CATIA V5, Drafting, All "View" icons deactivated and grayed out

[radiolite]

I'm having an odd issue with CATIA. The "view" icons of the drafting bench are deactivated. I'm not sure if I did this myself by changing something in the settings by accident.

Any pointers on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated!

 

[radiolite]

As a follow up, this is the Options. The settings for Geometry/Dress-up are also deactivated.

 

[JeniaL]

first open cat part or assy. without that you cant create a view.
to edit options run catia in admin mode

 

[radiolite]

Hi JeniaL, I have a part open also. Do you know what I need to modify in the options (form admin mode?) to remedy the view deactivation?

 

[JeniaL]

try to reset setting to default or you can delete all settings.
path for settings
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\DassaultSystemes\CATSettings
i always keep a backup of last good configurations of settings. i can restore all of my settings in a sec to last known good config.

 

[radiolite]

Ok, thanks for your help Jenial. I just figured out what it was, for some reason I had set CATIA into "Small Scale" mode, which doesn't appear to be compatible with Drafting. I have now reset into "Normal Scale" and all appears well.

So in summary completely my fault