumaw
www.textsketcher.com
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RE: 2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

(OP)
You are correct drewmumaw. An "ISO" view can be created by projecting a view at any orientation in the 3d space.

RE: 2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

I don't know the answer off the top of my head since I haven't imported V4 data in a long time. Hopefully someone else on eng-tips.com will comment. Maybe I can generate a few approaches though.

I don't think there would be any information in the V4 view to help you. Maybe you could use existing geometry in the view to try and calculate the orientation in 3D space that the view was taken in. Do the parts share a common origin point? Could you export the V4 view into a sketch in the 3D model and try to align it using constraints? Also, have you tried using a named view and plugging in the origin coordinates?

Drew Mumaw
www.textsketcher.com
www.drewmumaw.com

RE: 2d ISO view orientation from CATIA V4?

May I suggest replacing the old view with a brand new ISO view in V5 that is the same as (or very close to) the V4 view. Then you know what you have, and can easily create the superimposed view.

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