Determining if the CATIA Prerequisite Microsoft Patches are installed:

The simplest method is to open a Command Prompt window, using Start -> Run -> cmd then cd into C:\WINDOWS, and issue the command dir *KB*. This will display on the screen a list all of the Microsoft Windows Patches that have been installed on the workstation. This list may be quite long, and may cause scrolling to occur within the Command Prompt window.

To keep a copy of this installed Microsoft patch list in a file, simply redirect the command output to a text file. For example, from the C:\WINDOWS directory noted above, issue the command dir *KB* > C:\TEMP\MS_Patches.txt. This will create a text file C:\TEMP\MS_Patches.txt containing the list of installed Microsoft patches.

Starting CATIA V5 without Launching a CATProduct and/or Launching another Workbench

The following steps are for Windows only.Can the CATProduct launch be turned off?

1. Right Mouse click (MB3) on the V5 shortcut on the Windows Desktop.
2. Select "Properties" from the contextual menu.
3. In the Properties dialog box, select the "Shortcut" tab.
4. In the "Target" field, go to the end of the path. Note that the default last entry is probably "-nowindow".
5. After "-nowindow", or whatever the last entry is, type: -object "C"
6. For example, in the Target field, the path would look similar to the following:
   "C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B16\intel_a\code\bin\CATSTART.exe" -run "CNEXT.exe" -env CATIA_P3.V5R16.B16 -direnv "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\CATEnv" -nowindow -object "C"
7. Be careful to add quotation marks and spaces correctly.

Changing Settings in Can V5 to start a different Workbench instead, like Part Design, for example?

1. Run Steps 1-4 from above.
2. Delete all text back to ...code\bin\.
3. After ...code\bin\ add, CNEXT.exe" -workbench "workbench_name"
4. For example, in the Target field, the path would look similar to the following:
   "C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B16\intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe" -workbench "Part Design"
5. Be careful to add quotation marks and spaces correctly.