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  1. catiajim

    Change Dimension Text Spacing in Standard?

    I would look at the Value Positioning for the extra space. The documentation for these settings is in your on-line docs at .../v5r20/catia/English/online/cfyugdr_C2/cfyugdrsa0404.htm I think the Dual Value Associated texts are in the same general documentation location. Look also here...
  2. catiajim

    external shader

    This is a gaming card, not an Engineering card. Check at http://www.3ds.com/support/certified-hardware/windows-certified-workstations/ for DS supported Graphics Cards. CATIA uses OpenGL, not DirectX, so I would not expect CATIA to work properly, especially the rendering tools.
  3. catiajim

    Multi-selecting items

    The challenge here is that CATIA doesn't really know what you selected. Did you mean to select the Products? The Parts? The Part Bodies? The Edges? The Vertices? When selecting things graphically, CATIA can make some guesses based upon the current workbench and context, but it can still be a...
  4. catiajim

    Link part to drawing

    The problem is that he sent you a new model WITH A NEW UUID. Once that has happened, you are SOL, you cannot relink the view associatively. You can programmatically link the view to the new part document, but your old dimensions will be isolated. Sory.
  5. catiajim

    Relink dimensions

    You can also look into Templates. I think you need the PKT/KT1 license, though. I'm not sure if there is an api that lets you relink a drawing without breaking the links. It can be problematic when doing this intereactively as well. The dimensions and the view care about the UUID of the...
  6. catiajim

    Relink dimensions

    When you are Removing the links, the Dimensions become Isolated. If you turn on Dimensions Diagnostics (tools, options, mech design, drafting, dimensions), you will see that the dimensions turn blue. When you replace the links interactively, you are not Removing and Adding links, you are...
  7. catiajim

    Catia V5 vs. V6

    Chrysler is not changing because they want to. Chrysler is now owned by Fiat, and Fiat is a UG house. Fiat has told Chrysler that they WILL convert to UG. The biggest problem that I see with V6 is building and defining all of the peripheral processes, especially the process of sending data...
  8. catiajim

    Constraints or Fix only - Poll

    We do use the Multi-Snap from DMU more often than we use Constraints. The biggest problem with Constraints in VPM and/or LCA is that DS never supported Flexible Sub-Assemblies in the database. Hopefully, that is fixed in V6. There are also performance problems when the Constraint in the...
  9. catiajim

    Constraints or Fix only - Poll

    Constraints do not work well with VPM or LCA. Typically, we use them to locate the parts, then delete them.
  10. catiajim

    CATIA Mechanical Design Pack?

    DMU Kinematics. Trigram is KIN
  11. catiajim

    Catia V5 vs. V6

    V6 is brand new, and not completely ready for prime time. When they introduced V5 back 10 years ago (12 actually), it took them 2-3 years before it was functional and stable enough for the mainstream production users. While V6 uses the same graphics engine as V5, and thus the interface is...
  12. catiajim

    Cache mode

    How did you save your assembly in that single directory? Typically, you want to use either "Send To Folder" or DMU "Save As Frozen". Also, if there are any CATDrawings, make sure they are loaded along with the assembly, save the assembly and parts, then save the CATDrawings.
  13. catiajim

    CATIA V5 License Selection Script

    We launch CATIA using a VB Application that points to different environments. Part of this App is a selection panel that lets the user select "Design", "NC Programming", "Analysis", etc. From there, we copy a Licensing.CATSettings file to the environment that has the appropriate license...
  14. catiajim

    Part axis moving when part moves????

    Typically, our users build the parts where it is most convenient. That usually means that the parts are in the original location (i.e. A/C Coordinates for the initial design). That being said, if the product changes after the initial design (i.e. if changes are made to the prototype, or if the...
  15. catiajim

    Part axis moving when part moves????

    If the requirement is to have the parts in "Car Coordinates" (or Aircraft Coordinates), then they must be built there in the first place. In addition to Fighter Pilot's concern for not using the power of the software, it is generally a bad practice in V5. The big problem in a PLM world, is...
  16. catiajim

    Adding notes to drawings

    Have you tried opening up Notepad, write your text, then copy/past into the Text Editor Window?
  17. catiajim

    Numerical display description in drafting

    1. You need to have write access to the paths CATReferenceSettingsPath and CATCollectionStandards as defined in your Environment File 2. Run CATIA by adding -admin right after CNEXT in the startup string in your CATIA Icon This is assuming that you don't have a CATIA IT Support group that has...
  18. catiajim

    Catia V5 training

    And sometimes you don't get what you are paying for :( I have had good CATIA trainers and bad CATIA trainers over the years. I still believe that hands on, instructor based training is the best, but i have also learned much on my own by reading the documentation at testing the software.
  19. catiajim

    Lock parts/products/drawings from editting.

    Otherwise, you need a PDM system such as VPLM or SmarTeam.
  20. catiajim

    Keeps crashing in cache mode

    I have seen CGR files become corrupt and cause CATIA to crash, especially if CATIA crashes while generating them. In this case, you will need to clean out your cache folder and let CATIA generate new ones.

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