Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Transforming bodies

Status
Not open for further replies.

JulianMansinni

Mechanical
May 10, 2004
10
Hi,
I have a multi-bodies CATPART and would like to transform them. When using the "transformation features" toolbar, I get a message that I should consider using the 3D constraints instead. How do I display the 3D constraints toolbar while in a catpart document? I only see it when in a product.

What is the "correct" method to move/rotate lumps that are in the same part?

Catia Loose.
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

Hi,

Can you be more specific? Your catpart is one which comes migrating from v4?



Regards
Fernando
 
No.
It is a pure V5 part created in V5 (R12).
There are many ways to have more than one body in a single catpart. Insert-body is one of them. Copy&paste from other document is another.
Perhaps it is not recommended to work that way (is it?)

After having such catpart, how can I use 3D constraint?
Or is this set of tools work only in the assembly/product environment?

Hope this is clear now, Catia.
 
Hi,

This is not a recommended method. After inserting a new body in PartBody tree, try to use boolean operations (add, remove, a.s.o.).

You will have a single PartBody. As far as I know, 3D constraints exist only in a CATProduct.



Regards
Fernando
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor