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Tips And Tricks |
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| TIPS1 |
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| How to determine if pre-requisite MS Windows patches , needed for installing & running CATIA successfully on Windows, have been installed. |
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| The best method is to open a command prompt, using Start Runcmd, then cd into C:\WINDOWS and execute the command dir *KB* |
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| This will display a list of all MS windows patches. This can also be captured onto a test file by simply redirecting the command output to text file, For ex: From the C:\WINDOWS, issue the command, |
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| Dir *KB* > C:\TEMP\MS_Patches.txt |
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| TIPS2 - |
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| How do you open or access CCD files in CatiaV5 |
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| Add the following variable in CatiaV5 Env file |
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| DRW_CCDTOV5 = Yes |
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| A file extension type .cdd gets listed under the filetypes while accessing for CCD file in CatiaV5. |
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| TIPS 3 - |
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| When a V4 .session is opened in V5, a CATProduct is created, but it contains no geometry. How do you read a V4 Session into V5 CATProduct? |
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The session must be created correctly in V4, making sure to select 'Save reference only' when saving the session, see Step 4 below.
Also, the .session file and all V4 models must be stored in the same directory on the V5 machine. |
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| Answer |
| Steps to take a V4 Session to V5. |
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| In V4: |
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| 1. Set up Session declaration (DLNAME) in V4 |
| Example: CATIA.SESSION = '"/catdb/session","MY_SESSION_FILE"‘; |
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| 2. Create Session in V4 using: File - New - Session |
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| 3. Add models to Session using: File - Add Passive |
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| 4. Save Session using: |
| File - Save Session as... |
| Select Session file (DLNAME set in Step 1 above) to save to |
| Enter Session name |
| Select 'Save reference only' |
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5. Copy the SESSION.SESSION file and ALL V4 MODELS used in the V4
Session to the V5 machine. Store all files in the same directory. |
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| 6. Open Session using: File - Open, select the SESSION.SESSION file. |
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| The result will be V4 .models in a V5 CATProduct. |
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