Recent content by bjod

Hi You can also multi-select views before going into properties, and change them all at once. -Bjorn D

Hi Maybe it's not very much for automotive, but for general standard parts: http://www.web2cad.co.uk/ is very good. -Bjorn D

Sounds cool :) Always looking for (good) sources of help and information. -Bjorn D

Hi there. As for installing the documentation, this can be done by inserting the first of the documentation set CD's. If the CD does not autostart browse for a installation/start executable file.The installation program will ask you to insert CD's one by one during the process. You can choose...

Hello there. In vbscript(.CATvbs), all variables must be declared as variants: Dim NewPart or Dim NewPart as variant If you create your macro as an .CATScript, your code should work. The V5 automation documentation examples are mainly for CATScript. -Bjorn D

Hello there. I also find it annoying. The sorting should have been an option in the user preferences, with the ability to sort by the column of choice. -Bjorn D

Hi There. Maybe you could use scenes to separate the different assembly configurations, and then make drawingviews from the scenes? I haven't used scenes much myself,but I think this should work for your requirements. -Bjorn D

Hello there. I think in the most recent releases of CATIA you can choose "raster" as an option in the drawing view property box. I think you can choose to see the assembly colors in here as well, but there might be some more options in the "Tools"-menu for drafting to do this... -Bjod

Hello there. You can also try to save the Assembly as an .txt file. This will give you the tree structure with expanded nodes. -Bjod

Hi there. I'm a Spacemouse plus user and I think it is great. The buttons could be better placed though(I use about 4-5 of them regulary). The buttons seems to be more ergonomically placed on the Spaceball, but I have never tried one myself. I would recommend you try out one of these devices...

Hello there. Try to rename the profiles as you put them into the assembly, before putting in the next instance of the same profile. -Bjod

Yup, it sure does. It must be to match the design on the rest of the site.Very unpractical and annoying for a forum. -Bjod

Hi there. You can find it in the "Developers Room" under Automation -> Collaboration. http://www.3ds.com/alliances/automation-developers/collaboration/forum/ It seems they have changed the passwords to, at least I had to get a new password mailed to me. -Bjod

Hello. You can put in Ascii characters by holding down the Alt-key and typing the ascii code-number. There are several sites listing these codes, have a look at: http://www.asciitable.com/ for example If you hold down the Alt key, type 234, you should get the omega-symbol. Be sure to use a...

Just a tip about the smartpick: Using the Shift and Control Key on your keyboard to either lock or disable smartpick constraints when drawing. Can't remember which is which right now :) -Bjod