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Tips and Tricks CATIA
ForumMarta Garcia Carnero
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Index
Change colours in assembly level
Design compare
Lines colours in drawings
Export steps with colours
Problem Title Block Editor error message load
Bug Undo
Remind tours mail
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Change colours in assembly level
In a big assembly you see that one component is transparent and with a red
colour but when you open it
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Change colours in assembly level
Reason: The graphic properties where changed in a level between the original
part and the top assembly.
But where!?
• Right click in the element / “Center graph” Will show you this element in
the tree.
• With the selected element Click in Graphic properties wizard
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Change colours in assembly level
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Change colours in assembly level
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You can check by the same way the transparency
Change colours in assembly level
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And other options like show, thickness, etc
FAQ: https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/2278678/last_released/2278678.pdf
Design compare
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Design compare
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Design compare
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Design compare
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Design compare - trick
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Design compare - trick
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Design compare
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Design compare
Enter in the workbench DMU Space Analysis
Select the tool compare products
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Select:
2 elements to compare
Geometrical comparison
Visual comparison
Design compare
Visual comparison
Select what you want to check (Both Versions / Old Only / New Only)
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Design compare
Geometrical comparison
Select what you want to check (Added / Removed / Changed)
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Design compare
If the position has changed you can use the option “Use Local Axis systems”
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FAQ: https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/2279344/last_released/2279344.pdf
Lines colours in drawings
Non associative dimensions (on 3D)
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Fake dimension
Lines colours in drawings
Isolated dimensions (Isolated view)
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Driving dimensions
Lines colours in drawings
Dimensions on non visible geometry
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Non up to date dimensions
Lines colours in drawings
True Dimensions
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Clipped dimensions
FAQ: https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1523942/last_released/1523942.pdf
Exporting colours in step
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Original CATIA StepApplication protocol
203 iso
StepApplication protocol
203 ext / 203 ed2 / 214 iso / 214
ed2 /242 ed1
The color in the instance
level is not exported
Problem Title Block Editor error message load
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Bug Undo
From a product Open a sub-product in a new window.
Modifications are done in the new window. Visible in the original one too
Undo in the new window the last operation is reverted in this window, but not in the main product window.
Danger!
Affect movements, colours, graphic properties…..
Save the main product Wrong CGR
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Remind tours mail
https://cad-support.web.cern.ch/services/Pages/DesignOfficeToursSchedule.aspx
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Thank you!
Other presentations here: https://cad-support.web.cern.ch/faq/Pages/default.aspx#(CATIAForumCATIATipsTricks)
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