Recent content by PeterGuy

In order to identify a hole as threaded CATIA has to look at the specification for the hole. This is requires that the entire model is loaded in design mode. Being able to avoid doing this gives an important performance advantage in partial loading the model if threads do not need to be represented.

explode or expose 2d component in the context menu of the component instance

the pack that contains the cd's may contain both versions. but it depends what was ordered (media order not purchase order, no money is required, if you have paid for legitimate software) or who supplied the software (DS or IBM). the media for each version is 2 or 3 cd's.

Contact your var, either they will provide it or they will organise a login to DS support site where it can be downloaded or requested on CD

In the basic rendering modes, it is transparent or not. use material rendering mode and you will have the finer control the slider suggests

add a reaction sensor to the clamp

use a parameter populated by formula containing knowledgeware measure. I don't think there is any way to include a proper measure in a udf. You also may have fun trying to identify/control which sector the angle provided is

because the copy is out of context. A single part can only be one thing at any one time, therefore there can only be one instance driving the shape. The in context part (the one with the chain link) is driving the part any other copies are out of context. You can change the in context part using...

under the insert menu there are three new things you can insert; part, product and component Part is a new catpart Product is a new catproduct (sub assembly) Component is a logical grouping entity (has similar behaviour to a product but does not have file and does not exist outside of the...

Same sort of button applies, it is called create detected constraints and is on the toolbars at the bottom of the screen

No a component is a logical product, not a part and is therefore part of the bill of materials

Do it as a component then

The component will make a logical sub assembly (parts put into a sub branch of the tree, that behaves just like a sub assembly but only exists as part of the parent assembly). Or there is fix together (spatial relationship between the components maintained unless us expicitly change it)...

NO it is not legal under the EULA, there are number of companies that have had an expensive bill due to this. It is possible to get multi region licences but these cost n x licence cost where n is the number of regions. Speak to your VAR/Supplier to understand what you have and what you can do...

CATIA provide plenty of flexability just not in the way you want it. I have never been completly stumped in CATIA, there is always a way to do something.