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    CATIA V5 DRAFTING/DRAWING TITLE BLOCK SCALE UPDATE

    If you are trying to do it manually versus code. edit the text, then RMB outside of the text editor window. choose Attribute link. Then select the sheet, or view from the tree that you want it to reference. Scroll down to scale, choose it and apply.
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    CATIA measure along direction

    See if you have "Distance Analysis" command might not be available depending on which license you have. From top toolbar View>Command List I left projection space as 3d and measurement direction in "X" (X for this model orientation, Z for yours).
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    CATIA measure along direction

    I would try the "Extremum Definition" under points. Generate one Extremum point on the curve in the Z Direction. Generate one Extremum point on the surface in the Z Direction. You can toggle Max/Min to get the opposite results. Then you can measure between the two points and get the "Z"...
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    Dimension representation.....

    Looks like a foreshortened dimension due to the view being broken. The wire is much longer than what is shown in view, so the wire is broken. And then the dimension should be shown as such when the dimension spans the broken out area. Not sure if broken is the correct term...
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    CATIA v5 DRAFTING

    Search Catia UUID to get a better understanding. If you made part 1 plus the .catdrawing. And then did a change to part 1, but when you saved the change as part 2 you checked the "Save as New Document" option. This generates a new .catpart file with a new UUID and you will have problems...
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    StartCommand ON/OFF instead of toggling

    hadzill, what current state are you checking? For example below, Script checks the current state of z-buffer setting. In this case it will either be true or false. Then it sets (toggles) it to the opposite. But I think you could do a If/Then, Else, EndIf If variibale is true (or false...
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    Catia 2D View Fix

    From your tree in drafting module. Select sheet and rmb properties of it. Then there is an option for bounding box or part 3d axis. Switch it to part 3d axis and you will be good. ↓and if you can modify each sheet in your drafting std, all future drawings will then default to that↓
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    Text attribute link

    No special license needed. RMB outside of the text window.
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    Catia V5 toolbars

    Catia de-activates the rotation mode when entering a sketch. Needs to be re-activated in the 3dx toolbar after entering sketch.
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    Catia V5 toolbars

    look at your 3Dx Device Toolbar and see if they are on/off
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    I cannot activate the transformatio

    No content in active body it will be deactivated. ↓No Content in Active Body↓ ↓Content in Active Body↓ ↓No Content in Active Body, but content in a different Body↓
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    Catia V5 toolbars

    Drag them to the bottom or to the top of the screen and they will become horizontal.
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    Hello, New Catia V5 R29 user. Is

    Mouse over command (Tools → Customize) Additionally under Help, there is a "What's This?" use that and it will bring you to the help documentation on that command if it has a link. You do need to have the help file documentation installed and pointed to the location.
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    Catia model tree

    tools -> Options
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    How to add brackets to dimension macro

    take a look at this Link
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