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    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks
    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks
    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks
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    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks

    By Emmett Ross

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    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks by Emmett Ross contains over 70 tips to improve your CATIA design efficiency and productivity!

    If you’ve ever thought to yourself “there has to be a better way to do this,” while using CATIA V5, then know you're probably right. There probably is a better way to complete your tasks you just don't know what it is and you don't have time to read a boring, expensive, thousand page manual on every single CATIA feature. If so, then CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks is for you. No fluff, just CATIA best practices and time savers you can put to use right away. From taming the specification tree to sketching, managing large assemblies and drawings, CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks will save you time and help you avoid common stumbling blocks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmmett Ross
    Release dateMay 16, 2015
    ISBN9781311583956
    CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks
    Author

    Emmett Ross

    I've been using CAD systems for over 15 years, including my personal favorite - CATIA V5!

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      CATIA V5 Tips and Tricks - Emmett Ross

      CATIA V5

      Tips and Tricks

      Emmett Ross

      Author of VB Scripting for CATIA V5

      Copyright Information

      First Edition – Paperback version

      Copyright © 2015 by Emmett Ross

      scripting4v5.com

      ISBN-13:978-1500923174

      ISBN-10: 1500923176

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing by the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. No affiliation with, or endorsed by anyone associated, or in any way connected with any company, or product listed herein. We recognize that some words, model names and designations, for example, mentioned herein are the property of the trademark owner. We use them for identification purposes only. This is not an official publication.

      Although the author has attempted to exhaustively research all sources to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information on the subject matter, the author assumes no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or any other inconsistencies herein. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation. Readers should also be aware that internet websites listed in this work may have changed or disappeared between when this work was written and when it is read.

      The author also assumes a general understanding of how to use CATIA V5 including geometry creation and various workbenches (mainly Part Design, Generative Shape Design, and Assembly Design). To learn more about CATIA please refer to the resources in the Appendix for more information about how to use CATIA or where to go to get further answers or advice. I welcome any comments you may have regarding this book. To contact me please email: emmett@scripting4v5.com

      Your Free Bonus

      As a way of saying thanks for your purchase, I’m offering a free resource guide that’s exclusive to my book and website readers. Later on in this book I discuss how macros can help you automate your repetitive processes. But writing custom macros is not always easy. That’s why I’m sharing with you the seven tools I use when programming CATIA V5 macros. You’ll learn how I use each of these tools (most of which are free) and how they help me create macros.

      You can download this action-packed PDF file at:

      scripting4v5.com/FREE

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      The Author’s Story

      Why use CATIA V5?

      Expectations

      Chapter 2: Setting up for Success

      Tip #1: Common Keyboard Shortcuts

      Tip #2: Understand UUID

      Tip #3: Import toolbars from one workbench into another

      Tip #4: Check CATIA release version

      Tip #5: Using Shareable Licenses

      Tip #6: Manage CATSettings

      Tip #7: Clear History

      Tip #8: Increase the number of Undo levels

      Tip #9: Change the default plane and axis system sizes

      Tip #10: Repeat Actions Automatically

      Tip #11: Avoid Red

      Chapter 3: Optimizing the Specification Tree

      Tip #12: Organize the specification tree

      Tip #13: Set the default size for the spec tree

      Tip #14: Avoid zooming on the spec tree

      Tip #15: Expand the tree with one click

      Tip #16: Instantly collapse the tree

      Tip #17: Reorder the specification tree

      Tip #18: Manually export the spec tree

      Chapter 4: Sketcher

      Tip #19: Change Sketch Supports

      Tip #20: How to scale sketches

      Tip #21: Selection Trap Command

      Tip #22: Quickly Constrain a Sketch

      Tip #23: Quickly Select a Sketch Profile

      Tip #24: No Automatic Constraints

      Tip #25: Positioned Sketch vs. Sketch

      Tip #26: Make simple sketches

      Chapter 5:

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