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3D Indexing not working in Navigation Experience

When I open an assembly with Product Finder & Navigation Experience, I get a message that 3D thumbnails are not available yet. The geometry will then load but I am unable to create a volume filter and I get a message that the object is not indexed. This does not occur when working in Product Finder Classic. Is this a current limitation of Navigation Experience? Is there a work around to ensure indexing/ 3D thumbnails are generated? Thanks!

Poor quality graphics in drawing views in the Drafting app

Hi community I am looking for an expert to help me with the graphic and render settings for drawing views in the CATIA Drafting app. I am generating drawings that have multiple views on a sheet. The simple drawing views (with black lines) are ok. But when I am trying to add colors to these views based on the 3D component - it is not being applied in high quality. It lacks depth, has jagged lines, washed out colors and is pixelated. Upon exporting in PNG, JPG, or PDF formats the view still has

CATIA Composer/frequent corrupted smg files

is there any official Dassault recommendations about specifying antivirus exclusions for trouble-free use of their products? we often encounter file corruption problems when saving and reopening smg files localy or over the network, catia v5 or catia composer. i have many doubts about defender settings, any official directive would help to request antivirus exclusions from my security team before suspecting CATIA softwares.

Unable to load Catia magic models to System Synthesis App

Hello All, I am trying to do System Traceability of Requirements to my Magic system of system Sysml model availiable in my 3Dspace , I am unable to bring the my Sysml model to System Synthesis App , When I try to insert model to repository I am getting below error , Anyone faced similar error or any lead to solve this would be highly appreciated.

3DPart vs Physical Product

We are in the middle of our migration to 3DExperience On Cloud. Now due to our "bad" V5 data storred in Enovia V5, the recommandation would be to always use "Physical Product" and not use "3DPart" The data issue is that we have "Part Reference" with "Document Revisions" and if the document for some reason have been attached to a different "Part Reference" then it will be migrated as "Physical Product". This i understand. Clean it up before migrating. But we were advised to only work with

Celebrating Avril 2026 Top contributors

Congrats to best contributors of April 2026 on the free online CATIA User Community ! 🎁🎇 Top CATIA Answers contributors 1- @SI 2- @TS 3- @PV Top CATIA Tips contributors 1- @FP 2- N/A 3- N/A Top CATIA user showcase 1- @Yaser Hosseingholipour 2- N/A 3 - N/A Top CATIA Tutorials/ demos contributors 1- @Victor Jimenez 2- @SI 3- N/A

3dxml

CIAO, Vorrei chiarire le autorizzazioni specifiche necessarie per importare file 3DXML . Potresti confermare se il ruolo di Amministratore/ Responsabile è strettamente necessario per questa operazione, oppure se è sufficiente il ruolo di Autore ? Vi ringrazio in anticipo per il vostro aiuto.

help on mechanical assembly !!!

Hello everyone :-), I am looking for help (wiki or tutorial) on mechanical assembly (Assembly Design I presume). I have modeled my parts, now I just have to assemble everything. Thanks in advance 🙂

Piping 3D Setup - issue after moving from 21x-25x through 3DXML import/export

Our tubing setup is not working any more after migrating it from 21x to 25x. We did a first migration through using DB migration tool and it was working fine But then after we did a modifiction in one Piping Specification on the 21x Environement , and export it as 3DXML and reimport it as New in the 25x Server. After that we are no more able to route pipe with standard values from the Piping specifcition , neither place components At first sight what comes up to my mind is the discrepancy in the

Deleting Custom Attributes

We are in the process of migrating to 3DExperience On Cloud. Now we have tested creating custom attributes, but after we deleted the attributes, then we can't open the models which was created with the attribut we just deleted. Shouldn't i be able to delete an attribut wit out corrupting the models? AI Generated image added to draw attention

Cameo 2024 R2 Crash on RDP Reconnect

Hi Community, I’m running 2024 R1, 2024 R2, and 2026 R1 on a remote PC (Windows 11 via RDP). When the RDP connection is lost or closed, only 2024 R2 crashes upon reconnecting - 2024 R1 and 2026 R1 do not have this issue. Has anyone else encountered this? Are there any known solutions? I need 2024 R2 working due to program requirements. Thank you in advance for any advice or suggestions!

CATIA V5 VBA 'Center Graph' Execution

Hi Community, I have written a VBA script in V5 to navigate down the product structure to identify a specific product instance condition and report it to the user and offer to correct it for them. To highlight the instance in the structure, the macro selects it and then attempts to centre graph on the current selection using CATIA.StartCommand "center graph". Sometimes this works fine and sometimes it doesn't centre graph at all. I notice that when working interactively, there are two

How to Create the Drill Hole Table in 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA Drafting ?

Dear Team, I am trying to create the drill hole table in 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA; however, the hole dimension table is appearing empty. Could you please let me know the correct procedure to create and populate the hole dimension table? Your guidance on this would be much helpful. Looking forward to your support. Best Regards, Anup C K

Second "Replay tool Path" simulation crashed with error message "Zippmil initialisation failed"

Hello dear team, I have a CATProcess containing several part operations with several tooling operations. I succeeded to simulate a "Replay tool path" operation, but the second simulation crashed with the error message "Zippmil initialisation failed" then I must restart V5 to be able to perform any "Replay tool path" operation again, but the problem repeats again. The CV5 configuration is V5-6R2017 SP3 HF15 on Win11. Does anyone of you already encounter such kind of error ? I didn't find any

Hole Dimension Table in CATIA V5 Drafting

Dear Team, I had created holes in the 3D Part and generated the corresponding Hole Dimension Table in CATIA V5. Later, an additional hole was added to the same 3D Part, and the drawing sheet was updated successfully. However, only the drawing view has been updated, and the newly added hole is not reflected in the existing Hole Dimension Table. Could you please confirm whether there is a way to update the Hole Dimension Table automatically without recreating it? Looking forward to your

Part Design problems at launch

Hi, i can't launch part design fom the 3dxeperience app on pc, the app doesn't launch pat design anymore and it's stuck in the login while opening pat design. Need help thx

HYBRID DESIGN

Hi, I got a part with Hybrid Design. Is it possible to switch it off? Deactivated?

Setup - Web Widget - Fluid systems

Purpose Parametrize 3DEXPERIENCE App widget to better reveal Piping informations Information Panel for 3D object review Display Piping attributes like: NominalSize, Rating, Endstyle, MaterialName, length in Information panel Logical Product Definition App Column organization: to come Traceability Dashboard for 2D - 3D

Reusing CATIA Drafting Title Block Across Different Sheet Sizes

Hi Team, I have created a custom title block in CATIA Drafting for an A2 sheet. I would like to know the procedure to reuse the same title block for A1 and A3 sheet sizes without redesigning it. Could you please guide me on the recommended approach to achieve this? Looking forward to your support. Best regards, Anup C K

Assertion failed

Since the new release from the last weekend, i get this "Assertion failed" error while opening the Part Design or any other native app. Is somebody having the same issue ?

Hi, Could you please tell me how to delete a line from a 3D drawing?

Hi everyone! I'm just starting to learn 3D Experience. Could you please tell me how to delete a line from a 3D drawing? When I select it and choose the delete option, it says "YOU CAN'T DELETE GEOMETRY AGGREGATED BY ANOTHER GEOMETRY"? Thanks in advance!

Manage DSLS Cloud license

Dear fellow members, If someone is using Manage DSLS Cloud license for CATIA V5, if they want to check their team license tracking or usage per user, how that can be checked. Request anyone to give feedback on the same. Thanks and Regards

Pad Error

When i try to make a pad from the sketch, A defination error occurs and everything seems to be well.

CATIA - Composites Design 3 (CD3)

Provides an all in one solution to cover the whole engineering to manufacturing design process of high quality composite parts Product Overview CATIA - Composites Design 3 (CD3) is an advanced composites process centric solution that allows manufacturers, from aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding or consumer goods companies, to reduce the time needed to design composites parts. It delivers tools to cover both the preliminary and detailed design phases while taking into account, even at the

CATIA Adoption Factory's Learning Portfolio

📢 Introducing this Year’s Learning Portfolio by the CATIA Adoption FactoryWe are excited to share the Master Schedule 2026—our annual roadmap for the CATIA Learning Portfolio, providing a clear and comprehensive view of the planned initiatives and key focus areas for the year ahead. eLearnings - 🎓Certification - 🎖️Technical Videos - 🎥Technical Practice - 📄Demo - ▶️ Quarter Construction EngineeringElectrical & Fluids EngineeringMechanical Engineering, Knowledge

💎CATIA Adoption Journeys & Expert Insights (by Role)

CATIA GOES BEYOND 3D CAD DESIGN TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATION ACROSS THE EXTENDED ENTERPRISE. It addresses original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their supply chains as well as small and medium businesses. CATIA offers a wide panel of legacy and on-cloud products. Cloud solutions are becoming increasingly central to customers' transformation. This section provides you with a holistic and rich onboarding journey covering different user profiles and different stages in their adoption journey with

why can't CATIA create a circle by "curve from Equations" in current Axis System.2 ?

Dear Friends, pls see and download attached CATIA model file. why can't CATIA create a circle "curve from Equations" in current Axis System.2 ? conversely, the circle is always occured in the Axis System.1 by "curve from Equations", Although the Axis system.2 is just the current one. pls give me some advices, Thank you in advance!

Inconsistency Between Web and Native App Export Structures

I’m running into an issue with data exports. When exporting through the web, the structure differs from what I see in the native app it isn’t organized the same way. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Ideally, I’d like the web export to follow the same structure as the native app. I’ve created a sample to illustrate the difference and would appreciate any guidance or insights on this. CATIA V6 WEBAPP Top Node1 Top Node1 Part A Part A Part B Part C Part C Part B

MCP with PINN and then CATIA

Want to build an MCP assembler and compiler with adequate pointers. Need integration with SFTP. Want to build stellarator tokamak hybrid with pixelated magnets and get AI to do it through MCP PINN and CATIA. Check out our ideas at https://www.generalphysicscorp.com/blog

➡️ Learn about Specialized profiles

You are a user focused on one of the specialties listed in the table below. This section provides links to various sources of self-learning materials depending on your user profile. User profile/domain Adoption journey 👤 Mechanical Optimization Simulation Engineer👤 Wire Harness Designer 👤Cabling Designer 👤Fluid Systems 3D Designer👤Composites Design Engineer👤Composites Manufacturing Engineer👤 Quality Manager👤 Concept Engineer👤Tooling Engineer

👤Fluid Systems 3D Designer

✨ User Profile Overview: Fluid Systems 3D DesignerDefines the arrangement and installation of fluid systems (hydraulic, pneumatic, cooling, fuel, process fluids, ventilation) within complex assemblies, ensuring proper performance, manufacturability, and seamless integration with mechanical and electrical systems. “I make sure fluid systems physical lines are designed to be assembled, installed, and maintained properly.” 🎓Perform as a Fluid Systems 3D Designer - Beginner

👤Cabling Designer

✨ User Profile Overview: Cabling DesignerDesigns and validates cable networks in complex assemblies, ensuring proper routing, connectivity, and manufacturability. Prepares production-ready documentation and integrates cabling within the digital mock-up for seamless assembly and testing. “I ensure every cable goes where it should, fits perfectly, and works reliably in the real system.” 🎓Perform as a Cabling Designer - Beginner

👤 Wire Harness Designer

✨ User Profile Overview: Wire Harness DesignerDesigns wire harnesses in the context of the digital mock-up (DMU), ensuring integration with mechanical assemblies, functional connectivity, and manufacturability. Prepares production-ready documentation for fabrication and assembly. “I connect the dots—literally—ensuring electrical systems fit, function, and can be built efficiently.” 🎓Perform as a Wire Harness Designer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a Wire Harness Designer -

The CATIA community is meeting in Darmstadt. Will you be there?

Hi CATIA Fellows, We're bringing together everything that makes the CATIA ecosystem tick: design, engineering, simulation, systems engineering, manufacturing, and more into one event: the CATIA User Symposium Europe. CUSE isn't a product launch or a sales event. It's three days built entirely around you — practitioners, engineers, architects, and decision makers who use CATIA every day and want to go further. The sessions are led by people like you, from companies like yours, sharing what

👤Quality Manager

✨ User Profile Overview: Quality ManagerEnsures product and process conformity by managing requirements, monitoring non-conformities, validating corrective actions, and maintaining full traceability across the product lifecycle. Drives continuous improvement by analyzing deviations, performing root-cause investigations, and ensuring compliance with internal and external quality standards. ““I safeguard product integrity by turning quality data into actionable insights that prevent issues before

👤 Sustainable Manager

✨ User Profile Overview: Sustainable ManagerEvaluates and improves product sustainability by analyzing lifecycle impacts, defining environmental targets, and guiding eco-design decisions across the product structure. Ensures compliance with sustainability objectives using integrated metrics, activities, and performance dashboards. “I help teams choose designs that reduce impact, meet sustainability targets, and stay compliant.” 🎓Perform as a Sustainable Manager - Beginner

👤Composites Manufacturing Engineer

✨ User Profile Overview: Composites Manufacturing EngineerDefines, validates, and optimizes composite manufacturing processes to ensure producibility, quality, and cost efficiency. Translates composite designs into robust industrial processes while ensuring compliance with manufacturing standards and production constraints. “I turn composite designs into repeatable, high-quality manufacturing processes.” 🎓Perform as a Composites Manufacturing Engineer - Beginner

👤Composites Design Engineer

✨ User Profile Overview: Composites Design EngineerDesigns composite parts and structures by defining ply layups, materials, and manufacturing constraints while ensuring performance, weight, cost, and certification requirements are met. Bridges structural requirements and manufacturability by integrating composite rules early in the design phase. “I translate performance requirements into optimized composite designs that are ready to be manufactured and certified.” 🎓Perform as a

👤 Mechanical Optimization Simulation Engineer

✨ User Profile Overview: Mechanical Optimization Simulation EngineerEngineers high-performance mechanical components by combining simulation, design exploration and generative optimization. Uses functional specifications, structural and manufacturing constraints to automatically create, evaluate, and refine design alternatives — guiding products toward lightweight, manufacturable, and performance-optimized configurations. “I use physics-based simulation, performance requirements, and

👤Tooling Engineer

✨ User Profile OverviewAn expert in mold design, die design, and tool industrialization - using advanced geometry preparation, feasibility analysis, and surface/solid modeling techniques. He ensures a seamless workflow from product design → tooling design → manufacturing readiness. “I need to ensure that every part can be manufactured reliably—through robust molds and stamping processes.” 1. Start you onboarding journey with your core roles & apps Mold and Tooling

Mechanical and Shape Engineer

✨ User Profile OverviewBridges mechanical engineering with advanced surface and shape modeling to create structurally and aesthetically refined and manufacturing-ready products. 💬 “I create mechanically validated designs with high‑quality surfaces that meet performance, aesthetic, and manufacturability requirements.” 🎓Perform as a Mechanical and Shape Engineer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a Mechanical and Shape Engineer - Intermediate 💪Technical Practices on Resilient Modelling

Mechanical Engineer

✨ User Profile Overview Builds robust mechanical systems by combining advanced design, static simulation, functional validation, and human-centered considerations. He integrates motion and kinematics applying full annotated 3D models for downstream applications. 💬 “I deliver mechanical engineering validated designs, I ensure their performance across motion and lifecycle” 🎓Perform as a Mechanical Engineer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a Mechanical Engineer - Intermediate

Mechanical and Shape Designer

✨ User Profile OverviewDesigns precise mechanical parts and advanced surface geometry, delivering manufacturable 3D models with high-quality shapes, smooth transitions, and robust feature structures. 💬 “I deliver complex surfaced mechanical designs that meet both shape and production constraints” 🎓Perform as a Mechanical and Shape Designer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a Mechanical and Shape Designer - Intermediate

Mechanical Designer

✨ User Profile OverviewDesigns mechanical parts and assemblies with complex prismatic solid geometry, ensuring functional integration and manufacturability. 💬 “I design robust mechanical parts and assemblies ready for industrial production.” 🎓Perform as a Mechanical Designer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a Mechanical Designer - Intermediate

SheetMetal Designer

✨ User Profile Overview Designs sheet metal components and basic solid and surfacic parts for manufacturing processes. “I create solid and surfacic designs suitable for sheetmetal processes and more.” 🎓Perform as a SheetMetal Designer - Beginner 🎓Perform as a SheetMetal Designer - Intermediate

Schematic - Setup

ContextSharing Starter kit of Setup for piping or tubing Schematic design Schematic Starter kit 3DXML Content description 3D Starterkit links Depending if you are doing Piping process system design or Tubing hydraulic/pneumatic power system design, you will need to import in addition the 3D Starterkit to have access to (Standardized setup attribute values for NominalSize, Fluid, Material Class/Specification .... 3D starter kit available here : Starterkit for 3D Tubing Starterkit for 3D

Content - How to export Piping setup - 3DXML

Context information about how to export piping Setup with all links Process video: here are 2 videos illustrating how to export Setup data from the Democenter Server to use them on your own server Video with voiceover Picture to summaryze links 3D PIPING SETUP EXPORT 2D PIPING SCHEMATIC SETUP EXPORT

Piping - Setup

Context Sharing Starter kit of Setup for piping design Important to ready before Concerning Piping Setup we we are going to distinguish : 2 group of data : Setup Resources : Standard, Material Specifications + design rules definition Components : 2D Symbol, 3D Parts (that can be organized in catalogs or libraries) 2 profiles : 2D Schematic and 3D design It is important to know that Piping 2D Schematic and Piping 3D are sharing some common Setup Resources (like Nominalsize list table, ...)

Tubing Hydraulic 3D Starter Kit sample

3D Design Presentation 2026x Dassault Systemes sample Starterkit for Tubing hydraulic 3D Design, cover limited number design rules, spec and Tubing Parts. The idea of this Resource Set is to have a light setup that can be imported on Cloud with no limitation (47k objects maximum can be imported on Cloud) easily used for any Tubing Hydraulic Demonstration. used as reference (with good component definition practice) for customer implementationsee here for more details about component definition

CATIA or SpaceClaim

Hi guys! I had a meeting with my company (General Physics Corporation https://www.generalphysicscorp.com) and two Dassault representatives. I have them in my contact list and on my phone however I cannot recall their names at the moment. We do a lot of work in advanced manufacturing and fusion science and CATIA is the go to for design work. We want to add AI, MCP, PINN and simulation macros to CATIA to develop rigorous back panel work with the system. I don't understand the contrarian attitude

CATIA Trick..

Hello While reviewing old macros, I found one that allows me to do things like this... a little trick.

CATIA V5 + Derived Format Converter

Hello, Is it possible to generate an stp.file from an CATProduct when i change the status from "In Work" to "Completed" via Derived Format Converter (Derived Format Management)?

Wanting catia v4 support

I am very interested in catia history and old version catia which ran on unix workstation,I want to test them on my hp c8000 machines,but I can't find catia v4 for hp-ux anywhere.So I would pleasure if somebody could give some help, even just demo version!

How to activate the delete dialogue box when deleting components?

When deleting components in assemblies, no dialogue box is displayed. How can the dialogue box be activated? When deleting elements in the 3dshape, the shown dialogue box is displayed.

How to map the calculated Mass value to the Weight PLM attribute?

I'm trying to find a reliable way to map the calculated Mass value (derived from the 3D geometry) to the Weight attribute stored in the PLM database, so that it is visible on the platform without manual entry.

Surface Texture Symbols Differences with V5 & 3DX CATIA

Hello, In V5 drafting, some icons are different than 3DX Drafting. This is in 3DX CATIA screen shot. But in CATIA V5 "Any manufacturing process permitter" symbol is different. It has no line up to "V" symbol. Is there any way to chang this symbols in 3DX? I want to use Surface Texture symbols as CATIA V5. Thank you.

Remove command

How to remove the 3D Part within the right-click menu and toolbar command group

Experience Models Preparation

Hello everyone, does anyone know what this tool is used for? It came with my CSX license, but I’d like to know if it’s a step that comes before applying materials, ambient lights, and maps for rendering...

Working with Actual Measurement Sets (UAF 1.3)

Has anyone figured out how to access the measurements of an actual measurement set via queries. The Actual Property Set was created for a Capability. Now I'd like to apply table legends to adorn the rows for Capabilities with "High" priority. I've tried to simply create a custom column but the OCL script simply cannot be evaluated. Any help greatly appreciated. self.actualPropertySet->exists(aps | aps.name = 'projectPriorities' and aps.actualMeasurement->exists(am | am.name =

CATIA V5-6R2017 Connection to Cloud

Please can you support me in a customer opportunity? Customer will use 3DEXPERIENCE onCloud for further data managment. One of the large customer clients is using CATIA V5-6R2017 - and will not update soon. At my local test installation I'm be able to install the oldest used CATIA V5-6R2017 SP05 HF 122 and can connect to Cloud. Data were saved to cloud, unfortuntely all web interfaces launched from CATIA V5 are blanc. Within newer releases of CATIA V5 I don't face such an challange. CATTemp i

Deleting a Component and its Engineering Connections in one shot

Hello everyone, Did you know that since R2026x FD01, it is possible to automatically delete Engineering Connections when their related components are deleted? In fact, you will notice a new preference named “Delete Engineering Connections when components they can move are deleted”. There are three options: Only if no components it can move remain: no Engineering Connections are deleted (previous behavior) Always: Engineering Connections are always deleted Ask each time: each time, the user has

Looking for advanced aerospace tutorials: Complex assemblies & Kinematics (Master Research)

Hi everyone! I am a Master's student in Signal, Image, and Advanced Automation (SIAA) at ENSIT. For my self-improvement and research studies, I am tackling a very complex design exercise: a 1,600kg hybrid eVTOL with 16 coaxial rotors and retractable landing systems. Since this is a high-level academic challenge, I am looking for tutorials or documentation on the Student Platform that cover: Surface Continuity (GSD) for aerodynamic bodies. Complex Mechanism Design (Kinematics) for

Free style tools dashboard

Hello, I am currently working on a model using FreeStyle Surfacing. While using control points to shape the surface, I am unable to control the movement sensitivity between the mouse cursor and the control point. This is very important when working with sensitive surfaces. In CATIA V5, this setting was available through a tools dashboard that appeared while using the tool. Could anyone please tell me where I can find this option in 3DEXPERIENCE?

EKL - BL Schematic Callback Route Extremity Modified

Introduction Usage : provides the opening through Business Rule to the user whenever a route extremity is changed (connected/disconnected) in schematics allow user to keep routable extremities information through a Business Rule. User may copy the information on some custom attributes. Datasetup Resource Set : Diagram Resource Datasetup Resource : Schematic Callback Route Extremity Modified / Rule to keep route extremities informations Rule Example 1 Description In the sample rule

EKL - Report2D - Get Symbol Sheet & Frame location

Piping 2D Report Frame location & other symbolAttributes//LogicalOccurrence - string let X (String) let Y (String) Let LogInstance(PLMCoreInstance) Let ListOfSheets(List) Let ListOfViews(List) Let ListOfSymbolInfos(List) Set LogInstance = ThisObject.Instance GetSchSymbolInformations(LogInstance, ListOfSheets, ListOfViews, ListOfSymbolInfos) Let j = 1 Let jsize = 0 Let DisplayMessage(String) jsize = ListOfSymbolInfos->Size() if(ListOfSheets->Size() == jsize and ListOfViews->Size() == jsize) {

Schematic Reports - Fluid Systems

Knowledge report template : exemple of code to extract information from P&ID 3DXML Exemples: 2026x Result exemple Reports that can be generated with above sample: Equipment List Equipment liste with Sheet & Frame location Piping part list grouped per type / Size Piping part list not grouped with Parent LineID Piping LineID list Instrumentation list Nozzle List with Equipment

EKL - Report2D - Basic extraction

Report Equipment List If you want to extract information only from Logical Equipment Reference into the Report then you can define your report from "Equipment" Type like bellow But if you want to extract information that covers multiple object types, then you have to go through EKL Expressions. in most cases for piping report we will go that way. In this case the selected Object type will be "Logical Occurence" Retrieve Equipment instance name let InstName (String) let

Assembly Design Understanding (from B.I. Essentials) in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform

About Assembly Design Understanding, and small automations inside the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Electrode creation

Hi every one, I'm trying to create a new electrode for a mold, but I can't find some commands. Some one can tell me what I have to do to find them? I have attached a picture from on line documentation. Thanks

Inquiry regarding Flexible Assembly constraints in MKM (Motion Designer)

Hello everyone, I recently requested MKM learning resources and would like to extend my sincere thanks to @SI for providing the hands-on materials. They have been incredibly helpful in getting up to speed with MKM. I am currently working on creating motion for a complex assembly and have configured the assembly as a Flexible structure. However, I’ve encountered an issue where the Flexible option does not seem to function correctly when creating the mechanism and joints. I previously understood

Request for MKM (Motion Designer) Learning Resources and Documentation

Hi everyone, I am planning to implement MKM (Motion Designer) for a client. While I have a solid understanding of basic Kinematics, I am struggling to find comprehensive information or tutorials specifically focused on Dynamics. Please note that I am looking for resources tailored to the Motion Designer role, rather than the previous Mechanical System Experience Role. I have already explored Edu Space, but the available documentation there seems quite limited for this specific area. Does anyone

Problems with Rosette Transfer in Catia Composite Design

Hi everyone, I am currently working with a rosette transfer setup in the CATIA Composite Design app and encountering an issue with fibre orientation. Context I am applying a rosette using a Cartesian transfer on a half-model of a rim, which is later used for simulation. For the Layup definition I use the Grid Approach. Half-model profile Problem Description In the section highlighted below, I observe an unexpected behaviour: section marked in blue The fibre orientation suddenly changes within

CATIA 2026x OC - Classify PowerCopy/UDF

I tried to ask Aura, but "she" is all over the place. :-( According to Aura it should be possible to classify a UserFeature or PowerCopy. But i'm not able to add the powercopy to the class. The closest i have managed to do is the 3DShape that contains the PowerCopy.

Project commit changes failure to teamwork cloud

We are experiencing issues with a specific project that is failing to commit with a java.net.connectexception error stating "the session is not connected". Teamwork cloud is connected and other projects are successfully committing changes. What root causes other than connectivity would we look for in correcting this failure?

Fixing Broken Material Links

In this article, you can see different ways to fix the broken links.

Alternative Parts

I have a question regarding alternative parts in CATIA. How can we add alternative parts, and how can we view these parts within the product structure? I am aware of one method using the XEN role; however, I would like to know if there are any alternative approaches to load the structure and extract it along with the alternative parts. I would appreciate your guidance on this.

Action Bar section in every app

Hello all, I am looking for a way to share a custom section in the Action Bar across multiple apps. We have created some company specific commands that I would like to be able to access from every app, but without having to add all the commands to every app separately. I know how to create app-specific sections and how to add commands to these sections, but not (anymore) how to make these persistant and visible in every app. I know this is possbile because I have done it before, but I

2.2.2 - Aircraft Design - Tubing

DEMO 1 : 2D-3D tubing lubrication engineContext Demo based on Engine lubrication system with 2D/3D tubing design integration Video Demo 2 : Tubing hydraulics 2D, 3D & Manufacturing Context Demo based on hydraulic power system for LandingGear with 2D/3D tubing design integration Video - landing gear bayOverview : End To End process Detailled : End to End 3D detailled design Video : landing gear landing gear

Drawing Automation

Hey there! How can I automate the drawing creation process. Is there any chance to create a template (Parameters, Views, Dimensions) like the way we create in Creo. let me know your suggestions please.

UML Model of HL7 FHIR Data Structures and Interfaces

The HL7 FHIR standard provides UML model images for the entities it describes, but I can't seem to find a stored UML model that I can load into MagicDraw (Cameo Enterprise Architecture). Any suggestions as to where to look?

Error while accessing Native app

We are receiving following below error while accessing Native app. Any idea on how to fix this issue?

Prefix position change

Hello Is it possible to change the position of the prefix that needs to be entered for a branch, for example? Currently, it's always added at the beginning. It would make more sense if it were added at the end. Where in the settings can this be changed?

🌟Introducing our new CATIA Champion, Beniamin HRAB🌟

Hello CATIA lovers 💙 We’re delighted to welcome our newest CATIA Champion, @BH! 🏆 Beniamin has been working with CATIA V5 for over 12 years, starting during his engineering studies. Since then, CATIA has been at the core of his work, with strong expertise in Part Design and Generative Shape Design. Today, Beniamin works as a Mechanical Researcher at Dotlumen, a deep tech startup where he designs AI-powered navigation devices for visually impaired users. His day-to-day work combines mechanical

Unchanged object with impossible to save children

When I try to save a data, I take this massage. How can I fix this issue?

Teamwork Cloud REST API Help

Using the Teamwork Cloud REST API via Swagger UI, I am attempting to attach Element B to Element A. Currently both elements have the same parent, but I need to be able to attach B to A by creating an association between them. This needs to be done by constructing JSON requests and after playing around for awhile, I am not able to figure out how to attach one element to another. When attempting to PATCH Element B to have its owner be Element A, I receive a 404 error stating that the "owner" field

Streamlining your workflow

In the world of product development, "Where did I save that file?" is probably the most expensive question you can ask. Between browser tabs, native applications, and many other documents, staying organized can feel like a full-time job in itself. In this video, I dive into the ENOVIA Bookmark Editor to show how easy it is to bridge the gap between information and action in different apps, including CATIA.

Catia MTD ( Mold Tooling Design )

I am always lookiung for ways to improve mold design. Are there any active groups already? I am thinking no. If thats true I want to hit it hard and establish a good one. Catia should dominate tooling in this area (Windsor Ontario ) Unfortunately they dropped the ball. Everyone jumping to "Atari" systems. I would appreciate any help. Ian

Lattice FEM in Generative Design Roles?

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