Proceed to create the view the usual way. In the Generative view style pull-down list that pops up on the screen, select MyGenerativeStyle. Now start a new drawing and select (Front View) to create a view. Go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > Administration, and toggle off the Prevent generative view style usage option. The next step is to enable the use of generative view styles. Select the Fillets parameter and set its value to Symbolic.Ĭlick OK to close the Standard Definition dialog box and save the generative style. Select the CenterLines parameter and set its value to Yes. The new generative style will now display in the File pull-down list in the Standard Definition dialog box, and you can start editing it.Īs an example, in this blog post we will modify the view style to have the center lines of the holes shown, as well as the fillets shown in symbolic representation.Įxpand the Drafting > Generate section in MyGenerativeStyle.xml. The new file is saved into the generativeparameters sub-directory. Select a name for the new style (for example, MyGenerativeStyle) and click Save. The recommended practice is to use one of the existing styles for the customization, therefore, select DefaultGenerativeStyle.xml in the File pull-down list and click Save As New. Select generativeparameters in the Category pull-down list. Start CATIA in admin mode and select Tools > Standards to open the Standard Definition dialog box.
You can find the full description of all the parameters in the CATIA’s Help Documentation, in the Generative Drafting > Administration Tasks > Setting Generative View Style Parameters section.īefore you start customizing generative view styles, make sure you have set the CATCollectionStandard environment variable, as well as have created a directory to store the customized styles, as explained in my blog post CATIA V5 Admin Mode, Part 2: Customizing Drafting Standards. For example – what should be the line type and thickness for the section views? Or – which color should be used for the fillets?
Generative View Styles in CATIA define how the drawing views are generated from your 3D model. In this post, we will discuss customization of the Generative View Styles.
Now, because you know this method, you will have an idea to how to use this method to improve your workflow.In my previous posts: CATIA V5 Admin Mode, Part 1: Setting Up and CATIA V5 Admin Mode, Part 2: Customizing Drafting Standards I explained how to set up CATIA to run in admin mode, as well as how to use the admin mode to customize drafting standards. Personally I work with complex Assemblies and this method is very useful when I want to measure the interference between two or more parts. Now we have the section ready, and we can make measurements. Save the Section on your hard drive and Open it on CATIA.Ĥ. Right click on it select Section.1 Object -> Export the Section(s). Now click OK and expand Application tree indicated by arrow until you see Section.1. To do that you must select the Product (tree root) and click on the Sectioning command.ģ. To make a section in an assembly ( Product) in CATIA you must use the Sectioning command and be sure that you are in the correct Module (Assembly Design). Firstly you must have an assembly to do that.
Is very easy to do that and is recommended when you want to make some measurements between one or more parts in a specific section plane.ĬATIA Software can do this job in only few steps, that I`ll show you now.ġ. I will explain to you, how to make an assembly and export a section in to a CATPart. I want to show you today another interesting tutorial of the CAD program named CATIA V5.