When placing points by eye on a plane, or similarly placing points on a curve, the default step size is one inch. This makes it impossible to place points with any precision. It is possible, to right click over the step size, and make a new smaller step size, but it only is effective for that...
Long ago, in V4, to make a spline in curve2 I would pick a string of points. To smooth the spline, I would keep hitting 'yes'; every time it would reduce the degree of the curve, so that it drifted from the points and became smoother. It gave the option of selecting certain points that the...
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In the past I posted a question asking how to disable the ability to drag elements in the drafting module. The answer came, which was to go to options, drafting, geometry, and then to un-click 'allow direct manipulation.' It worked great!
Now we have gone to V5 Service Pack...
I have a macro program that creates draw curves, which I use for a graph. Previously, it worked fine, but now with V5 R20, it's acting weird. When I try to reflect the curves about a line, nothing happens. When I save the file, and then re-open it, the curves are gone. Is there something in...
I just got a new computer, and now in Catia V5, the menu boxes are irritatingly large. In Windows, I can change the display appearance settings, but they don't carry over to Catia. Is there a way to reduce the size of the menu boxes?
Often when I am picking multiple draw elements, I inadvertently drag one, and it jumps to a new location. Then I have to back up and start all over again. Is there a way to disable the dragging of draw elements?
I have been using the human builder to build mannequins, and then position the arms and legs to the configuration I need. Then, I save the files, but when I leave and then come back to re-open them, the mannequin is back in the default position. This is maddening - does anyone know how to stop...
Hello,
I am in the throes of learning kinematics and creating a simulation file. So far I am making progress, but have run into a wall. Under the 'simulation' function, I pick 'insert' with an interpolation size of .01. This gives one step, and when I play it, it moves okay. Then I save it...
I want to view the vehicle I have modelled from a specific point, at a set distance away from the vehicle.
To do this, I first create a point at say, 50 ft from the vehicle.
Is there a way to specify this as the view point, so the screen shows the vehicle as it looks from 50 ft away?
It would...
I am frequently hiding various lines, pts, etc. And when I want to retrieve certain of these, the easy way would be to access some sort of function to flip to the hidden entity world and pick the ones I want to show. Is there a way to to this? My version is SW2005.
Got a problem: I am lofting a nose cone, which has a non-circular cross section. I have 4 guide curves, and I need to make an additional cross section between the base and the tip. But when I try to create points by intersecting an intermediate plane with the guide curves, I get a message...
Hi there,
I use a spaceball all the time, and often need to rotate the model even in the sketcher mode. But in the sketcher my spaceball won't do rotations. I can still do it with the mouse, but would like to know if there is a way to make the spaceball work.
Hello,
I have a design problem: I have a known large airplane and aileron actuator definition, and would like to scale the actuator down for a smaller aircraft study. If the ratio of the aileron areas times their centroid distance from the centerline is, say 2, how do I apply this to scale...
This is another simple one, but it is bugging me. I have created a draw view of a 3D part, and would like to add some layout drawing elements before printing. To do this I would like to use the center of a 3D circular arc, but when I pick "point" or "line", the system will not recognize the...
About a year ago, there was a post titled 'Build your own workstation for $1000', or something to that effect. It included a list of components, but I'll be darned if I can find it now. Do old posts get flushed after a certain period of time?
Okay, here's another one.
I can use pre-defined views to see a side view of the thing I am making. Let's say it's a car. The problem is, with my axes orientation, the car is pointing down in the side view. I want it to point to the side; I need to rotate the view 90 degrees in the plane of...
Hi folks,
I am using a spaceball, which I couldn't live without, but I can't figure out how to set a rotation center in a 3D model. There is an icon, titled 'set rotation center'. When I pick it, I get a popup that says 'select an object', but when I try to do that, it won't accept my pick...
Sorry to ask a trivial one (not for me), but I am working on a sketch, and I need to create a centerline from a plane that intersects the sketch plane. How do you do it?
Hey,
I have a view which is a section cut. It has cross hatching, but in the 3D model it is not cross hatched.
The problem is, I go to View - Drawing Display - Edge Display, and try to pick edges for a phantom line font, and they refuse to pick. ¿por que?
There may be another way, but it leads to another question:
If I could find the distance along the curve from its end to the first point, I could create the new point at a distance taking into account the first distance.
But the analysis function only seems to give me the length of the curve...
