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Thanks Ferdo. I feel like I found a gold mine with the CATIA Portable Script Center! I appreciate your help.

Whenever I have this problem, I usually put a space after the part number in the properties. This should resolves the error.

Hi All, I created a CATIA VB using Forms. The Form calls up different modules. THey are all in a CATVBA file. I would like to create an icon (Tools>Customize) to run this VB Form. The way ive been doing it is to open Visual Basic Editor and then run the Form. I wanted to automate this so that...

If the Part your replacing does not have the same UUID as the original Part in the link, it will be refused. In Drafting, go to Edit > Links. Thats where you can change links.

You can use Attribute Links on any text and it would link it to a parameter value. To do this, double click on the table to edit it. Then double click on the text and make sure its highlighted. Right Click on the highlighted text (Not on the Text Editor) and click on 'Attribute Link'. Go to...

Usually its through links (non VBA). If to find it using VB, I would imagine using Selection method. I never tried it yet.

Are you trying to create a sketch using another sketch as reference? You can Project lines or create constraint dimensions with the linnes from original sketch.

CATIA V5R20SP6 (should have been there in my first post)

Are you opening a large assembly and then receiving this error? If you are, then its likely that whoever created that assembly had their own custom catalog and its linked to their own local drive. Check the Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Catalog Editor. Another thing you can do is check...

Arrow keys have different functions in CATIA Drafting. You can modify your grid settings and enable snap grid to position them precisely. Or you can also manually align views by Right click on view frame > View Positioning > Align Views Using Elements. Hope that helps.

If you have multiple R19 files, you can use Batch management to Downgrade files to lower releases. However the end result is the same as what loki3000 wrote.

Is it possible to change an 'Area Fill Creation' color using VB code? When using Area Fill Creation, I am able to assign it a unique Feature Name and thereby select it. But I could not change its color after. The VisProperties Setcolor doesnt work. I have been searching for a sample code and...

Thank you for the info. I wonder why they denied it. It seems to be a simple function. Maybe another request can do it? Thanks for the help.

Check previous threads. thread181-27567 http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=136848&page=17

Hi all, I attached a picture file and I cant find a way to do this. A Detail View is created. I changed the Callout appearance to a different one. Now instead of a letter and a leader as the callout, it is now on the detail view circle and is cut midway. How do you change the positioning of...