hi,
first know the basic difference between join and heal.
join tries to close the surfaces with the given tolerance, but doesn't change the geometry.
heal does the same as join but it will change the geometry ( shape)
its left upto the area in which u r going to apply the join or heal...
hi,
if u r working on ideas9m3, then u can use the interoperatibility function where u can directly save an ideas file as a parasolid format.
then u can open that parasolid file in UGNX, and make a saveas as catia model say 123.model.
if that model is not a solid, then u may have a make it...
hi ,
Using layers in catiaV5 is a difficult task in the sense it may not work as easily as other conventional cad packages.
I recommend to make effective use of hide/show functionality as entities can hide/showed at any time in the midst of an command as well.
