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  1. jec3300

    Coping views between drawings

    I have several drawings that I need to copy the views from one drawing to another. The parts are the same but with different part numbers. Is there a way to copy and then relink the drawing views to the new models? Thanks
  2. jec3300

    I-DEAS NX5 information

    I am looking for any information on I-DEAS NX5! Nissan is switching to this and I need any information about the user interface, what is different between version 12 and NX5. I have been using I-DEAS since version 6. Thanks for all of the the help Jim
  3. jec3300

    Straightness vs flatness

    We are currently having a discussion on straightness vs. flatness. Here is the scenario: we have flat mounting surfaces that we need to check in respect to “flatness”. We currently use a “U” shaped block that the part surface can slide into. The gap is set to material thickness at MMC and the...
  4. jec3300

    Error when opening V4 drawing in V5

    I am getting this error when I try to open a V4 drawing in V5. "No internal or external PRJ file no visualization of text and dimensions Please inform the V4 project file path in tool/option." I have found this and have placed a generic file name but still does not work. Any Ideas? Thanks...
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    formula editor

    Is there a way to have an "if" statement in the formula editor? I have an equation that is in excel and looks like this: =IF((18<(0.2*150)),((495*SQRT((0.2*18)/150))+36),((150*(18/150))+105)) I am trying to incorporate this into Catia V5. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the help
  6. jec3300

    3D ANNOTATION TO DRAWINGS

    I have a customer part that has 3D labels on it. I am trying to have these labels show up on the drawing side. Is it possible to have this information show up on the drawing side? If so how or what setting do I need to change? thanks
  7. jec3300

    version 16 to tiff conversion issues

    I am having a problem when I save a file as a tiff. The file size gets very large. I have created tiffs of this file in earlier versions and have had no problems. Now we are at version 16 and the file size is over 150 Megs when converted to tiff! Is there a setting some where that I am missing?
  8. jec3300

    2D INSTANCE EXPLODING

    Is there a way to explode a lot of 2D instances at one time with out having to select each one indivigualy. The problem that I am having is when I import AutoCad data I get alot of 2D instances. I would like to remove the instance part, but keep the geometry. Any ideas or macros would be very...
  9. jec3300

    Tif's into drafting side

    Is there away to import tiff's into the drafting side of ideas? I have several images from our customer that I would like to add to the drafting side. These images are of there drawings. Thanks
  10. jec3300

    Version 16 view definition problem

    I have a user that is using Catia V5 R16 and is having a problem defining a view. The file is a CatProduct and when he selects a face to define the view it acts like it is defaulting to the absolute planes instead. I have looked at all of the settings and nothing is jumping out at me as being...
  11. jec3300

    LINKING TEXT

    We have several text boxes in the drawing side that are always the same values Ie. revision levels. is there a way to link these boxes so that if you change one value it will change the other linked boxes? thanks for any help
  12. jec3300

    Measuring Inertia

    Is there a way when you measure inertia to get the lines it creates (red, blue and green). I need these lines to find length, width and depth for our title block. Right now I am estimating but would like to get a more accurate numbers. thanks for the help
  13. jec3300

    working with time

    I am creating a user form that the user inputs a time value for meter distance and then is converted to time value for yard distance. The problem that I am having is that when I place the time in the "meters" text box and then convert to "yards" it is not converting right. I am using only...
  14. jec3300

    option buttons

    I have two groups of option buttons and I am trying to write code to make sure that one button from each group is selected. Any ideas on how to code this? thanks for the help
  15. jec3300

    texbox data type

    I have 3 text boxes that require a date be placed into them. Is there a way to only allow dates to be placed in these text boxes?
  16. jec3300

    un-hybriding a part

    Is there a way to un-hydrid a CatPart? I need to remove this from a part for Honda. Thanks for the help
  17. jec3300

    WRL file

    What is a WRL file we can open it in assemblies but can do nothing with it. We need to get STEP data but I think it is faceted surfaces. Any way to get usable data out of it? Thanks
  18. jec3300

    Functional Tolerancing and Annotation cost

    I just found out that I am going to have to use the Functional Tolerancing and Annotation tool set for Ford. Any ideas on the cost of this license?
  19. jec3300

    curves from drawing to part

    Is there a way to get curves from catdrawing to catpart? We are getting data in 2D autocad drawing and then need to export curves for tool shop. Any ideas Thanks
  20. jec3300

    Inch Screw Thread Text File

    Does any one have a text file that contains the standard thread sizes for inch internal threads? Catia only has metric and this does me no good. If no one has a text file an example of the format to create a text file myself would also work. Any help would be great. Thanks again

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