Category: How To
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How to use Features Recognition Tool?
How to use Features Recognition Tool? When it is needed to work on a dead body model, you may be required to remove a certain feature, or simply edit it. To get to this, the feature recognition functions built into CATIA allow adding them their construction history, from which you shall be able to edit
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How to orientate the 3D view plane respecting the custom H and V directions?
How to orientate the 3D view plane respecting the custom H and V directions? Please follow the steps below: Now you are able to return anytime to the orientation you have just saved by selecting the saved position in the "Named Views". View plane orientation
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How to get the material and the mass in the parts?
How to get the material and the mass in the parts? To get the mass in a CATPart it’s important to put the material in the correct place in the document. The correct place to put the material is in the Part (and NOT in the PartBody). It’s important to follow this rule since the
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How to proceed with the change of material naming in CATIA?
How to proceed with the change of material naming in CATIA? It was decided by the "Metals Raw Materials" working group to use EDMS documents as material reference to define completely the special St. Steel materials. By this way CERN will have a unique reference that will be used by the designers and by the
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How to use CATDUAV5?
How to use CATDUAV5? It is possible to clear CATIA models from internal errors by: To follow step by step how to do it, please click on the link below. Usage of CATDUAV5
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How to hide all the planes in an assembly?
How to hide all the planes in an assembly? Thanks to a simple operation, you can hide all planes displayed in the assembly. If you want to see a description of the methodology, the link below will show you how to do that. Hide all the planes
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How to use the CATDUA Automation Tool?
How to use the CATDUA Automation Tool? When Catia V5 files are manipulated, errors can appear, leading to troubles like ghost links. To solve this, the CATDUA (For Catia Data Upward Assistant) exist in the Catia V5 Desk This tool is powerful, but only treat documents one by one which can be painful for users,
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How to create a good catalog 3D model?
How to create a good catalog 3D model? A catalog 3D model is a 3D model of a commercial component, and/or a normalized element, or a usual element widely used at CERN. There are four ways to get 3D models. Here is a guideline to help you in the creation process ➞ catia-catalogs@cern.ch. If you
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How to import Points in CATIA using scan of survey?
How to import Points in CATIA using scan of survey? In an assembly, it is possible to import some clouds of points from a scan, for example to compare the "As Built" with the "As Designed". In the document below, you can find step by step how to import Points in CATIA. Cloud of points
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How to use the Title Block Editor tool for drawings?
How to use the Title Block Editor tool for drawings? The title block editor is the tool created by the CERN CAD Services in order to manage information and draw all the frames in the CATIA drawings. You can find this tool in the Drafting Workbench. For more information, click on the link below. Title