cad service update 27 november 2012 p.o. friman cad service 1 1 13 th catia forum 11/27/2012

CAD Service Update

27 November 2012

P.O. FrimanCAD Service

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13th Catia Forum

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13th Catia ForumAgenda

1. General Info2. Reminders3. New FAQs

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13th Catia ForumGeneral Info

• New team member• Life Cycles– On the way, please reflect on what was

presented by PLM WG.• GRACQ Specification– Should soon arrive, then we can start.

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13th Catia ForumReminders

• 2D Annotations• Point from Compass• CDD Structure in SMT• Applying Material

• Stability• CATDUAV5

Automation• CartWeb Error• Knowledge Base

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13th Catia Forum2D Annotations• 2D annotated view from DMU navigator

workbench – 2D annotations in a specific view position (the text

is showed only when the annotation is activated).

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FAQ soon available

13th Catia ForumPoint from Compass

• You can create points from compass position.

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1 Use case in knowledge base

13th Catia ForumCDD Structure in SMT

CDD structure exists in SmarTeam!• Documents automatically linked on Check in.

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13th Catia ForumApplying Material• Apply the material onto the Part

• If needed, a second material can be applied onto a body, see FAQ for details.

• Never apply a material in a product, including the part instances.

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13th Catia ForumStability

• Restart CATIA and Smarteam regularly (~daily) for improved stability.

• Clean work in SmarTeam• Manual import to SmarTeam often leads to

issues with CATIA links and lost files. Contact support

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13th Catia ForumCATDUAV5 Automation

Easy to use CATIA cleaner tool.• May fix errors in models• Improves speed of assemblies• Better stability of CATIA

Use if often!

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13th Catia ForumCartWeb Error

• If CartWeb shows: "error 404 page not found“– Login to EDMS using Internet Explorer

– Then try CartWeb again.

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13th Catia ForumKnowledge Base

The knowledge base contain tips and tricks from users.

Latest example : Generate a PDF from an out of format drawing.

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13th Catia ForumNew FAQs• Update Chained dimensions

• High quality sectioning

• How to generate optimized STL files

• How to develop a sketch on any surface

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Thanks for your attention!

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