Catia V5 Infrastructure (804 Pages)
Catia V5 Infrastructure (804 Pages)
CATIA Infrastructure
Preface
What's New?
Getting Started
Basic Tasks
Advanced Tasks
Workbench
Description
Customizing
Installation
Requirements
Glossary
Index
Preface
Welcome to CATIA Version 5!
CATIA Version 5 is the first release of the next generation of CATIA Solutions, and
addresses advanced mechanical process centric design requirements. In addition to
leading edge feature-based design functions, it includes highly productive capabilities
for the design of mechanical assemblies and for drawing generation.
Available on both UNIX and Windows environments, CATIA Version 5 is built to be
totally compliant with Windows presentation standards.
In order to integrate to an extended enterprise where CATIA Version 4 designs need to
be exchanged and processed, it includes unique two-way interoperability with CATIA
Version 4 data. Likewise, CATIA Version 5 benefits from the breadth of the CATIA
Solutions Version 4 portfolio by offering interoperable applications. As an open
solution, it includes interfaces with the most commonly used data exchange industry
standards.
and provides information for CATIA administrators on topics such as hardware and
software prerequisites, network licensing, code distribution and environment
management.
Conventions
Conventions
Certain conventions are used in CATIA, ENOVIA & DELMIA documentation to help
you recognize and understand important concepts and specifications. The following
text conventions may be used:
The titles of CATIA documents appear in this manner throughout the text.
File -> New identifies the commands to be used.
The use of the mouse differs according to the type of action you need to perform.
Use this
mouse button, whenever you read
Select (menus, commands, geometry in graphics area, ...)
Click (icons, dialog box buttons, tabs...)
Double-click
Shift-click
Ctrl-click
Check (check boxes)
Drag
Drag and drop (icons onto objects, objects onto objects)
Drag
Move
Right-click (to select contextual menu)
indicates tips
indicates a warning.
indicates information.
What's New?
Getting Started
New: Windows 2000 Ready (support for Windows 2000)
New: initialization of inter-application communications backbone at installation
Enhanced: a single environment (global) is now created at installation
New: a command file now lets you uninstall in batch mode
Enhanced: the Licensing Manager tab now specifies whether licenses are server licenses or
nodelocked licenses, and provides a server timeout
Enhanced: enhanced user interface for the Nodelock Key Management tool
Basic Tasks
New: you can now open BMP, JPEG, TIF and PICTURE files
Enhanced: enhancements to online documentation homepage and online documentation
searching
New: you can now open sample documents via hypertext links located in the online
documentation
New: specification tree scrollbar, activate the specification tree only for zooming and panning
Enhanced: the Search... command now supports more advanced searching for:
visible or hidden objects, or objects with a specific linetype and thickness
extension of the search language to support visible, hidden, linetype or line weight
searching
New: selection sets are now saved with your documents
Enhanced: using the 3D compass, you can now move objects after isolating fixed elements
or converting them to datum elements
Enhanced: JPEG format enhancements
Enhanced: new icons for setting capture options and capturing selected areas of images
Enhanced: you can now save CATDrawing documents in PDF format for viewing with
Acrobat Reader
Enhanced: video capture tool enhancements
Enhanced: support for colored light sources
New: list of all commands for rapid access
New: assignment of objects to Layers, creation of named layers and layer filters
Enhanced: minor enhancements to the Walk and Fly and modes
Advanced Tasks
Enhanced: the CATErrorLog environment variable default value is no longer set to blank
New: new options for the setcatenv command for CATIA environment management:
new "-cs" option for creating environments for different product lines
new "-v" option for verbose mode
new "-new" option for overwriting existing or creating new environments
new "-desktop" option for creating the desktop representation of an environment
new "-a" option for creating both global and user environments
new "-k" option (Windows only)
new log file for logging environment creation
new "-regserver" option for registering the application on the workstation (UNIX only)
New: new System Information tab in the Software Management command
New: support for multipiped, multithreaded virtual reality configurations
Enhanced: new ways of running macros
New: preview function enabling the viewing of all entities in a given catalog chapter to
facilitate and expedite searches
New: interactive functions for modifying a catalog by creating chapters, keywords and
descriptions
New: in Knowledgeware:
The "Formulas" dialog box has been modified. The "Edit name, value or formula" field
is replaced by the "Edit name or value of the current parameter" field and you can no
longer add a formula directly in this field.
The Incremental check box has been added.
Getting Started
Installation and de-installation rely on Windows-compliant tools enabling anyone familiar with Windows
procedures and concepts to install the software without assistance.
On Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98, you must use network licensing, and we recommend that you configure a
LUM (License Use Management) server, then configure your computer as a LUM client before starting the
installation procedure. For more information, refer to "Licensing Mechanism on Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 and
Windows 98".
From start to finish, this task should take approximately 15 minutes.
Before starting the installation, refer to "What You Need Before Installing CATIA Version 5" to check you have all
the hardware and software prerequisites.
Furthermore, to prevent the installation from hanging due to concurrently running programs such as screen
savers or virus scanning programs, we recommend that you first shut down any such programs.
You must also have your license enrollment certificate (in electronic format) provided by your vendor. If you have
the certificate, you will be able to register your license during the installation procedure.
1. Log on as an administrator.
You must belong to the Administrators group, or have the privileges assigned to the Administrators group.
Otherwise, you will not be able to start the installation.
On Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98, log on as a normal user. All users have equal privileges on a
local computer: administrator privileges do not exist. In the rest of this user's guide, if you are running either
Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98, log on as a normal user each time you are asked to log on as
administrator.
2. Insert the CD-ROM into the drive.
The Choose Setup Language
dialog box appears, prompting you
to choose the user interface
language for the Setup program.
The progress indicator gives you an idea how much of the preparation process has been completed. Once setup
is completed, an animated CATIA Version 5 installation splashscreen appears, filling up the whole screen.
On Windows NT
IBM License Use Management Runtime (LUM), needed to be able to manage nodelock licensing, is no longer
installed automatically with the CATIA files: it is now integrated in the CATIA software. The installation sets up the
following folder:
C:\ifor\Ls\Conf
On Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98
On Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98, only one licensing mechanism exists: network licensing.
For more information, refer to "Licensing Mechanism on Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98".
The splashscreen remains displayed in the background throughout the entire installation procedure, and the
different dialog boxes you will interact with will be displayed in the foreground.
The Welcome dialog box is then
displayed:
Note that the target id of the computer on which you are performing the installation is displayed after the dialog
box title.
5. On Windows NT only, if you
want to enter a nodelock license,
click the Import Certificate button to
access the Import Certificate dialog
box.
This dialog box lets you import the
license certificate (that is, if you
received your license certificate by
electronic mail, and provided you
detached it and stored it on your
disk).
6. On Windows NT and Windows 2000 only, explore your environment containing the license certificate (ending
with the suffix ".lic"), then click OK.
This creates (or updates) a nodelock file on your computer, and stores your license in the nodelock file in:
C:\ifor\Ls\Conf\nodelock
If you already installed LUM elsewhere, the nodelock file will be updated in the correct LUM environment.
If you decide to skip the licensing step, or if you have a license enrollment certificate in paper format only (and not
in electronic format), you can enroll your licenses later, after the installation has been completed. For more
information, refer to "Enrolling Nodelock Licenses After the Installation".
The LUM software and documentation is available on the "IBM License Use Management (LUM)" CD-ROM
shipped with the CATIA CD-ROM. Refer to the LUM documentation for full details.
We recommend that you configure the LUM license server and client before starting the installation
procedure.
7. Click the Next button to move to the next step.
The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. A default destination folder is already proposed:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a (Windows NT or Windows 2000 platform)
8. If the default destination folder is suitable, click the Next button to move to the next step, or click the Browse...
button and navigate to select another folder and click OK.
The folder you choose must be empty. You can also specify a new folder: the folder will be created after
confirmation.
9. Click the Next button to move to the next step.
The Setup Type dialog box
appears:
This dialog box lets you specify whether you want to install all of the software on the CD-ROM, or select the
configurations and/or products to be installed:
Complete: specifies you want to install all the software, and moves on to the next installation step
(installation of online documentation files) when you click Next
Custom: lets you choose the configurations and/or products to be installed.
10. If you want to choose which configurations and/or products to install, check the Custom option and click the
Next button to move to the next step.
The Select Software dialog box appears:
15. Check the CATIA V5R4 Documentation check box only if you want to install the online documentation during
the code installation procedure: this choice is optional.
If you check this box, you will be prompted after the software has been copied to your computer:
to remove the CATIA V5R4 code CD-ROM
and insert the CATIA V5R4 documentation CD-ROM.
16. Clicking the Next button displays the Start Copying Files dialog box.
The central area lists the current settings you set in the previous steps:
CATIA V5R4 product names and documentation
destination folder.
The result looks something like this
(depending on which software you
chose to install).
Note that the dialog box reflects
our choice to install the MD2 -
CATIA - Mechanical Design 2
Configuration and the DP2 - CATIA
- Drawing Production 2
Configuration:
There is nothing to prevent you from installing all the configurations and products on the CD-ROM. However, you
will be able to use only the software for which you have enrolled licenses, except if you are using a demo mode
license as explained in "Running in Demo Mode".
17. Click the Next button to start copying the files to your computer.
A progression indicator appears, and an animated sequence starts showing you some of the products that you
will be able to create with the software.
Once the files have been copied, you may be prompted at this point to restart your computer. This is because the
certain Windows system libraries are also shipped and installed with the CATIA V5R4 software: these libraries
will be installed if the existing libraries on your system are not present or at a lower level.
After restarting, you must then relog onto the computer using the same administrator logon.
Once the files have been copied,
and only if you checked the CATIA
V5R4 Documentation check box,
the Setup CATIA V5R4
Documentation dialog box appears:
18. If you want to install the online documentation, remove the CATIA V5R4 product CD-ROM from the drive,
insert the CATIA V5R4 online documentation CD-ROM for your language, and click OK to restart the Setup
program, this time to install the online documentation files.
The default folder in which the documentation will be installed is:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc
Note that the dialog box also provides a path for specifying another drive or folder from which you can install the
online documentation. The default path is the drive name (usually D:) on the computer from which you are
performing the installation.
Modifying this path is useful if:
you already inserted the online documentation CD-ROM into another drive
you copied the online documentation files from the online documentation CD-ROM to a folder.
If this is the case, click the Browse... button and specify the appropriate drive or folder.
If you have several online documentation CD-ROMs (one for each supported language), you can only install one
of these CD-ROMs at this stage of the installation.
If you do not want to install the online documentation immediately, you can always install it later. For more
information, refer to "Installing the Online Documentation After Installing the Code".
Once both the product and (optional) online documentation files have been copied, the Setup Complete dialog
box informs you that the installation has been completed.
Because you imported a license certificate, the license is automatically reserved, allowing you to enter the
session immediately without having to reserve the license using the License Manager.
An installation log is created in the current temporary directory, located by default in:
C:\TEMP\cxinst.log
If you did not import a license certificate:
The License Manager dialog box lists the configurations and products you installed. In our example, we installed
the CATIA - Mechanical Design 2 Configuration.
Note that the field to the left of each product name specifies: "No License". This is because this is the first time
you are starting CATIA Version 5, and you have not yet reserved any licenses.
At this stage, if you click the OK button, a CATIA V5R4 session will still be started, but you will not be able to work
with the product: menu commands will be grayed out, and you will only be able to use the File->Exit command.
The TargetId of your computer is displayed at the top of the License Manager dialog box. You have to
communicate the target id to your vendor when ordering licenses.
At this stage, you will not be able to go any further until you register your licences. To register nodelock licenses
after the installation, you must select the Start->Programs->CATIA ->Tools->Nodelock Key Management V5R4
as explained in Enrolling "Nodelock Licenses After the Installation", to import a license certificate.
Once you have imported a nodelock license certificate, double-click the CATIA V5R4 default environment
shortcut on the desktop to start a CATIA V5R4 session directly. You can now use the software you installed
and for which you enrolled a license.
Your licensing settings are stored in a settings file. During a CATIA session, you can reserve and release licenses
using the Licensing tab accessible via the Tools->Options... command. For more information, refer to "Reserving
Licenses Using the License Manager".
About the Environment Created on Windows
A CATIA Version 5 installation has the following impact on your computer:
Installation Folder
The software is installed (if you used the default location) in the folder:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a (Windows NT or Windows 2000 platform)
or:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\win_a (Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98 platforms)
Desktop
The installation:
Other Folders
An installation also affects the following:
C:\Winnt\system32 on Windows NT and Windows 2000, and C:\Windows\system on Windows 95 OSR2 and
Windows 98 (certain Windows system libraries will be installed if the existing libraries on your system are
not up to date)
the folder C:\ifor\Ls\Conf is created (on Windows NT and Windows 2000 only), in which the file nodelock is
stored if you imported a nodelock license certificate,
C:\Temp\cxinst.log (installation log).
Administrator Setting Environments
When running a CATIA session at the end of the installation procedure (as administrator), administrator settings
are created in:
C:\Winnt\Profiles\administrator\CAT* (CATTemp, CATCache, CATSettings) on Windows NT
C:\Documents and Settings\CAT* on Windows 2000
C:\Windows\CAT* (CATTemp, CATCache, CATSettings) on Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98
All end users can now log onto the same computer and run a CATIA Version 5 session, because the
environment created at installation is global.
2. On the Windows
desktop, select the
Start->Settings->Control
Panel, then double-click
the Add/Remove
Programs control.
An Install/Uninstall
dialog box appears, and
looks something like
this (depending on the
software installed on
your computer):
3. Select the item "Dassault Systemes Software B04" from the list, then click the
Add/Remove... button.
A message informs you that the folder:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04
is about to be removed, and prompts you to confirm that you want to continue and
remove all the software.
You can also use this command to remove the CATIA online documentation. The
item name for the English documentation will be, for example: "Dassault Systemes
CATIA - EnglishDocumentation B04".
4. Click Yes to confirm.
ALL the installed configurations and products will be removed. The program
removes:
the installation folder
all desktop items (environment icon, Start->Programs->CATIA menu)
the last environment created
all registry entries
Before starting the installation, refer to "What You Need Before Installing
CATIA Version 5" to check you have all the hardware and software
prerequisites.
1. Logon as root.
2. Insert the CD-ROM for your UNIX operating system into the drive.
3. If you are running AIX or HP-UX, check whether the CD-ROM drive is
declared.
On AIX, run the command:
lsdev -C -c cdrom
you need to add the CD-ROM drive by using the smit AIX command, for
example.
On HP-UX, run the command:
cat /etc/fstab
you need to add the CD-ROM drive, by using the sam HP-UX command, for
example.
If you are running IRIX or Solaris, inserting the CD-ROM declares and
mounts the CD-ROM automatically (unless you disabled this feature).
In the output lines, you should see a list of mounted file systems. The
CD-ROM drive has already been mounted on your local system if a line
similar to one of the following lines appears in the list:
/dev/cd0 cdrom cdfrs "date" ro (AIX)
cdrom on device readonly on "date" (HP-UX)
The installation creates the following filetree required for integrating CATIA
into the CDE desktop:
/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA
/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/CATIA/CATIA.V5R4.B04 (file required
for graphic representation of environment in the CDE desktop)
/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA /dt/appconfig/types/C/CATIA.V5R4.B04.dt
(action description file for environment icon)
/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA /dt/appconfig/types/C/CATIA.dt (action
description file for CATIA directory)
/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA /dt/appconfig/types/C/CATIAFiles.dt
(action description file for CATIA document types)
/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA /dt/appconfig/icons/C (contains icons for
CATIA document types).
The CATIA application is registered in the CDE application base via the
"dtAppIntegrate" command which is executed automatically during the
installation. The result of registering the application is that the
/etc/dt/appconfig/ environment on your workstation is modified. This
environment contains links to the CATIA desktop filetree located under
/CATCDE (described above).
The visible impact on the CDE desktop is:
the creation of the CATIA directory in the Application Manager
cabinet, accessible via the front panel
the creation in this directory of the default global environment icon
CATIA V5R4.
To display the default global environment icon CATIA V5R4, once the
installation is completed, you must click the Application Manager icon on the
CDE front panel, go into the Desktop Tools cabinet, then double-click the
Reload Applications icon. You can also log off and log on to display the
icon.
Magic SGI Desktop on IRIX
The /CATSGI directory required for SGI desktops is created in the /CATEnv
directory.
Installing CATIA on IRIX takes longer than on the other UNIX platforms
because the Magic SGI desktop is recompiled.
Communications Backbone Files
The installation procedure allows you to declare on your computer:
a port reserved for the communications backbone process
a port reserved for starting the communications backbone process
automatically
a port reserved for processing events when using peripheral devices
(spaceball, spacemouse, joystick).
following lines:
catiav5bb 6666/tcp
catiav5run 6667/tcp
in the file:
/etc/services
and the following line:
catiav5bb stream tcp nowait root /path/CATSysDemon
in the file:
/etc/inetd.conf
where "path" is the path containing the CATIA executable files.
For example:
catiav5bb stream tcp nowait root
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/solaris_a/code/bin/CATSysDemon
Note that the line:
CATDeviceBroker 6668/tcp
which concerns peripheral device handling is also added to this file.
For more information about peripheral device handling, refer to "CATIA
device broker".
If you do not want to set up communication ports during the installation, you
can always edit the above-mentioned files manually later.
Other Directories
The CATIA Version 5 installation procedure on UNIX sets up on your
workstation a filetree for storing IBM License Use Management Runtime
(LUM) nodelock licenses, that is, if LUM is not already installed on your
workstation. This is needed to manage nodelock licensing.
The nodelock file is created by default in:
/var/ifor/nodelock (AIX)
/opt/lum/ls/conf/nodelock (HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris)
Administrator Setting Environments
When running a CATIA session at the end of the installation procedure (as
administrator), administrator settings are created in the /CATSettings and
/CATTemp directories.
All end users can now log onto the same workstation and run a CATIA
Version 5 session, because the environment created at installation is
global.
Start Command Syntax
The start batch command lets you install CATIA Version 5 without the
graphical user interface.
To perform a batch installation, change directory to the CD-ROM mount
point and enter the command:
start
with at least one of the following arguments:
-u: specifies the unload directory. The default unload directory is:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04.
-newdir: creates the unload directory if it doesn't exist.
-D: specifies the /CATEnv environment directory. The default
environment directory is /CATENV.
-lic "pathname": specifies the path and name of the license certificate
to import for nodelocked licensing.
-env new|replace: if the environment file already exists, you can
choose to erase it or create a new one.
-env new: If you install the same level of CATIA several times, the
same environment is created each time, and using the same name,
except that the name is incremented incremented like this each time:
CATIA.V5R4_1.B04.sh, CATIA.V5R4_02.B04.sh, etc.
-env replace: if you already installed CATIA, you may then have
deleted the installation directory, in which case the environment
remains; in this case, use the "-env replace" argument to overwrite
the existing initial environment and create a new one during the
installation. Note that the "replace" option does not replace existing
environments that you may have created using the "new" option (or
using the "Create New Environment" option when installing using the
GUI), and whose name is incremented, for example:
CATIA.V5R4_1.B04.sh.
-exe: runs a CATIA session at the end of the installation.
-s: silent mode (without music).
-v: verbose mode.
-h: displays help.
-list: lists the configurations and products on the CD-ROM.
-all: unloads all the configurations and the products on the CD-ROM.
The arguments:
-list
-all
-l "list_to_unload"
End users who set up their own user environments using the setcatenv
command can only remove them using the delcatenv command.
1. Log on as root.
2. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Delete the environments you created using the command:
delcatenv -e env_name
2. Select the General category, then the Licensing tab to display the Licensing tab.
The role of the Licensing tab is to allow you to reserve licenses before using these products. You will not be able
to work with any CATIA Version 5 products until you have first reserved the corresponding licenses.
You must select at least one configuration license.
In our example, it will look like this if you installed the configurations CATIA - Mechanical Design (MD2) and CATIA
- Drawing Production (DP2), and imported a nodelock license for the CATIA - Mechanical Design (MD2)
configuration:
The list contains all the installed configurations and products. Note that, if you have not previously reserved any
licenses, none of the check buttons is checked.
If you entered a nodelock license during the installation, the corresponding configuration is preselected in the list.
In our example, the CATIA - Mechanical Design (MD2) configuration (DS58BB40000 - MD2) option is checked
because we imported a nodelock license for this configuration during the installation.
All configurations are considered as custom configurations. When you install a configuration, the list in the dialog
box will contain:
custom configurations, represented in the form of a serial number (in our example: "DS58BB40000 - MD2"),
appear at the top
the names of the products appear after the name of the last configuration.
In the upper part of the tab:
Target id: specifies the target id of your computer
Display Type: informs you whether you are running on a local or remote display;
Local: you are running on a local display and you are working with a nodelocked or server license
Remote: you are running on a remote display and you are working with a server license only
Server Timeout: a slider lets you specify approximately the amount of time you are prepared to wait for a
server license to be made available by the license server.
In our example, note that:
the check button next to the configuration "DS58BB40000 - MD2" is checked because, during the
installation, the corresponding nodelock license was imported
the status Granted appears next to the products in the list which belong to that configuration. The product
names in the list are grayed out and the check buttons cannot be checked: this is because, in our example,
no licenses exist for the individual products.
Furthermore, the status Not Granted means that you attempted to reserve a license that is not
available (nodelock license expired, server license expired, network server down, etc.).
the status No License appears next to "DP2 - CATIA - Drawing Production 2 Configuration": this means
that the configuration has been installed, but you do not have a license. The configuration name is grayed
out in the list, and the check button cannot be checked.
Below each license, you will see Local or Server which informs you whether the license is a nodelock
license or a server license. If you are using a server license, the name of the server will be displayed like
this:
Server (ip:server_name)
You will be able to work in demo mode if you registered and reserved at least one configuration license, and
checked the Demo Mode option. For more information about the demo mode, refer to "Running in Demo Mode".
3. Check the check buttons for the configurations and/or products for which you want to reserve a license.
When you are working with nodelock licenses, the license will be reserved by default when you start your session,
even if you unchecked the corresponding check button.
4. Click OK.
5. Exit and restart your session.
You need to restart your session after reserving configuration and/or product licenses.
Licensing settings are stored in a settings file. The settings active in the License tab depend on what you set the
last time you used it.
Troubleshooting Messages
You may encounter one of the following messages when using the Licensing Manager:
"Environment xxx not set or incorrect"
Set an environment using the setcatenv command.
"Environment xxx incorrect"
Set a valid environment using the setcatenv command.
For more information about customizing environments, refer to "Customizing Your Environment on Windows" .
You must have already registered either one demonstration license, or at least
one configuration license (which automatically provides access to the demo
mode).
What Is Demo Mode?
Running in demo mode lets you use all the features of all the configurations
and/or products installed, apart from the few exceptions listed below.
In demo mode:
the automatic save (roll) mechanism is deactivated.
you can open only specially marked CATIA Version 4 or Version 5 demo
documents
you cannot embed CATIA documents in OLE documents
you cannot open CATIA documents using OLE technology
you cannot save documents
on Windows, the clipboard is unavailable for cutting, copying and pasting
you cannot record or execute macros
you can create new workbench-specific documents, but you cannot save
them.
Note that when running a normal (non-demo) session, you can read specially
marked CATIA Version 4 or Version 5 demo documents, and save them as
non-demo documents.
By default, demo mode is not activated.
1. Display the License Manager.
The License Manager is displayed automatically after starting CATIA Version 5
(either for the first time, or each time you start a session until you reserve a
license). You can also display it by selecting the Tools->Options... command,
then the Licensing tab in the General category.
2. Check the Demo Mode option, and click OK.
A message informs you to restart your session.
3. Click OK and restart CATIA .
The CATIA V5 application window is opened in demo mode.
The installation procedure is the same as for a first-time installation, with a few minor differences.
On Windows, to prevent the installation from hanging due to concurrently running programs such as screen
savers or virus scanning programs, we recommend that you first shut down any such programs.
1. Log on as an administrator.
5. Continue with the installation until a dialog box appears listing the configurations and products you have
already installed
In the following example, the MD2 and DP2 configurations have already been installed:
6. Click Next.
This displays a list of the configurations and products you have not yet installed:
7. Select the additional configurations and/or products you want to install, and complete the installation as
before.
If you previously installed a service pack, you will be prompted to reinstall the service pack near the end of
the installation.
When installing additional products on UNIX, you will be prompted to update your existing environment, or
delete it and create a new environment.
On Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2, or Windows 98, network licensing is used, so this procedure does not apply to
these platforms.
1. Log on as an administrator.
2. On Windows NT and Windows 2000 only, select the Start->Programs->CATIA ->Tools->Nodelock Key
Management V5R4 command, or run the program:
install_root\code\bin\CATNodeLockMgt
where "install_root" is the name of your installation folder which is, by default:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a
The "Enroll Product License (Nodelock)" dialog box appears:
Note that the target id of the computer on which you are performing the installation is displayed inside the dialog
box.
The File menu contains the following commands:
Import
Add
Read
Check
Exit
Note that you can display the tool without logging on as administrator, but you will not be able to use it. If you
attempt to do so, you will be reminded that using the tool requires administrator privileges.
3. To import your electronic license certificate (if you have one), select the File->Import command.
This displays a file selection box which opens with the C:Temp folder contents displayed:
Explore your filetree and select the license certificate file which uses the prefix ".lic", then click the Open button
to import the certificate.
This imports the license and creates the file named "Nodelock" (or updates the existing "Nodelock" file) in the
default LUM environment:
C:\ifor\ls\conf\nodelock
This procedure can be used both after installing for the first time and after installing additional products.
4. To add a license, select the File->Add command.
This is useful when you do not have a license certificate file to import, and your license is sent to you on paper.
The "Add License Manually" dialog box appears:
Type the following information (contained in your license on paper) in the appropriate fields:
Version
Password
Serial Number
There may or may not be a serial number, depending on the case:
a serial number exists for all configurations: all configurations are custom configurations
if you already have a custom configuration, you can extend it by adding products: in this case, a
new license is provided, and the new license contains the same serial number as the original
configuration
a serial number does not exist for standalone (shareable) products.
Annotation
Comment
Then, click the Add button to add the license.
The "Nodelock" file is created or updated just as if you had imported a license certificate.
5. To read a license, select the File->Read command.
This displays the license in the "Nodelock Key File Content" box:
6. To check whether your license is still valid, and check the number of days before your license expires, select
the File->Check command to display the following dialog box:
Note that:
a green light opposite the license serial number means that the license will still be valid for at least 30
days
an orange light opposite the license serial number means that the license will still be valid for less than 30
days
a red light opposite the license serial number means that the license has expired.
If the license is still valid, the number of days left before the license expires is indicated.
On UNIX
1. Log on as root.
2. To enroll licenses after the installation, go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set
up the environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Enter the following command to display the " Enroll Product License (Nodelock)" dialog box:
CATNodeLockMgt
This command is located in the directory:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/code/bin
The user interface on UNIX is the same as the user interface on Windows described above.
While not recommended, you can also enroll licenses after the installation by editing the nodelock file created by
default in:
/var/ifor/nodelock (AIX)
/opt/lum/ls/conf/nodelock (HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris)
Follow this procedure if you did not install the documentation during the code
installation procedure. Installing the online documentation is very similar to
installing the CATIA Version 5 software.
When installing additional documentation for the same CATIA version (for
example, in another language), the additional documentation will be installed in
the same folder.
Installing the Online Documentation on Your Workstation on UNIX
On UNIX, you cannot install the online documentation directly from within the
code installation procedure, and there is no tool for installing the online
documentation from the CD-ROM.
To install the documentation, copy the contents of the CD-ROM into a directory
with sufficient free disk space.
You could, for example, copy the documentation files to the default directory:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04doc
On UNIX, if you decide to install the documentation elsewhere than in the default
location, you must update the value for the CATDocView variable in your default
environment to specify the location of the documentation files. For more
information, refer to "Managing Environments" .
Copy the contents of the CD-ROM into a directory on the server with sufficient
free disk space.
You set up a documentation server the same way as you set up a CATIA Version
5 code server. For more information, refer to "Enabling User Access to the
Software Over the Network".
Basic Tasks
.
Method 2
1. On the taskbar, select the Start->Programs->CATIA->CATIA V5R4
environment shortcut.
Method 3
1. On the taskbar, select the Start->Run... command, enter the command:
cnext
or:
cnext.exe
2. Click OK.
Method 4
or:
cnext.exe
or like this:
cnext -env CATIA.V5R4.B04 -batch -macro /tmp/Mymacro.CATScript
2. Enter the following command to set up the environment required for startup:
. ./CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
You may want to add this line to your .profile file.
This environment is created when the root userid performs the installation.
Method 1
1. Locate the document icon using your platform's Explorer (Windows) or File
Manager (UNIX).
The icons look like this:
You then simply use the tools on your operating system to choose the language
in which you want to start your session. If no language is chosen, your session
will be started in English.
On Windows
1. On Windows, select the Start->Settings->Control Panel command,
double-click the Regional Settings control, then click the Regional Settings tab (if
it is not displayed by default).
The following dialog box appears:
The user interface files for the French, German and Japanese languages are
already translated for you. If you install in the default installation directory:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/
a subdirectory for each additional language supported (but for which translated
user interface files are not provided). The list of languages is:
Czech
Polish
Russian
Korean
Simplified Chinese
For example:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/resources/msgcatalog/Russian
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/resources/msgcatalog/Czech
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/resources/msgcatalog/...
How do I run CATIA Version 5 using translated files?
Copy the file to be translated from:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/resources/msgcatalog
to:
/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/OS_a/resources/msgcatalog/Russian
and translate the file. When you run a CATIA Version 5 session, your translated
files will be loaded.
What about the fonts for these languages?
The installation also sets up in each language directory a file named "Dialog".
This file contains all the font declarations for use as is, for the language and
locale you want to use (we have chosen the same fonts as used in CATIA
Version 4 to facilitate the transition to CATIA Version 5).
If you want to use other fonts, comment out the previous font declarations and
declare the new fonts.
The file also contains other user interface texts.
You then simply use your operating system tools to choose the locale in which
you want to start your session. If no locale is chosen, your session will be started
in English.
1. Open a shell window.
2. Export the LANG variable for the desired locale before starting a session.
For example, for the French language, enter this command on AIX:
export LANG=fr_FR
Getting Help
1. Point to an icon.
The tooltip is displayed in a small box, with the corresponding message in the
status bar.
You can switch tooltip display on and off using the Tooltips option of the Options
tab in the Tools->Customize... command, or by right-clicking any toolbar and
selecting the Customize... command to access the Options tab. But you have to
restart a session to take the new settings into account.
1. Click the What's This? icon or select the Help->What's This? command.
The cursor takes on the shape of the What's This? icon.
2. Point to an icon, then click the icon.
This displays a long help message in a box:
The welcome page of the CATIA Version 5 online help library is displayed, and a short animation runs while the
page is loading:
If you installed the online documentation in the default location, the welcome page will be displayed immediately.
If you installed the online documentation elsewhere, you must first update the CATDocView variable in your
environment to reference the environment containing the online documentation.
If you do not reset the CATDocView variable, a dialog box will prompt you to specify the location:
if you installed the online documentation locally on your computer, you can specify a path like this, for
example, on Windows:
C:\online_doc_folder
where "online_doc_folder" is the name of the folder in which you installed the online documentation.
if you installed it elsewhere on the network, you must first map the appropriate network drive before
starting a session, then specify a path as above when prompted.
Doc Installation Path
In the General tab, accessible via the Tools->Options command, the "Doc installation path" field for the CATIA
Documentation Location option displays the path of the folder in which the online documentation is installed. The
path is the same path you entered when installing the online documentation: the path displays the value of the
CATDocView environment variable.
When you request help using the Help->Contents, Index and Search command (or press the F1 key for
contextual help), the online documentation may not be displayed. This may be because the online
documentation may have been physically moved to another location. If the online documentation is not found,
the following dialog box appears:
Browse to select the online documentation location. Selecting the location updates the "Doc installation path"
field for the CATIA Documentation Location option, in the General tab accessible via the Tools->Options
command.
Note: You can also type the location in the "Doc installation path" field for the CATIA Documentation Location
option. You must enter the real location; otherwise, the path you enter will be ignored.
Note that UNC (Universal Naming Convention) names on Windows is allowed. For example, you can specify the
following path type:
\\remote_computer\online_doc_folder
2. Point to the different icons to the left to display the icons for the corresponding online users guides, then click
on the icon of your choice to access the documentation.
3. Click the Infrastructure icon to get familiar with CATIA Version 5 fundamentals, or the icon for the workbench
you need information about.
In each case, the information you require is displayed in a framed layout:
To print the documentation, click the Print icon. This opens a similar home page. Click on the icon for
the product whose documentation you want to print. This opens a PDF version of the documentation
using Acrobat Reader. To print the documentation, use the Acrobat Reader File->Print... command.
the Search button to perform a full text search throughout the online library: for more information about
searching, refer to "Searching the Online Help Library".
1. Select the Search button to perform a full text search throughout part or all of the online documentation library.
The upper part of the window looks like this by default:
The default settings let you perform a basic fuzzy search throughout the entire online library.
2. For example, if you are looking for information about the CATDocView environment variable, it suffices to
enter the string CATDoc and click the Go button.
The search engine searches for the string CATDoc, and all words containing the string CATDoc at the beginning
of the word. The search results are displayed in the "Found in" list:
The documents containing the string you are searching for are displayed in the "Found in" field. In the search
result list, the name of the product user guide in which the string has been found precedes the title of the task
containing the search string.
In our example, the search for the string "CATDocView" lists documents in the Infrastructure Users Guide
containing the string:
Infrastructure - What Is An Environment?
Infrastructure - Customizing Your Environment on Windows NT
...
You can restrict your search to the documentation of a specific user's guide or search throughout the entire
online documentation library by selecting "All documents" or the name of the user's guide in the "Search in" field.
The following special characters are ignored:
/\-&
The search is not case-sensitive.
3. Double-click an item in the "Found in" list to open the document containing the search string.
The page containing the search string is then displayed in a new browser window, so your search query is kept.
Finally, use your browser's Find command to find the occurrence (search hits are not highlighted).
Only those documents containing exactly the phrase you searched for will be listed.
You can use operators to search for several words or strings not forming a phrase (AND), or one of a list of
words or strings you specify (OR).
4. To search for either "cnext" or "admin", select "OR" in the "Search mode" pulldown list, enter the words "cnext"
and "admin", then click the "Go" button.
2. Locate a help topic containing a prerequisite step prompting you to open a sample document.
For example, the topic "Preselecting and Selecting Using the Pointer" looks like this:
The step highlighted in red prompts you to open the document "Select.CATPart". The name of the document is a hypertext
link.
3. Click the link.
If your default browser is Internet Explorer, the browser then prompts you to choose whether to save the file to disk or
open it from its current location:
If your default browser is Netscape, the browser then prompts you to choose whether to save
4. Check the option "Open this file from its current location" if you using Internet Explorer, then click OK. Simply click OK if
you are using Netscape because the "Open it" option is already checked.
Your CATIA session is opened and the sample document is loaded:
The sample documents are installed in user guide-specific sample folders. In the online documentation filetree, there is
one samples folder for each users guide, in the following location:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc\online\xxxug\samples
where "xxx" represents the three-letter code for the product. For example, the folder:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc\online\prtug\samples
contains the sample documents for the Part Design Users Guide.
The added value of this approach is not simply the possibility to structure and organize your products logically.
You can also work exclusively on one type of the document, the Product Structure document.
Inside this document, you can navigate from one sub-assembly or part to another, and edit them using the
workbench used to create them, directly inside the product structure. This is referred to as "editing in context".
Saving the product structure document also saves all the data inside the product structure. However, data
created using the Part Design, Analysis and Generative Drafting workbenches is created and saved in separate
documents outside the product structure.
What Is the Product Structure Workbench?
The Product Structure workbench is activated by default, and the product structure icon is displayed as the
current workbench.
An Assembly toolbar is also displayed (beneath the Select icon):
The Product Structure workbench also provides commands on the Edit and Insert menus. These commands are
also available when you activate the CATIA - Assembly Design workbench. They allow you to organize, structure
and manipulate your product by:
inserting new and existing components
inserting new parts
moving parts and components
establishing context-specific representations, or hierarchical designs of assemblies in specific contexts
(engineering, manufacturing, etc.)
For more information about these commands, refer to the CATIA - Assembly Design Version 5 Users Guide.
2. To activate the Part Design workbench, for example, double-click the Part
document, or select the Part document and access the Part Design workbench.
You can use the Start menu, the "Welcome" dialog box or the list accessed by
right-clicking the current workbench icon.
The Part Design workbench is activated in the same product structure window:
1. Click the Product document in the specification tree to activate the product structure
workbench.
Note that the document color is blue in the tree.
2. Select the workbench using the Start menu, the "Welcome" dialog box or from the list accessed by
right-clicking the current workbench icon.
For example, if you select the Part Design workbench, a new Part Design document will be created in a separate
window, and the Part Design workbench will be activated:
About Filenames
This section specifies what you need to know about file names. There are a
certain number of file naming constraints you need to be aware of.
On both Windows and UNIX
Firstly, only the ISO-646 subset of characters is authorized (with the limitations
described below). ISO-646 provides the subset of characters common to all code
pages, and is included in all industry standard code pages such as ISO8859-x,
EUC-xxx, etc.
The ISO-646 subset contains the principal symbols you characters you may need
to use for naming documents:
characters A to Z (upper and lower case)
numbers 0 to 9
and certain special characters.
However, national accented characters are not supported.
Furthermore, the following special characters are not supported on Windows:
> (greater than)
< (less than)
* (asterisk)
: (colon)
" (quotation mark)
? (question mark)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar)
and the following special character is not supported on both Windows and
UNIX:
/ (slash).
This means that:
you cannot use national accented characters or any of the forbidden
special characters listed above when creating and saving documents; on
UNIX, to enhance document interoperability between the UNIX and
Windows platforms, a filter is activated systematically to prevent you from
creating documents whose names contain special characters not
supported on Windows
you cannot read documents created with CATIA Version 5, and renamed
using your operating system, if they contain national accented characters
or forbidden special characters.
2. In the New dialog box, double-click the document type or select it then click OK. Choose the document type
from the following:
Part
A document like this will appear:
For more information about the Part Design workbench, see the CATIA - Part Design User's Guide.
Drawing
After selection of the standard to be used, a dialog box like this will appear:
For more information about the Generative Drafting and Interactive Drafting workbenches, see the CATIA -
Generative Drafting User's Guide and CATIA - Interactive Drafting User's Guide.
Product
A document like this will appear:
For more information about the Assembly workbench, see the CATIA - Assembly Design User's Guide.
Analysis
A document like this will appear:
For more information about the Generative Part Analysis workbench, see the CATIA - Generative Part
Structural Analysis and the CATIA - Generative Assembly Structural Analysis User's Guides.
CatalogDocument
A document will appear like this:
Process
ProcessLibrary
ZipMill
For more details about the above three document types, refer to the CATIA Prismatic Machining Users
Guide and the CATIA Surface Machinist Users Guide.
An empty icon indicating the document type is created (see "Starting a Session Using Document Icons").
3. Click in the name field that appears with the icon just created and replace the default name with a name of
your own choosing (for example, replace New CATIA Part.CATPart with MyFile.CATPart).
4. Double-click on the icon that is created.
The new document is created. If you do not have a session running, a session is opened.
2. Select the existing document from which you want to create a new one and
click Open.
An exact copy of the existing document is displayed with a default name. The
only difference between this document and the already existing one is that the
new document is given a new UUID by the File->New from... command. (This
distinguishes File->New from... from File->Save As...)
3. Save the new document giving it a name other than the default.
You can give the new document the same name as that of the already existing
one if you wish but if you do this you must put the new document in another
directory.
1. Click the
Open icon
or select
the
File->Open...
command.
The
following
dialog box
appears:
3. Click the
"Files of
type" list to
display the
list of
document
types which
you can
open:
CATDrawing
Generative Drawing or Interactive Drafting document. For more information
about the Generative Drafting and Interactive Drafting workbenches, see
the CATIA - Generative Drafting User's Guide and CATIA - Interactive
Drafting User's Guide.
CATMaterial
Material library. For more information, see the CATIA - Real Time
Rendering User's Guide.
CATPart
Part Design document. For more information about the Part Design
workbench, see the CATIA - Part Design User's Guide.
CATProcess
Process document. For more information, see the CATIA Prismatic
Machining Users Guide.
CATProduct
Assembly Design document. For more information about the Assembly
workbench, see the CATIA - Assembly Design User's Guide.
cdd
CATIA-CADAM file.
cgm
cgr
DenebProcess
dbnzip
dxf/dwg
Autocad DXF and DWG formats. Creates a CATDrawing document. For
more information, see "Exporting a CATDrawing into a DXF/DWG File" in
the CATIA - Generative Drafting User's Guide.
idf
igs
IGES file, saved as an Part Design document, i.e. CATPart document. For
more information, see "Importing an IGES File" in the CATIA - Part Design
User's Guide.
jpg
Lets you browse JPEG files from within CATIA, without having to use
another application.
ldf
library
model
V4 model document. For more information about the V4 Integration
workbench, see the CATIA - V4 Integration User's Guide.
picture
Lets you browse CATIA V4 picture files from within CATIA.
rgb
sdnf
session
V4 session document containing several CATIA V4 models. Converted to a
CATProduct document. For more information about the V4 Integration
workbench, see the CATIA - V4 Integration User's Guide.
step, STEP, stp and STP
Creates a CATProduct document. For more information, see "Importing a
STEP AP203 Document" in the CATIA - Assembly Design User's Guide.
tdg and TDG
STRIM/STYLER files.
tif
Lets you browse TIFF files from within CATIA, without having to use
another application.
wrl
5. If you are sure you do not intend to modify the document in any way, you may
want to open the document in read-only mode. If so, check the box Open as
read-only.
6. Click Open.
This task shows you how to open an existing document via a document icon when
no CATIA Version 5 session is already running.
1. Before you open a session, click My Computer or run the Windows Explorer
and find the location of the document you wish to open.
2. Double-click the document icon.
A CATIA Version 5 session is opened and your document is displayed.
This task shows you how to open an existing document via a document icon when
a CATIA Version 5 session is already running.
1. If a CATIA Version 5 session is already open, drag and drop the icon in your
CATIA Version 5 application window.
Your document is opened for editing.
1. Select the File->Open... command and click, at the bottom of the menu, the
name of the file you wish to open.
Closing Documents
This task shows you how to close a document.
2. In the Save As dialog box, specify the location of the document to be saved as
well as its name and type.
3. Click Save.
If the name you give the file already
exists, the following message
appears.
You will not be allowed to use national characters or forbidden special characters
in the document name. For a reminder, refer to "About Filenames".
On Windows NT, CATIA documents cannot be stored in a folder for which delete
authorization is not set.
If you have made no changes to any of the documents you want to save this
dialog box will not appear.
2. By default it is assumed that you want to save all documents. All documents
that have been modified in the current session are therefore placed in the bottom
list, i.e. the Will be saved list.
However, if there are documents you do not wish to save you can move each of
them individually into the upper list i.e. the Can be saved list by using the icon
Alternately, you can move all files to the upper list with the icon , select the
files individually and use the icon to transfer them to the lower list.
The icon moves all documents in the upper list into the lower list meaning
they will all be saved.
3. Click on OK to confirm.
If symbolic links exist between files, for example if a Drafting document has been
created from a Part document, the names of each of these files will also appear
in the bottom list and will be saved if the Part document is saved. However, if you
want to be able to save all files independently regardless of any existing links
between files, check the option Enable independent saves in the bottom left-hand
corner of the dialog box.
1. Select the
View->Specifications
command.
This is the default
layout option. It
displays both the
specification tree
and the geometry
together:
2. Select the
View->Specifications
command again.
This removes the
specification tree:
1. With the specification tree visible, select the View->Specifications Overview command (or press the Shift
and F2 keys) to display the Overview window containing a view of a portion of the specification tree:
Only that
part of the
tree you
see inside
the
overview
viewport will
be visible in
the
document
window.
1. With geometry visible in the geometry area, select the View->Geometry Overview command.
The geometry is displayed in the overview window, but not the specification tree:
Note that you can resize the overview window itself to see the whole of the viewport.
3. Zoom the size of the overview viewport by dragging the handles located at the top right and
bottom left corners of the viewport.
While you drag, the cursor changes to: . This lets you zoom the geometry in and out in the
document window:
Selecting Objects
Whenever you are not using an application command, the Select command is active. Using the Select
command, you can select any object in your document. All the selection tools are available using this
command.
Open the document Select.CATPart
1. Select the Select icon to enter selection mode, if it is not already activated.
2. Point to the part of the object you want to select.
As you point to objects, different parts of the objects are highlighted, in the geometry area, and the object name
is highlighted in the specification tree:
Highlighting will only be active if you checked the option "Preselect in geometry view" (active by default) using
the Visualization tab via the Tools->Options... command. This option is active by default. You can also set the
preselected element linetype using the " Preselected element linetype" option in the Visualization tab.
The face on the object opposite, for example, is highlighted in red.
You can also use the same tab to set a variety of useful selection features including selected element color and
pre-selected (highlight) linetype. Note that the selection color and pre-selection color are the same.
Whenever you are using an application command, you can only select objects required as input for the
command. For example, when creating a hole in a pad, you are prompted to select a face or a plane: no other
elements can be selected.
3. Once the element is highlighted, click on the object to select it.
In our example, the selected face now changes color
because we changed the selection color.
Note that you can also use the Selection Trap icon to perform the same
function. You access this icon by clicking the Select icon to see the Select
toolbar: .
Press and hold down the left mouse key, and slide it to the right to select the
icon.
The principle is the same: drag (using the left mouse button) to create the trap
around the object(s). Furthermore, you can start the creating the trap by pointing
to an existing object, and then dragging. Note that only those objects located
entirely inside the trap will be selected.
The Intersecting Trap
The Intersecting Trap icon on the Select toolbar also allows selection using a
trap. Any objects intersected by the trap will be selected.
The Polygonal Trap
The Polygonal Trap icon works like the other traps, except that the trap you
can draw is a closed polygon. Drag to define create the polygon around the
object to be selected, then double-click to close the polygon.
Paint Stroke Selection
The Paint Stroke icon lets you select objects by simply drawing a paint
stroke across them. Drag to create the paint stroke. Any object crossed by the
paint stroke will be selected.
A cross pinpoints the selected location. Four arrows are used for navigating or
scrolling through the object you point at. An invisible area around the selection
tool determines selection tool sensitivity.
6. Click the up arrow to
navigate "in-depth", in other
words, from the front to the
back of the object, to
highlight hidden or
coincident elements.
This method is particularly
useful for large parts since it
lets you select, for example,
edges, faces, etc. which are
not visible or accessible near
the front of the part.
You can also navigate between different objects, not just inside single objects.
When one object hides another, the preselection navigator will also let you select
elements belonging to the hidden object.
7. Click the down arrow to navigate in the opposite direction, towards the front of
the object.
8. Click the circle in the center to validate your selection and exit the preselection
navigator.
You can also press the up and down keys to achieve the same effect, and
validate your selection using the ENTER key. Using any of these keys displays
the selection tool automatically.
9. Click the left and right arrows to navigate up and down in the object hierarchy.
For example, click the left arrow and look at the specification tree to see each
click on the left arrow takes you to the top of the tree, then click the right arrow to
navigate downwards.
Similarly, you can also press the left and right keys to achieve the same effect,
and validate your selection using the ENTER key.
The selection tool disappears, in any case, once a selection has been made, or if
you point or click outside the selection activation area around the selection tool.
You can also navigate up and down the tree inside the Other Selections window
using the preselection navigator or the keyboard arrows, and select other
objects.
4. This time, point to the body of the
cylinder to highlight the surface.
The Other Selection... command is the only tool that lets you select characteristic
elements.
6. Click on Axis to select it.
If the Select command was active before you selected the Edit->Search... command, it remains active.
The Search...command does not prevent you from running other commands on the search results (once
selected). so you can also work with other commands while the Search dialog box remains open. This means
that you can:
run commands using the menus and icons
and also apply commands in contextual menus to selected search results using the power input field: for
example, you can manipulate selected specification tree elements using the "c:center on", "c:center
graph", "c:cut" commands.
If you select the Search button now, all items in the specification tree will be found.
and using the default settings for the other options in the Search dialog box will search for and select all objects
in the document. Similarly, entering:
Point*
will select all objects whose names begin with the character string "Point". Check the "Case sensitive" option if
you want the search to be case sensitive.
Note, however, that the other options allow you to filter your searches progressively.
The list below the Name field stores the names you entered during previous searches so you can select
them.The names are stored only as long as the Search dialog box remains open: closing the Search dialog box
clears the list.
3. Specify the type in the Type field.
By default, "*" appears in the Type field. To the right, the list box "in workbench" also contains "*". This means
that the search will be performed on all types of elements created by all workbenches.
In the list box, selecting a workbench filters the list of types in the Type field: for example, in you select the
workbench "Part", the Type field will be filtered to contain only the element types available in Part documents.
The same principle applies to the other document or workbench types.
Note that the object type is NOT necessarily the name you see in the specification tree.
When you select a new workbench, by default "*" remains in the Type field.
Whichever workbench is selected in the "in workbench" list box, you can search for element types belonging to
any other workbench by typing the name of the type in the "Type" field. If the element type belongs to only one
workbench, the correct workbench name is displayed in the "in workbench" list box; otherwise, "*" appears.
If you type only the first few characters of an object type, then press ENTER, the system will automatically
display the full name of the type. If several types contain the same characters, the first name containing these
characters is displayed.
If you type only the first few characters of a property, then press ENTER, the system will automatically display
the full name of the property.
Once you have chosen the property, type in the value of the property in the "of value" field. For example, if you
assigned a description to the element, you must select the "Production Description" property then enter text
included in the description.
6. Set the filter option in the "Look:" list box.
The filter options are:
Everywhere: searches the whole specification tree from top to bottom, to find objects created using all
workbenches; if you are performing the search in a product structure document (in design mode), the
search will be performed throughout the whole product structure, inside all the documents integrated in
the product structure (if these documents are accessible in design mode)
In "Element": the search will only locate objects belonging to "Element" , and that can be created using
the current workbench, where "Element" is the name of the active object.
For example, if you are using a Part document, objects created using the Part Design workbench will be
searched, but NOT objects created using the Sketcher workbench.
In a further example, let's assume you have a product document which includes several parts. Let's
assume the product root name is "Product.1". In this case, the filter will display "In Product.1". Selecting
the filter <In Product.1> will enable you to locate only the objects that can be created in the Product
Structure workbench and that belong to "Product.1". The search does not reach the lower levels in the
tree: the individual elements that make up the different parts will not be searched.
From "Element" to bottom: searches the elements in the active "Element", to the bottom of the tree. In
the previous example (a product including several parts), selecting the filter <From Product.1 to bottom>
will let you locate all the objects contained in "Product.1", to the bottom of the tree, regardless of the
workshop used to created them.
From current selection: this option will only be available if you already selected objects before selecting
the Search... command, and searches inside the selected objects to the bottom of the tree. This is
particularly useful when you know the object in which you want to search: you simply select the object,
then search inside the object.
For example, to understand how this option works in our document:
select "My Sketch"
select the Edit->Search... command
select the "From current selection" option
enter the name of what you are searching for, for example "Point*" to search for all points
click the Search button:
Several
points
are
found
and
preselected:
Click the down arrow at the end of the "Generated queries" field to display previous search queries. Simply
selecting a search query executes the search. Queries are also stored across sessions, because they are stored
with your settings. This enables you to recover queries from one session to the next.
The query displayed in the "Generated queries" field itself is editable. You can consequently enter your search
queries directly. When you do so, and press ENTER, the fields for the corresponding search options in the
Search dialog box are updated to reflect the search query.
You can also use this language when you are using power input mode.
The list contains a highlighted item: <Current Selection>. The current selection contains the element you
selected before selecting the Selection Sets... command.
4. To add more elements to your selection set, click the selection set name in the list, continue selecting
elements, then click the Add button.
In our example, add the hole to the selection set and click the Add button:
You can add objects to any selection set, and to the <Current Selection>.
If you want to recover your original selection, click <Current Selection> in the list. If you want to delete a
selection set, select the selection set and click the Delete button. Note that you cannot delete the <Current
Selection>.
5. Click the Close button.
You can create a selection set quickly by selecting the objects, then right-clicking to select the Define
Selection Set command. You can then use the Selection Sets... command to add objects, rename the
selection set, or delete it.
Manipulating Objects
Undoing Actions
This task shows you how to reverse the last action.
2. If you want to undo one or more actions preceding the last one you simply
have to repeat step 1.
Performing an Undo action may cancel the active object itself. This is indicated
by the caption Undo Active Object opposite the Edit->Undo command. If you do
remove the active object in this way it can easily be recovered (see next task
below).
Some actions cannot be undone. When this is the case the Undo icon is grayed
out.
2. If you want to repeat the last action more than once, simply repeat step 1 as
many times as required.
The Redo can only be used to recover what you have canceled by performing an
Undo (see previous task above). It cannot be used to perform actions not
canceled by an Undo.
A redo may recreate an active object. This is indicated by the caption Redo
Active Object opposite the Edit->Undo command.
Some actions cannot be redone. When this is the case the Redo action is grayed
out.
Note that the application workbenches offer a variety of specific cutting and
pasting scenarios.
Deleting Objects
This task shows you how to delete an object.
1. Select the object or objects you wish to delete, either in the specification tree or in the geometry tree.
The object(s) selected are highlighted in both the geometry area and the specification tree.
2. Select the Edit->Delete command or the Delete... command in the contextual menu.
Deleting objects may lead to deleting other objects dependent on the object to be deleted.
When this is the case, a dialog box
appears identifying which features are
impacted by the deletion, and prompting
you to decide whether to delete the
impacted features or not.
3. Click the More>> button when necessary for more advanced deletion possibilities:
4. Select OK to confirm.
3. Click the
Graphic tab to
display the
graphic
properties of
the current
object.
4. To set object
colors, click the
Color combo
box for Fill.
A list appears
containing:
a blank
color
field (No
Name)
a list of
sixteen
default
colors
from the
color
palette,
ready for
use
the More
Colors...
option.
5. Select the desired color.
The selected color is now displayed in the field in the combo box. Pointing the cursor over
the combo box displays the name of the selected color.
6. To access
more colors, or
to create your
own colors,
click the More
Colors... option
at the bottom of
the list to
access the
color palette.
In the Basic
Colors area, the
first sixteen
colors (in the
top two rows)
are the same as
those in the
previous list.
The remaining
four rows
contain extra
colors.
The Custom
Colors area
contains sixteen
free boxes in
which you can
place your
custom colors.
7. Click the Define Custom Colors >> option to display the full color palette and color
customization tools:
8. Once you are happy with the color, click one of the free boxes in the Custom Colors
area, then Click the Add to Custom Colors option to add the custom color.
with the Performance tab using the Tools->Options command. For more information, refer
to "Customizing Performance Settings".
12. To set color edges on parts, click the Color combo box for Edges and proceed the
same way
13. To set edge line types and weight, use the appropriate combo boxes.
14. If you selected a line or curve, you can set line and curve color, linetype and weight
the same way as for parts.
15. If you selected a point, you can set the point color in the same way as for parts. To
select the symbol used to represent the point, select the symbol from the Symbol combo
box.
16. In the Show and Pick field, check the Shown check box if you want the object to
always be visible, in other words, to always be in show mode.
For more information about the show and no show modes, refer to "Hiding and Showing
Objects".
17. In the Show and Pick field, check the Pickable check box if you want the object to
always be selectable.
18. Click Apply or OK to confirm.
Some
applications,
Drafting for
example, do not
display all
available tabs in
the
Edit->Properties
dialog box
when it is first
displayed. Click
on the More...
button to
access any
other tabs. The
More... button
then
disappears.
In the case
shown
opposite, if you
now click on the
More... button,
the Feature
Properties tab
appears
alongside the
three already
shown.
If you are also using the Assembly application, which provides a number of advanced
positioning tools, consider the 3D compass as a preliminary tool for positioning
components in space prior to fine positioning of those components within the assembly.
Which Objects Are We Talking About?
You can use the 3D compass to manipulate non-constrained objects, in other words,
objects not linked together by constraints. However, you can manipulate groups of
objects in assemblies which are linked to each other by constraints.
About Moving Objects with the Compass
When you create a pad, for example, you create it from a sketch which itself is located in
a fixed plane, either a reference plane or a plane you create.
When you drag and drop the compass onto the pad (refer to "Manipulating Objects
Using the Mouse and Compass" for more details), a message will inform you that certain
elements in the pad are fixed (the plane from which the sketch was created), and
therefore you cannot move the pad.
If you select the sketch, then select the Parent/Children contextual command, you will
see that the parent of the sketch is a fixed plane. You cannot move the pad until you
have either isolated the fixed element (using the Isolate contextual command).
If the object was created using the Generative Shape Design application, you can
convert it into a datum element: the object then possesses no construction history, or no
links to other entities. For more details, refer to the Generative Shape Design Users
Guide.
Note that the 3D compass and the absolute axis at the bottom right of the document are aligned identically by
default.
1. Rotate to see how the objects, 3D compass and the absolute axis are rotated together.
The cursor shape changes to: . You will also notice that the following parts of the compass are highlighted as
you point to them:
compass axes
arcs on the planes of the compass
and the planes themselves.
When you drag any part of the compass, the cursor shape changes to: .
If you checked the option "Display manipulation bounding box" in the Visualization tab via the Tools->Options
command, a box will appear around the selected object if it can be manipulated by the compass.
In our example, point to and click on the
planar patch to see the bounding box
appear.
The edges of the bounding box around a
selected object always remain aligned with
the compass axes.
3. Drag any axis on the compass.
The viewpoint is panned along the direction of the axis. For example, dragging the Z axis upwards pans up
along the Z axis like this:
Dragging close to the red square rotates the objects quickly; dragging further away from the red square rotates
more slowly. The rotation axis used is the same as that used when rotating using the other rotation tools.
5. Drag a plane on the compass.
For example, dragging to the right the plane subtended by the arc ZY moves the objects on the same plane like
this:
Select the View->Render Style->Perspective command to perceive the effect more easily.
6. Drag the free rotation handle (the point at the top of the compass) to rotate the objects freely like this:
7. Point to either X, Y or Z to highlight the letter, then click the letter to make that axis perpendicular to your
eye-point.
Clicking the same letter reverses the point from which you view the objects. For example, clicking the letter Z
lets you view the document along the Z axis like this:
The axis is the Z axis by default. The square base represents the current privileged plane.
The privileged plane is realigned with one of the planes on the object and is snapped to the object.
3. Release the mouse button to drop the compass onto the object.
Dropping the compass onto the object snaps the compass to the object and selects it. The compass changes color;
the default color is light green. You set this color using the Handles option in the Visualization tab via the
Tools->Options command.
In our example, drag and drop the compass onto the planar patch. One possible result could look like this:
Note that, in our example, the compass could also be oriented differently, depending on where you drop the
compass.
Note that the X axis is now w|x, the Y axis u|y, and the Z axis v|z; an extra letter is added is this way to indicate that
the axis in question is no longer oriented the same way as the absolute reference axis in the bottom right corner.
Once the compass is snapped to the object, you can begin to manipulate the object. You do so by simply dragging
certain parts of the compass, exactly as you do to manipulate viewpoints as explained in "Manipulating Viewpoints
Using the Mouse and Compass". This time, the object (and not the viewpoints) will be manipulated.
4. In our example, drag the X axis of the compass to move the planar patch to the other side of the block, then drop
to reposition the planar patch.
While dragging, the compass and a representation of the planar patch are moved.
The distance from the origin of the axis (the red square or compass manipulation handle located on the compass
base) is displayed in real time as you move the object. The value displayed will be preceded by the "-" sign
(negative) if you move the object in the direction opposite to the compass orientation.
The translation increments are preset: you cannot reset the translation increments displayed.
When you drop the compass, the planar patch will now be positioned approximately like this:
6. To reorient the compass the same way as the absolute reference axis, and restore the compass to its original
position in the top right corner of the document, drag and drop the compass onto the absolute reference axis.
The compass is repositioned at the default position and takes the default orientation:
To achieve the same effect, you can also press and hold down the Shift key, then drag and drop the compass.
Release the left mouse button before releasing the Shift key.
The View->Reset Compass command also restores the compass to its original position, but does not restore the
default orientation.
If you checked the option "Display manipulation bounding box" in the Visualization tab via the Tools->Options
command, a box will appear around the selected object if it can be manipulated by the compass.
In our example, click on an object to see the
bounding box appear:
You can then drag any of the edges of the box to move the object in the corresponding direction. Note also that the
bounding box remains oriented the same way as the compass.
You can also align the compass on objects that the compass cannot manipulate: this technique is useful if you
want to detect a direction on the object for manipulating non-constrained objects.
In our example, you could drag the compass onto the pad and align it with one of the pad edges like this:
Just click the OK button when warned that you cannot move the pad.
You can then select the planar patch and drag the compass to move the planar patch in the same direction as the
edge of the pad. This is the ideal solution for manipulating several objects at a time. To do so, select the first
object, then CTRL-click on other objects to add them to your selection.
Note that the current coordinates of the compass manipulation handle (red square), with respect to the center
of the 3D scene, are displayed in the corresponding fields for the Position option. In our example, the center of
the 3D scene, in this case, is the point of intersection of the 3 planes located on the pad.
3. Reset the compass U, V and W coordinates of the compass to zero, using the Position option, then click the
"Apply new position" button.
In our example, because you dropped the compass onto the planar patch, the compass and the planar patch
are moved to the center of the 3D scene as follows:
4. To translate the compass and planar patch by increments along an individual axis (U, V or W) using the
Increments option, set the translation values for an axis, then click the "+" button or the "-" button to translate in
forward or reverse direction respectively.
5. To translate an object along a vector derived from two objects you select, click the "Measure Distance"
button and select the two elements.
When you click the "Measure Distance" button, all options and fields in the dialog box are grayed out.
You can select any of the following:
a point
a line
or a plane.
The value for the detected distance is highlighted in the appropriate fields, expressed in the units of the
compass. Note that, depending on the compass orientation, some or all of the U, V and W coordinates may be
calculated.
If the first element is a line or a plane, you can then select a second element or enter a distance. For example,
selecting a line implies that you want to translate the object in the direction of the line, and you can enter the
distance for the translation in the Distance field. However, if you just select the two elements, the distance
between the two is displayed in the Distance field, and the object will be translated over this distance and in the
same direction. If the second element is a plane, the direction of translation is normal to the plane.
Then, click either the "+" or the "-" button to the right of the "Distance" option to translate the object in the
forward or reverse direction.
6. To rotate, set the rotation angle and click the "+" button or the "-" button for the axis about which you want to
rotate.
For example, with the object still located at the center of the 3D scene, rotating about the U axis produces this
result:
7. To rotate the object through the angle between two elements, click the Measure Angle button and select the
two elements.
You can select a line or a plane. The angle is displayed in the Angle field. Then click the "+" button or the "-"
button for the axis about which you want to rotate.
The compass is snapped automatically only onto non-constrained objects recognized by the compass. The
compass keeps its current alignment. As long as the command Snap automatically to selected object remains
activated, the compass will be snapped automatically.
When you drop the compass onto an object, this orientation will be kept.
4. To reorient the compass, select the Lock Current Orientation command again.
You need access to a CATIA - P2 FreeStyle Shaper configuration to follow this scenario.
Open the document Manipulators.CATPart.
1. In our example, drag and drop the compass onto the planar patch like this:
This command is not useful when simply using the Select command. It is only useful when using application
commands that use manipulators which require working planes, for example, when creating planar patches or
modifying control points using the FreeStyle Shaper.
You need access to a CATIA - P2 FreeStyle Shaper configuration to follow this scenario.
Open the document Manipulators.CATPart.
1. Activate the FreeStyle Shaper workbench.
Note that the manipulators, by default, are oriented in the same plane as the privileged plane of the compass,
in the XY plane.
5. Drag the compass onto the patch and align it in the following direction:
7. Drag the compass away from the patch and drop it into empty space (in other words, not on another object).
The compass keeps the same orientation:
Do not be confused by the fact that the compass axes do not change: the compass is reoriented to make the
YZ the privileged plane, even though the axes on the compass still indicate that the privileged plane is still XY.
This command is not useful when simply using the Select command. It is only useful when using application
commands that use manipulators which require working planes, for example, when creating planar patches or
modifying control points using the FreeStyle Shaper.
You need access to a CATIA - P2 FreeStyle Shaper configuration to follow this scenario.
Open the document Manipulators.CATPart.
1. Activate the FreeStyle Shaper workbench.
Note that the manipulators, by default, are oriented in the same plane as the privileged plane of the compass,
in the XY plane.
5. Drag the compass onto the patch and align it in the following direction:
The compass has now detected the orientation of the patch. Note that the manipulators, by default, are
oriented in the same plane as the privileged plane of the compass.
7. Drag the compass away from the patch and drop it into empty space (in other words, not on another object).
The compass keeps the same orientation:
1. Select the Select icon to enter selection mode, if it is not already activated.
2. Drag the Edge Fillet icon from the toolbar onto a face of the pad.
As soon as you point at the pad face, the face is highlighted and the pointer changes to this shape :
The drag and drop method of running commands is not available everywhere: refer to your workbench documentation
for more details.
1. Select the Select icon to enter selection mode, if it is not already activated.
You will select a fillet and copy it to another location on the same part.
2. Point to the fillet to be copied, so as to highlight it.
3. Press and hold down the Ctrl key and drag the fillet to another edge on the part.
As soon as you point at the pad face, the face is highlighted and the pointer changes to this shape:
You can also move the fillet, instead of copying it. To do so, simply drag the fillet to the new location. when
performed (and not a move) by the appearance of the symbol. This is typically the case when you
attempt to drag an object created in one context (in one workshop) onto an object created in another context
(workshop). So, within the same document window, the move is only allowed if the object onto which you
drop your object can be edited in the current context (workshop). For example, you cannot drag (move) a
part onto a line in a sketch: the part and the sketch were created in different workshops.
The drag and drop method of running commands is not available everywhere: refer to your workbench
documentation for more details.
Printing Documents
The fact that these functions are shared make it easy to use the print, capture
and album functions together.
For more information about capturing images and using the album, refer to
"Capturing and Managing Images for the Album".
You can also use the Fit All In icon and zooming commands inside the Print Preview
The Print window is also available via the Print icon in the Tools->Image->Capture...
command and the Tools->Image->Album... command.
The area to the right is a preview area displaying a shaded rectangle representing the size of
the image to be printed, using the default paper format with the default margins. The image
size matches the real size of the geometry area in your document window, with respect to
the selected paper format. Any changes you make to page orientation, page setup (paper
format, paper margins), image scale and position are instantaneously displayed in this area.
Resizing the document window resizes the image accordingly. You can also resize the image
by dragging the image handles (using the left mouse button). The proportional relationship
between image width and height is always maintained. Note that these handles are not
available if you check the Fit in Page option (the default setting).
2. Select a printer, or check the Print to file check box and enter the name of a file.
Refer to "Printing To a File" for more information.
3. Set the page orientation.
The current page setup (page format and page size) set using the Page setup... option is
displayed as a reminder. Orientation settings are:
Portrait: sets portrait orientation
Set the Rendering Quality factor which determines the quality of printed output:
low (screen): the quality of the printed output matches the screen resolution
medium
highest.
The higher the setting, the longer the print time, the larger the print file, the higher the image
quality. This option does not impact print previewing.
Set the Line Width Specification:
Absolute: original linetype specifications are preserved
Scaled: the print image scale is applied to linetypes
No thickness
Printing To a File
This task explains how to print to a file.
You can also print to a file via the Print icon in the Tools->Image->Capture... command and
the Tools->Image->Album... command.
2. Select a printer name.
3. Check the Print to File check box:
5. Type the file name, then click the Save button to save the file and return to the Print dialog
box.
The file is saved with the .prn extension (the only extension available). The information in the
file depends on the printer you chose in the Print dialog box.
6. Click the Apply or OK button to save the file.
7. To print the file, open an MS-DOS window (on Windows) and use the copy command, for
example:
copy myfile.prn LPT1
where "LPT1" is the local print port, or if the printer is on a network:
copy myfile.prn \\servername\printername
where "servername"is the name of the print server, and "printername" is the name of the
printer.
On UNIX, use the operating system command appropriate for your platform.
Printing on UNIX
This task describes how to quickly set up a printer and print a document on UNIX
using printer setup defaults.
You can only print a document on UNIX if at least one printer has been set up
using the File -> Printer Setup... command. Setting up a printer creates a printer
configuration file, needed for printing, in $HOME/CATSettings/Printers.
For more information and advanced printer setup scenarios, refer to "Setting Up
Your Printers on UNIX".
1. Select the File->Printer Setup... command to display the Printer Setup dialog
box.
Note that the Available printers field is empty the first time you use this
command.
2. Click the Add... button to display the Printer Properties dialog box.
Note that this dialog box presents a number of default settings. For the purposes
of this task, you can use default settings in most cases.
3. In the Printer group box, enter a comment describing the printer name.
Use a meaningful comment as printer name, for example, My PostScript Printer.
The name you enter will be visible on the list of printers to choose from when
using the File ->Print... command.
For the purposes of this task, leave the driver set to Post Script, and do not click
the Advanced Configuration... button. A PostScript printer is probably the most
accessible printer on your network.
Use the defaults in the Paper Format group box.
4. In the Submission Scripts group box, click the combo box
opposite the Default Queue Name and select a physical
printer from the list of printers available on your network:
5. Click the OK button to redisplay the Printer Setup dialog box which now looks
like this:
For Versatec drivers, the system searches for the file "prmfil.dat" in this directory.
If it exists, the file is used. If not, the system searches the Versatec plot
configuration file for the declaration:
export VGSDIR=EXTERNAL
and, if it finds this declaration, uses the variables set in the declaration part of the
submission script associated with the plotter. If this declaration does not exist, it
searches for a declaration like this:
export VGSDIR=path
where "path" is the path of a directory containing all the Versatec files, and then
sets the appropriate variables.
Note that, because you have now set up a printer, the Remove, Configure... and
Test option buttons are now available. For more information about these options,
refer to "Setting Up Your Printers on UNIX".
6. Click the Test button to send a test print job to the printer, or click the Quick
Print icon .
7. If you want to set other print settings, or preview the document prior to printing,
click the Quit button in the Printer Setup dialog box, then select the File->Print
command to display the Print dialog box:
Note that the printer name you created previously is displayed in the Printer
Name field.
8. Click the OK button to print the document.
1. Select the
Tools->Image->Capture...
command to display the
capture toolbar:
Note that the command activated by default in the capture toolbar depends
on the type of document active when you display the toolbar:
when a part (or assembly) document is active, the Pixel command is
activated by default.
when viewing only the specification tree in a document, the Vector
command is activated by default.
when a drawing document is activated, the Vector command is
activated by default.
2. Click the Options icon to access the Capture Options dialog box.
The higher the setting, the greater the quality of the capture. Use the
Preview icon to compare captures made with different rendering quality
factors.
3. Click the Pixel icon or the Vector icon to choose between a pixel
or a vector image.
In Shading mode, in which edges are not displayed, capturing vector images
is not useful, and produces images that cannot be viewed in the album: you
capture only lines and edges in vector mode, not shaded surfaces.
4. Click the Album icon to capture the image and store it in the album.
A message appears in the status bar informing you that the captured image
has been stored in the album, and specifies the image name.
5. Select the
Tools->Image->Album...
command to display the
album.
The album is displayed,
listing the current contents of
the album.
The contents of the album are stored on your system in a non-editable file in
the location defined by the CATTemp environment variable. Deleting this file
deletes the contents of the album.
1. Select the
Tools->Image->Capture...
command to display the
Capture toolbar:
2. Click the Select icon
5. Click the Album icon to capture the image and store it in the album.
6. Select the
Tools->Image->Album...
command to display the
album, and double-click
the image to preview it.
The selected area of the
image has been captured.
The system automatically assigns names to each image. Images are named "Capture_xxx",
where "xxx" is a number from 001 to 999.
You can display images in the preview area to the right by selecting them in the list. This allows
you to easily identify the image content.
2. Select an image from the list and click the Preview icon or double-click the image name in
the list to display the Print Preview window:
You can also use the Fit All In icon and zooming commands inside the Print Preview window.
1. Select the
Tools->Image->Album...
command to display the
album contents.
The system automatically
assigns names to each
image. Image names are
"Capture_xxx", where "xxx"
is a number from 001 to 999.
2. To rename an image,
click in the text box and
enter the new name, then
press the Enter key to
confirm.
In our example, we want to
rename "Capture_004" to
"iso_view":
1. Select the
Tools->Image->Album...
command to display the album
contents:
You paste data into OLE-compliant documents using either the Paste command or the Paste Special...
command:
the Paste command simply copies the data into the OLE-compliant application
the Paste Special... command offers two modes: you can either paste (embed) the data as normal, or link
the copied data to its source.
For general information about linking and embedding data from CATIA Version 5 documents in
OLE-compliant applications, refer to "Using CATIA Version 5 Data in OLE-Compliant Applications".
There is a quicker alternative: you can also select the Tools->Image->Capture... command and simply click the
Copy icon in the Capture toolbar. This captures the image and copies it directly to the clipboard. The image is not
stored in the album.
.
If you selected a pixel
image, the following dialog
box is displayed:
You do not need to open the album first to save images to other formats.
The Save As... icon is also available by selecting the
Tools->Image->Capture... command and clicking the Save icon in the
Capture toolbar, allowing you to save to a file directly (without saving the
image in the album).
1. Select the
Tools->Image->Album... command
to display the album contents:
Images are printed the same way as any other document. Refer to "Printing Documents" for
a full description of how to print.
You do not need to open the album first to print images. The Print command is also available
by selecting the Tools->Image->Capture... command and clicking the Print icon in the
Capture toolbar, allowing you to print the file directly (without saving the image in the album).
Note that the name of the video file to be generated and the current video format are both indicated. In our
example, the video file name is "movie00000.avi" and the video format is "Microsoft AVI".
The Video... command is only available if a document is open.
4. If you want the video file name (and number) to be set automatically, check the Automatic File Name option,
which is activated by default.
If you do so, the system automatically names the video file starting with the prefix "movie00000" and appends the
video extension (avi, jpg, etc.). In our example, the video file name is "movie00000.avi" when you set the video
format to "Microsoft AVI".
Each time you generate a new video file using the Recording button, the file number will be incremented
(movie00001.avi, movie00002.avi, etc.).
If you uncheck this option, the Name field becomes editable and the prefix changes to "MOVIE", for example
"MOVIE.avi". You can then rename the file in the Name field, along with a drive and folder (or directory) name, like
this for example on Windows:
c:\Videos\MyMovie.avi
You can also click the icon, navigate to the appropriate location and rename the file.
When you first access the dialog box, it specifies the default folder:
C:\TEMP\ (Windows)
/tmp (UNIX).
Area: lets you draw a rectangular area anywhere on the screen, for capturing what happens inside this
area only.
Check the Area option to
activate the selection arrow
On Windows, the Compressor list contains the option: Full Frames (Uncompressed). Selecting this option prior to
recording has the following effects:
the resulting video file is larger (because it is not compressed)
but performance during the recording is enhanced (because each frame is not compressed as soon as it is
recorded).
10. Click OK in the Video Properties
dialog box to start the recording.
Messages in the status bar and the
Video Recorder dialog box inform you
each time a frame is recorded:
11. Click the Pause button to pause, or the Stop button to stop the recording.
Viewing Objects
The SpaceBall or SpaceMouse can be used, in addition to the mouse, to perform graphic viewing manipulations (zoom, pan,
rotate, etc.); the requisite drivers are delivered with these devices.
Clicking on the corresponding icon runs the corresponding command once only. Using the View->Modify commands or
pressing and holding down the middle mouse button activates a permanent viewing mode for each command, until you click to
exit.
Note: See "Hiding and Showing Objects" for information about showing and hiding, and "Using Rendering Styles" for hidden
line rendering.
The 3-button mouse is recommended for usability reasons.
On Windows computers:
the IntelliMouse (two buttons plus a wheel) is an alternative to the 3-button mouse: pressing and hold down the wheel
the same way as the middle mouse button (but rolling the wheel is not supported)
a 2-button mouse may alternatively be used (the third button is emulated using a key combination).
1. Select the View->Fit All In command, or click the Fit All In icon.
Fit All In zooms the current
view out so that all the
document contents fit into the
space available in the
geometry area.
Panning
This task explains how to move the current document contents by panning the
camera viewpoint.
Zooming In
This task explains how to zoom in by predetermined increments.
You can also use the View->Zoom In Out command and drag (left mouse button)
to zoom in progressively, not by increments.
Zooming Out
This task explains how to zoom out by predetermined increments.
You can also use the View->Zoom In Out command and drag (left mouse button)
to zoom out progressively, not by increments.
Zooming In On An Area
This task explains how to zoom in on an area.
2. Drag (left mouse button) to draw the bounding outline containing the area on
which you want to zoom in.
The area now viewed is the area you captured inside the bounding outline.
icon.
2. Select a plane.
The object is projected onto
the selected plane so you can
now view along a normal to
the plane.
Rotating
This task explains how to rotate an object.
Navigating
You can also access the Examine mode via the Examine icon in the View
toolbar, available when using the beginners walk and fly modes.
Before using the Walk navigation mode, you must be in a perspective view (View->Render
Style->Perspective). If you attempt to activate Walk mode, you will be prompted to switch to a
perspective view.
Beginner's walk mode commands are single-action commands. Releasing the mouse button
means you exit the command. You can only move forward in beginner's walk mode.
Open the document Platform.model.
These commands are also available via the View->Modify command in the menu bar.
2. Click the Turn Head icon in the View toolbar then drag (left mouse button) to define
your starting position (the direction in which you look at the object).
3. Release at the desired location.
4. Click the Walk icon, then click the left mouse button to begin to walking.
You begin to walk straight forward in the chosen direction.
A green arrow appears along with a circular target located at the center of the view.
The speed at which you first approach the object depends on the initial distance from the
object, and is calculated automatically. The speed is optimized so that you reach the point
you target in approximately 10 seconds.
5. Still holding the left button down, drag to the right or left, or up or down, to change
direction.
You walk in the direction in which you drag. The further you drag away from the center of the
view (represented by the circular symbol), the greater the change in direction.
Dragging to the left lets you view the object as if you had turned your head to the left;
dragging to the right produces the same effect in the opposite direction.
As you drag, the shape of
the arrow changes to
reflect the direction in
which you are walking:
6. Drag the cursor back towards the center of the view to continue walking straight forward in
the new direction.
7. To modify your speed, click the Accelerate or Decelerate icon one or more
times, then click the Walk icon again followed by the left mouse button to pursue your walk.
8. To return to the default navigation mode, click the Examine mode icon in the View
toolbar
You can also set mouse sensitivity and collision detection using the appropriate options in the
Visualization tab, accessed via the Tools->Options command.
Before using the Walk navigation mode, you must be in a perspective view (View->Render
Style->Perspective).
It is easier to walk through documents in contexts where you would find a virtual ground, i.e. in
buildings, planes or ships for example.
Open the document Platform.model.
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2. Press and hold down the middle mouse button to define the horizontal view plane.
3. Still holding the button down, drag to the left or to the right to determine the direction in which
you wish to walk.
In the Walk mode, press and hold down the middle mouse button until you've finished
navigating.
4. When in the direction in which you wish to walk, click the left mouse button to begin walking.
You begin to walk forward in the chosen direction.
A green arrow appears along with a circular target located at the center of the view, like when
using the beginner's walk mode:
5. Still holding the middle button down, drag left or right to change direction:
Dragging to the left lets you view the object as if you had turned your head to the left; dragging
to the right produces the same effect in the opposite direction.
6. Drag the cursor back towards the center of the view to continue your walk straight forward in
the new direction.
Pressing the PageUp and PageDown keys modifies your speed. Speed is indicated in the status
bar.
7. Click the left mouse button again to reverse the direction.
You begin to walk backward, away from the target.
Note: The left and right directions are now defined as if you were walking away from the target
with your back towards it.
You can also set mouse sensitivity and collision detection using the appropriate options in the
Visualization tab, accessed via the Tools->Options command.
Before using the Fly navigation mode, you must be in a perspective view (View->Render Style->Perspective).
If you attempt to activate Fly mode, you will be prompted to switch to a perspective view.
Beginner's fly mode commands are single-action commands. Releasing the mouse button means you exit the
command. You can only move forward in beginner's fly mode.
Open the document Platform.model.
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1. Click the Fly Mode icon in the View toolbar or select View->Navigation Mode->Fly.
The icons used in the beginner's fly mode appear in the View toolbar:
These commands are also available via the View->Modify command in the menu bar.
2. Click the Turn Head icon in the View toolbar then drag (left mouse button) to define your starting position
(the direction in which you look at the object).
3. Release at the desired location.
4. Click the Fly icon, then click the left mouse button to begin to flying.
You begin to fly forward in the chosen direction.
A green arrow appears along with a circular target located at the center of the view:
The speed at which you first approach the object depends on the initial distance from the object, and is
calculated automatically. The speed is optimized so that you reach the point you target in approximately 10
seconds.
5. Still holding the left button down, drag to the right or left, or up or down, to change direction.
You fly in the direction in which you drag. The further you drag away from the center of the view (represented
6. Drag the cursor back towards the center of the view to continue flying straight forward in the new direction.
7. To modify your speed, click the Accelerate or Decelerate icon one or more times, then click the Fly
icon again, then drag to pursue your fly.
Each click on the icon increases or decreases the speed by approximately 40%.
When you collide with a solid object when flying, you will slide along the object's surface, and you will no longer
fly through the object, providing a more realistic effect. This feature is also available in Advanced Fly mode.
Pressing the Shift key and dragging lets you bank left or right.
You can use the option "Gravitational effects when navigating" in the Visualization tab, accessed via the
Tools->Options command, to fix the X, Y or Z axis during navigation. While turning in Fly mode, this creates the
impression that the user viewpoint tilts or banks with respect to the fixed axis, as in a real plane.
You can also set mouse sensitivity and collision detection using the appropriate options in the same
Visualization tab.
8. To return to the default navigation mode, click the Examine mode icon in the View toolbar.
Before using the Fly navigation mode, you must be in a perspective view (View->Render Style ->Perspective).
Fly is used in exactly the same way as Walk, the only difference being that in Fly mode you can move upward or
downward on any horizontal plane as you move forward or backward.
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1. Click the Fly Mode icon in the View toolbar or select View->Navigation Mode->Fly.
2. Press and hold down the middle mouse button to define the initial horizontal view plane.
3. Still holding the button down, drag to the left or to the right, or up or down, to determine the direction in which
you wish to fly.
In the Fly mode, press and hold down the middle mouse button until you've finished navigating.
4. When in the direction in which you wish to fly, click the left mouse button to begin flying.
You begin to fly straight forward in the chosen direction.
A green arrow appears along with a circular target located at the center of the view, like when using the
beginner's fly mode.
The speed at which you first approach the object depends on the initial distance from the object, and is
calculated automatically. The speed is optimized so that you reach the point you target in approximately 10
seconds.
5. Still holding the middle button down, drag left or right to change direction.
You fly in the direction in which you drag. The further you drag away from the center of the view, the greater the
change in direction.
6. Drag the cursor towards the center of the view to continue flying forward in the new direction:
Pressing the PageUp and PageDown keys modifies your speed. Speed is indicated in the status bar.
Each press of the key increases or decreases the speed by approximately 40%.
You can use the option " when navigating" in the Visualization tab, accessed via the Tools->Options command,
to fix the X, Y or Z axis during navigation. While turning in Fly mode, this creates the impression that the user
viewpoint tilts or banks with respect to the fixed axis, as in a real plane.
You can also set gravitational effects, mouse sensitivity and collision detection using the appropriate options in
the same Visualization tab, like when using the beginner's fly mode.
Changing Views
Individual views are created as you navigate through your design in examine,
walk and fly modes. Views are stored and can be reviewed. In walk and fly
modes, views are created each time you pause during your walkabout or fly
around.
This task shows you how to change views.
Magnifying
This tasks explains how to obtain a magnified view of your document in a
separate window.
1. Select the View->Magnifier... command.
3. Point to one of the handles and drag it to size the magnified area up and
down.
All the viewing and manipulations performed in the document window are also
reflected in the Magnifier window. For example, rotate the object to see how the
object is also rotated in the Magnifier window:
Looking At Objects
This tasks explains how to look at the document in a specific direction by
targeting through a user-defined viewport.
1. Select the View->Modify->Look At command.
Hiding Objects
This task explains how to hide objects by transferring them to the No Show
space (they are no longer displayed).
1. Select an object.
In our example, select the line.
3. Click the Hide/Show icon again to display the object in the Show space.
After selecting an object, you can also use select the Edit->Properties command,
click the Graphic tab, and set the Shown option to achieve the same effect.
objects and transfer them back to the Show space using the Hide/Show
icon.
Wireframe (NHR)
This tasks explains how to display objects in wireframe mode.
Wireframe icon.
Setting a shaded part to NHR
has the following effect:
Shading (SHD)
This tasks explains how to display objects in shading mode.
Shading icon.
Setting a part in NHR mode to
SHD mode has the following
effect:
The Shading with Texture and Edges icon adds edges to the textured object.
or, the icon in the list of rendering options in the View toolbar.
1. Select the View->Lighting... command to display the Light Source Editor dialog box.
Note that the One Light Source icon is activated by default. The sphere indicates
the current lighting direction. The handle on the sphere indicates the direction from
which the light is being projected: by default, the light is coming from the top left.
You can drag the handle around (using the left mouse button) to change the lighting
direction. The new lighting effect is created instantaneously as you drag the handle.
A slider at the bottom of the dialog box lets you adjust light source brightness.
2. Drag the handle down and towards the bottom right: the light is now coming from the
bottom right:
3. Click the Two Light Source icon to add another light source.
In our example, using two light sources means that the lighting is now too bright.
4. Drag the brightness slider (the first slider in the list) to the left to reduce the
brightness.
5. Now drag the lower handle up towards the top left to change the direction of the
corresponding light source.
7. Click the No Light Source icon to switch off all light sources.
The bottom two sliders control contrast and specular intensity of light sources
respectively.
You can also color light sources using the color chooser.
2. Drag the cross inside the spectrum to instantaneously change the color in the small
box below the spectrum.
The HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminance) and RGB (Red, Green and Blue) values vary
according to where the cross is located. You can also enter HSL and RGB values in the
fields provided to suit your exact color specifications.
Move the arrow up or down to vary the brightness of the custom color.
3. Click Apply or OK to apply the changes.
You can also drag the vertical lines representing the near and far clipping planes to produce the same
effect.
The back (far) section of the geometry is clipped. You now only see what is located between the near
and far clipping planes.
4. Zoom out to see all the geometry.
5. Click the Foggy option.
When you apply standard views, the views are no longer rezoomed. Note also
that, if the "Animation during viewpoint modification" option is checked in the
Visualization tab, the change of view will be animated.
The other views are:
You can also use the quick access icon bar (accessed via the View toolbar) for
applying standard views more quickly.
When pulled away from the
View toolbar, the icon bar
looks like this:
2. Adjust the
different view
parameters (zoom,
rotation, etc.) until
you are happy with
the result.
3. Select the
View->Named
Views... command,
then click the Add
button to add the
view to the list.
The default name
of the view is
"Camera 1", and
the name is also
displayed in an
editable field below
the list.
4. Rename the
view in the editable
field as required
and press Enter, or
click Apply.
5. If you want to
set the camera
properties (the
properties of the
view), click the
Properties button
to access the
Camera Properties
dialog box.
Target:
coordinates
of the
center of
rotation of
the camera
(the point
located at
the center
of the
viewport).
You can set
the center
of rotation
by clicking
the middle
mouse
button on
the desired
point: the
coordinated
are
memorized
with the
camera.
View angle:
sets the
vertical
angle from
the eye
position
(with
respect to
the center
of the view)
to define the
direction in
which you
look at the
view
(available in
perspective
views only).
A large
angle has
the effect of
zooming out
to make the
geometry
look small; a
small angle
has the
reverse
effect.
Zoom: zoom
factor
(available in
parallel
views only).
6. If you want to modify any customized view you already saved, select it, modify the
view parameters again, then click the Modify button to save your changes.
You can also delete views by selecting the view from the list and clicking the Delete
button.
The Reverse button lets you view the object from the reverse angle.
The document looks like this when you first open it:
1. Click the "+" symbol next to PadandCylinder, then the "+" symbol next to Pad to see the following:
You can now see clearly that the two features are named PadandCylinder and Pad.
2. Look at the View toolbar:
"None" in the Layer box: indicates that there is no current layer, which guarantees that all the
contents of your document are visible. You can assign objects to "None": any object assigned to "None" will
always be visible.
For the moment, you have not yet assigned any objects onto a layer.
The following layers are always available:
None
0 General
1 - 999 (even though they are not visible at first in the Layer list).
These layers cannot be deleted.
The Layer box also contains the "Other Layers..." command which lets you create your own named layers.
Refer to "Creating New Layers" for more details.
3. Select PadandCylinder in the tree, click the arrow on the Layer box, then select "0 General" from the list.
PadandCylinder is assigned to the layer "0 General". The Layer box now looks like this: . You see
only the number because all layers are identified primarily by their number.
4. Click on the "+" symbol next to PadandCylinder.
PadandCylinder is expanded.
5. Select the different features in PadandCylinder (Pad.1, Pad.2).
Note that these features are also located on the layer "0". This is because the features inside a part body
inherit the
3. Click OK.
The layer you just added ("Layer 1") is now the current layer, and it is displayed
Clicking the Num and Name buttons presents the lists in numerical and
alphabetical order.
The following information is stored with your settings:
the list of named layers
the current layer
the current filter and filter description (refer to "Using Visualization Filters").
The default current filter "All visible" is applied automatically: it lets you see all the contents of the document.
This filter cannot be deleted.
4. Click OK.
This creates a new filter "Filter001"
(with the default filter syntax) in the
Visualization Filters dialog box:
5. Select the root object Layers in the tree, click the Layer box, then type "0".
The root object is now assigned to the layer number "0".
6. Select PadandCylinder in the tree, click the arrow on the Layer box, then select "0 General" from the list.
PadandCylinder is assigned to the layer "0 General". The Layer box now looks like this: .
7. Select Pad in the tree, click inside the Layer box, then type "1".
Pad is assigned to the layer "Layer 1". The Layer box now looks like this: .
8. Select "Filter001" in the Visualization Filters dialog box and click Apply.
The objects are no longer displayed, and the filter remains active.
Why are the objects no longer displayed?
All the features below the root object in the tree are considered to be on layer "0" if applying the visualization
filter makes the objects invisible. This remains the case even if you assign the objects to layers other than layer
"0".
9. This time, select the root object Layers in the tree, click the Layer box, then type "1" to assign it to layer "1".
The filter is still active, but this time only the object Pad becomes visible:
Recording a Macro
This task explains how to record a macro from a dialog sequence.
You can store the recorded macro in the current document or in a file. Even if you choose
to store the macro in a file, if a document was current when you began to record the
macro, a link is created in this document to the file storing the macro, and the macro can
afterwards be selected and run using this link from the document. If you want to record a
macro that is not pointed to by any document, you need to store the macro in a file, and
you can either start recording with no current document, or delete the created link from the
current document when the macro is recorded.
1. Select the
Tools->Macro->StartRecording
command to display the Macro
Recording dialog box.
2. In the Macro Recording dialog box, click in the "Macro in" area:
the current document name to store the macro in the current document
or "External File" to store the macro in a file.
3. Give a name to the macro
If you choose to store the macro in the current document, enter the macro name in
the "Macro Name" area.
If you choose to store the macro in a file, click Select. The Select External File
dialog box appears. In this case, select or create the appropriate file and click
Open.
4. Click Start to begin recording the macro.
A Warning box is displayed if the macro already exists. Click Yes to start recording the
macro while overriding the existing one. The dialog boxes related to the macro recording
disappear and the Stop Recording dialog box appears.
5. Perform the dialog sequence you want to record.
6. When this is complete, click Stop in the Stop Recording dialog box, or select the
Tools->Macro->Stop Recording command. Your macro is now ready for replay.
Running a Macro
This task explains the different methods of running a macro.
Method 1
Method 2
Method 3
or like this:
cnext -env CATIA.V5R4.B04 -batch -macro /tmp/Mymacro.CATScript
or like this:
cnext -env CATIA.V5R4.B04 -object "-batch -macro /tmp/Mymacro.CATScript"
Editing a Macro
This task explains you how to edit a macro.
Deleting a Macro
This task explains you how to delete a macro.
2. In the Object dialog box, click on the Create from File tab.
3. Click on Browse...
4. In the Browse dialog box, specify the file location and click on OK to confirm.
5. A frame containing OLE.CATPart is inserted at the desired location in your
OLE-container file:
6. When you have finished working on the new document close and save it.
In the Object dialog box, there is the option Display as icon. If you prefer the
CATIA Version 5 document to appear iconified, select this option.
3. Click the Album icon to capture the image and store it in the album.
In the Paste Special dialog box, there is the option Link to file.
For more information about this option, see "About Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE)"
All the data, including linked documents, is included in the send, provided it can be found. Any data that can be
opened in a Version 5 session, including V4 models, can be sent.
Before doing anything, make sure you have saved all the files you intend to send.
2. Select the File->Send To Mail command. The Send To dialog box appears:
In the upper part of the dialog box you can see a list of all the different documents linked to the document you
selected for the send operation. The four columns provide information about the file name, the file type, the
location and whether or not the file was found.
3. Click on the icon between the two lists. The dialog box will then look something like this:
The files have now been sorted. The list in the lower part of the box shows a list of those files that will be sent. In
the upper list remain those files that could not be found. This can be remedied by using the Tools->Search Order
or Edit->Links commands (see "Creating a Document Search Order" or "Editing Document Links").
If you prefer, you can select the files in the upper list individually and transfer them to the lower list using the icon
.
If you want to select the files by type, place the cursor inside the list and right-click to display the list of file types
and then select the appropriate type. (Selecting by type in this way operates of course in the lower list as well.)
Before sending your documents in the mail, you may want to check the size of the documents to be sent. You will
find this in the lower left-hand corner.
The OK button may be grayed out. This means that problems shown in the Problem column have not been
resolved.
As well as the information provided in the upper list, the lower list also contains a column showing potential
problems such as duplicate file names. There are two occurrences of duplicate file names in the case shown
above. There are different ways of resolving this. You can:
select one of the identically named files and click the icon to move it to the upper list i.e. not include it
in the files to be sent
rename one of the files using the Rename Target button.
To cancel the rename, select the new name just entered in the Rename dialog box, delete it and click OK. The
old name is restored.
You can of course move all files to the upper list at any time by using the icon .
5. Click OK. You will now be prompted to give the name of your e-mail system.
If the document to be copied is linked to others, those documents will also be copied to the directory (or diskette)
you choose, provided they can be found.
Any data that can be opened in a Version 5 session, including V4 models, can be copied.
1. Open the CATIA Version 5 document you want to copy.
Before doing anything, make sure you have saved all the files you intend to include in the copy.
2. Select the File->Send To Directory command. The Send To dialog box appears:
In the upper part of the dialog box you can see a list of all the different documents linked to the document you
selected for the copy operation. The four columns provide information about the file name, the file type, the
location and whether or not the file was found.
3. Click on the icon between the two lists. The dialog box will then look something like this:
The files have now been sorted. The list in the lower part of the box shows a list of those files that will be copied.
In the upper list remain those files that could not be found. This can be remedied by using the Tools->Search
Order or Edit->Links commands (see "Creating a Document Search Order" or "Editing Document Links").
If you prefer, you can select the files in the upper list individually and use the icon to transfer them to the
lower list .
If you want to select the files by type, place the cursor inside the list and right-click to display the list of file types
and then select the appropriate type. (Selecting by type in this way operates of course in the lower list as well.)
4. If you want to keep the same directory structure in the target directory check the Keep Directory Structure box
between the two lists. Once checked, this box remains selected when you next use the Send To Mail command.
It might be useful, especially if copying files to a diskette, to know the size of the documents to be copied. You
will find this just above the Copy to: field.
The OK button may, as in the case shown above, be grayed out. This means that problems shown in the
Problem column have not been resolved.
As well as the information provided in the upper list, the lower list also contains a column showing potential
problems such as duplicate file names. There are two occurrences of duplicate file names in the case shown
above. There are different ways of resolving this. You can:
select one of the identically named files and click the icon to move it to the upper list i.e. not include it
in the files to be copied
check the Keep Directory Structure button thus avoiding having files with the same name in the same
directory
rename one of the files using the Rename Target button.
5. If you want to give one of the files a different name in the target directory, select
the file and click the Rename Target button in the lower right-hand corner of the
dialog box.
The dialog box opposite appears specifying the name of the file selected. Enter the
new name and click OK.
To cancel the rename, select the new name just entered in the Rename dialog box, delete it and click OK. The
old name is restored.
You can of course move all files to the upper list at any time by using the icon .
6. Enter the path of the target directory in the Copy to: field using the Browse button if necessary. and click OK.
This field is in fact a list and contains the nine destinations last used.
7. Click OK.
If you copy to an as yet non-existent directory, the following message appears:
If the target directory contains any files with the same name as any copied, the Confirm File Replacement dialog
box will be displayed. Click the appropriate button.
When the copy has been performed the Files Copied dialog box appears telling you the number, size and type of
the files copied.
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command, uncheck the option Load referenced documents, then click OK.
2. Close then reopen the same document.
The part is no longer loaded (indicated by a special symbol in the specification tree):
As you can see, the relationships between the document opened and any others are clearly shown. You may
have to click on the Fit All In icon to see everything, especially with complex relationships. All types of V5
data and V4 models can be viewed in this way.
You can leave the Desk window open when you modify the relationships or add or delete any of the documents
in the view. As the view is automatically updated, you can see the changes as you make them.
The relationship in our sample document includes a child document that has not been loaded (see "Load
Referenced Documents"). Unloaded documents are shown in reverse video.
4. In the Desk window, select the document Part1.CATPart, then select the Load contextual command.
The specification tree will be updated as a result i.e. the symbol representing the document will change to that
of a loaded document. The part is now loaded.
5. If you want to see the properties of any loaded or unloaded document, select the document then select the
Properties contextual command.
The Document Properties dialog box below appears.
Only direct links i.e. external links directly pointed to by the active document can be displayed using the Edit->Links...
command. Other links, pointed to by an inactive document can be displayed by activating the inactive document.
Open the document LinksFound.CATDrawing.
After you zoom in, the document looks like this:
1. Select the
Edit->Links...
command.
The Links
dialog box
appears:
2. Click one of
the the lines
showing the
features
pointing to the
document you
opened.
This activates
the Open
Source button
and provides
you with
file-related
information
below the file
list:
The file-related information in the bottom left-hand corner of the Links dialog box is as follows:
Feature: the name of the feature selected
Source: the path and name of the document pointed to in the session
Stored Source: the path and name of the document pointed to and stored on disk. This may be different from the
path and name given in the Source as the document may have been moved and placed in a search order directory
(see "Creating a Document Search Order")
Type: the document type i.e. CATPart, CATDrawing, etc.
3. Click the Open Source button.
The Links dialog box disappears and the file LinksFound.CATPart, i.e. the file pointing to LinksFound.CATDrawing, is
displayed.
Only direct links i.e. external links directly pointed to by the active document can be edited using the
Edit->Links... command. Other links pointed to by an inactive document can be displayed by activating the
inactive document.
Open the document EditLinks.CATDrawing.
Whenever a document is opened and one or more of its links are invalid, the Open dialog box appears along with
the document opened.
There are several reasons why a link may no longer work:
the files could not be found which means they have been moved, renamed or deleted
or the files contain the wrong information which means that they exist but they are different from the files
pointed to.
5. Click OK, then select the Edit -> Links... command, or double-click the file path inside the field in the Open
dialog box.
You can check link validity at any time using this command. The Links dialog box appears:
8. In the Change Source dialog box, explore your file system to find the file, select it, then click OK.
Now look at the Links dialog box:
If the file has now been found, this is confirmed by the word "Yes" in the Found column, and the Open Source
button is activated. The whole list is updated i.e. all features linked to the file found will show Yes in the Found
column.
9. Click the Open Source button.
The Links dialog box disappears and the file EditLinks.CATPart, i.e. the file pointed to by EditLinks.CATDrawing
is displayed.
10. If you now select the Edit->Links... command with the EditLinks.CATDrawing document active, the Links
dialog box will indicate that the right file has been found and loaded.
1. Select the Tools -> Search Order... command. The following dialog box appears.
2. Select a disk in the Subdirectories list, enter an existing directory in the Directory field as
shown below and click the Add button.
You do not need to enter the whole path in the Directory field. Just enter the main directory in
the Directory field and press Enter. Any subdirectories are then displayed in the Subdirectories
list. Select the appropriate subdirectory and click the Add button.
The list on the right is intended to contain the directories you use most frequently. You may
wish to use different search order lists for particular uses and for different circumstances.
3. Continue adding your most frequently used directories to the list on the right. When you
have finished click the button and save the list as a .txt file in the
appropriate location.
4. You can make as many lists as you like. When you want to use one of these lists just click
the button . The Load search order dialog box appears.
Right-clicking on any of the .txt files allows you to edit these files. If you then click the Open
button the contents of the .txt file you chose is placed in the list on the right.
5. The search order lists can easily be updated. To change the priority of a directory i.e. move
it up or down in the list, select it, click the Move button above the list then click where you want
to put it in the list.
6. To remove a directory, simply select it and click the Delete button above the list.
Both the Delete and the Move button are activated only when an item in the list is selected.
Normally, document links are taken into account before the search order lists. However, you
may want to give precedence to search order lists. You may prefer to ignore the search order
lists you have made or to use search order lists exclusively.
7. To change options, simply select the appropriate one from the list in the lower right-hand
corner of the Search Order dialog box. The option selected will be operational the next time
you run a V5 session and will remain selected unless you choose another.
If a STEP file contains both of the above only the assembly will be imported.
3. Select the .stp or .step file of your choice (High_pressure_washer.stp, for example) and click Open.
What is then displayed depends on the contents of the STEP file opened.
If the STEP file contains geometrical and topological data, a new CATPart document is displayed showing both
a tree structure and a geometrical form.
If the STEP file contains only the assembly structure or the assembly structure and geometrical and topological
data, only the tree structure is displayed, as shown above.
However if the STEP file also contains references to V5 CATPart documents and/or V4 models, those
documents and models are displayed (providing they are found in the same directory or through the search
order).
4. Consult the report file (name_of_step_file.rpt) and the error file (name_of_step_file.err) which are generated
by the import operation. These files are created in a location referenced by the CATReport variable. On NT the
default value of this variable is $USER_PROFILE\CATReport and on UNIX it is $HOME/CATReport.
This table is based on Part 42 (ISO 10303-42:1994(E)) and AP 203 (ISO 10303-203:1994(E)).
Note the following restriction: OpenShell and ClosedShell are not exchanged between STEP and CATIA V5.
Only the faces composing them are transcribed into CATIA V5.
Implemented Not yet implemented N/A: Not applicable according to the standard
CC2
Conformance Class CC2 CC3 CC3 CC3 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6
CC2
CC2
geometrically
geometrically edge-based shell-based manifold
Shape Representation bounded faceted brep advanced brep
bounded wireframe wireframe wireframe surface
surface
Entity
Point
cartesian_point
Curve
line N/A
circle N/A
ellipse N/A
hyperbola N/A
parabola N/A
polyline N/A
b_spline_curve (+ rational)
N/A
b_spline_curve_with_knots
quasi_uniform_curve
N/A
(+rational)
bezier_curve N/A
boundary_curve
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
outer_boundary_curve
Surface
plane N/A N/A N/A
b_spline_surface
N/A N/A N/A N/A
b_spline_surface_with_knots
Topology
vertex_point N/A N/A N/A
face_bound
N/A N/A N/A N/A
face_outer_bound
The assembly structure and the geometry (in compliance with the STEP format) are saved.
2. When the document is open, select the File -> Save As... command.
The Save As dialog box is displayed:
3. Specify the name you want to give to the STEP file in the File name: field.
4. Set the .stp extension in the Save as type field.
You will remember that the extension used in V4 was .step. In CATIA Version 5, CATPart and
CATProduct documents are exported to files with the extension "stp".
6. Consult the report file (name_of_step_file.rpt) and the error file (name_of_step_file.err) generated
by the import operation.
These files are created in a location referenced by the CATReport variable. On Windows the default
value of this variable is $USER_PROFILE\CATReport and on UNIX it is $HOME/CATReport.
When a CATProduct document is exported the geometry/topology of the CATPart documents is also
stored in the .stp file.
geometrically
geometrically edge-based shell-based manifold
Shape Representation bounded faceted brep advanced brep
bounded wireframe wireframe wireframe surface
surface
Entity
Point
cartesian_point
Curve
line thru edge_curve N/A
polyline N/A
b_spline_curve (+ rational)
thru edge_curve N/A
b_spline_curve_with_knots
quasi_uniform_curve
N/A
(+rational)
bezier_curve N/A
boundary_curve
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
outer_boundary_curve
Surface
plane N/A N/A N/A
b_spline_surface
N/A N/A N/A N/A
b_spline_surface_with_knots
Topology
vertex_point N/A N/A thru edge_curve N/A
thru
edge_curve N/A N/A N/A
oriented_edge
face_bound
N/A N/A N/A N/A
face_outer_bound
2. If the directory contains many different types of files you may wish to set the
.igs extension in the Files of type field. This displays all files with the extension
"igs" contained in the selected directory.
You will remember that V4 allowed the use of extensions such as IGS, iges for
example. However, in CATIA Version 5, only files with the extension "igs" can be
imported to a CATPart document.
3. Select the .igs file of your choice (teapot.igs, for example) and click Open.
This creates a new document similar to a CATPart document in all respects and
containing all surfaces and 3D wireframe geometry. The data is now available in
your session.
The following points should be remembered:
The IGES standards 5.2 and 5.3 are supported. The latter is year
2000-compliant.
Trimmed and bounded surfaces are transformed into faces.
Solids, volumes and skins as well as text, annotations and 2D geometry
are not converted.
The tolerance used is the default tolerance defined in the Part Design
session.
Properties such as the original colors, the show status, names are
maintained in your session.
surface of
120
revolution
* Only the Geometry type curves "Curve on a parametric surface" and "Boundary" are
taken into account for face creation. 2D Parametric type curves are ignored.
If you are happy with the settings you have selected and do not want this dialog
box to reappear the next time you export, click the checkbox provided in the
lower left-hand corner of the dialog box.
6. Click OK.
You can also use the Tools->Options... command to enter the information
mentioned above. Select the Part category in the left-hand column and click the
IGES tab.
IGES 5.3 (year 2000-compliant) is the standard supported.
The export operation generates a report file (name_of_saved_file.rpt) and an
error file (name_of_saved_file.err). These files are created in a location
referenced by the USERPROFILE variable on NT and by the HOME variable on
UNIX. The default location is the folder C:Winnt\Profiles\username\CATReport on
Windows NT (where "username" is your logon id) or the CATReport directory in
your home directory on UNIX.
To insert a DXF file in an existing CATDrawing document, select the Tools ->
Insert File.
The File Selection dialog box is displayed:
2. Select
the.dxf
extension
from the
field
called
Files of
type.
All .dxf
files
contained
in the
selected
directory
are now
displayed.
3. Click
the .dxf
file of
your
choice.
For
example,
click the
draw1.dxf
file.
4. Click
Open.
All the element included in the dxf or dwg file is now included in the
CATDrawing file.
All the settings of the imported dxf or dwg file are taken into
account.
Using Tools -> Options, you can define that you import a file either
in the working or the background views.
Note that DXF/DWG formats version 12, 13 and 14 are supported.
2.
Change
the
Format
type
into
DXF
type.
3. Enter
the file
name.
4.
Press
SAVE.
profile geometry
rectangle lines
curve geometry
geometry (all the elements mentioned
text
above)
dimensions geometry
balloon geometry
datum feature geometry
leader geometry
GD&T geometry
arrow geometry
title-block geometry
2.
Change
the
Save
as type
into
CGM
type.
3. Enter
the file
name.
4.
Press
Save.
2. In the Save As dialog box, select the location of the document to be saved.
2. When the document is open, select the File -> Save As... command.
The Save As dialog box is displayed:
3. Specify the name you want to give to the 3D document in the File name: field.
Export all sheets in distinct files: export either all sheets or only
current sheet of a multi-sheet drawing.
4. The geometry can now be processed as any CATPart geometry: elements can be
picked and processed as any CATPart element, the document can be saved as a
CATPart document.
Transfer Log
The import operation generates a report file (name_of_saved_file.rpt). This file is created
in a location referenced by the USERPROFILE variable on NT and by the HOME
variable on UNIX. The default location is the folder
If some entities were too small with respect to the CATIA tolerance set in the session,
they are marked as degenerated (this means they are not transferred to CATIA).
Rendering application
Textures No Yes Not processed
Advanced Tasks
If you suspect that the license server database has been corrupted, we
recommend that you run the following LUM command on Windows:
i4ls -clean
to check that the server is up and running, and that the client can
communicate with the server.
The configuration creates the i4ls.ini configuration file in:
C:\winnt (on Windows NT)
%I4_INSTALL_DRIVE%\IFOR\LS\CONF (on Windows 2000) if it exists, or to
%System_Root% if it does not exist
/var/ifor/ (AIX)
/opt/lum/ls/conf/ (HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris).
To configure the other clients, simply copy this file to the corresponding
locations on each client: you do not need to install License Use Management
Runtime on each client. The same file can be used on Windows and UNIX.
If you migrated your machine from Windows NT to Windows 2000, use the
regedt32 command and delete the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\License Use
Runtime\I4DRIVER
Note that the following symbolic links must be set up on HP-UX, IRIX and
Solaris:
/var/lum/->/opt/lum/ls/conf/
Your roaming profile is the same on every computer you use. Windows system
administrators should ensure that CATIA Version 5 end users use roaming
profiles. This will enable end users to log onto different computers to run CATIA
Version 5 and recover their customizations. Refer to your Windows online
documentation for more information about roaming profiles.
5. Create a new folder, for example on the C: drive of the server, and set it up as a
shared folder.
For the purposes of our example, let's assume the folder name is:
My_CATIA_V5_Folder. To share the folder, display the folder properties, select the
Sharing tab, check the Shared As option, then click OK. A hand symbol will now
appear below the folder icon in the Explorer, confirming the folder is now shared.
Sharing the folder is essential to successfully setting up the server.
cd My_CATIA_V5_Folder
You are now ready to perform an installation of CATIA Version 5 from the folder
containing the software you copied from the CD-ROM.
9. To start the installation, enter the command:
Setup.exe -r
and follow the installation instructions. The installation proceeds exactly as a manual
installation.
For the purposes of this scenario, when you are prompted to choose a destination
folder in the Choose Destination Location dialog box, choose the default folder:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04
Using the "-r" command line parameter with the Setup.exe command causes
Setup.exe to automatically generate a silent installation file (or response file),
which is a record of the installation input, located by default in the Windows folder (in
other words, in the folder C:\Winnt). The default name of the file is: Setup.iss.
Automated electronic software distribution, also known as silent installation, is
possible. In this mode, you do not need to monitor the installation and provide input
via dialog boxes. A silent installation runs on its own, without any end-user
intervention.
You can specify an alternate location in which to create the response file using the
following command:
Setup.exe -r -f1path_name\ResponseFile
where "path_name" is the pathname of the folder containing the response file, and
"ResponseFile" is the name of the response file, which in this case is "Setup.iss".
to:
EnableLangDlg = N
12. In the same folder, create a command file, for example, "myinstall.bat", containing
the following command:
Setup.exe -s -f2path_name\LogFile -f1path_name\ResponseFile
where "path_name" (after -f2) is the pathname of the folder (in our example,
C:\My_CATIA_V5_Folder) and "LogFile" is the name of a file for logging the
installation. The default log file name is Setup.log.
This file will be used by the Setup.exe program when distributing CATIA Version 5 to
other computers in the scenarios discussed later.
Note that there is no space after "f2".
You are now ready to distribute CATIA Version 5 to other computers on your network
by running the "myinstall.bat" command file.
4. Select a Drive, then double-click on the server name in the Shared Directories list to
display the shared directories on the server.
The shared directories are easily identified by a hand symbol below the folder.
5. Select the folder My_CATIA_V5_Folder on the server, and click OK.
This is the folder you created when setting up the server. The folder was set up as a
shared directory, and contains the response file (by default, Setup.iss).
Note that selecting the folder displays the server name and folder name in the Path
field:
\\server\My_CATIA_V5_Folder
In the All Folders list in the left window of the Explorer, you will now see the
connection to the server, for example:
My_CATIA_V5_Folder on `drive' (F:)
6. Using the Explorer, explore the drive:
My_CATIA_V5_Folder on `drive' (F:)
and double-click the "myinstall.bat" file which runs the Setup.exe program to install the
software.
The Setup.exe program is executed by the command file "myinstall.bat" (which you
created previously in the scenario described in "Setting Up the Server" ) containing a
command with the following syntax:
Setup.exe -s -f2path_name\LogFile -f1path_name\ResponseFile
The "-s" parameter replays the previously recorded response file and installs the
software on the client computer using the information recorded in the response file.
This means that the software is installed on the client in a folder using the same name.
In our example, the folder will be:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a
The end section of the log file contains the result code indicating whether or not the
installation succeeded. After the ResultCode key name, you will find a code. The
meaning of each code is:
0: Success
-1: General error.
-2: Invalid mode.
-3: Required data not found in the Setup.iss file.
-4: Not enough memory available.
-5: File does not exist.
-6: Cannot write to the response file.
-7: Unable to write to the log file.
-8: Invalid path to the response file.
-9: Not a valid list type (string or number).
-10: Data type is invalid.
-11: Unknown error during setup.
-12: Dialogs are out of order.
-51: Cannot create the specified folder.
-52: Cannot access the specified file or folder.
-53: Invalid option selected.
The error codes belong to and are generated by the InstallShield product (InstallShield
Software Corporation).
Code -12 Error Code
When installing on the server, you decided to record the install steps in a silent file
(Setup.iss). If you then reuse the silent file to perform the same install on another
computer, it may not work. For example, installing CATIA Version 5 also reinstalls
some system libraries if the installation detects that the Windows system is not up to
date. When this is the case, the dialog steps are not in the same order, and the
installation may fail.
However, the installation will work if both computers have the same level of system
libraries.
If the libraries were different, you need to reboot the client after the installation, then
log on again as administrator on the client to run the command:
C:\install_folder\code\bin\cnext /regserver
where "install_folder" is the name of the folder where you installed the software, to
start the OLE server (to allow OLE capabilities during a CATIA session).
You need the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit on the client computer ("chopin"
in our example above) and on the server ("ravel" in our example above).
Furthermore, for the RCMD command to operate, the RCMDSVC service must be
started beforehand on the client computer. This involves installing a Remote
Command server on each client computer, then starting the Remote Command
server. For more information, refer to the following Windows NT online help topic:
RCMD.EXE: Remote Command Service.
The software supplied by Microsoft in the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit is
not officially supported. Microsoft (and Dassault Systemes) do not guarantee the
performance of the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit tools, response times for
answering questions, or bug fixes to the tools. The software (including instructions for
its use and printed and online documentation) is provided "AS IS" without warranty of
any kind.
1. Log onto the server using an account with Domain Administrator privileges.
where you substitute your own values for "server", "shared_dir_name", "pwd",
"domain_name" and "user_name", "path_name", "LogFile" and "ResponseFile".
3. For the purpose of this example, name the command file: MyRemoteInstall.bat.
The example in the illustration below explains the role of each command in the file.
The command:
net use z: \\ravel\My_CATIA_V5_Folder steve /user:CATIAV5\steve_evans
maps the z: device (the device must be available) on the client computer "chopin", to
the shared folder "My_CATIA_V5_Folder" on the server "ravel", using the password
"steve" (password enabling the user on the client "chopin" to connect to the shared
folder on "ravel"). Note that the domain name is "CATIAV5" and the name of the user
on "chopin" is "steve_evans".
For more information about the net use command, refer to the Windows online help
system.
The command:
z: setup.exe -s -f2z:\my_log_file -f1path_name\ResponseFile
runs the Setup.exe command and writes an installation log file. The "-s" parameter
replays the previously recorded response file and installs the software on the client
computer using the settings in the response file. This means that the software is
installed on the client in a folder using the same name. In our example, the folder is:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a
The command:
c:
net use z: /delete
exit
where "chopin" is the remote client name and "MyRemoteInstall.bat" is the name of
the command file.
You can also use the System Management Server (SMS), part of the Windows NT
BackOffice suite. SMS includes desktop management and software distribution that
significantly automates the task of upgrading software on client computers.
You are now ready to perform an installation of CATIA Version 5 from this directory.
For detailed information about the start command, refer to "Start Command Syntax".
You could also export the CD-ROM directory itself in read only mode.
You are now ready to distribute CATIA Version 5 to other workstations on your
network.
using the scenario described in "Setting Up the Server" . You are going to perform the
installation by allowing the client to access this directory on the server.
2. Export the directory to the client.
The directory must be accessible from the client.
3. Log on as root onto the client.
4. Mount the exported directory via NFS.
5. Go to the mounted directory.
For detailed information about the start command, refer to "Start Command Syntax".
You have another alternative if you have not already copied the CD-ROM contents
into a directory: insert the CD-ROM, export the /cdrom directory to the client, then
mount the /cdrom directory from the client.
You need to set the path because you are going to run the command to modify
the user environment on the client.
The following list contains the variables to modify on each UNIX system:
export LIBPATH=/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04/aix_a/code/bin (AIX)
Managing Environments
What Is An Environment?
What is an environment?
An environment is a set of runtime environment variables. Each variable points to
a path searched by the software when you start a session. On Windows, these
variables are contained in the registry, and on UNIX, they are exported by shell
scripts.
For example, on Windows, the CATDocView variable is set by default to:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc
meaning that the online documentation files are installed in the folder C:\Program
Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc. When you want to access the online
documentation, the software will look for the files in this location.
The term environment also includes its graphical representation, in other words
how it is represented to the user on the user's desktop.
What are global and user environments?
A global environment can only be created by a Windows administrator, or the
root userid on UNIX. For example, the default environment created at installation
is a global environment: "global" means that it is visible to and can be used by all
users on the computer on which it has been set up.
Global environments can only be created, edited or deleted by a Windows
administrator, or the root userid on UNIX.
A user environment is visible to and can be used and manipulated (customized
or deleted) only by the user who created it.
How are environments managed?
Environments are managed:
by the installation procedure, which creates a default global environment
The default environments created at installation on each platform are
described in "About the Environment Created on Windows" and "About the
Environment Created on UNIX" respectively.
by using the setcatenv command: this command creates and edits user
and global environments (if you are administrator or root, you can edit the
default global environment)
by using the delcatenv command: this command deletes environments
by using the catiaenv command (to run the Environment Editor) on
Windows only: this GUI-based tool creates, edits and deletes
environments.
Note that the list of existing environments is displayed in the Environment name list. The list will contain the
CATIA environments detected on your computer.
Only the New and Edit commands is available at first: the other commands are grayed out.
2. To display the variables for a given environment, double-click the environment name.
For example, double-click the CATIA.V5R4.B04 environment which is the name of the default global environment
set up at installation. This will be the only environment name in the list after a default installation.
However, once you create new environments, these will also be displayed in the list.
The variables and their values are displayed:
the variable name is displayed on the left
and the value (path) for the corresponding variable is displayed to the right.
Note that Edit and Delete commands are also available for editing and deleting environments.
The Type field indicates one of two possible values:
User: indicates that the environment was set up using your userid, is visible to you and can only be
accessed by you (you cannot see anybody else's user environments)
Global: indicates that the environment was set up by somebody belonging to the Administrators group, or
who has the privileges assigned to the Administrators group (you can see all the global environments on
your computer): this is what you will see after an initial installation on your computer.
This means that you will only see in the Environment name list the names of environments you created, or
which the administrator authorized you to see. You can only edit environments which belong to you.
Furthermore, if you select a global environment as end user, you will be able to display an environment,
but not edit it.
3. Click a variable name in the list.
The name of the variable is displayed in the Name field at the bottom of the window, and the corresponding value
is displayed in the Value field just below. For the purpose of illustration, the following example reflects the case of
an end user displaying (and not being able to edit) a global environment:
For example, the default path for the CATDocView variable is:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc\intel_a\doc
However, you may have installed the online documentation in a different folder.
4. If you are authorized to edit the variable, type in the new value in the Value field, then click the Set button.
For example, you would type in the new path for the variable CATDocView. The value of the variable is reset in
the Environment Variables field.
5. Click OK.
This task explains how to create a new environment using the Environment Editor.
This command lets you create both user and global environments.
The command is located in:
\install_folder\OS_a\code\bin
Action Options
These options specify a particular creation or modification action:
-a user/global: specifies whether you are creating a user or global environment. The default value is
"user". Note that you need administrator rights to create a global environment.
-u: updates a variable by adding a new value for the variable (the previous value is kept, but is
concatenated with the new value: the new value is read first)
-k: updates a variable by providing a new value for the variable (there is no concatenation: the previous
value is overwritten)
If both the "-p" and "-u" options are specified at the same time, an environment is created then
modified by "-u" and "-k".
Note that the "-u" and "-k" options will no longer be supported as such in future releases: the functions
performed by these options will continue to exist, but will be integrated in a different way in future
administration tools. Keep this point in mind if you write your own administration scripts which
encapsulate current administration tools using these options.
-h: displays help.
The catenv.log log file logs environment creation and modification operations. The log file is created in the
temporary folder in one of the following locations:
the path specified by the TMP environment variable.
the path specified by the TEMP environment variable, if TMP is not defined.
the current directory, if both TMP and TEMP are not defined.
Creating an environment using the setcatenv command sets up the following environment:
sets up Start->Programs->CATIA by adding the shortcut for your environment
and creates the shortcut for your environment on the desktop.
If you create a new environment, you can start a session using the new environment with the command:
cnext -env my_new_environment
A situation may arise in which you have two different configurations installed on your computer, and you want to
use both configuration licenses.
Each time you use one of the configurations, your licensing settings are stored in the same place. This means
that when you start "Configuration 1", acquire the corresponding license, then exit your session, your licensing
settings are saved. When you start "Configuration 2", your previous licensing settings are retrieved, so you must
acquire the new license. Each time you exit, the previous licensing settings are overwritten by the new licensing
settings.
This means that, when you use different configurations alternately, you have to continually reacquire the
corresponding license each time you start.
You can avoid this problem by editing each environment. Let's assume that the two configurations are installed
on an Intel computer running Windows NT, and that you are authorized to edit each environment. The two
variables of interest are:
CATReferenceSettingPath
CATUserSettingPath
In the default environments created, let's assume each variable has the following values:
Environment 1:
CATReferenceSettingPath C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\intel_a\resources
CATUserSettingPath %USERPROFILE%\CATSettings
2. Edit "Environment 1" and reset the value for the CATUserSettingPath variable as follows:
C:\Winnt\Profiles\"user"\CATSettings_Config1
3.. Edit "Environment 2" and reset the value for the CATUserSettingPath variable as follows:
C:\Winnt\Profiles\"user"\CATSettings_Config2
4. Start CATIA configuration 1, acquire the license and exit the session.
Your license settings will now be stored in:
C:\Winnt\Profiles\"user"\CATSettings_Config1
5. Start CATIA configuration 2, acquire the license and exit the session.
C:\Winnt\Profiles\"user"\CATSettings_Config2
You will be able to use each configuration alternately, and without having to reacquire the corresponding license
each time. However, you must not use the Tools->Options command.
where "install_directory" is the name of the installation directory, and "OS_a" is:
aix_a
hpux_a
irix_a
solaris_a.
However, note that if no environment using the same name is detected, a new
environment is created in both cases (whether you use "yes" or "no").
-desktop yes/no: sets up the desktop representation of the environment, if it does not
already exist. The default is "yes", except on IRIX where the default is "no".
Action Options
These options specify a particular creation or modification action:
-a user/global: specifies whether you are creating a user or global environment. The
default value is "user". Note that you need administrator rights to create a global
environment.
-regserver: registers the application on the workstation by adding or modifying a
certain number of files. It also sets up support for dragging and dropping of documents
inside the desktop environment.
This option creates the following files for the CDE Desktop:
$HOME/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA/dt/appconfig/types/C/CATIAFiles.dt
(action description file for CATIA document types)
$HOME/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA/dt/appconfig/icons/C (contains icons for
CATIA document types)
$HOME/CATEnv/CATCDE/CATIA/dt/appconfig/types/C/CATIA.dt (CDE
desktop)
and the following files for the Magic SGI Desktop on IRIX:
/usr/lib/filetype/install/Dassault_Systemes.CATIAFiles.ftr (action
description file for CATIA document types)
/usr/lib/filetype/install/Dassault_Systemes.CATIAEnvironment.ftr (action
description file for environment icon)
/usr/lib/filetype/install/iconlib (contains icons for CATIA document types).
The "- unregserver" option should be used after deleting an environment, and can
be used only by an administrator.
where "install_root" is the name of your installation folder which is, by default:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\OS_a
If a service pack has been installed, the Service Pack Level field will specify the service
pack level, and the last service pack level that was committed. Note that you can have
several service packs installed on your computer.
For information about what committing and rolling back a service pack means, refer to
"Committing and Rolling Back Service Packs".
2. Click the Installed Software tab.
The installed configurations and/or products are listed:
On UNIX
1. Log on as root.
2. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Enter the command:
CATSoftwareMgt
Batch Mode
On all platforms, you can also run the command in batch:
install_root\code\bin\CATSoftwareMgt
(where "install_root" is the name of your installation directory) with the following options:
-L: lists installed configurations and/or products
-I: checks integrity (see "Checking Integrity and Prerequisites")
-P: checks prerequisites (see "Checking Integrity and Prerequisites")
-C/-R: performs service pack commit or rollback; you must be administrator to use
these options (see "Committing and Rolling Back Service Packs")
-o logfile: sets name of output logfile (default is CATSoftwareMgt.log)
-d: dumps system information to the output logfile (see "Getting System Information")
-h: provides help on arguments.
A service pack can only be installed after installing a major CATIA release.
Software fixes are distributed in the form of service packs. The service pack
CD-ROM contains fixes for all configurations and products available at the time
it is built. Each service pack supersedes the previous ones and may be installed
on top of the released level or on top of a previous service pack. No individual
corrections are delivered in between two service packs. Service packs are made
available on a regular basis. Delivery is synchronized for Windows and UNIX
platforms.
Installing a service pack also involves committing or rolling back a service pack.
For more information, refer to Committing and Rolling Back Service Packs.
Installing a Service Pack On Windows
1. Log on as an administrator.
You must belong to the Administrators group, or have the privileges assigned to
the Administrators group. Otherwise, you will not be able to start the installation.
During the installation, you can choose to commit the service pack
automatically. This is useful when you want to save disk space. For more
details, refer to Committing and Rolling Back Service Packs.
An installation log is created (or the existing log is updated) in the current
temporary directory, located by default in:
C:\TEMP\cxinst.log
You can also install a service pack in batch mode using the following command:
startspk [-b] [-h] [-bC]
-b: batch mode without automatic commit
-bC: batch mode with automatic commit
-h: help.
Examples:
startspk: starts service pack installation using the graphic user interface
startspk -b: installs the service pack without automatically committing the
service pack
startspk -bc: installs and automatically commits the service pack.
Installing a Service Pack On UNIX
1. Logon as root.
2. Insert the CD-ROM for your UNIX operating system into the drive.
3. Declare and mount the CD-ROM drive if necessary, depending on your UNIX
system (as described in "Installing CATIA Version 5 on UNIX for the First Time").
4. Enter the command:
./startSPK -s
Batch Mode
You can also run the installation in batch mode using the following command:
startspk [-s] [-b] [-u unloaddir] [-h] [-bC]
-s: silent mode (without music)
-b: batch mode without automatic commit ("-b" is useless if there is at
least one argument other than "-s" )
-u: specifies the unload directory; if "-u" is not specified, the default
directory is /usr/DassaultSystemes/B04
-h: displays help
-bC: installs and automatically commits the service pack.
Examples:
startspk or startspk -s: installs the service pack using the graphic user
interface, and without music
startspk -s -u /home/install/DassaultSystemes/B04 -bC: in batch mode, installs
and automatically commits the service pack in
/home/install/DassaultSystemes/B04
startspk -s -b: in
batch mode, installs in the default directory
(/usr/DassaultSystemes/B04) without automatic commit
startspk -u /mydirectory: in batch mode, installs in the directory
"/mydirectory" without music and without automatic commit ("-b" is
superfluous).
After installing a service pack, you may want to spend some time using the
service pack for validation purposes, before making it officially available to your
end users. "Committing" a service pack means applying the service pack to your
CATIA installation, so that it becomes the official working level. This deletes the
previous level, thereby saving disk space.
After spending some time using the service pack for validation purposes, you
may find that the service pack is not suitable. If this is the case, you can "roll
back" the service pack: rolling back a service pack uninstalls the service pack,
and restores the CATIA software level to the level prior to installing the service
pack.
As explained in "Getting Information About Installed CATIA Software", you can
identify at any time the level of CATIA software on your computer.
You must be an administrator to commit or roll back CATIA software.
On Windows
1. Log on as an administrator.
You must belong to the Administrators group, or have the privileges assigned to
the Administrators group.
2. Select the Start->Programs->CATIA ->Tools->Software Management
command, or run the program:
install_root\code\bin\CATSoftwareMgt.exe
where "install_root" is the name of your installation folder which is, by default:
However, if a service pack is detected, the tab will inform you exactly what you
can do.
For example, the following tab informs you that "Service Pack 1" has been
installed after a GA installation.
Depending on the results of your validation, you may decide to commit the
service pack, or roll back to the previous level.
4. Click the Commit button to commit the service pack, or the Rollback button to
uninstall the service pack and restore the previous level.
Commit and Rollback Rules
Keep the following rules in mind when committing and rolling back service packs:
if you install a CATIA GA level, then "Service Pack 1", and then intend to
install "Service Pack 2", you must commit "Service Pack 1" before
installing "Service Pack 2"
let's assume you install a CATIA GA level, then "Service Pack 1", and
commit the service pack; if you then add configurations or products to your
installation, you will be prompted at the end of the installation to reinstall
"Service Pack 1"; when you reinstall "Service Pack 1", the service pack is
committed automatically.
You can also choose to commit a service pack automatically during service pack
installation. The consequences of choosing to automatically commit a service
pack at installation are:
the service pack overwrites any previous level (GA or service pack): if you
have already decided to commit the new service pack, and you do not
want to keep the previous version, this allows want to save disk space
once you have automatically committed the service pack, you cannot roll
back to the previous level (GA or service pack)
when you add products after automatically committing a service pack, the
new software is also automatically committed.
On UNIX
1. Logon as root.
2. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Enter the command:
CATSoftwareMgt
where "install_root" is the name of your installation folder which is, by default:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\OS_a
On UNIX
1. Log on as root.
2. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Enter the command:
CATSoftwareMgt
where "install_root" is the name of your installation folder which is, by default:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04\OS_a
1. Log on as root.
2. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
3. Enter the command:
CATSoftwareMgt
Quick Print icon ) if a default printer has been set up. On Windows, you print
using the default printer declared by your Windows system administrator.
However, on UNIX, you will only be able to print once you have set up a printer.
If you attempt to print on UNIX before setting up
a printer, the following message appears:
The objective of this section is to show you how to set up your environment to get
your printer operational, which is performed by creating and customizing a file
called a printer configuration file. The role of this file is to declare your printer so it
is recognized by CATIA Version 5. Once at least one printer has been declared,
the above message will no longer appear.
We assume that
the physical printing device has been installed and connected to the
system
your system administrator has already declared your printer to your UNIX
operating system.
Adding a Printer
This tasks explains how to set up your printer.
You can only print a document on UNIX if at least one printer has been set up
using the File -> Printer Setup... command.
1. Select the File->Print
Setup command to
display the Printer Setup
dialog box.
3. Click on the Driver button and choose the appropriate driver for the printer.
Ask your system administrator which printers require which drivers. The list of
available drivers is:
PostScript
HP-GL/2 RTL
CGM ISO
Raster
Calcomp
Gerber
Oce
Versatec
Custom
The following new drivers are supported:
the CALS and ATA formats for CGM
HP 1000 Series plotter
HP-GL and IBM-GL support for pen plotters.
4. Click on the Advanced Configuration... button to configure the driver.
Driver configuration options vary from one driver to another. Refer to your plotter
documentation for information about the configuration options for each driver.
5. In the Paper Format group box, set the desired paper format options: default
and maximum paper size, margins and orientation (portrait or landscape).
6. In the Submission
Scripts group box, set the
desired options activated
when the print job is
submitted.
The Custom buttons let you specify the location of your own submission scripts.
7. Click OK to return to the Printer Setup dialog box.
A printer configuration file containing all the settings you set in the Printer
Properties dialog box is created in:
$HOME/CATSettings/Printers/PLOT0000.plot_cfg. The numbers of additional
printers created are incremented by one, as follows: PLOT0001.plot_cfg,
PLOT0002.plot_cfg, etc.
The format of CATIA Version 4 plot configuration files is not compatible with the
CATIA Version 5 format.
Removing a Printer
This tasks explains how to delete a printer.
At least one printer must have been set up using the File -> Printer Setup...
command.
1. Select the File->Print
Setup command to
display the Printer Setup
dialog box.
Note that the name of a printer is displayed in the Available printers combo box
list.
2. Select the printer to be deleted from the Available printers combo box list.
3. Click the Remove button to remove the printer.
The printer configuration file ($HOME/CATSettings/Printers/PLOTxxxx.plot_cfg)
is deleted.
At least one printer must have been set up using the File -> Printer Setup...
command.
1. Select the File->Print
Setup command to
display the Printer Setup
dialog box.
Note that name of a printer is displayed in the Available printers combo box list.
2. Select the printer to be reconfigured from the Available printers combo box list.
3. Click the Configure...button.
The printer is reconfigured printer configuration file
($HOME/CATSettings/Printers/PLOTxxxx.plot_cfg) is modified.
Entering Data
This tasks shows you how to enter data more rapidly and more productively.
1. Select a command that allows you to use the power input field for data entry.
For example, in the Part Design application, you could select the Chamfer
command.
In the lower right corner of the
window, the power input field is
displayed:
If we zoom on the lower right corner of the window, note that:
the area to the left of the power input field displays the names of the dialog
box options for which power input is possible: this is the case only for
editable fields and spinners (but not for combo lists)
the power input field contains the default values for those options,
separated by commas
the icon appears to the right of the power input field: when this icon is
displayed, you know that the command you are using supports power
input.
This mechanism is also implemented in drafting documents when you enter text:
as soon as you start typing, the focus is transferred automatically to the text
editor window.
On Windows, you can set the separator you want to use. To do so, select the
Start->Settings->Control Panel command, double-click the Regional Settings
control, then click the Number tab. Set the separator using the List Separator
option. The default is the comma (",") for the English, Japanese, Korean and
simplified Chinese environments, and the semi-colon (";") for all other supported
environments.
On UNIX, you cannot set the separator. The separator is the comma (",") for the
English, Japanese, Korean and simplified Chinese environments, and the
semi-colon (";") for all other supported environments.
The values you enter in the power input field are updated instantaneously in the
fields in the dialog box.
If the dialog box is still open, click Apply or OK in the dialog box. However, you
can also remove the dialog box by clicking the icon. If the dialog box is no
longer visible, pressing ENTER validates your input and executes the command
(equivalent to Apply and OK).
If the color of the text you enter in the power input field changes to red, this
means that you have made a mistake: for example, the number of values you
enter may exceed the number of options for which power input is possible.
Use the up and down keyboard arrow keys if you want to recover any input you
previously entered.
Finally, if a dialog box provides contextual commands, right-clicking over the
power input field also accesses the same commands.
Using power input helps you to be more productive because it provides an
alternative to using dialog boxes for inputting data. In dialog boxes, you have to
click in each editable field, or use the Tab key, to move from field to field. The
power input field lets you concentrate on just the data you have you enter, and
thereby facilitates data input.
Running Commands
This task explains how to run commands from the power input field.
1. To run a command from the power input field, enter a command like this:
c:command_name
or:
c:New
The search language offers almost all of the search functions available with
the Edit->Search... command described in "Selecting Using the Search...
Command". Searching using this command generates a search query
(expressed in the search language) displayed in the "Generated query" field
of the Search dialog box.
The search language can now be used both in the power input field and in
the "Generated query" field of the Search dialog box. The search query both
searches for the elements and automatically selects them.
1. Enter the search string.
You can search for objects using the same criteria as with the
Edit->Search... command.
The message catalog KeyboardInput.CATNls sets up the power input search
syntax, and search language shortcuts. The localized version of this
message catalog determines the exact syntax and shortcuts for each
language.
Separators
The search language uses the following separators (whose role you will
discover in the examples below):
: and = (these separators are interchangeable)
! (different).
Searching by Name
You can search for an object name displayed in the specification tree. This is
particularly useful if you renamed objects using the Feature properties tab of
the Edit->Properties command, or the Properties contextual command. The
name can also contain special characters.
To search for an object by its name, enter the following command:
name:object_name
Searching by Type
Use the Type field in the Search dialog box to display a list of types (the
types are translated in each language).
To search for an object by its type, enter the following command:
type:type
or:
t:type.
You can also search for types using the "." (period) as follows:
For example:
Part.Pad
searches for all objects of type Pad created using the Part Design
workbench.
The following syntax is also allowed:
workbench.type.name=
workbench.type.color=
For example:
Part.Pad.Color='Sea Green'
searches for all objects of type Pad created using the Part Design
workbench, and of the color Sea Green.
You can also omit certain expressions as follows:
Part.Pad
and:
.Pad
and:
Color='Sea Green'
workbench.type.name!=point*
workbench.type.name:point*
and:
workbench.type.color='sea green'
workbench.type.color!='sea green'
workbench.type.color:'sea green'
color='sea green'
name=*1
n=*1
type=hole
t=hole
Searching by Color
You assign colors to objects using the Color dialog box Graphic tab, when
using the Edit->Properties command or the Properties contextual command.
For a reminder about color names, refer to "Displaying and Editing Graphic
Properties".
If you are reading a document using custom colors and created by another
user, you need to load the same custom colors if you want the search
command to find objects using the same colors. The names of the custom
colors are "Custom 1", "Custom 2", etc.
To search for an object of a specific color, enter the following command:
color:color_name
or:
col:color_name
You can also surround the blank or the color name with a single quote (by
default) like this:
color:Light' 'Blue
or like this:
color:'Light Blue'
You can also search for colors using their RGB values. For example:
color:'(200,100,100)'
Product' 'Description:completed
'Product Description':completed
'Product Description'=completed
search for all elements whose Product Description contains the text
"completed".
The property name is not case sensitive. You can also sue the following
queries:
product description:completed
product' 'description:completed
You can search for visible elements, or elements hidden in the No Show
space using the following syntax:
visibility:visible
vis:visible
and:
visibility:hidden
vis:hidden
You can also search for lines using specific thicknesses or linetypes like this:
weight:
w:
or:
dashed:
d:
When searching for lines with a specific weight, you can specify the weight
index like this:
weight:6,all
A name can contain any of the following characters, which also play a
special role in the search syntax:
: , & + - ( ) " * . = blank ; ! ' < >
You must use the character ' (apostrophe by default) to surround strings
containing special characters and which are to be interpreted exactly.
For example:
name:*'&*'*
Quote = "`";
Using Operators
The supported operators are: &, +, and - (for AND, OR and EXCEPT
respectively) and ( ).
Blanks are not considered as separators. They may be surrounded by ', but
this is not mandatory.
The following examples:
name:*wheel `&' door&type:Part
name:*wheel `&' door & type:Part
name:*'wheel&door' & type:Part
name:* `wheel&door'& type:Part
name:*wheel`&'door &type:Part
When searching for names, if the value is entered in lower case, the case is
ignored. If there is at least one upper case character, the case is taken into
account.
Priority
is interpreted as:
type:Part & (name:toto + (type:Hole & Color:Black) )
and thus searches for elements of type "Part" among the objects in the
document that are "black holes" and named "toto".
To avoid ambiguity, use parentheses like this:
type:Part & (name:toto + (type:Hole & Color:Black) )
You can use the same search filters (except In List) as with the
Edit->Search... command, by using the context keywords "all", "in", "from"
and "sel":
all: searches the whole specification tree from top to bottom, to find
objects created using all workbenches.
in: the search will locate the appropriate elements in the active object
and in the workbench you are currently using
from: searches the elements in the active object to the bottom of the
tree. For example, in a Part document, both parts and sketches are
searched.
sel: if you already selected objects before selecting the Search...
command, this option searches from the selected objects to the
bottom of the tree.
The default is "in". Context keywords must always be placed at the end of
the search string, and after the separator "," like this:
type:Hole, all
The separator is the comma (",") for the English, Japanese, Korean and
simplified Chinese environments, and the semi-colon (";") for all other
supported environments.
Virtual reality adds value to virtually any application where it's vital to experience
spatial relationships, and analyze, design, engineer and understand such
relationships. Any project in which 3D information must be navigated or closely
examined will benefit from virtual reality technology.
If you're working in two dimensions (web design, word processing, ...), you don't
need virtual reality.
Stereoscopic Viewing
This section provides background information about stereoscopic viewing.
Stereoscopic viewing is the use of computer technology to recreate the way we
naturally see depth - stereoscopically. Stereoscopic viewing describes how we
use both eyes, each with a slightly different perspective, to perceive depth in a
physical environment. It delivers the most realistic visual representation possible
of complex digital models, giving engineers, architects and scientists the best
possible understanding of three-dimensional information, and yielding levels of
technical proficiency not available using a typical 3D view.
These images can be perceived by a user wearing special glasses which
continuously transmit separate images to the left and right eyes, creating a view
of computer or video-based objects that have depth, perspective and presence in
three-dimensional space.
We do not intend to describe here all the possible hardware configurations which
support stereoscopic viewing for CATIA . Consider the examples of hardware
configurations mentioned in this section as no more than that: just examples.
What Do You Need?
Stereoscopic viewing is possible on both entry-range and high-end
configurations: you do not automatically need expensive equipment to enter the
realm of stereoscopic viewing.
Entry-Range Configurations
On entry-range configurations, you need at least a graphics board supporting
stereoscopic viewing on your platform, and a set of special glasses.
The following graphics boards are supported:
AIX: GXT3000P and GXT800
SGI: all graphics boards
High-End Configurations
High-end configurations typically involve not only specific graphics boards and
special glasses, but also a whole range of high-quality, immersive, stereoscopic
display platforms from vendors such as Fakespace, Inc., which allow you to
manipulate, assemble, and disassemble virtual mechanical objects while
navigating through the entire digital mock-up.
For detailed information about supported hardware configurations, and general
information about FakeSpace Inc. products, browse the following Internet site:
http://www.fakespace.com/
2. On certain platforms, you must also enter operating system commands to set
up the hardware before starting a session.
You are required to determine the height, width and frequency characteristics of
the graphic interface.
On IRIX:
From the command line, type the command:
$ ls /usr/gfx/setmon
The different files in this directory represent the different screen characteristics
that are available.
From the command line, type the command:
$ /usr/gfx/setmon -x yyyyyy
where "yyyyyy" represents the settings you have chosen. The screen
characteristics are defined accordingly.
For a "Solid Impact" workstation, type the command:
$ /usr/gfx/setmon -x1024x768_76s
On the "Infinite Reality" workstation, type the command:
$ /usr/gfx/ircombine
3. Start a CATIA session.
4. Select the Tools->Options... command.
5. Click the Devices tab, and set the Stereo option to ON to enable stereoscopic
viewing.
6. Exit your session to save your settings, then restart.
7. Display the Stereoscopic dialog box as follows:
enter the following command in the power input field:
c:Stereoscopic
or, select the Tools->Customize... command, select the Commands tab,
select the "All commands" item from the "Categories" list, then select the
"Stereoscopic..." command. You can then add the command to a toolbar
for easy access as explained in "Customizing a Toolbar by Dragging and
Dropping". Select the command once it has been moved to the toolbar.
Note that visualization performance will be impaired if you set the Stereo option
to ON.
9. Set either "Manual" or "Automatic" mode.
This mode sets the distance between your eyes when using stereoscopic
viewing. The default mode is "Automatic".
Automatic mode
When working in Examine mode, you should set the eye gap to "automatic". Use
this setting if you are viewing an object that in real life you could reasonably
manipulate using your hands. This setting is suitable for working in confined
spaces requiring an accurate perception of depth, in which you focus on the
rotation point.
When automatic mode is active, the eye-distance is set at 0.5 (the distance
between the eyes is 50mm).
In automatic mode, the line of sight converges on the focal point. If the focal point
is far away, and objects are located before the focal point, these objects will be
viewed in a fashion more precise than in real life, so viewing results are
unrealistic in this case.
Manual mode
Manual mode provides you with precise control over the distance between your
eyes, so that you can adapt your field of vision to the working context.
The value you enter will be in the same number of units as your model: if your
model was created in meters, you would enter the value 0.053 to simulate the
53mm distance between the eyes of the average human being.)
This mode is particularly suitable for working in Walk or Fly mode, when working
on large-scale assemblies or industrial plants requiring a wider field of vision. If
you need to perceive a high degree of depth, you should set the distance
between your eyes accordingly.
In this mode, the line of sight is parallel.
...
Graphics board 1 is "KONAL" graphics.
...
Graphics board 0 is "KONAL" graphics.
...
Graphics board 1 is "KONAL" graphics.
...
3. Synchronize the graphics pipes with the video channels in your configuration
by running the program:
/usr/gfx/ircombine
Refer to your IRIX documentation for more information about the ircombine
program.
4. Go to your /CATEnv directory, then enter the following command to set up the
CATIA environment:
. /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.sh (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source /CATEnv/CATIA.V5R4.B04.csh (for C shell)
5. Export the following environment variable:
export CATMPConfig=path/myconfigfile
where "path" is the path of a directory and "myconfigfile" is the name of a
configuration file which you must create and edit to set up the secondary
windows and assign them to different graphics pipes and displays.
wall_position [0,0] //Define the wall position (in pixels); the center of
the main window is 0,0
}
wall_position [1280, 0]
wall_position [-1280, 0]
7. Save your changes to the configuration file, then start your main CATIA
session.
8. In your main CATIA session, run the command:
c:MPConfig
to start multipiping. This creates the three empty secondary windows whose
display name, size and position you defined in the configuration file.
If you are using a Reality Center-type projection screen, for example, the three
windows will be displayed side-by-side.
9. In your main CATIA session, run the command, select the command
View->Full Screen.
The video output displayed inside your main CATIA session is now projected
coherently across the three windows.
About Fonts
This section contains principally conceptual information about font support in
general, identifies which areas of the Version 5 software are concerned by font
support, and explains how you can customize fonts.
The areas of the software which allow font customization are:
user interface: menu names, command names, tooltips, dialog box names
and texts, etc.
specification tree texts
texts you enter in certain applications, and which reference fonts: a typical
example is the text you enter in drawing documents created using the
Generative Drafting product
You will also find information about how, in certain contexts, the text you see in
the geometry area may not look exactly the same when you print.
And finally, if you used the CATFONT utility in CATIA Version 4 to customize
your own fonts, you will also find information about how to recover the fonts for
use in Version 5.
1. Select the
Start->Settings->Control Panel
command, then click the
Appearance tab (if it is not displayed
by default).
The following dialog box appears:
2. Use the Item list to select an item of the user interface you want to customize,
or click on a user interface item in the area in the center of the dialog box.
For example, select the items:
Menu
Message Box
if you want to customize menu command, message box, dialog box and
tooltip text fonts.
3. Select the desired font, font size and color.
4. Click Apply, then OK.
5. If you have a CATIA Version 5 session open, exit the session and restart to
see the changes take effect.
1. Go to the directory:
Install_directory/resources/msgcatalog/
if you are using the English language. A subdirectory is provided for each
language supported. Go to the appropriate subdirectory if you are using a
language other than English.
2. Edit the file named "Dialog".
The "Dialog" file contains resource declarations for fonts (and foreground and
background colors) for certain user interface components. The file is delivered at
installation and is ready for use as is.
Note that you can declare Motif fonts only.
3. Customize the last line of each user interface component declaration if you
want to change the font and the font size.
4. If you have a CATIA Version 5 session open, exit the session and restart to
see the changes take effect.
Make sure you exported the LANG variable for the desired locale before
restarting a session.
and, in general, all 2D texts. Note that system fonts are used for displaying these
types of text.
This does not concern texts you enter in drawing documents created using the
Generative Drafting product.
On Windows
1. Select the Start->Settings->Control Panel command, click the Display control
then click the Appearance tab (if it is not displayed by default).
2. In the Item list, select the Message Box item, or click inside the Message Box
item (on Message Text) in the area in the center of the dialog box.
3. Select the desired font, font size and color.
4. Click Apply, then OK.
5. If you have a Version 5 session open, exit the session and restart to see the
changes take effect.
On UNIX
1. Go to the directory:
Install_directory/resources/msgcatalog
if you are using the English language. A subdirectory is provided for each
language supported. Go to the appropriate subdirectory if you are using a
language other than English.
2. Click the icon, then click a point in the drawing to position the text.
The Text Editor dialog box is displayed.
3. Use the Text Editor dialog box to write the text, justify it, specify the text height
and define the anchor point, then click anywhere outside the Text Editor window,
but inside the main application window.
The Text Editor dialog box disappears.
4. Point to the text, right-click and select the Properties command.
The Properties dialog box is displayed:
5. Click the Font
tab.
The Font tab
includes controls
for setting the
font, font style
and size.
With respect to the PostScript Type 1 font format, note that on Windows only, if a
TrueType version of the font exists or has been created, the TrueType version of
the font can be used to optimize visualization quality.
Note that the Bitstream fonts are delivered in several different styles (depending
on the font), whereas the CATIA Version 4 fonts are delivered in regular style
only.
Furthermore, the 22 Bitstream fonts support ISO-8859-1 environments only.
Note that no PostScript CID fonts are provided.
For Russian, Polish and Czech environments, no Type 1 fonts are provided, only
Version 4 fonts.
For Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese environments, no CID fonts are
provided, only Version 4 fonts.
Which Bitstream Fonts Are Supported?
The Bitstream fonts are:
bold CoureB.pfb
bold italic CoureBI.pfb
UniversalMath1 BT regular Mathe.pfb
SymbolMono BT regular SymbM.pfb
SymbolProp BT regular SymbP.pfb
Note that:
the Swiss 721 Bitstream font family is Bitstream's version of Helvetica
the Monospace 821 Bitstream font family is Bitstream's version of
Helvetica Monospaced
the Dutch 801 Bitstream font family is Bitstream's version of Times Roman
the CATIA Symbols font (not in the above list) contains the symbols from
Version 4 fonts.
For each of the Bitstream fonts, the following files are delivered in the location
referenced by the CATFontPath variable:
in the Postscript folder or subdirectory: .pfb, .inf, .pfm, .afm
in the ExtraFiles folder or subdirectory: .ttf. Note: On Windows only,
installing Version 5 also installs in the ExtraFiles environment the
equivalent fonts in TrueType format. The TrueType font format offers
enhanced visualization quality. The installation adds the fonts (in TrueType
format) to the list of system fonts you can view by selecting the
Start->Settings->Control Panel command and double-clicking the Fonts
control.
Which Version 4 Fonts Are Provided?
The following Version 4 fonts are supported and are installed ready for use
without further customization when you install Version 5:
SSS1.font, SSS2.font, SSS3.font, SSS4.font: 4 simplex sans serif fonts
ROM1.font, ROM2.font, ROM3.font: 3 roman fonts
GOTH.font: 1 Gothic font
SYM1.font, SYM2.font, SYM3.font, SYM4.font: 4 symbol fonts
KANJ.font: Kanji font (Japanese)
Regarding the KANJ font, from now on, halfwidth Katakana characters are
displayed with a smaller width than the width with which they were
displayed in CATIA Version 4
KOHG.font: Hangeul font (Korean)
TRCH.font: Traditional Chinese font
SICH.font: Simplified Chinese font.
Note that:
SYM1 contains annotation and tolerance symbols, and plot markup
characters
SYM2 contains ISO symbols fonts
SYM3 contains welding symbols
SYM4 contains graphic and mathematical symbols as well as
miscellaneous technical symbols.
to map the PostScript file name with the full name of the TrueType equivalent.
The "full name" refers to the name of the font visible when selecting the
Start->Settings->Control Panel command and double-clicking the Fonts control.
If you already have the TrueType fonts, you can simply install them. To do so,
select the Start->Settings->Control Panel command, double-click the Fonts
control, then select the File->Install->New Font... command and select the fonts
to be installed.
Note about CID Fonts
For CID fonts, the following files are required:
the CID font file (with the ".cid" suffix)
the CMAP file associated with UNICODE encoding (with the ".cmap"
suffix)
the ".afm" file.
In both cases, the associated orders are ignored. Note that none of the CATIA
Version 4 basic delivered fonts used any of these options.
2. Copy the Version 4 FONT files to your Version 5 environment in:
install_folder\resources\fonts\Stroke
This file maps to a Version 4 FONTLIB name, the FONT and FONT CODE
associated with it.
Regarding Korean fonts, since there are differences in Korean ideogram
UNICODE codes between the UNICODE used in Version 4 and Version 5, no
Version 4 user-defined Korean font can be used directly in Version 5.
Parameter tasks
Formula tasks
Rules
(see the Knowledge Advisor product)
Checks
(see the Knowledge Advisor product)
Design Table
About Parameters
When you create a part like the hollow cylinder of our "Getting Started" example, you often start by
creating a sketch, then you create a pad by extruding the initial sketch, then you add other features to
the pad created. The final document is made up of features which define the intrinsic properties of the
document. Removing one of these features results in a modification of the document. These features
are called parameters. Parameters play a prominent role in knowledgeware applications. They are
features that can be constrained by relations and they can also be used as the arguments of a relation.
In addition to these parameters, CATIA allows you to create user parameters. These user parameters
are extra pieces of information added to a document.
A given relation may take as its arguments both types of parameters (intrinsic and user).
The user parameters are displayed in the specification tree only if the
Tools->Options->Part->Display->Parameters box is checked. The user parameter list contains at least the
Material parameter. Its initial value is set to None.
The user parameter values are displayed in the specification tree only if the
Tools->Option>Knowledge->Parameter Tree View->With Value box is checked.
Copy/Pasting Parameters
CATIA users working with non-latin characters should check the Tools->Options>Knowledge->Parameter
Names->Surrounded by ' oprion. Otherwise, parameter names should have to be renamed in latin
characters when used in formulas.
User parameters can be imported from an external file. This external file can be either an Excel file(on
Windows NT) or a tabulated text file. Here are examples of import files in an Excel format and in a
tabulated text format .
About Formulas
Formulas are features used to define or constrain a parameter. A formula is a relation that you write with parameters,
operators and functions. The left part of the relation is the parameter to be constrained, the right part is a statement.
Once it has been created, a formula can be manipulated like any other feature from its contextual manu.
In addition, whenever a user parameter is constrained by a formula, the formula is displayed with the parameter it
constrains if the Tools->Options->General->Knowledge->Parameter Tree View->With Formula box is checked.
If a formula is created for a parameter which is not already constrained by another formula, the activity of the new formula
is set to true by default. A parameter can be constrained by several formulas, but only one formula can be active at a
time. Before activating a formula on a given parameter, you must deactivate the other formulas defined on the same
parameter.
Importing Formulas
Parameters as well as the associated formulas can be imported from an external file. Refer to About Parameters and
Importing Parameters for more information on how to import formulas.
Within a given column, you can change the units. Units can be specified
in cells.
No unit = ISU
Displays the design table raw data. Values with units Duplicates the design table external data into the
CATIA document. Check this box whenever you
intend to re-access your design table on another
platform.
Parameter Tasks
Create a parameter Scenario
Select the part you want to apply the material to, then click
Formula Tasks
Create a formula Scenario
or CellAsReal
Returns the contents of a cell located in a column intended
for real values.
CellAsBoolean
Returns the contents of a cell located in a column intended
for boolean values.
CellAsString
Returns the contents of a cell located in a column.
CloserInfConfig
Returns the configuration which contains the largest values
less or equal to the values of the given arguments.
CloserSupConfig
Returns the configuration which contains the smallest
values grreater or equal to the values of the given
arguments.
CloserValueInfInColumn
Scans the values of a column and returns the smallest cell
value which is the nearest to a specified one.
CloserValueSupInColumn
Scans the values of a column and returns the greatest cell
value which is the nearest to a specified one.
LocateInColumn
Returns the index of the first row which contains a specified
value.
MaxInColumn
Returns the greatest of a column values.
MinInColumn
Returns the smallest of a column values.
Using Catalogs
About Catalogs
This section tells you what you need to know about catalogs. Users often need a way of storing and classifying
the many objects they have at their disposal, whether they be screws, ball bearings or computer parts. These
objects may number tens of thousands, each with its own specific characteristics such as shape, color, size,
diameter, length, standard, etc. To facilitate fast and easy retrieval of such objects thus avoiding time-wasting
redesign CATIA Version 5 offers the possibility of creating catalogs. These can either be created from scratch or
through the conversion of CATIA Version 4 libraries. For details about creation from scratch see Creating a
Catalog. To find out more about the conversion of V4 libraries see "Converting CATIA Version 4 Libraries into
CATIA Version 5 Catalogs" in the CATIA - V4 Integration User's Guide.
A V5 catalog is in the form of a tree structure made up of chapters. Each chapter describes in a more or less
precise way a family . The example shown below and elucidated in the following tasks is a generic family
comprising screws and nuts, i.e. a chapter ALL_FASTENERS referencing terminal subchapters (SCREWS and
NUTS) which, in turn, reference entities which are in fact Version 5 documents such as CATPart and
CATProduct. The entities referred to by the terminal subchapters (by SCREWS for example) can be described
using keywords such as reference, type, diameter, length, etc.
After catalog creation, two functions facilitate and expedite navigation:
search by keyword allowing you to find more easily the entities that come closest to your requirements
Obviously, the more criteria you use the easier it is to narrow down the search for as satisfactory a result as
possible
a preview function enabling the viewing of all entities in a given chapter to facilitate and expedite your
search:
You can of course define more levels in the catalog's tree structure than shown above.
There are two important points to bear in mind:
Any chapter can be referenced by one or more other chapters. This means that you have more than one
way of accessing a catalog entity.
Any chapter can be considered to be an entry point into a catalog.
Finally, catalogs can be incorporated into the CATIA - Team PDM database. For more information about this
product, see the CATIA - Team PDM User's Guide.
Creating a Catalog
This task explains how to create a catalog.
1. Start the Catalog Editor workbench by selecting Infrastructure -> Catalog Editor from the Start
menu.
The file ALL_FASTENERS.csv contains the information required to create a non-terminal chapter
i.e. a chapter which references subchapters (CHAPTER is specified in cell 1A with its name
ALL_FASTENERS in 1B). The names of the catalog documents containing the referenced chapters
must also be given (SCREWS and NUTS with their paths in 4C and 5C). In this particular example,
these two families of entities are described in ALL.FASTENERS by a keyword named FASTENERS
and identified by the names SCREWS and NUTS (in cells 4B and 5B).
3. An example of what one of the end chapters could look like is given in the file SCREWS.csv.
Open this file. It looks like this:
For each chapter (terminal or not) you must create either a text file (with columns separated by a
comma or a semi-colon) or an Excel file (with cells separated by a comma or semi-colon) and save
it in the .csv format.
Note the following:
The first cell is reserved for the declaration of the chapter type: CHAPTER for a non-terminal
chapter referencing subchapters or ENDCHAPTER for a terminal chapter referencing one or
more entities.
The second cell is reserved for the name of the chapter to be generated.
ScrewIcon in column C refers to the name of the icon you use to identify the chapter to be
generated. For more information see Using Icons at the end of this task.
The mandatory items are Keywords to define the names of the keywords associated with
the chapter and Types to define their unit (or their type for simple cases).
The types allowed are Real, String, Integer, Boolean and the units: m, mm or km for a
LENGTH, etc. For more information see "About Parameters" in the CATIA - Knowledge
Advisor User's Guide.
After Keywords and Types, each line represents a description of the constituent entities i.e.
their keyword values, their name, their location and their associated external preview. The
values attributed to the magnitudes are assumed to be in the unit (mm for LENGTH, g for
MASS, etc). For more information see "About Parameters" in the CATIA - Knowledge
Advisor User's Guide.
The first column may be empty or contain the name you want to associate to the description.
The V5 document names in the column located after the last keyword of the description line
(in our example, the CATPart documents in column F of SCREWS.csv) can be preceded by
their location (with the complete path), otherwise an attempt is made to find these documents
based on the Search Order... command.
In the last column (and for terminal chapters only), you can specify the external preview file
you want to link to the component. This column is optional.
Do not use the quote symbol (") in any cell (chapter name, keyword name, keyword value) to
enable queries on your chapter. In the query syntax, this symbol is used exclusively to isolate
keywords whose names may contain non-alphanumeric characters.
Example: "DESIGNATION :"=="CHC"
Make sure when entering paths and filenames in the .csv file that upper and lowercase
characters are kept as is.
4. On Windows:
Open an empty Excel file and, with the aid of the ALL_FASTENERS.csv file supplied,
complete the table giving all the keywords, types and catalog names required for the creation
of the chapter.
5. Open a second empty Excel file and, with the aid of the SCREWS.csv file supplied, complete
the table giving all the criteria required for the classification of the entities to be included in the
chapter you want to create.
6. Once you have completed the Excel file save it in the csv format making sure it is comma or
semi-colon delimited.
On UNIX:
The csv format is a text format recognized by UNIX. Any Excel file opened on Windows and saved
in the csv format can subsequently be used on UNIX.
However, if you prefer to work exclusively on UNIX you can use any text editor provided you use the
same syntax as the csv format i.e. cell separation by comma or semi-colon.
The catalog batch builder requires the creation of a csv file per chapter which results in the creation
of a catalog document per chapter.
7. Before being able to use the CATScript file in order to run the batch operation you must make
sure the CclTypeLib library is loaded. This library declares the catalog creation method. To do
this, select the Tools->Options... command. The Options dialog box appears with the General
category selected in the left-hand column.
8. Click the Automation tab. The following dialog box appears:
9. If the CclTypeLib library is not in the Selected list click on the Browse... button and retrieve the
library from intel_a\code\bin. Make sure it is in the Selected list before clicking OK.
10. Open the file BuildCatalog.CATScript. The contents look like this:
Language="VBSCRIPT"
Sub CATMain()
' Defines the absolute path of the input csv or text file
InputFile ="E:\Catalog\BuildFiles\SCREWS.csv"
As you can see, this file, written in the VBScript language, contains the information required
to batch-generate a .catalog file in the location you specify. It can be used on both Windows
and UNIX.
11. If you want to use it, copy it and change the csvFile and catalogFile paths. The comments
relating to these paths are shown above in red.
In the example above the CATScript file contains just one set of instructions for the
batch-generation of one catalog. However, a CATScript file can of course include several
series of instructions for the generation of several catalogs.
12. You are now ready to run the batch operation. Select the Tools ->Macro->Macros command.
The following dialog box appears:
13. Select the appropriate CATScript file. Make sure that at the bottom of the box External File is
selected indicating the location of the macro. Click on Run
This batch operation will generate:
a report in the same location as the catalog file, allowing you to check verify successful
creation of the catalog:
Creating
E:\Catalog\SCREWS.catalog
From
E:\Catalog\BuildFiles\SCREWS.csv
-------------------------
Terminal Chapter Creation
-------------------------
Creating chapter with the name SCREWS
Creating keyword DESIGNATION of String type
Creating keyword TYPE of String type
Creating keyword DIAMETER of Length type with mm as unit
Creating keyword LENGTH of Length type with mm as unit
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION NUMBER 1 DEFINITION:
Description name: FHC M03-05
DESIGNATION = FHC M03-05
TYPE = FHC
DIAMETER = 3 mm
LENGTH = 5 mm
LENGTH = 5 mm
Referenced document path : E:\Catalog\Data\SCREWS\FHC_M03-05.CATPart
-------------------------------------------------------------
The above example shows only one description but the .report file details each description, ending
with the total number of created descriptions as well as the catalog creation status.
6 descriptions have been created.
------------------------
Batch successfully ended
------------------------
and a catalog with the name originally given in the Excel file, SCREWS.catalog.
You are advised to keep the csv files used for catalog generation as no changes can be made to
the catalog without completely regenerating it in the way described above.
14. If you want to open the catalog you have just created see "Navigating Through a Catalog".
The second method to create a catalog is to click the New icon or select the File->New...
command.
In the New dialog box, double-click the CatalogDocument type or select it then click OK.
Using Icons
If you prefer not to use the default icons supplied with the catalog application, you can associate
one of your own with each chapter. You can do that by putting:
either the complete path indicating the location of the icon
or just the name of the icon (without the .bmp extension)
in the cell (containing ScrewIcon above), i.e. the cell just to the right of the chapter name.
If for whatever reason the icon you wish to use is not found no icon will appear, neither the default
icon nor of course the icon you wanted to associate yourself.
Entering the complete path has the disadvantage of presenting problems when exporting the
catalog to another site.
Entering just the name means that you must put all your icons in a single folder or directory which
you must create (and not in the CATIA filetree). You must then concatenate the folder/directory
location by resetting the CATIA environment variable "CATGraphicPath" in your current
environment to point to the folder/directory. When exporting the catalog, you then only have to reset
the variable specifying the receiving site.
For more information about customizing environments, see "Managing Environments".
1. In a V5 session, open a catalog, the FASTENERS.catalog that you created in "Creating a Catalog" for
example.
The ALL_FASTENERS chapter, the only chapter contained in the FASTENERS.catalog appears in a catalog
navigator.
Double-clicking on a non-terminal chapter displays, in the navigator, all the chapters referenced by the
non-terminal chapter.
2. Double-click on ALL FASTENERS. The entities contained in the chapter selected then appear in the left-hand
part of the catalog navigator as shown:
Default Icons
Two default icons are used:
the folder icon for non-terminal chapters
the sheet icon for terminal chapters.
5. You can open an entity in either the Table or Preview tab by double-clicking it. If you want you can now edit
the entity just like any other V5 document.
To narrow the selection criteria using the keywords you originally chose see "Making a Query in a Catalog".
1. Double-click on a chapter name or icon, SCREWS for example. The entities contained in the selected
chapter appear in the form of a table on the right-hand side of the navigator:
For any description contained in the selected end chapter the query functionality evaluates the logical
expression you enter and then displays the entities complying with the criteria you used.
or enter:
x.TYPE=="FHC"
(for the comparison of character strings)
The result is as follows:
or
x.DIAMETER >=x.LENGTH
(for the comparison of values between different keywords)
The result is as follows:
For more information about this type of expression see the list of comparison operators in "Constants,
Units and Operators" in the CATIA - Knowledge Advisor Programming Guide.
3. Now let's take an example showing simple expressions connected by logical operators. Enter:
(x.DIAMETER<=4)AND(x.TYPE=="FHC")
(for the comparison of numerical values and character strings)
The result is as follows:
For more information about this type of expression see the list of logical operators in "Constants, Units and
Operators" in the CATIA - Knowledge Advisor Programming Guide.
Here are some examples showing more complex expressions:
4. Enter an expression comprising arithmetic operators such as:
(x.DIAMETER + x.LENGTH)>=10mm
For more information about this type of expression see the list of arithmetic operators in "Constants, Units
and Operators" in the CATIA - Knowledge Advisor Programming Guide.
5. Enter an expression comprising arithmetic operators such as:
min (x.DIAMETER, x.LENGTH)>=6mm
This particular formula is not applicable to our example but you can get more information about this type of
expression see the list of arithmetical operators in "Mathematical Functions" in the CATIA - Knowledge
Advisor Programming Guide.
6. Enter an expression comprising arithmetic operators such as:
x.DESIGNATION.Search ("FHC")>=0mm
For more information about this type of expression see the list of arithmetical operators in "String
Functions" in the CATIA - Knowledge Advisor Programming Guide.
If a keyword includes characters other than upper or lowercase alphabet characters and numbers from 0 through
9 the name must begin and end with double quotes.
7. If at any time you wish to redisplay the whole list of entities just click on the Reset button.
8. When you have identified the entity you require you can:
either edit it by selecting the line where it appears and clicking the Open button
or copy it into an appropriate document (see "Inserting CATPart or CATProduct Documents from a
Catalog" in the CATIA - Assembly Design User's Guide).
Modifying a Catalog
This section introduces the Catalog Editor workbench which provides interactive
commands to modify your own catalogs by creating chapters, keywords and
descriptions.
Create a Chapter
This first task shows how to add a new chapter or subchapter to your
catalog. The default chapter is a non-terminal chapter.
As shown in the About Catalogs task, a V5 catalog is made up of
chapters, each chapter describing what we call a "family". In our
example, the FASTENERS.catalog comprises a chapter,
FASTERNERS, and two subchapters, SCREWS and NUTS.
Once a chapter has been created, you can easily modify its name and its
icon using two methods:
select the chapter in the catalog structure and use the End
chapter object->Definition... contextual menu to change its name
and its icon
select a created description in the right part of the window then
choose the Edit current chapter... command from the contextual
menu.
This dialog box enables you to choose the icon image used for your new
chapter.
You can also click the ... button to open the Icons Browser.
5. Click OK or Close.
The new chapter is created and displayed in the catalog structure.
This task shows ho to create a link to a chapter (or end chapter) from
another catalog.
3. Click the External chapter icon or select the Insert -> External
chapter... commands from the main menu.
4. In the other catalog, select the chapter to be linked.
The link is created.
This task explains how to create an end chapter (or "terminal" chapter).
1. Select the chapter under which you want to create your endchapter.
2. Click the End chapter icon or select the Insert -> End chapter...
commands from the main menu to display the Chapter dialog box.
Create a Keyword
2. Click the Create keyword icon or select the Insert -> Create
keyword... commands from the main menu to display the Keyword
creation dialog box .
Once the keywords have been created, they can be easily modified
using two methods:
select the chapter in the catalog structure and use the End
chapter object->Keywords... contextual menu
select a created description in the right part of the window then
choose the Keywords... command from the contextual menu.
4. Use the drop-down list to select the keyword type. This list provides all
knowledge types, i.e. Integer, String, Boolean, Angle, and so on.
5. Click OK.
The keyword is created and associated to the selected chapter.
You can modify the type of keyword you want to use for the description.
To do so, choose a chapter then select the Update descriptions name
command from the Insert menu.
2. Click the Create description icon or select the Insert -> Create
description... commands from the main menu to display the Description
definition dialog box.
Once the description has been created, it can be easily modified. Just
select the description in the right part of the window then choose the
Definition... contextual menu.
3. In the Reference tab, indicate the name of the description in the Name
field.
4. Click the Select document button if you want to select a referenced
object. You can select .CATPart and .CATProduct documents.
Your choice is displayed in the File name field.
5. Click the Select external feature button to choose a PowerCopy or a
Details feature.
6. Click the Keywords tab. This tab enables you to set values for all
keywords you have previously defined.
7. In the Keyword name list, select the element for which you want to set
a value.
8. Enter your value in the Value field.
You can click the Unset button to unset the displayed value.
You can also directly click the Select an external preview file button
instead of clicking the External file preview radio button.
Browse a Catalog
This task introduces the interactive commands you can use to browse a catalog.
1. Click the Open catalog icon or select the Tools->Catalog Browser commands to display the
Catalog browser dialog box.
2. Click the Browse another catalog icon to open the Select catalog dialog box. This dialox box enables
you to navigate to the selected catalog. In our example, we have selected the FASTENERS catalog.
3. Click Open to open the catalog.
CATPart and CATProduct for .CATProduct documents, for example ToolManuf, Plant, etc.
Power Copy for .CATPart documents
detail for .CATDrawing documents.
The current catalog name is displayed in the title bar and the current chapter name is indicated at the top
of the drop-down list. This drop-down list gives you access to the five latest catalogs selected. The icon
returns to the previous chapter selected.
By default, the catalog content is displayed with small icons but you can easily switch from small to large
icons by clicking the corresponding button: or .
Click the Browse another catalog icon to open the Select catalog dialog box enabling you to navigate to
the desired catalog.
5. Click the Table>> button to show/hide the catalog descriptions and keywords. By default, the table is
hidden.
6. Enter your search string in the Filter field, for example, x.DESIGNATION.Search("FHC")>=0mm.
For more information on how to query catalogs, refer to the Making a Query in a Catalog task in this
guide.
7. Click the search icon.
The search result is displayed .
Instantiate Components
This task explains how to instantiate parts, products, PowerCopy and detail.
A PowerCopy is a set of features (geometric elements, formulas, constraints and so forth) that are
grouped in order to be used in a different context, and presenting the ability to be completely redefined
when pasted.
This PowerCopy captures the design intent and know-how of the designer thus enabling greater
reusability and efficiency.
For more information, refer to the Instantiating Power Copies task from the CATIA Version 5 Generative
Shape Design User`s Guide.
Instantiate a Detail
Workbench Description
CATIA Version 5 lets you create and manage parts, assemblies, drawings and CATIA Version 4
models in documents. There is a specific document type for each type of data you create with CATIA
Version 5.
CATIA Version 5 uses a multiple document interface (MDI), meaning that you can manipulate several
documents at the same time. You can even view the contents of the same document in several
windows at the same time.
Opening a specific type of document activates the workbench and the associated workbench toolbar
containing all the tools you need to edit the document, so the CATIA Version 5 application window
looks a little different depending on what type of document you are editing. The same applies to the
contents of the menu bar and the commands on pulldown menus.
This section contains the description of the icons and menus specific to the CATIA Object Manager
workbench. These commands are discussed in greater details elsewhere in the guide.
The main application window looks like this (click the sensitive areas to see the related documentation):
Start
The Start menu is a navigation tool intended to help you toggle between different
workshops. The contents of the Start menu vary according to the configurations and/or
products installed. For more information about the Start menu, refer to "Accessing the
Navigation Tools".
File
For... See...
New... Creating New Documents
New Creating a New Document from an Existing
from... One
Edit
For... See...
Undo Undoing Actions
Redo Recovering Last Action
Undone
Cut Cutting and Pasting
Objects
Copy Copying and Pasting
Objects
Paste Cutting and Pasting
Objects
Copying and Pasting
Objects
Delete Deleting Objects
Search... Selecting Using the
Search... Command
Selection Sets... Storing Selections Using
Selection Sets
Define Selection Storing Selections Using
Set Selection Sets
Links... Editing Document Links
Properties... Displaying and Editing
Graphic Properties
View
For... See...
Toolbars Viewing and Hiding
Toolbars
Commands List... Viewing the Commands
List
Geometry Setting Document
Window Layout
Preferences
Tools
For... See...
Using Knowledgeware
Formula...
Capabilities
Image Capturing and Managing
Images for the Album
Recording, Running and
Macro
Editing Macros
Customize... Customizing Toolbars
Visualization Filters... Using Visualization Filters
Options... Customizing Settings
Search Order... Creating a Document Search
Order
Window
For... See...
New Window Using Document
Windows
Tile Horizontally Using Document
Windows
Tile Vertically Using Document
Windows
Cascade Using Document
Windows
Help
For... See...
CATIA V5 Help Getting Contextual Help
Contents, Index and Accessing the Online Help
Search Library
What's This? Using the What's This?
Command
User Galaxy Accessing the Dassault
Systèmes User Galaxy
Standard Toolbar
View Toolbar
The View toolbar appears in three different configurations.
This is the default View toolbar:
Capture Toolbar
Catalog Editor
1. Select View->Toolbars.
The list of current toolbars is displayed. Currently visible
toolbars are indicated by a tick symbol to the left of the
toolbar name.
You can also drag and drop an object onto an object: for example, copy a fillet on
a part.
Method 2
Keyboard Shortcuts
Use this keyboard key (or combination)... To...
Escape Interrupt the current command
F1 Get contextual online help
Shift + F1 Get help on toolbar icons
Toggle the specification tree overview on
Shift + F2
and off
Toggle specification tree display on and
F3
off
Alt + F8 Run macros
Customizing
2. Select the
Customize...
command to display
the Customize dialog
box.
The dialog box
contains the
following tabs:
Start Menu:
customizes
the Start
menu and
workbench
access icons
(as described
in "Accessing
the
Navigation
Tools")
User
Workbenches:
lets you
create your
own
workbenches
Toolbars: lists
the currently
visible
toolbars
(default)
Commands:
lists the
commands
you can drag
and drop onto
a toolbar.
Options:
contains
general
customization
options.
With the Toolbars tab open, double-clicking any icon highlights, in the toolbars list, the toolbar the icon
belongs to. Double-clicking any toolbar also highlights the toolbar name, allowing you to identify it.
3. Click the
Commands tab to
list the commands
available.
The Categories list
allows you to filter
the listed commands
by category: the
category is the name
of the menu in the
menu bar.
For example,
selecting the Edit
category in the
Categories list
displays in the
commands list all the
commands likely to
appear on the Edit
menu.
The category All Commands lists all commands available. You can also select the Select command.
If you created macros, the macro names are also listed. You can then add macros to a toolbar.
4. Select a
command from the
command list.
In this example, the
Capture... command
has been selected.
Note that the icon for
the command is
displayed at the
bottom of the dialog
box, along with a
short help message
explaining the role of
the icon.
5. Drag the command from the command list to the toolbar to which you want to add the command.
6. Drop the
command onto the
desired toolbar.
In our example, the
icon for the Image
Capture... command
has been added to
the standard toolbar:
7. To delete a command from a toolbar using the drag-and-drop mechanism, drag the command and
drop it back inside the list of commands in the Customize dialog box.
You can also drag and drop commands which do not have icons: in this case, the command name
appears in the toolbar.
Your customization is stored automatically in the FrameConfig.CATSettings file: you recover it if you exit
and restart. For more information about settings, refer to "About Settings" .
5. Click the Command tab and drag and drop commands onto the new toolbar.
In our example, the toolbar "MyToolBar" contains three icons:
6. To rename a user-defined toolbar, click the Toolbar tab again, select a toolbar, click the Rename... button and
enter the new name, then click OK.
7. To delete a user-defined toolbar, click the Toolbar tab again, select a toolbar, click the Delete... button, then
click OK.
8. To restore the original contents of a toolbar, click the Toolbar tab again, select a toolbar, click the Restore...
button, then click OK.
The Restore All... button restores the original contents of all toolbars.
9. To hide or display a user-defined toolbar, click the Toolbar tab again, select a toolbar, and click the Hide or
Show button to toggle toolbar display on or off, then click OK.
5. Enter the name for your workbench, then click the OK button.
In our example, let's assume the name of the user workbench is "My Workbench". Clicking the OK button adds
the workbench name to the list...
... deactivates the current workbench, and activates "My Workbench", represented by the icon top right:
6. Click the Toolbars tab, then click the New... option to start adding toolbars to "My Workbench".
The New Toolbar dialog box and an empty toolbar are displayed:
Note that your user-defined workbench will remain active after it is created, until you activate another workbench.
Your new workbench is added to:
the top of the Start menu (and to the Favorites list in the Start menu tab)
the "Welcome to CATIA V5" dialog box, which appears when you start a session, or when you click the
icon representing the current workbench.
the list of workbench icons accessed by right-clicking the current workbench icon.
2. Select the
Customize...
command to display
the Customize dialog
box.
The dialog box
contains three tabs:
Start Menu:
customizes
the Start
menu and
workbench
access icons
(as described
in "Accessing
the
Navigation
Tools")
User
Workbenches:
lets you
create your
own
workbenches
Toolbars: lists
the currently
visible
toolbars
(default)
Commands:
lists the
commands
you can drag
and drop onto
a toolbar.
Options:
contains
general
customization
options.
3. Click the
Commands tab to
list the commands
available.
4. Select a category
(menu name), then
double-click a
command, or select
it and click the Show
Properties... button.
The Command
Properties frame is
added to the bottom
of the dialog box:
5. Enter a new name for the command, if needed, in the title field.
6. Click the Ctrl, Shift or Other buttons to include them in the shortcut displayed in the Accelerator field.
The Meta button is now named "Other".
1.
Right-click
any icon in
any toolbar
to display
the list of
toolbars
and
associated
commands.
For
example,
the
following
toolbar list
appears
when no
documents
are open:
2. Select the Customize... command to display the Customize dialog box.
3. Click the
Options
tab:
4. Check the Large Icons option if you want large icons displayed.
The default icon size is large. Uncheck this checkbox if you want the icons to be normal size.
5. Check the Tooltips option to switch tooltips on or off.
Tooltips are short help messages displayed when you point to icons, as explained in "Displaying
Tooltips and Help Messages"
Customizing Settings
Infrastructure
Part Design
About Settings
Types of Data Created by CATIA Version 5
Locking Settings
This task explains how to run a session in administrator mode for the purpose of locking settings so that other
users running a session with the same environment inherit those settings and cannot change them. Note,
however, that not all settings can be locked.
By default, there is "zero administration" of settings: user settings are stored in the CATSettings environment as
explained in About Settings.
The scenario walks you through a procedure useful for locking settings for users of the default environment
created at installation. This is a useful procedure if you interested in locking settings, but do not want to multiply
environments on the same computer.
The scenario described reflects the Windows platform only, but the feature is also supported on UNIX.
Do not confuse running a session in administrator mode (a CATIA concept) with logging on as administrator (a
system concept).
1. Log on as an administrator.
You must belong to the Administrators group, or have the privileges assigned to the Administrators group.
For the purposes of this particular scenario only, you need to log on as administrator because you are going to
modify the default global environment (CATIA V5R4).
2. Select the Start->Programs->CATIA->Tools->Environment Editor V5R4 command to display the Environment
Editor.
You will see an environment with the following name:
CATIA.V5R4.B04 Global
3. Double-click the CATIA.V5R4.B04 environment to display the corresponding environment variables.
4. Locate the following environment variable: CATReferenceSettingPath
Note that the default setting for this variable is empty:
5. Reset the variable so that it points to an existing folder, for example:
CATReferenceSettingPath E:\home\users\administrator\LockSettings
then click Set, then OK to save and exit the environment editor. This folder will contain the setting locks you will
create later. The folder access rights must be set up for read access only for end users, and read/write for the
person creating the setting locks.
6. Run a CATIA session using the following command:
cnext -env CATIA.V5R4.B04 -admin
or:
cnext -admin
A session is started using the default global environment, and a message informs you that you are running in
administration mode.
7. Click OK in the message box, then select the Tools->Options... command.
The "Options" dialog box is displayed.
Note that a lock symbol like this appears opposite each option in the General tab:
You do not necessarily have to log on as administrator to customize an environment and set locks on settings: the
lock mechanism is not limited to the global environment only.
End users can customize their own user environments to store their own settings in a location referenced by the
CATReferenceSettingPath environment variable, start a session using the command:
where "myenv" is the name of the user environment, then lock settings in the same way as described in their first
scenario. Then, other end users starting a session on the same computer, with the normal startup commands and
using the same environment, will inherit the locked settings.
Different users may want to set different types of locks at different levels for a variety of reasons.
If several users set locks in different folders using the same environment, end users of the same environment will
inherit the all the locks set by those administrators.
To implement this solution, you must concatenate several CATReferenceSettingPath values as illustrated below:
In this example:
one administrator (starting in administration mode) locks settings in "Environment 1" at the site level
on the same site, two administrators (also starting in administration mode) in two different workshops lock
settings in "Environment 2" and "Environment 3" respectively
users 1 and 2 run a Version 5 session with "Environment 2" and inherit the setting locks in "Environment 1"
and "Environment 2" respectively
users 3 and 4 run a Version 5 session with "Environment 3" and inherit the setting locks in "Environment 1"
and "Environment 3" respectively.
General
This task explains how to customize general-purpose settings.
2. Select the General category (to the left), then the General tab:
Update
Check the type of part update you wish:
Manual: you wish to control your update operations.
Automatic: parts are updated automatically
Stop update on first error: the application stops constructing the part once it detects a problem.
Referenced Documents
By default, the Load referenced documents option is checked. This means that when a father document is
loaded, the child documents it points to are also loaded. However, if you uncheck this option, only the father
document is actually loaded when you open it. This may be useful for reasons of performance and efficiency. A
typical case of this would be a CATProduct or CATDrawing document, i.e. the father document pointing to CATPart
or model documents i.e. the child documents.
Once a father document has been loaded you cannot load or unload its child documents as changing the option
cannot apply retroactively. You must close the father document, check or uncheck the Load referenced
documents option then reopen the father document.
If you open a father document containing unloaded child documents you can load one or more of these documents
using the File->Desk command (see Using the FileDesk Workbench).
CATIA Documentation Location
The Doc Installation Path field displays the current location of the online documentation. By default, the online
documentation is located in:
C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B04doc
Enter the path where the documentation is installed. Note that, if you install the documentation on the network, you
can map a drive and enter the appropriate path in this field. UNC (Universal Naming Convention) syntax is also
supported.
Refer to "Doc Installation Path" for more details.
Conferencing
If you installed a license for a DMU Navigator product, you will be able to run conferencing sessions: a conference
host initiates a conferences and invites other users to join the conference as guests.
The actions replicated during a conference are the following:
workbench transition
object selection
viewpoint modification (zoom, rotation)
3D annotations (creation, modification and deletion)
2D annotations (linked to cameras) creation, modification and deletion.
Conferencing is available on the Windows and UNIX platforms, and is based on two underlying prerequisites:
NetMeeting (provided with Windows)
the Communications Backbone (provided with the CATIA infrastructure), required for conferencing on UNIX.
In CATIA Version 4, certain information was specified by means of the parameter settings in the declaration files.
These declaration parameters are no longer supported in Version 5 and there is no way to transfer them
automatically to Version 5. Such information must be provided by means of the Options dialog box shown above,
before attempting to read Version 4 data.
declare the code page to be stored in the CATIA data to be written when saving Version 5 CATPart
documents as CATIA Version 4 models.
You can display such models on Windows and on UNIX. If you want to display the model on Windows, the
address to be specified should look something like this:
http://NTmachinename/path/PRJfilename
Note that the external PROJECT file referenced by the model can only be on UNIX. Also, you must first make
sure an http server has been installed on the machine where the PROJECT file resides.
On UNIX, just specify the path, for example:/u/users/username/PRJfilename
The following reference tables in the PROJECT files can now be accessed in Version 5:
attribute and class tables
annotations/dimensions.
Declaring the writing code page when saving Version 5 CATPart documents as CATIA Version 4 models
For a full scenario illustrating this functionality see "Saving CATIA Version 5 CATPart Documents As CATIA
Version 4 Models" in the CATIA - V4 Integration User's Guide.
In Version 4, the declaration parameter catsite.WRITING_CODE_PAGE declares the code page to be stored in
the CATIA data to be written. The writing code page ISO-8859-1 is the default value so normally, unless another
code page was already specified, you can go ahead with the save.
6. However, if you want to use a writing code page other than ISO-8859-1, open the WRITING_CODE_PAGE list
in the V4 Declarations part of the dialog box (indicated by the arrow above), select the appropriate code page
and click OK.
7. Click OK to confirm.
The spaceball and spacemouse are supported on all P2 products on all supported platforms (except HP-UX).
After installing CATIA , you must connect your peripheral devices and install the appropriate drivers.
Stereo
Maximum frequency (number of events per second) at which events are sent by peripheral devices.
Use the default value (unless the peripheral device you are using has special requirements).
A process filters the mass of events generated when using I/O devices and relays only the useful
events to CATIA .
Broker
Specifies how a process called the "CATIA device broker" is started:
Automatic: use this setting if you are using the peripheral devices for which native support is
provided by CATIA (joystick, spaceball/spacemouse): the CATIA device broker is started
automatically when you start a session
Manual: use this setting if you are using peripheral devices for which native support is not provided
by CATIA .
The process name is "CATDeviceBroker" and is referenced by the following line:
CATDeviceBroker 6668/tcp
in the file:
%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\services
Automatically Started Daemons
This part of the tab lists the peripheral devices for which native support is provided by CATIA :
Space Daemon: spaceball/spacemouse
SW_Joystick: joystick.
Check the corresponding option to ensure that the peripheral device will be activated and recognized
the next time you start a session. This setting requires the use of a peripheral broker. If you are using
the peripheral devices for which native support is provided by CATIA (joystick,
spaceball/spacemouse): the peripheral broker process is started automatically when you start a
session. Otherwise, you must run it manually.
3. Click OK to confirm, or Reset... and OK again to reset default settings.
Customizing Knowledgeware
This task explains how to specify some options you may need to check in
knowledgeware applications. Most options are related to parameters. Refer to
Using Knowlegeware Capabilities or to the Knowledge Advisor User's Guide for
more information on parameters. The 'Language' check box is to be checked by
those of you using measures in relations or using user functions. Measures are
specific functions to be used in formulas and rules. The Knowledge Advisor
User's Guide provides you with tasks explaining how to use measures. For how to
create and use user functions, see the CATIA Application Architecture
documentation.
1. Select the Tools -> Options command.
The Options dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the General option.
3. Click the Knowledge tab. This is what you can see onscreen:
Licensing
Refer to "Reserving Licenses Using the License Manager" for detailed
information about how to reserve product licenses using the License Manager.
Performance
This task explains how to customize display performance settings.
Tessellation is calculated according to object size: the larger the object, the coarser the tessellation.
For the same sag value, the tessellation on small objects will always be finer than on large objects.
The sag value used to calculate the tessellation of each object is calculated is as follows:
sag x radius of sphere/100
where:
"sag" is the sag value you set using the slider (between 0.1 and 1)
"radius of sphere" is the radius of a sphere encompassing the object entirely (this value is
obviously higher on larger objects).
The preview area to the right shows you the effect of each setting.
2D accuracy settings are the same as for 3D.
Level of Details (P2 only)
You do not always need to view a high level of detail in your geometry all the time. You can use the Static and
When Moving settings to add or remove display quality:
Static: even if you do not want to move geometry, it is often useful to remove details you do not need to
see. Set a low value if you want to see all the details, or a high value to remove details.
While Moving: you will be able to move large parts more quickly if you set While Moving to a high value.
When you release the mouse after moving the part, the normal level of detail will be redisplayed.
In both cases, the higher the value, the lower the level of detail. Normally, you set Static to a low value, and While
Moving to a high value. The added value is increased display performance.
Note that if you are using the Level of Details option with product structure or DMU Navigator functions, you must
activate the cache for your LOD settings to be taken into account.
Transparency Quality
Low (Screen Door): similar to viewing an object through a mesh or a screen. Use this setting when you
need to look at objects through another transparent object. This mode is also recommended for increased
display performance.
High (Alpha Blending): similar to looking through clear glass. Use this setting when you need to view
several transparent objects located at different depths of a scene. For example, looking through a car
windscreen at other opaque objects inside the car. Note, however, that this mode is computation-intensive
and consequently has an adverse affect on display performance.
Note that you also need to set the transparency coefficient on selected objects using the Edit->Properties
command or Properties command on the contextual menu, by dragging the Transparency slider on the
Graphic tab. Refer to Displaying and Editing Graphic Properties for more information.
Frames per second
Check the Activate button if you want to control the minimum number of frames per second (frame rate) during
animations (zooming, moving, flying,... etc.). The frame rate varies from 1 to 30. Setting a low frame rate keeps a
maximum number of details visible, but animations are less smooth and fluid; setting a high frame rate limits
visible details, but provides smoother, more fluid animations.
This option is particularly useful, for example, in Fly mode: when flying within large objects, you may not need to
see all the details, but you want to navigate through the object in as smooth a manner as possible.
Show Outline (wherever possible)
This option is useful if you always want to display outlines for parts created from surfaces of revolution, for
example, shafts, and cylinders. This setting determines whether you see outlines when using the NHR and
Shading + Edges modes.
Whereas edge display is computed by your workstation's graphic adapter, outline display is computed by the
display software. Note that, in large assemblies, displaying outlines may affect display performance. You may
want to switch outline display off in this case.
Show Hidden Edges (whenever possible)
Displays or hides the hidden edges of selected objects.
For example, when the hidden edges of this object are not
displayed, it looks like this:
3. Click OK to confirm.
This option might, for example, be useful when working on solids and assemblies.
Structure
If the whole of the tree is not displayed, you may have to enlarge the window.
Alternatively, you can reduce the length of tree item names. To do this, go back to the Tools->Options...
dialog box and select the Fixed Size option in the Tree Item Size section. The default number of characters
is 8. You can of course specify the number you wish.
To do this, go back to the Tools->Options... dialog box and select the Horizontal option in the Tree
Orientation section. The tree will then look something like this:
This option might, for example, be useful when working on solids and surfaces.
Relational: Vertical
As you can see, this option shows all possible relations between the different items that go to make up the
part.
Relational: Horizontal
To do this, go back to the Tools->Options... dialog box and select the Horizontal option in the Tree
Orientation section:
When this option is checked, if you select an item in the tree, then select the Hide/Show icon, the item is
grayed out in the tree.
When the size of the tree exceeds the window size, a scrollbar appears: you can then move the tree and navigate
using the scrollbar.
If you want to manipulate the specification tree on its own (zoom it up and down, etc.), click the reference axis in the
bottom left corner of the document or any branch in the tree: the geometry is dimmed, and only the tree is active.
Customizing Units
This task explains how to customize units.
1. Select the Tools->Options... command. The Units tab options appear with the General category selected in the
left-hand column.
2. Select the Unit tab. You can define or redefine:
the default unit
and the display of values for magnitude type parameters.
In the upper part of the dialog box, the default unit along with its symbol is displayed for each magnitude:
In the lower part of the dialog box, the 'Dimension Display' check boxes allow you to define:
whether you want to display trailing zeros
the upper and lower limits for using an exponential notation
how many decimal places to display .
3. If you want to redefine a default unit:
1. Select the line with the magnitude whose unit is to be redefined. The list of available units for this
magnitude is displayed right below the magnitude list (the magnitude name is grayed out). For example, if
you want to redefine the Length unit, the list of available units is:
2. select the unit you want to define as new default unit in the selection list (in the example above, the Inch
has been selected). The magnitude definition is updated in the magnitude list right above.
4. If you want to display trailing zeros, check the 'Display Trailing Zeros' box.
Example: a 10 mm value will be converted in 10.000 mm if the number of decimal places is set to 3.
5. If you want to redefine the decimal places, check the appropriate options.
Example: a 10.571 mm will be converted to 10.57 mm if the number of decimal places is set to 2.
6. If you want to define the exponential notation limits, enter the value under and below which you want to display a
magnitude type parameter in an exponential form.
Example1: 105700 mm will be displayed as 1.06e+005mm if the upper limit for an exponential notation is set to
5.
Example2: 0.000057 mm will be displayed as 5.70e-005mm if the lower limit for an exponential notation is set to
4.
7. Click OK to confirm your choice.
The new settings will apply immediately both to documents already loaded and to those subsequently loaded.The
default values for length, mass and time are millimeters, kilos and seconds.
This option
activates a
graduated color
background in all
open documents,
and in the Preview
and workbench list
areas of the
Visualization tab
itself.
For example, this
document uses a
graduated color
background. The
color becomes
gradually lighter
towards the bottom
of the document:
...but this
document uses a
normal color
background:
Display preselection navigator after ... second(s): sets the amount of time, in seconds, which elapses
before the preselection navigator appears after pointing at an object. Refer to "Selecting Using the
Preselection Navigator" for more information about how to use the preselection navigator. For more
information about navigating in fly mode, refer to "Navigating in Fly Mode".
Highlight faces and edges: controls the way faces and edges are prehighlighted and highlighted.
If you select the Pad or the PartBody in the specification tree, the whole object is highlighted like this:
Display manipulation
bounding box: when
clicking on an object,
displays a box around
the selected object if it
uses manipulators:
Objects using manipulators can be manipulated by the 3D compass . For more information about
manipulating objects using the 3D compass, refer to "Manipulating Objects Using the Mouse and
Compass".
Limit display of manipulators on individual elements in multi-selection to ... elements: sets a limit on the
number of elements selected in multi-selection mode (using the selection trap) on which manipulators can be
displayed. You can select more elements than the limit (for example, by using the CTRL key to extend the
selection), but any elements selected over the limit cannot be manipulated.
This option is not activated when working in a 3D context. It is only activated using the Drafting
applications, which often require the selection of large numbers of 2D elements, and only applies to those
2D objects which have handles (for example, texts and arrows).
Gravitational effects when navigating: fixes the X, Y or Z axis during navigation. While turning in Fly mode,
this creates the impression that the user viewpoint tilts or banks with respect to the fixed axis, as in a real
plane.
Animation during viewpoint navigation: set this option if you want viewpoint changes in certain contexts to
be animated. To see an example of the effect of this option, check the option, then select a plane and click the
Sketcher icon. The selected plane is slowly rotated until parallel to the screen just like during an
animation. If you do not check this option, the selected plane is set parallel to the screen immediately (without
the animation effect).
Anti-aliasing: activates anti-aliasing on all edges and lines.
Anti-aliasing makes
jagged lines and
edges appear
smoother:
jagged:
Collision detection enabled: when flying and walking, detects if you collide with an object, so that you
bounce off the object instead of going through it.
Mouse Sensitivity: sets the mouse sensitivity when flying and walking: if you set a low value, pointing the
cursor produces only slow, minor changes in direction; if you set a high value, pointing the cursor produces
rapid, significant changes in direction.
3. Click OK to confirm, or Reset... and OK again to reset default settings.
5. Click OK to confirm the operation and quit the Options dialog box.
2. Click Part in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
External References
4. Checking the Keep link with selected object option lets you
maintain the links between external references, copied elements for
example, and their origins when you are editing these elements. This
option is used as you are editing parts included in assemblies.
For more about designing parts in assembly context, refer to the
CATIA Assembly Design Users Guide Version 5.
If later you need to cut the link between external references and their
origin, you just need to use the Isolate command.
Delete Operation
7. Check Display the Delete dialog box if you wish to access filters for
deletion (see "Deleting Features" in the CATIA Part Design Users
Guide Version 5.
8. Check Delete referenced sketches if you wish to delete sketches
associated to features while you are deleting those features.
Sketches will be deleted only if they are exclusive, which means that
if they are shared by other features, they will not be deleted.
2. Click Product in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Click the
DMU Navigator
tab.
2. Click General to the left of the dialog box, then the tab Symbols.
This tab lets you customize:
Constraint Style
Dimension Style
The Preview glyph displays your preferences as you are specifying them.
Constraint Style
3. To set the colors where
appropriate, click the arrow of
the constraint type combo
box.
A list appears containing the
current color and the colors
available by default.
You can define a personal
color too. See CATIA -
Infrastructure User's Guide
Version 5 for more
information.
4. Choose any of these
colors.
5. To choose between the constraints you wish to see or not in the geometry area,
click the Filter button.
The Constraint Filter dialog box contains filter options available for all the
constraints that can be defined for the geometry.
The Product frame contains the Show on active product option. If activated, this
option displays the constraints defined on the active product. This option is specific
to Assembly Design workbench.
6. Uncheck the constraints you do not wish to display and click OK to confirm.
Dimension Style
7. Set the Scale option to Large. This defines the size of the symbols for tangency
and parallelism constraints. You can set:
Small
Medium
Large
8. Check Displays iconified constraint elements. This option increases the number
of graphic symbols you can see in the geometry area. For example, you can see
symmetry axes.
9. Check Highlight pointed elements to make sure the application highlights the
constrained elements when their constraints are pointed to.
10. Enter a value to define the gap between construction lines and geometric
elements. For example, enter 5mm.
The default gap is 2mm. The glyph previews the new gap.
11. Enter a value to define the overrun between construction lines and geometric
elements. For example, enter 9mm.
The glyph previews the new
overrun.
12. Click OK to confirm the operation and quit the Options dialog box.
Assembly Design
3. Check Automatic or Manual update. The manual option lets you decide
when you need to update your design.
4. Check Stop update on first error to make sure the application stops the
process as soon as an error has been detected.
5. Now still in the Options dialog box click Product to the left of the dialog box,
then the Assembly tab.
Two options for customizing update operations are available.
6. Check Active level or All the levels. All levels allows you to update all the
constraints defined on all the levels of the active component.
The Preview glyph displays your preferences as you are specifying them.
Constraint Style
3. To set the colors where
appropriate click the arrow of
the constraint type combo
box.
A list appears containing the
current color and the colors
available by default.
You can define a personal
color too. See CATIA -
Infrastructure User's Guide
Version 5 for more
information.
4. Choose any of these
colors.
5. To choose between the constraints you wish to see or not in the geometry area,
click the Filter... button.
The Constraint Filter dialog box contains filter options available for all the constraints
that can be defined for the geometry.
6. Uncheck the constraints you do not wish to display and click OK to confirm.
Dimension Style
7. Set the Scale option to Large. This defines the size of the symbols for tangency
and parallelism constraints. You can set:
Small
Medium
Large
8. Check Displays iconified constraint elements. This option increases the number of
graphic symbols you can see in the geometry area. For example, you can see
symmetry axes.
9. Check Highlight pointed elements to make sure the application highlights
constrained elements when their constraints are pointed to.
10. Enter a value to define the gap between construction lines and geometric
elements. For example, enter 5mm.
The default gap is 2mm. The glyph previews the new gap.
11. Enter a value to define the overrun between construction lines and geometric
elements. For example, enter 9mm
12. Click OK to confirm the operation and quit the dialog box.
2. Click Product to the left of the dialog box, then the tab Assembly.
3.To create constraints with published geometrical elements only, check Only
use the published geometry.
2. Click Product to the left of the dialog box, then the tab Assembly.
3. If you want to see a message indicating that you are moving fixed together
components, check the option Display warning.
The message will appear whenever you will apply the following commands to
fixed together components:
compass
snap
translation or rotation
manipulate
3. Check the Work with the cache system option to activate the cache
memory. If activated, the first time models are inserted, they will be converted
to cgr files and saved in the data cache memory. V4 models will be loaded in
your assembly in design mode.
4. Enter the path you need to locate the cache system. Click the Browse
button to navigate through files and locate the file you want.
The default directory is your home directory under UNIX and the
USERPROFILE directory under Windows.
5. Repeat the previous procedure to locate the released cache memory.
6. Enter the maximum size for the cache memory. The unit is MB.
7. Set the Check timestamps option.
If activated, this option checks the model's timestamp and if different from the
timestamp of cgr files in the data cache, converts the model to cgr files. If
timestamps are the same, no conversion is done and cgr files in the data
cache are loaded.
If deactivated, no check is run and cgr files in the data cache are
systematically loaded.
8. Click Ok to confirm. Note that you need to exit and restart to see the effects
of customization.
2. Select the Product category (to the left), then the Product Structure tab:
2. Select the Product category (to the left), then the Assembly tab:
Now if you click on any constraint icon, the application launches the Design
mode. The cursor changes to an eye symbol, meaning that the Design mode
is now active. You can then you set your constraint.
Dynamic Sketcher
Customizing Constraints
This task shows you how to customize the display and style of the constraints
defined in your document.
Constraint Style
3. To set the colors defining the
status of the constraints, click the
arrow in the appropriate constraint
type combo box. For instance, you
can define a new color for resolved
constraints.
A list appears containing the current
color and the colors available by
default.
4. Choose any of these colors.
5. If you prefer to customize colors, click the More Colors option at the
bottom of the color list to access the color palette.
The Color dialog box appears, allowing you to define the colors of your
choice:
In the Basic Colors area, the first
sixteen colors (in the top two rows)
are the same as those at the top of
the previous list.
The remaining four rows contain extra
colors.
The empty boxes below are reserved
for your own custom colors.
7. To define a new color, click anywhere in the colored area or drag the
cross inside the spectrum to instantaneously change the color in the small
box below the spectrum.
8. Use the slider to adjust your color. This makes the brightness of the
custom color vary.
The HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminance) and RGB (Red, Green and
Blue) values vary according to where the cross is located. You can also
enter HSL and RGB values in the fields provided to suit your exact color
specifications.
9. Once you are happy with the color, click the Add to Custom Colors
option to add the custom color.
10. Click Apply to return to the original color palette.
12. Now, to choose between the constraints you wish to see or not in the
geometry area, click the Filter button.
The dialog box that appears contains all of the constraints which can be
defined for the geometry.
13. Check the Conditional Filter option.
You can now specify how you wish to filter constraints in the Status Filter
frame. Three options are available.
15. Uncheck the constraints to which you want to apply the option.
16. Click Apply to confirm the operation and close the dialog box.
Dimension Style
17. Now, you are going to customize the Dimension Style. You can
choose between three sizes:
Small
Medium
Large
Set the Scale option to Large. This defines the size of the symbols for
tangency and parallelism constraints.
18. Check Displays iconified constraint elements. This option
increases the number of graphic symbols you can see in the
geometry area. For example, you can see symmetry axes.
19. Check Highlight pointed elements to make sure the application
highlights the constrained elements when their constraints are
pointed to.
20. Enter a value to define the gap between construction lines and
geometric elements. For example, enter 5mm.
The gap is of 2mm by default. The glyph previews the new gap.
22. Click OK to confirm the operation and quit the Options dialog box
Setting a Grid
The Sketcher grid will help you sketch your profile on some circumstances. For
example, the grid will make it easier to sketch a profile requiring parallel lines.
This task shows how to define a grid.
1. Select the Tools -> Options command to display the Options dialog box.
2. Click Part in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
The Sketcher tab appears, containing four sets of options:
Grid
Sketch Plane (see Setting the Sketch Plane)
Geometry (see Customizing Geometry Creation)
Autodetection (see Customizing Autodetection)
3. To define your grid, enter the values of your choice in the Primary
spacing and Graduations fields. The Primary spacing option lets you define
the spacing between the major lines of the grid. The Graduations field lets
you set the number of graduations between the major lines of the grid,
which actually consists in defining a secondary grid.
4. Click the Display box to display the grid in your session. You will note
that this capability is also available in the Sketcher Options toolbar.
5. Check the Snap to point option if your sketch needs to begin or end on
the points of the grid.
2. Click Part in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
The Sketcher tab appears, containing four sets of options:
Grid (see Setting a Grid)
Sketch Plane
Geometry (see Customizing Geometry Creation)
Autodetection (see Customizing Autodetection)
3. In the Sketch Plane frame, check the Shade sketch plane option. This
lets you view the sketch plane in the Sketcher workbench. However, note
that the grid must be displayed too to see the shaded plane.
4. Now, check Position sketch plane parallel to screen to make sure that
each time you will enter the Sketcher workbench, the sketch plane will have
the right position.
5. Once you have chosen all of your options, click OK to confirm the
operation.
2. Click Part in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
The Sketcher tab appears, containing four sets of options:
Grid (see Setting a Grid)
Sketch Plane (see Setting the Sketch Plane)
Geometry
Autodetection (see Customizing Autodetection)
Geometry
3. By default,
the Create
circle and
ellipse centers
option is on.
Just uncheck it
if you do not
need to create
centers when
sketching.
4. Click OK to confirm the operation and quit the dialog box.
Customizing SmartPick
As you create more and more elements, SmartPick detects multiple directions
and positions, and more and more relationships with existing elements. This may
lead to confusion due to the rapid highlighting of several different detection
possibilities as you point the cursor at different elements in rapid succession.
Consequently, you can decide to filter out undesired detections. This task shows
how to do so:
1. Select Tools -> Options...
2. Click Part in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
Interactive Drafting
Geometry generation
threads
Dimension generation
General Settings
This task shows you how to set general settings to be used in the Interactive
Drafting workbench.
1.Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Click the General tab.
Ruler
Checking the ruler option displays the ruler in your sheet. It means
you visualize the cursor coordinates as you are drawing. You can
modify the ruler unit using the drawing ruler dialog box :
Grid
To define your grid, enter the values of your choice in the Primary
fields. The Primary spacing option lets you define the spacing
between the major lines of the grid. The Graduations field lets you
set the number of graduations between the major lines of the grid,
which actually consists in defining a secondary grid.
4. Click the Display box to display the grid in your session. You will
note that this capability is also available via the Interactive Drafting
Options toolbar.
5. Check the Snap to point option if the geometry needs to begin or
end on the points of the grid.
Rotation
6. Once you have chosen all of your options, click OK to confirm the operations.
View creation
When creating a view, you can define that you want or not the view
name, scaling factor or frame to appear.
New sheet
You can define that when creating a new sheet, you want the
source sheet to be the sheet that is set by default, the first or one
sheet from another drawing. You can also define that you want to
copy the background view from another sheet. As such, when you
create this new sheet via the command, a dialog box appears that
allows you selecting the CATDrawing corresponding to the
background view to be inserted.
Geometry Creation
You can customize given options when creating 2D geometry, either or not
using autodetection (or SmartPick), or still adding constraints to this geometry.
Manipulators
You can decide that you want to create circle and ellipses centers
and that you want to be able to drag elements, end points included.
Autodetection (or SmartPick)
Dimension Creation
You can customize given options when creating or re-positioning dimensions.
Dimension Creation
You can organize dimensions into a system with a linear offset. The
offset will align the dimensions to each others as well as the smallest
dimension to the reference element.
V4->V5 Interoperability
You can customize given options when using interoperability from version 4 to
version 5.
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Select the V4->V5 tab.
Geometry import
Display
You can customize given options for modifying display settings.
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Select the Display tab.
Colors
Tree
Manipulators
When you activate a view, you can choose to visualize the view
axis. In addition, you can define whether these axes can be
zoomed.
Export all sheets in distinct files: export either all sheets or only
current sheet of a multi-sheet drawing.
Generative Drafting
General Settings
This task shows you how to set general settings to be used in the Interactive
Drafting workbench.
1.Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Click the General tab.
Ruler
Checking the ruler option displays the ruler in your sheet. It means
you visualize the cursor coordinates as you are drawing. You can
modify the ruler unit using the drawing ruler dialog box :
Grid
To define your grid, enter the values of your choice in the Primary
fields. The Primary spacing option lets you define the spacing
between the major lines of the grid. The Graduations field lets you
set the number of graduations between the major lines of the grid,
which actually consists in defining a secondary grid.
4. Click the Display box to display the grid in your session. You will
note that this capability is also available via the Interactive Drafting
Options toolbar.
5. Check the Snap to point option if the geometry needs to begin or
end on the points of the grid.
Rotation
6. Once you have chosen all of your options, click OK to confirm the operations.
Geometry generation
threads
Dimension generation
View creation
When creating a view, you can define that you want or not the view
name, scaling factor or frame to appear.
New sheet
You can define that when creating a new sheet, you want the
source sheet to be the sheet that is set by default, the first or one
sheet from another drawing. You can also define that you want to
copy the background view from another sheet. As such, when you
create this new sheet via the command, a dialog box appears that
allows you selecting the CATDrawing corresponding to the
background view to be inserted.
Geometry Creation
You can customize given options when creating 2D geometry, either or not
using autodetection (or SmartPick), or still adding constraints to this geometry.
Manipulators
You can decide that you want to create circle and ellipses centers
and that you want to be able to drag elements, end points included.
Autodetection (or SmartPick)
Dimension Creation
You can customize given options when creating or re-positioning dimensions.
Dimension Creation
You can organize dimensions into a system with a linear offset. The
offset will align the dimensions to each others as well as the smallest
dimension to the reference element.
V4->V5 Interoperability
You can customize given options when using interoperability from version 4 to
version 5.
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Select the V4->V5 tab.
Geometry import
Display
You can customize given options for modifying display settings.
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click Drafting in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box.
3. Select the Display tab.
Colors
Tree
Manipulators
When you activate a view, you can choose to visualize the view
axis. In addition, you can define whether these axes can be
zoomed.
DMU Navigator
You can add hyperlinks to your document and then use them to jump
to a variety of locations, for example, to a marketing presentation, a
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a HTML page on the intranet.
8. Note that you need to exit and restart to see the effects of customization, so
click OK to confirm.
This task explains how to load the product structure without the associated 3D
representations.
3. Click the Gravitational effects during navigation checkbox to activate this option
4. Click X, Y or Z to fix the axis perpendicular to the reference plane.
While turning in Fly mode, this creates the impression that the user viewpoint tilts or banks with respect to the fixed
axis, as in a real plane.
Note: The z-axis is the default axis. The ground corresponds to the xy reference plane.
5. Click OK to confirm.
You imported a CAD Part through the Insert ->Existing Component command.
1. Select the Tools->Options... command.
The Options dialog box appears
2. Click Product in the left-hand box .
3. Click the External Formats tab.
The corresponding Part Import box, (depending on the configuration) displays below the
Standard Formats Import box.
4. Click one of the retrieve information options to compare current clash results with:
Previous clash computation results
Results stored in VPM
No comparison (default setting)
5. Click the Automatically open checkbox to display a results window automatically.
6. Set the default display in the Results box of the Check Clash dialog box:
Click List by conflict or List by product to display List by Conflict or List by Product tabs as desired.
By default, the List by conflict tab is displayed.
By default, the first line is automatically selected in the List by Conflict or List by Product tab. Click
the First line automatically selected checkbox to de-activate this option.
7. Set the default computation type in the drop-down list and, if necessary, the default clearance value.
8. Set the detailed computation mode.
The detailed computation mode defines what is computed when you select a conflict or product in the
Check Clash Results box. It can be run at element or product level.
. Element level lets you work globally at product level while allowing you to pinpoint the elements
involved. There are two options:
Triangles, curves and penetration depth or minimum distance
Curves and penetration depth or minimum distance
Element analysis in Detailed Results and Visualization boxes is only available if you select one
of these two options.
Note: The graphics display and storage of the triangular representation is costly and may
adversely affect performance.
Or,
b. Product level gives information at product level only. There are three options:
Curves and penetration depth or minimum distance
Penetration depth or minimum distance
No detailed computation
9. Click OK in the dialog box when done
Plant Layout
This task explains how to specify which Plant Layout elements are displayed in the specification
tree.
1. From the menu bar, select Tools -> Options.
V4 Integration
In the EXPORT section you will see that you can choose from several options:
The default Standard option and the BSpline option allow you to select which
curve and surface types you want to be generated. If you leave the default
Standard option selected the curve and surface types created in the Part are
kept as is. If you select the BSpline option (which was also available in V4) all
curves and surfaces are converted into B-splines.
The default Surface option and the Wireframe option allow you to select the
representation mode. If you select Surface (which is also used in V4) solid
decomposition will be identical in both the original model and the resulting file.
Only the surfacic decomposition of the original model is stored. Wireframe is a
new option in Version 5 and should be used if you want 3D visualization of solid
edges to be identical in both the original model and the resulting file. Only the
wireframe decomposition of the original model is stored. This may be useful in
cases where curves are the only form of input accepted.
You may wish to round digits up or down to 7, 8, 9 or 10 digits. If so, check the
Round up/down real number option and use the Number of digits list provided.
If you are happy with the settings you have selected and do not want the Save as igs
dialog box to appear the next time you save (for more information refer to "Exporting
CATPart Data to an IGES File" in the CATIA - V4 Integration User's Guide), check the
Do not show dialog box option.
3. Click OK.
1. Select the Tools->Options... command. When it appears, select the Product category in the list on
the left.
As you can see, the Options dialog box is divided into two parts:
CDMA Interoperability Administration
PSN Display Options
You can set the color of your choice to the different areas.
If you check the Update documents in session box, your change will be
applied to the current document.
You can also specify the default catalog.
3. Click OK to validate.
In the Catalog storage Directory box, identify the path of the directory containing sample
standard catalog sections:
7.
downloaddirectory/OS/startup/components/structuralcatalogs
where OS is the operating system, for example intel_a (Windows NT).
In the Section storage Directory box, identify the full path of the directory containing
available sections, for example e:\tmp.
8. This directory contains resolved user-defined sections stored here directly and any
sample standard or user-defined catalog sections accessed via the Other section...
option. It is recommended that an empty directory be identified.
9. Click OK in the dialog box when done.
NC Manufacturing Settings
This task explains how to customize settings for NC Manufacturing products.
3. Select the desired checkboxes in the Operation area to specify the way you want your machining operations to
be created.
4. Select the colors to be used to identify the various manufacturing entities by means of the combos in the Color
area.
5. In the Tool selection area:
select the checkboxes to activate automatic tool query and tool preview modes
enter the path name for Tool catalogs and PP tables.
6. In the Tools catalogs and PP tables area:
enter the path of the folder containing tools catalogs and PP tables.
7. In the Tree display area:
select the checkboxes to activate the proposed tree display modes.
8. In the Tool path replay area:
select the checkbox to activate the tool display mode.
9. Click OK to apply the settings and quit the dialog box.
Hardware Requirements
Common Hardware Requirements
The following requirements are common to all operating systems supported by CATIA
Version 5 Release 4. System unit and graphic requirements are platform specific and
are detailed in the topics that follow:
Disk drive: an internal or external disk drive is required to store program
executables, program data, usage environment and paging space (minimum
recommended size: 2 GB).
Memory: 256 MB or RAM is the minimum recommended amount of memory for
all applications. 512 MB of RAM is recommended for DMU applications on large
assemblies. Requirements may be greater when large amounts of data are
used.
Internal/external drives: a CD-ROM drive is required for program installation
and access to the online documentation, which can optionally be downloaded to
disk.
Display: A graphic color display, compatible with the selected platform-specific
graphic adapter. The minimum recommended size for usability reasons is 17
inches. The minimum resolution required for Windows workstations is 800 x
600, and 1280 x 1024 on UNIX workstations. When selecting a graphic adapter,
hardware texturing capability is strongly recommended when using CATIA
Version 5 products that use texture mapping, in which case the amount of RAM
has to be adequate for the number and complexity of textures to be used.
Keyboard: a specific keyboard compatible with selected installation locale may
be required for national language support.
Pointing device: 3-button mouse.
On Windows workstations, a 2-button mouse may alternatively be used (the
third button is emulated with a keyboard sequence). The 3-button mouse is
recommended for usability reasons. The IntelliMouse (two buttons plus wheel)
is an alternative to the three-button mouse on Windows workstations, the wheel
acting as the middle button and allowing additional manipulations such as
panning and scrolling.
Optional components and features:
SpaceBall and SpaceMouse can be used, in addition to the mouse, to
perform graphic manipulations (zoom, pan, rotate, etc.); necessary
drivers are delivered with the device.
In addition to CATIA P2 Products, this support is also available with
following products:
CATIA - DMU NAVIGATOR 1 (DN1)
CATIA - DMU SPACE ANALYSIS (SP1)
The robustness of the overall solution is dependant on the robustness of the operating
system and the hardware environment used. Windows and UNIX hardware
configurations certified by Dassault Systemes for running CATIA Navigator products
are published at:
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Although CATIA Navigator products might run on other configurations or other graphic
adapters, incidents specific to these configurations or adapters would not be accepted
for support.
Windows 95 or Windows 98
Important: Windows 95 and Windows 98 apply only to CATIA Platform 1 (P1).
Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients can run only with Windows NT or UNIX license
servers.
System Unit
Graphic Adapter
Graphic Adapter
Network Adapter
An active LAN adapter (Ethernet or Token Ring, installed and configured) is required
for licensing purposes.
Supported Configurations
IBM AIX
System Unit
Any RS/6000, based on PowerPC 604 (166 MHz minimum clock speed), Power2 or
Power3 processor families, supported on AIX Version 4 Release 3.0, 3.1 or 3.2
provided that requirements described below are met.
Graphic Adapter
HP-UX
System Unit
Graphic Adapter
SGI IRIX
System Unit
Any O2, Indigo2, Octane or Onyx2 workstations based on R5000, R10000 or R12000
processors, supported on IRIX 6.5, provided that requirements described below are
met.
Graphic Adapter
Sun Solaris
System Unit
Any Ultra1, Ultra2, Ultra10, Ultra30 or Ultra60 workstation based on the UltraSPARC
processor, supported on Solaris 2.6.0 or Solaris 7, provided that requirements
described below are met.
Graphic Adapter
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A localized version of the operating system may be required when
the selected installation locale differs from latin.
CATIA P2 products do not operate on Windows95 or Windows98.
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a localized version of the operating system may be required when
the selected installation locale differs from Latin1 (for example, for
the Japanese language environment)
Note: For remote access from networked clients, Terminal Server is supported with
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, at Service Pack 4 level on the
Windows NT server. Access through standard browsers requires Citrix MetaFrame 1.0
to be installed in addition on the server. Terminal Server is also available with
Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
IBM AIX
The following components at the minimum indicated level are required:
AIX Version 4 Release 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3, including:
C Set++ for AIX Application Runtime:
at minimum level 3.6.4 for AIX 4.3.0, AIX 4.3.1 and AIX 4.3.2
(5648-A81)
at minimum level 4.0.2 for AIX 4.3.3 (5765-D52)
HP-UX
SGI IRIX
The following components at the minimum indicated level are required:
IRIX 6.5.2m, including:
C, C++ and Fortran77 standard execution environment (delivered with
the operating system)
OpenGL (delivered with IRIX execution environment)
IRIX Interactive Desktop (delivered with the operating system)
WorldView is required when the selected installation locale differs from
ISO-1.
Sun Solaris
The following components at the minimum indicated level are required:
Sun Solaris 2.6.0 or Solaris 7, including:
C and C++ runtime environment (delivered with the operating system)
OpenGL runtime environment (delivered with the operating system)
the Fortran runtime environment is delivered with CATIA Version 5
IRIX Interactive Desktop (delivered with the operating system)
a localized version may be required when the selected installation locale
differs from ISO-1.
CATIA Version 4 CDM and ENOVIA VPM 1 interoperability is available through CATIA
- V4 INTEGRATION 2 (V4I), for following products:
CATIA - ASSEMBLY DESIGN 2 (ASD)
CATIA - DMU KINEMATICS SIMULATOR 2 (KIN)
CATIA - Team PDM (TD1) requires the SmartTeam product with Oracle as a relational
database.
The following products:
CATIA - GENERATIVE PART STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (GP1)
CATIA - GENERATIVE PART STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (GPS)
CATIA - GENERATIVE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 2 (GAS)
Online documentation and the User GALAXY (online product marketing information)
are delivered in HTML format. An HTML browser is required to access this
documentation:
In a UNIX environment (AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris):
AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris: Netscape Navigator at minimum level 4.5
In a Windows environment (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows
2000), either:
Microsoft Internet Explorer (delivered with Windows NT 4.0), at minimum
level 4.01, Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (delivered with Windows 2000)
or, Netscape Navigator at minimum level 4.5.
Although access to the online documentation might work on other HTML browsers,
incidents specific to other browsers than the above- mentioned products are not
eligible for support.
Licensing
Windows NT and Windows 2000 workstations must have a LAN Card (Ethernet or
Token Ring) and TCP/IP installed and properly configured, even in the case of
nodelock licensing, but there is no need to have the workstations connected to the
network.
No additional software is required when accessing nodelock licenses on Windows NT
or Windows 2000 (nodelock licensing is not available on Windows95 or Windows98).
IBM License Use Management 4.5.5 (LUM) is required on UNIX and Windows
platforms, to access concurrent licenses across a network.
Although CATIA Version 5 does not directly require LUM Version 4.5.8, LUM Version
4.5.8 is required on the server in the following cases:
if the license server is a Windows 2000 workstation
if the HAL (High Availability Licensing) licensing mechanism offered by LUM is
used.
interpreters.
This library must be installed in the CATIA filetree containing runtime code
(...code/bin).
Once the ClearCoat software is installed, the environment mapping textures applied in
CATIA will be modified in a way to produce the ClearCoat effects.
Configurations
Configurations are a convenient and attractive way for you to order and install the
adequate combination of products for each type of user, while offering a single solution
from a licensing point of view.
There are two types of configurations:
standard configurations contain a pre-defined list of products, corresponding
to most frequent user profiles across industries and processes. These
configurations are offered at an attractive price compared to the sum of the
individual product prices.
the content of custom configurations is dynamically defined at ordering time,
thus allowing you to adapt the configuration content to the most specific user
needs. The content of a custom configuration is defined by adding individual
products (see product delivered as "add-on" below) to an existing standard
configuration. The result is a competitively priced solution, and remains a single
solution from a licensing point of view.
After initial installation, the configuration mechanism lets you manage the evolution
and growth of your user profile content by allowing you to add new products. The
resulting new seat definition is still a single solution from a licensing point of view.
To be able to use CATIA V5R4, you need to purchase and acquire at least one
configuration license.
If you already have a custom configuration, you can extend it by adding products. But
before you do so, you must use LUM to migrate your server license database to
support custom configuration growth.
To do so:
stop your LUM license server
migrate your server license database to the new format using the command:
i4ccmig
then import your new license as usual.
Products
Products are the elementary software building blocks for CATIA Version 5 installations.
CATIA Version 5 may be ordered in three ways:
As a standard configuration
As an "add-on" product on top of a standard configuration to build a custom
configuration.
As a "shareable" product. In this case the product is delivered with its own
license key, allowing the user to obtain the license at the beginning of the
session, or to leave it for another user. Prices of products ordered in this mode
are different, versus "add-on" price, to take into account multiple users potential.
Shareable product licenses do not have serial numbers.
CATIA Version 5 can be used in two licensing modes: nodelock (not available on
Windows 95 or Windows 98) or with concurrent usage of licenses on a network.
On Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98
LUM network licensing (on a UNIX or Windows NT or Windows 2000 server) is the
only licensing mechanism supported.
Nodelock Licensing
The use of local display of the hardware configuration is mandatory for CATIA Version
usage in nodelock mode.
There is no limit to the number of Version 5 processes launched for a given license
(product or configuration). For instance, a user can launch the following simultaneous
processes:
a Version 5 interactive session
a Version 5 process executed through an OLE container application
replay of macros recorded from captured sequences of Version 5 user
interactions.
Concurrent Licensing
A user on one machine, using one display, uses one license per product used,
regardless of the number of processes. If the display changes, then an additional
license is taken for the corresponding process.
Add-on and shareable products require a license for a configuration which includes at
least the prerequisite products. Licenses for CATIA configurations are acquired and
released for the total configuration. The functions within a configuration cannot be
shared.
Demo Usage
In addition to its normal mode of operation where all licensed functions are accessed,
CATIA Version 5 is capable of running in demo mode, on UNIX and NT, with some
disabled functions (such as File->Save - see list below):
Existing Version 5 customers, who have a minimum of one regular license, can
switch from standard mode to demo mode (Tools->Options->Licensing tab). As
the user restarts CATIA, the demo mode will be automatically used.
Qualified prospects, who may be given the CATIA code for evaluation
purposes, are required to enter a special demo license key. This will ensure that
the code starts automatically in demo mode.
With this mechanism, customers can explore add-on products for which they do not
yet have a license. The qualified prospect can get first hands-on experience, verify the
ease of use of Version 5, and create the first parts. In both cases, a favorable business
environment is created for accelerating sales cycles.
When using CATIA Version 5 in demo mode, the following functions are disabled:
File Save and Save as
File Read (except for prepared CATIA demo documents)
Embedding CATIA documents in OLE documents
Opening CATIA documents using OLE technology
Cutting, copying and pasting CATIA documents with the NT clipboard
Recording and replaying macros.
Glossary
A
accelerator key See shortcut key.
access bar See desktop toolbar.
access key The key that corresponds to an underlines letter on a
menu or control (also referred to as a mnemonic access
key).
accessibility Designing software to be usable and accessible to the
widest range of users, including users with disabilities.
active The state when an object is the focus of user input and
its operations are available.
active end The ending point for a selected range of objects. It is
usually established at the object logically nearest the hot
spot of the pointer when a user releases a mouse button.
Compare anchor point.
active object Object currently being edited.
active window The window in which a user is currently working or
directing input. An active window is typically at the top of
the Z order and is distinguished by the color of its title
bar. Compare inactive window.
album Collection of images you generate with the Tools ->
Capture command.
anchor point The starting point for a selected range of objects. An
anchor point is usually established at the object logically
nearest the hot spot of the pointer when a user presses a
mouse button. Compare active end.
anti-aliasing A graphic design technique that involves adding colored
pixels to smooth the jagged edges of a graphic.
application window Window containing the CATIA Version 5 application.
apply To commit a set of changes or pending transactions
made in a secondary window, typically without closing
that window.
auto-exit A text box in which the input focus automatically moves
to the next control as soon as a user types the last
character.
auto-joining The movement of text to fill a remaining gap after a user
deletes other text.
automatic scrolling A technique where a display area automatically scrolls
without direct interaction with a scroll bar.
B
background Area in document windows to which you can apply a
background color.
box edit A standard Microsoft Windows interface control that
provides a discrete area for entering each character. A
user can also edit text within the control.
C
cancel To halt an operation or process and return to the state
before it was invoked. Compare stop.
caret See insertion point.
cascading menu A menu that is a submenu of a menu item (also referred
to as a hierarchical menu, child menu, or submenu).
check box A standard Windows control that displays a setting, either
checked (set) or unchecked (not set). Compare option
button.
child menu See cascading menu.
child window A document window used within an MDI window. See
also multiple document interface.
click (v.) To position the pointer over an object and then press
and release a mouse button. See also press.
(n.) The act of clicking.
clipboard The area of storage for objects, data or their references
after a user carries out a Cut or Copy command.
clipboard format The data format of a memory object on the clipboard.
Applications can use the standard clipboard formats
provided by Windows or register their own custom
formats. A clipboard format is identified by a unique,
unsigned integer value, called the "format name."
clipping Depth effect for viewing parts or all of a 3D object
between two planes.
close To remove a window.
character set A character is any symbol used for the organization,
control, or representation of data. A group of such
symbols used to describe a particular language. Each
language (or group of languages) has its character set
D
data-centric design A design in which users interact with their data directly
without having to first start an appropriate editor or
application.
data link A link that propagates a value between two objects or
locations.
default An operation or value that the system or application
assumes, unless a user makes an explicit choice.
default button The command button that is invoked when a user
presses the ENTER key. A default button typically
appears in a secondary window.
desktop The visual work area that fills the display. The desktop is
also a container and can be used as a convenient
location to place objects stored in the file system.
desktop toolbar A toolbar that docks to the desktop, similar to the taskbar.
See also taskbar.
dialog base unit A device-independent measure to use for layout. One
horizontal unit is equal to one-fourth of the average
character width for the current system font. One vertical
unit is equal to one-eighth of an average character height
for the current system font.
dialog box A secondary window that gathers additional information
from a user. A dialog box usually contains one or more
controls, such as buttons, list boxes, combo boxes, and
edit boxes, with which the user enters text, chooses
options, or directs the action of the command. Compare
message box, palette window, and property sheet.
dimmed See unavailable.
disjoint selection A selection that consists of a set of objects that are not
logically sequential or physically adjacent to each other.
Compare contiguous selection. See also extended
selection.
dock To manipulate an interface element, such as a toolbar,
such that is aligns itself with the edge of another interface
element, typically a window or pane.
E
edit field See text box.
Edit menu A common drop-down menu that includes general
purpose commands for editing the current object, such as
Cut, Copy, and Paste.
ellipsis The "..." suffix added to a menu item or button label to
indicate that the command requires additional information
to be completed. When a user chooses the command, a
dialog box is usually displayed for the user input of this
additional information.
embedded object See OLE embedded object.
enter (v.) To type a character from the keyboard.
(n.) A classification of an object based on its
characteristics, behavior, and attributes.
explicit selection A selection that a user intentionally performs with an
input device. Compare implicit selection.
extended selection A section technique that is optimized for the selection of
a single object or single range using contiguous selection
techniques (that is, canceling any existing selection when
a new selection is made). However, it also supports
modifying an existing selection using disjoint selection
techniques. See also disjoint selection.
extended selection list box A list box that supports multiple selection, but is
optimized for a selection of a single object or single
range. See extended selection and list box. Compare
multiple selection list box.
F
filter Tool for organizing elements of V4 model document into
layers.
File menu A common drop-down menu that includes commands for
file operations, such as Open, Save, and Print.
font A set of attributes for text characters.
font size The size of a font, typically represented in points.
G
geometry area Area of a document window in which application data are
displayed and edited.
glyph A generic term used to refer to any graphic or pictorial
image that can be used on a button or in a message box.
Compare icon.
group box A standard Windows control that groups a set of controls.
H
handle An interface element added to an object that provides a
control point for moving, sizing, reshaping, or other
operations pertaining to that object.
Help menu A common drop-down menu that includes commands
that provide access to Help information or other forms of
user assistance. See also context-sensitive Help, and
task-oriented Help.
heterogeneous selection A selection that includes objects with different properties
or type. Compare homogeneous selection.
hierarchical menu See cascading menu.
hold down To continue pressing a keyboard key, or mouse button.
homogeneous selection A selection that includes objects with the same properties
or type. Compare heterogeneous selection.
hot spot The specific portion of the pointer (or pointing device)
that defines the exact location, or object, to which a user
is pointing.
hot zone The interaction area of a particular object or location with
which a pointer or pointing device's hot spot must come
in contact.
I
icon A pictorial representation of an object. Compare glyph.
implicit selection A selection that is the result of inference or the context of
some other operation. See also explicit selection.
inactive The state of an object which it is not the focus of a user's
input.
inactive window A window in which a user's input is not currently being
directed. An inactive window is typically distinguished by
the color of its title bar. Compare active window.
in-place activation The ability to edit an OLE embedded object in place,
without opening it into its own window.
input focus The location where the user is currently directing input.
input focus appearance The visual display of a control or other object that
indicates when it has the input focus.
insertion point The location where text or graphics will be inserted (also
referred to as the caret). Also used for text box controls
to indicate input focus.
inside-out activation A technique that allows a user to directly interact with the
content of an OLE embedded object without executing an
explicit activation command. Compare outside-in
activation.
interoperability Ability to exchange data between CATIA Version 4
and CATIA Version 5.
Ability to exchange CATIA Version 5 data between
CATIA Version 5 workshops
Ability to exchange data between CATIA Version 5
and OLE-compliant applications.
J
jump A special form of a link that navigates to another location
(also referred to as a hyperlink).
L
label The text (or graphic) that identifies a control (also
referred to as a caption).
landscape An orientation where the long dimension of a rectangular
area (for example, screen or paper) is horizontal.
link (v.) To form a connection between two objects.
(n)) A reference to an object that is linked to another
object. See also OLE linked object.
M
marquee See region selection and bounding outline.
maximize To make a window its largest size. See also minimize.
MDI See multiple document interface.
menu A list of textual or graphical choices from which a user
can choose. See also contextual menu.
menu bar A horizontal bar at the top of a window, below the title
bar, that contains menus.
menu button A command button that displays a menu.
menu item A choice on a menu.
menu title A text or graphic label that designates a particular menu.
For drop-down menus, the titles is the entry in the menu
bar; for cascading menus the menu title is the name of its
parent menu item.
message box A secondary window that is displayed to inform a user
about a particular condition. Compare dialog box, palette
window, and property sheet.
minimize To minimize the size of a window: in some cases, this
means to hide the window. See also maximize.
mirror An operation creating a 3D object by duplicating an initial
object. The duplication is defined by symmetry.
mnemonic See access key.
N
network license A license maintained on a network license server for use
upon request by a License Use Runtime (LUM) client.
Compare nodelocked license.
non-default drag and drop A drag (transfer) operation whose interpretation is
determined by a user's choice of command. These
commands are included in a pop-up menu displayed at
the destination when the object is dropped.
O
object An entity or component identifiable by a user that can be
distinguished by its properties, operations, and
relationships.
OLE Object Linking and Embedding. The name that describes
the technology and interface for implementing support for
object interaction.
OLE embedded A data object that retains the original editing and
object operating functionality of the application that created it,
while physically residing in another document.
OLE linked object An object that represents or provides an access point to
another object that resides at another location in the
same container or a different, separate container. See
also link.
operation A generic term that refers to the actions that can be done
to or with an object.
option button A standard Windows control that allows a user to select
from a fixed set of mutually exclusive choices (also
referred to as a radio button). Compare check box.
outside-in activation A technique that requires a user to perform an explicit
activation command to interact with the content of an
OLE embedded object. Compare inside-out activation.
P
package An OLE encapsulation of a file so that it can be
embedded in an OLE container.
palette window A modeless secondary window that displays a tool bar of
other choices, such as colors or patterns. Compare
dialog box and message box. See also property sheet.
pane One of the separate areas in a split window.
parent window A primary window that provides window management for
a set of child windows. See also child window and
multiple document interface.
persistence The principle that the state of an object is automatically
preserved.
R
radio button See option button.
range selection See contiguous selection.
redo Repeat the last operation.
S
scale Operation that resizes the contents of document prior to
printing or previewing.
scope The definition of the extent that a selection is logically
independent from other selections. For example,
selections made in separate windows are typically
considered to be independent of each other.
scroll To move the view of an object or information to make a
different portion visible.
scroll arrow button A component of a scroll bar that allows the information to
be scrolled by defined increments when the user clicks it.
The direction of the arrow indicates the direction in which
the information scrolls.
scroll bar A standard Windows control that supports scrolling.
scroll bar shaft The component of a scroll bar that provides the visual
context for the scroll box. Clicking (or tapping) in the
scroll bar shaft scrolls the information by a screenful. See
also scroll box.
scroll box A component of a scroll bar that indicates the relative
position (and optionally the proportion) of the visible
information relative to the entire amount of information.
The user can drag the scroll box to view areas of
information not currently visible. See also scroll bar shaft.
secondary window A window that provides information or supplemental
interaction related to objects in a primary window.
section view 3D view of a cross-section generated using a plane.
select To identify one or more objects upon which an operation
can be performed.
selection An object or set of objects hat have been selected.
T
tab control A standard Windows control looks similar to a notebook
or file divider and provides navigation between different
pages or sections of information.
targeting To determine where pen input is directed.
taskbar A special toolbar that docks on an edge of the desktop
supplied by the system. The taskbar includes the Start
button, buttons for each open primary window, and a
status bar.
task-oriented Help Information about the steps involved in carrying out a
particular task. Compare context-sensitive Help and
reference Help.
template An object that automates the creation of new objects of a
particular type.
text box A standard Windows control in which a user can enter an
edit text (also referred to as the edit field).
thread A process that is part of a larger process or program.
title bar The horizontal area at the top of a window that identifies
the window. The title bar also acts as a handle for
dragging the window.
toggle key A keyboard key that alternates between turning a
particular operation, function, or mode on or off.
toolbar A frame or special area that contains a set of other
controls.
U
unavailable The state of a control or data whose normal functionality
is not presently available to a user (also referred to as
dimmed).
undo To reverse one operation performed on an object.
user-defined view 3D view an end user can generate by customizing view
parameters. The view can be named. Also referred to as
named view.
V
view toolbar Toolbar containing viewing tools.
viewing tools Tools for viewing contents of current document in
different ways.
VRML Virtual Reality Markup Language. A vector-based
language for modeling three-dimensional environments.
It sends ASCII text files over the Internet, which are
translated by the VRML viewing engine at the other end.
VRML complements HTML. This format is useful for
viewing CATIA Version 5 data using a Web browser.
W
well control A control that is used to display color or pattern choices,
typically used like an option button.
window A standard Windows object that displays information. A
window is a separately controllable area of the screen
that typically has a rectangular border. See also primary
window and secondary window.
wizard A form of user assistance that automates a task through
a dialog with the user.
Z
Z order The layered relationship of a set of objects, such as
windows, on the display screen.
Index
Symbols & Numerics
A B C D E F
G H I L M N
O P Q R S T
U V W Z
Symbols
/regserver
/unregserver
Numerics
3D compass
choosing orientation
A
About CATIA V5 command
accessing most recently used (MRU) documents
accessing web site
actions
redoing
repeating
Album icon
Album... command , , , , , , ,
B
back view
Best orientation
bottom view
bounding outline ,
C
capture toolbar , ,
Capture... command ,
capturing
images
selected areas of images
Cascade command
CATCommandPath
CATDictionaryPath
CATDocView ,
CATFontPath
CATGalaxyPath
CATGraphicPath
CATIA V5 Help command
CATICPath
CATMsgCatalogPath ,
CATReferenceSettingPath
CATReffilesPath
CATSettings folder/directory
catstart command
CATStartupPath
CATTemp , ,
CATUserSettingPath ,
centering
character set
characteristic element
clipboard , ,
clipping plane
Close command
closing documents
CNEXT command
cnext command
code point
code set
colors
customizing
setting
command
Toolbars
commands
About CATIA V5
Album... , , , , , , ,
Capture... ,
Cascade
CATIA V5 Help
catstart
Close
CNEXT
cnext
Contents and Index
Customize , ,
Cut
Delete
Depth Effect...
Examine
Fit All In
Fly
Full Screen
Geometry
Ground
Hidden Line Removal (HLR)
Image Capture... ,
Lighting...
Look At
Magnifier...
net use
New Window
New...
Next View
next view
Normal View
Object ,
Open...
Options...
Other Selection...
Overview
Pan
Parallel
Paste ,
Perspective
Previous View
previous view
Print , , ,
Properties , ,
Quick Hidden Line Removal (HRD)
RCMD
Redo
Rotate
Save
Save All
Save As... ,
Search
Select , , , , ,
setcatenv , , ,
Setup.exe
Shading (SHD)
Shading with Edges (SHD+E)
Shading with Texture
Shading with Texture and Edges
Specifications
Swap Hide/Show
Tile Horizontally
Tile Vertically
Turn Head
Undo
User Galaxy
Walk
What's This?
Wireframe (NHR)
Zoom Area
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Contents, Index and Search command
contextual help
Copy command
Copy icon
copying
CATIA V5 images to OLE-compliant applications
copying and pasting objects
copying images to clipboard
creating
CATIA V5 data in OLE-compliant applications
formulas
new documents
user-defined views
Ctrl-clicking
Customize command , ,
customizing
colors
general settings
performance settings ,
print settings
settings
toolbars
toolbars by drag and drop
customizing toolbars
creating
deleting
renaming
restoring original contents
toggling to hide or show
Cut command
D
Delete command
deleting
images in album
objects
demo mode
Depth Effect... command
depth effects
foggy
Near Limit
deselecting
displaying
document windows
full screen
graphic properties
hidden objects
parallel view
perspective view
document windows ,
documents
closing
creating new
dxf type ,
igs type ,
opening existing
previewing before printing
saving
saving all
saving in other formats
saving under another name
setting automatic save frequency
stl type
stp type
txt type
VRML type
dragging and dropping
icons onto objects ,
objects onto objects ,
dxf type documents ,
E
embedding
CATIA V5 data in OLE-compliant applications
objects
environment
global
user
environment files ,
Erase icon
Examine command
F
File Selection Box
Fit All In
command
icon
Fit in Page
fitting all in
Fly command
formulas
front view
Full Screen command
full screen display
G
geometry area ,
getting help ,
global environment
graphic properties
displaying
editing
Ground command
H
hardware prerequisites
help
accessing online help library
accessing web site
contextual
on toolbar icons
online glossary
searching online
status bar help messages
switching off tooltips
tooltips
hidden line removal (HLR)
Hidden Line Removal (HLR) command
Hidden Line Removal icon
hiding objects
HLR
horizontal ground command
HRD
HSL values
I
igs type documents ,
Image Capture... command ,
images
capturing
capturing selected areas of
copying to clipboard
deleting from album
previewing in album
printing
renaming in album
saving to other formats
installing
on UNIX , ,
on Windows
isometric view
L
Landscape
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
left view
LIBPATH
lighting effects
neon light
one light source
switching off light sources
two light sources
Lighting... command
linking
objects
Look At command
looking at through viewport
M
macros
background information
creating from scratch
deleting
editing
recording
running
Magnifier... command
menu bar
most recently used (MRU) documents
multiple selection
by Ctrl-clicking
by Shift-clicking
N
navigating
changing views
viewing objects against the ground
Near Limit
net use command
New Window command
New... command
Next View command
next view command
NHR
No Show space
Normal View command
Normal View icon
O
Object command ,
Object Linking and Embedding
objects
copying and pasting
cutting and pasting
deleting
pasting ,
OLE
container applications
document server
OLE-compliant applications
copying CATIA Version 5 images to
creating CATIA Version 5 data in
embedding CATIA Version 5 data in
online
glossary
help
Open... command
opening
document in new window
existing documents
most recently used (MRU) documents
V4 models ,
operations
repeating
reversing
undoing
Options... command
Other Selection... command
Overview command
P
page orientation
page setup
Pan command
Pan icon
panning
using mouse
paper format
paper margins
Parallel command
parallel view
Paste command ,
pasting objects ,
PATH
permanent settings
Perspective command
perspective view
Pixel icon
Portrait
power input mode
prerequisites
hardware
software
preselect highlighting
preselection navigator
Preview icon ,
previewing before printing
previewing images in album
Previous View command
previous view command
Print
command , , ,
print settings
banner information
best orientation
center
color
customizing
Fit in Page
gamma factor
image position and size
landscape
line specifications
options
origin
page orientation
page setup
paper format
paper margins
portrait
preview area
print to file , ,
quality factor
reset printer defaults
scale
printer
setting up on UNIX
printer configuration file
printing
images
quickly
to a file , ,
privileged plane
profile
Properties command , ,
Q
quick hidden line removal (HRD)
Quick Hidden Line Removal (HRD) command
Quick Print
icon , , ,
quick printing
R
RCMD command
Redo command
redoing actions
renaming images in album
rendering
hidden line removal (HLR)
quick hidden line removal (HRD)
shading (SHD)
shading with edges (SHD+E)
wireframe (NHR)
repeating the last action
reversing last action
RGB values
right view
roaming profile
roll file
Rotate command
Rotate icon
rotating
using mouse
runtime environment variables
CATCommandPath
CATDictionaryPath
CATDocView ,
CATFontPath
CATGalaxyPath
CATGraphicPath
CATICPath
CATMsgCatalogPath ,
CATReferenceSettingPath
CATReffilesPath
CATStartupPath
CATTemp
CATUserSettingPath
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LIBPATH
PATH
SHLIB_PATH
S
Save All command
Save As... command ,
Save As... icon
Save command
saving
all documents
documents
documents automatically
documents in other formats
documents under another name
images to other formats
scaling print images
Search command
searching online help
Select command
selecting
by Ctrl-clicking
by Shift-clicking
characteristic elements
using selection sets
using the bounding outline
using the pointer
selection sets
setcatenv command , , ,
setting
automatic save frequency
colors
document layout preferences
lighting effects
setting up printer on UNIX
settings
permanent
setting files
temporary
Setup.exe command
Setup.iss file
shading (SHD)
Shading (SHD) command
Shading with Edges (SHD+E)
Shading with Edges (SHD+E) command
Shading with Texture and Edges command
Shading with Texture command
SHD
SHD+E
Shift-clicking
SHLIB_PATH
Shown option
silent installation
silent installation file
software prerequisites
specification tree ,
Specifications Visible command
standard toolbar ,
standard views
back
bottom
front
isometric
left
right
top
starting
by dragging and dropping icons
in language other than English
using commands (UNIX)
using commands (Windows)
using document icons
status bar
status bar help messages
T
TargetId
temporary settings
Tile Horizontally command
Tile Vertically command
title bar
toolbars
creating
deleting
hiding
renaming
restoring original contents
toggling to hide or show
viewing
Toolbars command
tooltips
top view
Turn Head command
turning head
txt type documents
U
Undo command
undoing actions
user environment
User Galaxy command
V
Vector icon
view toolbar ,
viewing
along normal to plane
fitting all in
hidden objects
hiding objects
looking at
objects against the ground
panning
rotating
turning head
using mouse
centering
panning
rotating
zooming
zooming in
zooming out
VRML type documents
W
Walk command
What's This? command
wireframe (NHR)
Wireframe (NHR) command
Wireframe icon
workbench
workbench toolbar ,
Z
Zoom Area command
Zoom In command
Zoom In icon
Zoom Out icon
zooming an area
zooming in
zooming out
zooming using mouse