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  1. slcad

    Drawing dimensions extracted from sketch

    Hi all, I might be going crazy, but I seem to remember about an option in Drafting allowing to automatically create all the dimension from a sketch... Is this even possible, or am I going nuts?... [ponder] Best regards, Stely
  2. slcad

    Hatching (again...)

    Hi all, Back in V4 :-( there used to be a neat feature for hatching management... You could do booleans on the shapes that defined the hatches (i.e. remove a shape from another one etc)... Any similar feature in v5? Best regards, Stely
  3. slcad

    Graphical Properties

    Hi all, This has been a nightmare since working in R18... When we export data to our suppliers (STEP format), we usually assign a certain color to the areas that were changed from the previous version. Working in PartDesign, it's obviously very easy to assign a specific color to a whole...
  4. slcad

    Drafting / Insert > Object

    Has anybody ever used this command at all? Besides the fact that it's not documented (at least I didn't find anything...), the few times I've tried to use it only gave me headaches... What I'm actually trying to do is to insert a pdf drawing inside a CATDrawing (Insert > Object > Create from...
  5. slcad

    Reset colors

    Hi there, R17/SP8 In R16 I often used to perform a "Reset properties" for a body, which would bring all the features and their faces (if "Apply to children" was checked) to the default color. Not possible in R17, i.e. when you have bodies linked from other files. The linked body will keep the...
  6. slcad

    Dimensions appear after drawing update

    Hi there, I have a drawing that is not up to date (parent CATPart was moved). I re-route the link (via menu commands Edit - Links - Find/Replace...) to the right CATPart, and the link is accepted. As soon as I update the drawing, a whole bunch of green-colored dimensions appear all over in my...
  7. slcad

    Reset graphical properties

    Hi there, Is there any easy way to reset the graphical properties (color, transparency etc) of a whole assembly in one shot? Of course the components are colored individually in each file, and we would need a new assembly where everything has the default color and no transparency. What I'm...
  8. slcad

    Empty the memory

    Hi there, I think we all know catia has a very poor memory management... it was even since the old times, catia 4 had it too... Is there any way to empty ("purge") the data from the memory without shutting catia off? Let me explain what I'm trying to do, maybe you have better suggestions...
  9. slcad

    Check the links within an Assembly

    Hi, is there ANY way one can check if there are some "broken links" (non-synchronized external references) within an assembly? I inherited a big assembly (300+ components) that was created without using publications. Upon opening it, I got this list of not synchronized elements, but found...
  10. slcad

    Group Bodies

    Hi all, is there any way of grouping different bodies within a CATPart into a goup, but not assemble them using booleans? Something similar to a sub-product, but inside a single file... I know it was possible in UG... Best regards, Stely
  11. slcad

    PDF not visible in the drawing

    Hi there, I am trying to insert a customer drawing in pdf format into a CATDrawing. It inserts it, but nothing is visible... The object is there, because the file gets bigger, but I cannot see anything. It works on another workstation, but as soon as I open the file on my workstation, I only...
  12. slcad

    Checking a contour

    Hi there, Is there any possibility to check in a drawing view if a contour is closed? I know it's possible in a sketch, just wondering if the drafting workbench has some kind of similar tool... I have a complex contour that I'm trying to hatch, and of course the "auto" option for hatching...
  13. slcad

    Exporting point coordinates?

    Hi there, Does anybody know of a way one can export the xyz coordinates of some points, ie in a text file or even excel? (I know Dassault provided that script to do the "reverse" thing, import the coordinates from an excel file and create the corresponding points in Catia). Here's my...
  14. slcad

    Thread notation in drawings

    Hi everyone, Any suggestion upon the way one can customize the way the thread dimensions are generated? I am trying to create the standard for UNRC/UNRF thread. I created the text-file with the right parameters (as described in the documentation and using the provided "MetricThickPitch.txt"...
  15. slcad

    Swept surface

    Hi everybody, V5R14SP4 I´m trying to make a swept surface with a circular section, "center & 2 angles" option. Did it a million times in R12, but for some reason, it won´t do it in R14... I´m trying to post a picture of the thing, I hope it works (never posted pictures before :(...) As...
  16. slcad

    "An empty box has no limits"

    Hi there, got this message when I try to subtract an imported solid from my main body. V5R14SP4 Any ideas? Thanks a lot... Steli
  17. slcad

    Draft computation mode

    Draft from cone of draft from square? This option is available to PartDesign Draft operation. Something similar is found in GSD - Swept surface - linear - with a draft direction. Does anybody know anything about the difference between the two?
  18. slcad

    Canonical intersection in sketch

    I try to intersect some external geometry in a sketch. When this geometry is canonical (cylinders, cones etc), instead of getting the circle as intersection´s result, I get the intersection point of the cylinder/cone axis. Of course, this happens when "Create datum" is activated, that´s the way...
  19. slcad

    Product Analysis

    Hi there, I recently ran into the following problem: I used some links between parts in the context of an assembly. After some component reordering, I needed of course some isolating and redefining the context. Now I have a final version of the assembly where everything is defined in the right...

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