Advanced Drafting and Customization CATIA V5
Advanced Drafting and Customization CATIA V5
Advanced Drafting and Customization CATIA V5
CATIA V5 Training
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Foils
Advanced Drafting
and Customization
Version 5 Release 19
January 2009
EDU_CAT_EN_DRA_AF_V5R19
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Targeted audience
Draftsmen, Drafting Administrators
Prerequisites
16 hours
Administration tasks
About Standards and generative View styles
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Increasing Productivity
Generating Hole Dimensions Tables
Creating Point Coordinates Tables
Creating Tables
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Text alignment
Select the anchor
point position of
the text.
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You can select here the line color, the line thickness, the line
type and point type. When you choose a specification, it will
be applied on all the graphics you will create; it becomes a
specification by default.
In Standards, you
can add new
thickness values
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Dimension system
selection mode.
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If you want the constraints to be
created, you must have selected the
Constraints creation Option before
to create geometry.
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Then you can either revert to the standarddefined values (i.e. reset the toolbar
properties to their original values) by reselecting this style from the Styles toolbar,
and then clicking to validate and end the
dimension creation. The asterisk will
disappear.
Or you can apply the modified style by
clicking to validate and end the dimension
creation. For the purpose of this scenario,
do this.
The dimension is created with the selected
style, as defined in the standard and
overloaded by the properties you changed.
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If you select a manipulator you will move the Centre Line and the Axis Line along all the
directions with the same length. The modification will be symmetric.
+ Ctrl Key
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+ Shift Key
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Define de Line-up
parameters
Select the
reference element
5mm
10mm
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+ Ctrl Key
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Or
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You can predefine the width of the text box at the creation :
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If you select Text with Leader (or Geometrical Tolerance) in Apply snapping to Option, its the contrary.
The Text with Leader (or Geometrical Tolerance) will be orientated perpendicularly to the geometry by
default and you will have to press the Shift Key to orientate it differently.
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This operation is
irreversible and all
the 2D component
instances texts
become modifiable.
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Here is a
summary table
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The Advanced Front View command allows you to define view name and scale
at the view creation. This command takes also into account local Axis System
reference.
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The Advanced Front View command allows you to use a DMU Section box to
specify a 3D clipping view.
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Defining a profile in 3D to create a section view / Section cut enables you to make the profile
associative with the geometry, and therefore to drive this profile using dimensional
constraints.
Depending on the type of profile you sketch and the type of section you want (offset or aligned),
you can select different icons in the Sections Toolbar. If the 3D profile is not valid for generating
the appropriate view, you will not be able to select it.
When editing a 3D profile, make sure that you modify it in accordance with the type of section
(offset or aligned) you created. If an edited profile is invalid when you update a drawing, the
associated section view/section cut will not be displayed (an error symbol will appear instead).
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Update Management
If you perform modifications in a 3D model which has associated drawings, an update
will be requested in the drawings. You can update all views or a selection of views.
The Update icon
is active in the
Update toolbar when a drawing
contains views that need to be
updated. You can update all views in
the active sheet by clicking this icon.
An update symbol
appears in the
specification tree for the views that
need to be updated. You can update a
selection of views by selecting them
and using the Update Selection
contextual command
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Auto-Dimensioning (1/16)
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Auto-Dimensioning (2/16)
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Dimension Generation settings: The way that you can generate and manage dimensions
depends on the options that you have chosen in the Tools/Options/Drafting command,
Generation tab
Generate dimensions when updating the sheet
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Auto-Dimensioning (3/16)
The Filters before generation option
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Auto-Dimensioning (5/16)
The Analysis after generation option
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The Dimension Generation Filters panel
This panel gives you information about the total number of constraints in 3D and allows you to
select the kind of constraints that will be taken into account for dimensions generation.
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The Generated Dimensions Analysis panel
The Generated Dimension Analysis dialog box displays the number of constraints available in the
3D, as well as the number of dimensions generated on the drawing, for each part or product in the
drawing (in this case, there is only one part). You can use the options in this dialog box to
highlight the dimensions in the drafting sheet as well as the associated 3D constraints you can
visualize in your Part or Product document.
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The Generated Dimensions Analysis panel
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The Generated Dimensions Analysis panel
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Auto-Dimensioning (12/16)
The Step by Step Generating Dimensions panel
The Step by Step Generating Dimensions function is interesting if you know which dimensions
you want to generate, if you have finished the drawing layout (all the views are fixed) and if there is
not to much dimensions to generate.
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3D components selection
In a Product (or a Part), you can select only the Parts (or Bodies) you want to show in the drawing.
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You have the possibility to apply filters on a Product or a Part in relation to the type of view you want to
generate. To enable this function, you must first check the Apply 3D specifications drafting setting
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Overload properties
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Generate balloons
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General Recommendations
Approximate generation mode
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The Occlusion Culling option activates a pre-processing during view update, in order to determine
which parts in the assembly will be hidden in the view.
This allows to avoid un-necessary operations during view update.
In Exact projection mode, it avoids loading geometry of hidden parts (they stay in visualization
mode).
In All projection modes, it avoids computing the projection and HiddenLineRemoval operation for
these hidden parts.
This options leads to Memory and CPU gains.
This option is available as a property of views and in Tools/options for the default value.
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This option is available as a property of views and in Tools/options for the default value.
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Memory
View update
memory peak
Visu-mode
assembly data
Visu-mode
Assembly data
CGR
Approximate
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By default dimensions and dress-up elements are not associative to 3D. A specific setting must
be checked.
The minimal geometrical information needed to create the associativity will be loaded (Selective
Loading protocol).
The dimensions will measure the 3D elements, not the Approximated projected 2D elements.
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Limitations
No Thread generation
No Dimension generation
No Axis lines and Center-lines
No Fillet representation
No Detail Views
You cannot project 3D elements such as wireframe, points
Breakout profile has to be parallel to projection plane (no application of existing breakout on
isometric views)
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Administration tasks
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Administrators can manage and customize standards such as ISO, JIS, ANSI,
ASME, etc. or company standards. The Standards Editor lets administrators set
the standards used for dress-up, dimensions, annotations, etc. as well as set
the styles that will be used as defaults for element properties in the Interactive
Drafting workbench.
In the Generative Drafting workbench, administration tasks consist in
managing and customizing the styles that will be used to generate views using
the standard Editor (generative view styles)
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When users modify the properties of an element in the Interactive Drafting workbench, the
modifications are only applied to the selected element, in the current drawing. Standard files let
administrators set the properties of an element so that they will be applied to all elements of
the same type in a drawing, as well as in all drawings which use a given standard.
A standard file is an XML file which makes it possible to customize globally, for a CATDrawing,
the appearance and behavior of drafting elements.
With standard files, administrators can:
set standard styles that will be used as default values when creating new elements, i.e.:
define sheet styles, geometry styles, annotation styles, dimension styles, dress-up and dress-up
symbols styles, callout styles.
set standard parameters, i.e.:
control the user interface with general parameters to restrict the values of some element
properties, customize dimensions, annotations, dress up elements, dimension tolerance formats,
dimension value formats, dress up elements, etc.
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Generative view styles let you customize the appearance and behavior of a generated view via
a set of pre-defined parameters and options.
Administrators can create one or several generative view styles from which users can choose
when creating a generative view.
Generative view styles are defined in an XML file.
By default, a pre-defined generative view style file is delivered. This file is located in
install_root/resources/standard/generativeparameters/DefaultGenerativeStyle.xml.
Administrators can customize this file to define their default generative view styles. They can
also use this file as a template for creating new generative view styles.
They can add as many generative view style files as needed. Refer to Administering Generative
View Styles for more information.
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Location of Standards files: The location of the Standards files is defined by two environment
variables which can be set during installation or modified afterwards (need to be logged as
administrator and need to start V5 in administration mode):
CATDefaultCollectionStandard: Path and name of the directory (or directories) which contains:
the generativeparameters sub-directories (which contain the predefined generative view styles
delivered by Dassault Systemes).
the drafting sub-directories (which contain the predefined drafting standards delivered by Dassault
Systemes).
The default location for this directory (set during the installation process) is the installation directory
install_root\resources\standard.
CATCollectionStandard: Path and name of the directory (or directories) which contains:
the generativeparameters sub-directories (which contain the customized generative view styles). It
is in these generativeparameters sub-directories that you should add the generative view styles
customized for a company, project or user.
the drafting sub-directories (which contain the customized drafting standards). It is in these drafting
sub-directories that you should add the drafting standards customized for a company, project or
user.
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Editing and saving Standards files in Tools/Standards is only allowed when you are running CATIA V5
session in administrator mode (-admin).
The recommended method for customizing Standards files is the following:
launch the Environment Editor tool and create a new Environment called CATIA.V5R18.B16.admin
(Global Mode)
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"C:\Program
"C:\ProgramFiles\Dassault
Files\Dassault
Systemes\B18\intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe"
Systemes\B18\intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe" -admin
-admin
-env
-envCATIA.V5R18.B16.admin
CATIA.V5R18.B16.admin-direnv
-direnv"C:\Document
"C:\Document
and
andSettings\All
Settings\AllUsers\Application
Users\Application
Data\DassaultSystemes\CATEnv"
Data\DassaultSystemes\CATEnv"
then use this new shortcut to launch CATIA V5 Session in administrator mode in order to customize
Standards.
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A drafting standard file is structured as a tree, as it appears in the Standards Editor (available via
Tools/Standards). It contains several main sections, each dealing with a specific aspect of drafting
customization:
Styles
General parameters
Dress-up parameters
Dimension parameters
Company-defined dimension tolerance formats
Company-defined dimension value display formats
Pre-defined formats for tolerance and dimension values
Annotation parameters
Company-defined view generation
Company-defined frame formats
Company-defined line thickness
Company-defined patterns
Company-defined line-types
Company-defined sheet format
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About Styles
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Drawing management
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Select this option to make it impossible to create drawings using the File > New
command. All drawings will be created using the File > New From... command instead.
Select this option to make it impossible to change standards, i.e. to use a standard
other than the one currently defined in the Page Setup dialog box.
Select this option to make it impossible to update standards for the current document
in the Page Setup dialog box.
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Select this option if you want dialog boxes, Properties toolbars and the Tools Palette to be
pre-filled with custom style values (as defined in the Standards Editor) when creating new
annotations. In this case, Properties toolbars and the Tools Palette will be disabled during the
creation of the annotation. If you leave this box unchecked, annotation dialog boxes,
Properties toolbars and the Tools Palette will be pre-filled with the last entered values (except
for Texts, Texts with leader, Balloons and Datum features). In this case, Properties toolbars
and the Tools Palette will be active during the creation of the annotation. If you select this
option, you will be able to reset the current style values in dialog boxes at any time using the
Reset button unless it is disabled.
This option lets you specify if the properties used for creating new sheets should be those
defined in the standards or those defined in the first sheet of a drawing. These properties are
the scale and the projection method (first or third angle).
Select Style if you want the sheet to use the style defined in the standards (in Tools ->
Standards -> Drafting -> [StandardName] -> Styles -> Sheet).
Select First sheet if you want the sheet to use the properties defined in the first sheet of a
drawing. For example, you can use this option if you use an existing drawing to create a new
one (i.e. when you want the new drawing to have the same properties as the existing
drawing).
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Style
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Select this option to make it compulsory to use User Defaults (i.e., user-defined values set as
default). The Styles drop-down list will be set to Only User Defaults and will be inactive so that
Original Defaults or User Defaults cannot be selected.
This option applies only to drawings created with versions up to V5 R10 whose standard has
NOT been updated or changed in V5 R11 and later.
Select this option to use the current defaults and to make it impossible to create, change and
reset user defaults (i.e. user-defined values). This disables the Set as Default and the Reset
All Defaults commands.
This option applies only to drawings created with versions up to V5 R10 whose standard has
NOT been updated or changed in V5 R11 and later.
Select this option to display the Reset button in dialog boxes. Deselecting this option hides
the Reset button in dialog boxes and disables the Reset functionality.
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Select this option if you do not want to use generative view styles when creating or updating views.
Note that this option also drives view generation parameters when updating views, whether the view was
created using generative view styles or not. In this case, there are two possibilities:
If you created the view using generative view styles (i.e. with this option selected) and then de-select this
option, then, at the next update, the view properties (available via Edit -> Properties) will be used for all
overloaded parameters (an asterisk * appears in the Properties dialog box in front of the parameters which
are considered as being overloaded) and the view settings (available via Tools -> Options -> Mechanical
Design -> Drafting - > View tab) will be used for the others.
If you created the view without generative view styles (i.e. without this option selected) and then select
this option, then, at the next update, all parameters available in the view properties will be used. To make
sure that generative view styles are used in this case, click the Reset to style values button in the
Properties dialog box.
Select this option to make it impossible to modify a 3D constraint via a 2D dimension that was generated
from it.
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Increasing Productivity
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Creating Tables
You can create a Table and add in it texts and views. You will be able to
insert columns, rows, merge cells, invert lines, invert columns or switch
lines and columns.
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Defining Frames
Filling in the Title Block
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You have the possibility to use a VBscript macro to generate Title Blocks automatically adjusted to
your drawings formats.
You can access different styles of Title Blocks using the Frame Creation function.
This macro allows you to create, delete, resize or update title Blocks and to add some information
like the name of the person who checks the drawings and the revision blocks.
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The title block macro is delivered with CATIA V5. You will find it in the
install_root/intel_a/VBScript/FrameTitleBlock directory.
We will explain in the following pages the macro instructions that generate the frames
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width
Frame text
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border
height
Title Block border
ruler
reference
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How to define a reference text and check that the called macro is the right one
You have to create a reference Text which will be
used to check if you can make some actions like
delete, update or resize on the existing Title
Block. This Reference Text will identify the
macro used to create the existing Title Block of
your drawing.
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Cst_2
The frame is composed of a border,
some centering marks, letters and a
ruler.
Nb_CM_V
Nb_CM_H
Nb_CR
Standard values.
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Frame_Border_Top
Frame_Border_Left
All the lines are created by using the
reference as origin point.
Frame_Border_Right
Frame_Border_Bottom
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Properties
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