Author: Swapnil Deshmukh

Mr Swapnil is an engineering professional with a total of 18 years’ experience which includes 13 years in industry and 5 years in academia. He is currently leading the Training & Enablement CoE in EDS Technologies. He has handled training for multiple OEMs, suppliers, Engineering Service Providers, academia on various software tools and applications in CAD/CAM/CAE. He has Dassault Systèmes certifications on CATIA V5 & 3DEXPERIENCE. He has managed the roles of Pre-Sales and Post-Sales Application Specialist, supporting multiple customers in the past. He has also authored a book on Engineering Graphics for engineering students which is widely used.

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systemes is a business platform that provides organizations with a holistic, real-time vision of their business activity and ecosystem. It connects people, ideas, data, and solutions in a single collaborative environment empowering industries, from startups to large enterprises, to transform, produce and trade in entirely new ways. It provides access to multiple…

There are many ways to manage the performance of CATIA V5 & accuracy of models. To improve performance & increase productivity, we need to configure the settings properly. Some of these options are discussed in detail in this document. These will immensely benefit CATIA users. Undo Stack Undo ➞ Stack size ➞ change from 10 to 5…

For any CAD software, Model manipulation options are very important to improve the productivity & for ease of use. This article will introduce you to all these options below. Model Manipulation with Mouse Function Options using your Mouse Pan Hold Middle Mouse B Zoom Hold Middle Mouse B + Click Right B or Hold Middle Mouse B…

To set drafting standards and set user default catsettings for 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA we need to launch CATIA in Administration mode (Admin mode). It can also allow us to lock certain software settings. For 3DEXPERIENCE CLOUD this can be accomplished using the following steps.  Log in to 3DEXPERIENCE Platform with required credentials. Click on the 3DEXPERIENCE/ IfWe Compass.…

This is a default runtime exception message which appears when CATIA terminates abruptly. This message can be changed by changing the text file content of file in installation directory: installation directory\win_b64\resources\msgcatalog\CATAfrErrorCatcher.CATNls There can be several reasons that trigger CATIA crash or ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ error. Below are some of the reasons of this error and the…