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  1. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    I can't possibly be asking too much here... Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc. Ontario, Canada
  2. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    I am aware of the contextual menu. It must be my experience level preventing me from using these options successfully. When I right click the origin box click I find: Create- point, midpoint,endpoint, coordinates, and no selection. The Point, midpoint,endpoint options will all get me an...
  3. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    Can you please be more specific? At what time do I project a point to the intersection of the blue and green face? Where is that option? Is it in the axis system dialog? Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc. Ontario, Canada
  4. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    Getting closer...Ok, so using your picture (itsmyjob), I'd want the X axis origined on the blue face (as well as normal to it) and I'd want the Y axis origined on the green face (as well as normal to it). Meaning that the distance from the axis system X0 to the blue face is 0. and the the...
  5. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    That answer did not help me. I'll provide a picture. I want the X axis normal to the blue surface. this is also X0. I want the Z axis normal to the green surface. this is also Z0. I want the Y axis origined on the pink point. I see no way of accomplishing this using the axis system dialog...
  6. norkamus

    Axis system creation troubles; guidance please.

    I am having trouble creating a simple axis system. I wish to recreate the drawing defined Datums on a part so I may verify hole vectors against a table. The file is using airplane coordinates which are useless to me. So the file coordinate system has no common vector or origin with the defined...
  7. norkamus

    compass manipulation; snapping to features; possible?

    I'm not trying to move parts around. I'd just like to be able to position the compass precisely and easily. For example, the datums on a part are described with a plane, and points. I'd like to create an axis system at the intersection of these points. I (would) find it easiest to position...
  8. norkamus

    compass manipulation; snapping to features; possible?

    The compass eludes me. Is there any way to snap to features? Say I slap the compass on a face. It makes Z normal to the surface. Wonderful. I then want to rotate the compass to a line element or maybe translate one axis to snap to a point (only the one axis) without losing my previous...
  9. norkamus

    CATIA V5 - R18 through R21 - Fit-All-In Zooms too small

    Welp, I loaded your part up and "fit all in"'d it. Mine came out just as your "What it is" picture showed. I made a sketch of a rectangle similar to yours (almost full width of my screen) and fit all in did the same. This is normal behaviour. All of my parts have about this much space when...
  10. norkamus

    Normal View Orientation Problem

    Absolutely! Many thanks! I have a very difficult time learning VB for CATIA. I have nothing to go on. I'll explain: I have made some very useful VB macros in MS Excel and Word. From searching text to formatting borders and incorporating user forms. So I'm not a total dullard with VB. The...
  11. norkamus

    Catia v5: Camera

    I'm not sure about saving a user-defined camera, but you could just set up a template file that has your cameras set up and "New-From" it. Of course that's only if you're making new files... You could make a product file that has your cameras as you like and then import whichever model into...
  12. norkamus

    Parameters and logical operators

    Is it possible to use IF statements in a parameter formula? What is the syntax like for this if so? For instance, I'd like a bunch of parameters to update based on one single string parameter. Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc...
  13. norkamus

    CATIA V5 - R18 through R21 - Fit-All-In Zooms too small

    Now I won't be able to sleep at night... Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc. Ontario, Canada
  14. norkamus

    Sketcher Mode "Match Properties" Command ?

    I cannot find a way to do what you want. Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc. Ontario, Canada
  15. norkamus

    Normal View Orientation Problem

    I cannot fathom or answer why CATIA is so cumbersome to use. You could create a macro (Ferdo) to make it into one click. I've found you need to be highly skilled in VB to use CATIA effectively. I am not and have to post here to get Ferdo to help with a macro to do even the simplest of things-...
  16. norkamus

    Parameters

    Say you want to create a parameter called "stock width". Find the F(x) "button" and hit that. In the window that pops up, at the bottom there is a "New parameter of type" button. Choose length from the list to the right. Click the "New parameter of type" button. Your parameter shows up in...
  17. norkamus

    Normal View Orientation Problem

    Ferdo has a macro for everything! I just do it in two steps, then I create named views as needed. 1) select your face and hit the normal view button. Assuming you were in a rotated view, it will turn out crooked as in your original picture. 2) select a line (edge) in that view and hit...
  18. norkamus

    CATIA V5 - R18 through R21 - Fit-All-In Zooms too small

    Can you post a file for us that exhibits this behaviour? Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20 APM Consortium Inc. Ontario, Canada
  19. norkamus

    CATIA V5 - R18 through R21 - Fit-All-In Zooms too small

    I would think there has to be something that could be found as described above, but if not you could just create cameras (named view) on what you want to see. You wouldn't use "fit all in" anymore but it would work. Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5...
  20. norkamus

    Individual color of components in a product

    Ok. I figured it out. I had a color assigned to the product. As soon as I assigned "no color" to the product, the other components showed the colors I had been trying to assign. Thanks everyone for your help. Nick Light structural commercial aircraft parts PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20...

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