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    CATIA viewer solution v4 & v5

    I work at an R&D facility to a larger company and we are looking for a cheaper solution than buying a few seats of CATIA at the headquarters. The people at headquarters do not need to modify the documents, so more copies of CATIA are not needed. I was wondering if anyone here is currently...
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    Airless Tires

    Did anyone see the new airless tires in the lastest Popular Science magazine? I read that they are not going to be available for automotive applications until ten years from now because they are so noisy. They are supposedly made from a composite of sorts. I do not have the article with me...
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    My Co-op Job with CATIA v5 (Trial By Fire)

    I guess you first need to understand the depth of my problem. This is not the first time that I have posted on this forum with slightly basic problems in using CATIA v5. I have recently obtained a co-op position at an automotive supplier and I would really like to get better with the software...
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    Dimension Problems when Drafting in V5

    I am having a lot of problems when making cumulative dimensions in V5. The supplier that I am working with will not accept the circle x default for the cumulative dimensions. They want to use regular dots with the zero appearing next to the dot. I have tried many things in order to make...
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    long saving times while using v5 drafting

    I have run into some problems when trying to save my drawing on CATIA v5. The drawings always save but it will take me about 4 to 5 minutes to finish the save process. I looked up the sizes of the .catpart and the .catdrawing files and the drawing is twice the size of the part. Is this normal...
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    Specific Colors of Dimension w/CATIA V5 Drafting (Black and Dark Gray)

    I have run into some problems with drafting in CATIA v5. I have opened an existing CATIA drawing file and added some dimensions and specifications in order to complete the drawing. When i printed out the drawing, I found that some of the dimensions were much lighter than the others. When I...

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