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    Script to Rename Instances and Keep Contextual Links

    Is it true that if you Rename Instances with a CATScript 'InProcess' it will keep the link whereas if you do the same Rename Instance with VB 'out of process' the links will NOT be updated? That is what a Dassault engineer told me. Best Regards, John Latva
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    Script to Rename Instances and Keep Contextual Links

    Iis that a way to run a VBscript that updates the Instance Names and keep the Contextual Links? If I manually open Part Properties on a Product and change the Instance Names, a windows pops up and asks to reconnect the Contextual Links. This works fines and keeps the links. However running a...
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    Outputing Tool Holder name to the APTSource

    What I would like to know is how to output the Tool Holder (Tool Assembly) name from the PPTable? *START_NC_INSTRUCTION NC_TOOL_ASSEMBLIES_CHANGE ??????????? *START_SEQUENCE PPRINT/%MFG_NAME ????????? *END This is NOT working.
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    BOM to Excel 2003 problem

    Did you ever find a solution to this problem? We have the exact same issue with empty spread sheets. We are running Catia 64bit R17 SP05 and Windows XP 64bit Service Pack 2 with Office 2003.
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    A new hole in Rev 17 it will have 3 Activity parameters

    Has anybody else seen this? When you create a new hole in Rev 17 it will have 3 Activity parameters. This causes our rules and reactions to fail when we deactivate or activate a hole. To reproduce, create a hole and open the formula editor. When you select the new hole you see...
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    Creating User Drawing formats

    How can I create different size drawing formats in Catia V5? I checked in the ANSI.xml file but did not see anything. Is there another file somewhere? John Latva Greenville Tool and Die

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