CAD Service Update

20 September 2012

P.O. FrimanCAD Service

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12th Catia Forum

12th Catia Forum

• Training• Known Bugs• New FAQs• Recent Updates• Enhancements in preparation

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12th Catia ForumTrainingUser stay > 3 months?

Take a training!

Please foresee this when getting people to help on CATIA.

New colleague arriving?

Don’t wait! Book a training now.

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12th Catia ForumTraining• New Surface & wireframe training (2days).

– Good feedback – Next: Before end of year if needed.

• SmarTeam (3 Days) Upcoming Sessions with free places:– English: 22-Oct-12 to 24-Oct-12– French: 12-Nov-12 to 14-Nov-12

• CATIA & SmarTeam 2 weeks– 1 session scheduled for starting week 48

• CATIA Kinematics– 4 more persons needed.

If You need or want to join a training, PLEASE SIGN-UP !Do not wait that a session is scheduled !

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12th Catia ForumKnown BugsCATIA Printing Bug with OCE PlottersScenario:• Print a drawing through the print panel (ctrl + P)

and select an OCE plotter• When you click on properties button, CATIA freezes and • all the modifications in the session are lost.

This bug is under investigation by OCE, in meantime please be vigilant.

Workaround• Checked Out or New Drawing:

– Launch CARTWeb.– Click the Preview button.– Print from the HPGL viewer.

• Checked In Drawing:– Print from the viewer embedded in SmarTeam.

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12th Catia ForumKnown BugsBugs awaiting solutions from Dassault Systèmes

• Missing geometry with view generation– Verify that all needed geometry is present in your drawing!!!

• Problem with transparency when generating 3Dvia Files.– Typically transparent cgr models

• CATIA VBA macros sometimes hang on 64bit MS Windows

And more…• Bugs with some 3D sections• Piping part lost link with run after transfer• "Manage Graphic Representations" command behaviour in Piping Design workbench• CATPsp Sample programs• Drafting workbench: bug with "Geometrical Tolerance" function• Problem with material link• Problem with link to scene configuration file when duplicating assembly• …

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12th Catia ForumNew FAQs• 3DVIA Composer Player– Viewing and inspecting published

models

• Distance Analysis – How to analyse the distance

between two surfaces

• Surface Curvature Analysis

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12th Catia ForumRecent Updates

• Drawing information cleaned on Save as…– The drawing number is cleared

automatically.– The issue with wrong index on

the copy is solved.– Issue with new designer in

CartWeb is solved.– Created from value filled in

Smarteam

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12th Catia ForumRecent Updates• Tolerance tool enhancement

– Interface improvement• "Reset Values" button added• "Display Help" Corresponding ISO document

– Undefined Edges • Interval can now be set• If no value set, the symbol is not shown in the drawing

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12th Catia ForumRecent Updates

• Update to default attributes in Item Composed of list

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• Upper case removed from titles‘60X60X5 MM’ ‘60x60x5 mm’

• The CartWeb ‘Replaces’ field length increased

12th Catia ForumRecent Updates

• Remove corner tool– CERN Tools Catalog \ 03 Parts

Tools \ Features \ Remove Corner

• Quick print– Now only one window

• SmarTeam Excel BOM– ‘Nomenclature’ field visible also

on top Item

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12th Catia ForumRecent Updates

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• Catalog updates– ISO 4017, ISO 10642

• New thread type• Metric Trapezoidal Thin Pitch

• Magnet spacers toolbox– See dedicated presentation

12th Catia ForumEnhancements in preparation

• Screw catalog updates and corrections• Piping for CV• Q-checker• Life Cycles– Implementation in collaboration with PLM WG

• BOM order update• BOM Compare update• Save all command• English Items title mandatory• Etc.

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