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    Assembly Remove

    Thanks pk89 #2 Remove faces, works just great
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    Assembly Remove

    The solid is already in 2 pieces. I don't know why the 2 pieces look disconnected, but act like the same body. I have included a picture to explain my problem a little further. The smaller piece at the bottom needs to be deleted or hidden somehow.
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    Assembly Remove

    How do you isolate the 2 parts after an assembly remove? I have a rectangular extruded pad, sitting on a thin circular dish, and I did the assembly remove, and it took out a circular arc of material = the thickness of the dish from the rectangular pad. Now I have 2 pieces that are separate, but...
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    Transformation/Circulation Pattern

    How do you skip one particular object in a circular pattern? I made an object at the 6 o'clock position, and then I made 8 instances at 45 deg, so I got objects at the 12, 1.30, 3,4.30,6, 7.30, 9, and 10.30 o'clock positions. I want to eliminate the 12 o'clock object. I looked at the "more"...
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    Update Disappears

    I am in mechanical design/assembly
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    Cut View

    There is one option in Catia where you can cut a body along a line or plane, and see one half, and when you move the cutting line/plane up or down, the cut section grows or diminishes. I hve used this b4, but can't remember how to turn it on. Can somebody please help, Thanks
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    Update Disappears

    Has anybody had the update function vanish after a change? I changed one dimension, then exited the sketch, the part turned red, and then I looked for the little blueish update whirlwind thingy symbol in my bottom left corner of the bottom toolbar, and it was gone! I also looked in the pull down...
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    Hide Show

    left mouse down, drag a rectangle and release left mouse...... everything becomes orange. left click+ctrl on particular part called cylinder.Catpart, then hit hide/show icon at bottom toolbar, everything disappears, including cylinder
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    Hide Show

    Have you tried this? The reason why I ask, is because it does not work for me.
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    Hide Show

    How do you pick on a component and Hide everything else?
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    Insert/Assy Features/Split

    Insert/Assy Features/Split When I put a split in the above way, the wrong side disappears. How do I change what catia keeps and what it throws away? I want to keep what is presently deleted, and I want to delete the other side
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    Assembly Features Remove

    Thanks Guys Please tell me how to isolate the back component. I am a beginner, so please give me some step by step details. Thanks
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    Assembly Features Remove

    Hello, I have an assembly with many components. I have used one (same) component twice in 2 different places, one in the front, and once more at the back. Now I put an assembly remove operation, where I am removing anothr body from the component in the back only, but I get this remove part...
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    catproduct and catpart, what is the difference

    Hello, In very simple terms, what is the difference between a CatProduct and a CatPart? If I am designing an internal combustion engine, then is the engine the CatProduct and the piston, crankshaft etc are they CatParts?
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    Parameter tutorial or Hint.

    Can somebody please give me a link to a good basic level tutorial on parameters.I am designing a cylindrical tank, and I want the radius or diameter of the tank to be a parameter, so I can easily make the cylinder radius or diameter change along with all its mating parts large or small
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    Solution 106 Nastran

    Does anybody know how to input a response spectrum into a solution 106 modal analysis.
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    Slightly off topic

    Hello, Does anybody know what has happened to the Energy (wind, solar) conversion engineering Forum? It seems to be dead. No answer
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    Modal analysis and stresses

    thanks picostruc, please give me some links, or a part of the Nastran manual etc. What solution number do you use for nastran? I know that static is solution 101 and modal is solution 106, where do i go after that?
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    Modal analysis and stresses

    I know how to do a modal analysis both in FE and in simple cases by hand. How does one calculate the stresses induced in a structure due to vibration. What is a forcing function and how is that used in the FE model? Can somebody please show me a few threads or papers or books that show how to do...
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    Contact Constraint v/s Offset Constraint

    That's right. Is there anything the contact constraint does that is not possible in the offset constraint?

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