Purpose Setting recommendation in contect of Fluid Schematic Design 🛈 Only the parameters that have changed from the standard are listed. If they are not mentioned, keep the original settings. Object and Links management General Reduce the scope of implement link to the first common father found Piping port must NOT have system type associated to it -> Avoid question during port creation to avoid user mistake Tree management General Hide in the logical tree the Main view. Main view is

Ready to get inspired ? We unveiled the TA.TAMU chair: lightweight, foldable, and designed for maximum efficiency and performance. Developed as part of a research topic within a long-standing collaboration between the Design Studio at Dassault Systèmes (with CATIA & SIMULIA experts) and Patrick Jouin iD, the chair merges design, science, and simulation to explore the dynamics of diverse ecosystems. If you want to learn more about it, it will be showcased at PROTOTYPE, an event celebrating

About keyword shortcuts Different keyboard shortcuts are available to accelerate and facilitate the routing of 3D pipes. Display list of keyboard shortcut You can have acces to the list of shortcut through different way (you need to be in the good App) Action bare the CATIA 3DEXP common menu for all App:? / HELP / Keyboad Shortcuts if you do it from the Piping & Tubing Design Apps then the following panel will appear Customize keyboard shortcuts User can change some of the key shortcut using

Purpose Common setting recommendation in contect of Fluid systems 3D Design Piping 3D Design Settings Note : when we talk about tubing design, we mean where the pipe are bended in majority ; whereas talking about piping is more when we have straight pipe + elbows Minimum settigns Here is the minimum set of option that is recommended when starting with Piping 3D design. IT give the maximum of flexibility in the usage of the application Then later you can activate aditionnal options to put more

Purpose Common setting recommendation in contect of Fluid systems Design 🛈 Only the parameters that have changed from the standard are listed. If they are not mentioned, keep the original settings. 2D 3D View Display Performance Value to be adjusted according 3D model size. For mere details about Setting for Large assembly performance , see dedicated wiki page Change setting to avoid visualizing 3D thin objects in wireframe dash line --> reduce value in Level of Details setting Parameters,

How do you use Design Review in CATIA during real projects? I mainly use it to structure design reviews. Slides, show/hide parts, exploded views, simple assembly sequences. It’s basically a PowerPoint, but driven by live 3D, which keeps discussions focused on the actual design. https://youtu.be/RuE-r9Ht3qw?si=j04fWTZErkwOBMk- Curious how others use it: Internal reviews vs supplier calls? Any specific features you rely on (sections, measures, compare)?

Get started with these videos before going further with e-learnings Topic Video Introduction to the 3DEXPERIENCE PlatformIn this video, you will learn how to •Explore basic User Interface •Explore Compass •Discover ways to collaborate •Learn AURA capabilities Get Introduced to 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA Terms and ConventionsIn this video, you will learn how to •Access licenses and roles •Describe app mapping •Explore CATIA objects •Explore user interface of 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA •Create new content •Access

Introduction you can place free text or templates that retreive selected object attribute value text will be attached to the selected obejct and will move with it Label can be with locked or stretchable geometry Manual placement Chaining text placement Automatic placement For automatic placement look in the following Wiki pages Text template definitionLabel definition

Text template definition Introduction Situation in 24x and before :(to be checked for futur release) The principle of Text template definition and placement is similar than for Laber Text template can be defined in 2 different ways (using Symbol editor App or using Drafting App If text template will be placed manually, you can define then either using Symbol editor App or using Drafting App If text will be placed automatically using datasetup Business Rule then they must be defined into symbol

Hello everyone, The current visualization mode loads lightweight representations (CGR), whereas the new lightweight mode introduces the following improvements: Information is index-based Loading is progressive and depends on the viewpoint (cloud only with VIK license) Only visualization data is kept in memory 3D representations are optimized and simplified, resulting in faster loading times Benefits: The lightweight mode accelerates the opening of large assemblies by up to 100 times. You can

Hello dear CATIA User community, Sorry to bother you once again for something so trivial, but I figure some of you would know how to help me with this. I found a similar question and it seems to be a bug, but maybe some of you know the answer. I am working on a 3D model with some 2D drawings. Some of them have this icon: Now, according to the User Assistance R2026x, that symbol means there is something out of date: So...I did every update I could. I updated the views inside, I updated the main

Dear CATIA Community fellows, We are pleased to invite you to our next CATIA Design User Talk, on January 29th at 10:00AM CET. Title: Discover What’s New on the 3DEXPERIENCE R2026x release serving the needs of our CATIA Creative Design Community Topics to be Presented: Discover how our CATIA Creative Design experts Valerie MIDDENDORF, Aude MASSONI and Franck COLAS can take full benefit from the main new capabilities offered in our Portfolio with the 3DEXPERIENCE R2026x Golden

Purpose Reworked: 2026-01-20 : Purpose is to give best practice on how to define port on piping part that will compose a fitting assembly to connect to tube Define Component to realize flared or Flareless tube connection This practice can be extended to other type of connections As the fitting part side is dedicated to a unique connection type, the proposal is to define their ports correctly to usnure compatibility check and automatic part placement. for tha twe will give recomendation on

Space Allocation App introduction Basically, there is 2 ways of creating Geographic Breakdown Structure (GBS) with associated 3D volumes by designing individual close volume using Part Design Application and associate each volume to 3DSpace objects in this case we will apply the Skeleton methodology with one Part that contain the zone contour that can be parametrized + one body per zone each 3D Space object will point the geometry on each body by designing an overall space tha twe will split

We are excited to announce that the CATIA User Symposium Europe 2026 is coming to Darmstadt, Germany, from June 16–18, 2026. This symposium is more than just an event; it is a gathering of the minds that drive our industry forward. From automotive to aerospace, we are looking for the innovators who are redefining what is possible in design and engineering. 📢 We want to hear from YOU! The Call for Presentations is now open, and we are inviting members of our community to take the stage. This is

Does EKL provide a function to unload 3D shapes from the product, so that I can write script for batch operations? Anyone have any ideas? Thank you so much.

Dear Friends, pls see attached part file, Angle.12 equals to -3*Angle.3 in Formulas, unfortunately, Angle.12 doesn't work correspondingly when Angle.3 is doing Animate constraint in Sketch. how to solve the problem? Thank you in advance!

Hi all. (Used apps: Part Design, Assembly Design and Drawing (for the BOM)) When creating a Deformable object, and a Deformed object with associated link to the deformable object, I expect that system to treat this two items as two instances of the same object. But that is not the case. Example: The blue and orange wire is the same wire, used twice. The blue one is deformable and the orange one as deformed. I expect to see the quantity=2 in the BOM. Anyone got any good explanation? Thanks in

Mechanical EngineerThe CATIA Mechanical Engineer role allows the users to Enhance your mechanical product design quality & alternatives, Increase the number of studies using complex mechanism design and static simulation. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Your profileYou want to Cover the END-to-END process for mechanical engineering & pre-production studies. You want to Reduce time to market with best in class detailed design apps. You want to Explore innovative solutions and concepts on single parts and large

Mechanical & Shape EngineerThe CATIA Mechanical & Shape Engineer role allows the users to enhance mechanical product design quality, through a highly accurate & reliable 3D geometry, supporting very large assemblies and complex surface design, including full model based definition for product manufacturing information as well as human centric design approach. It is also possible to simulate static load cases and kinematics. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Your profileYou want to Cover the end-to-end process for

Hello dear CATIA User Community, I hope you can help me with this small issue. A customer of ours has been using the Drafting App for a while. She said that she used to delete section views and detail views by deleting the section lines and circles previously made. When I tried this, I couldn't replicate it. When I delete a section line of any type, the section view stays there! It's not an issue for me but I couldn't find information about it anywhere. Can you confirm if it used to be

Mechanical Designer The CATIA Mechanical Designer role allows the users to create and complete advanced mechanical products and parts, from conceptual to detailed phases. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Your profile You want to create Parts and assemblies. You want to create sheet metal parts and assemblies using CATIA. You want to collaborate efficiently through the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. You have onboarded on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. ⌚ Estimated time Onboarding level: 10h on mechanical and 5h on platform

Topic Video Life Cycle ManagementIn this video, you will discover how to: • Manage revisions • Work with branches • Explore lifecycle commands Data Exchange with OEMsIn this video, you will discover how to exchange data between OEM and Supplier considering these different scenarios: OEM exports and Supplier imports using the As Reference option OEM exports with Delegation and Supplier imports using the As Reference option Supplier exports with design updates and OEM imports using the As

Hi visual scripters, To share with you an earlier demonstration that I reworked for the Paris Packaging Week 2026 event. This demonstration illustrates how CATIA Visual Scripting can be easily combined with CATIA Live Rendering and the STELLAR visualization engine, which also uses AI-based denoiser feature (to predict pixels and speed up rendering time). This is useful for iterating very quickly and exploring many design variants with near real-time realistic rendering for glass design, all

Hello everyone, I am facing an issue in the FTA workbench (CATIA V5) and I am looking for some help. My Goal: I need to apply an Angularity tolerance ($\angle$) of 0.4 to a planar face, relative to a central axis (A-B Datum), as shown on my 2D drawing. The face is inclined at 18°. The Problem: When I use the Semantic Tolerancing Advisor, I cannot find the "Angularity" option. What I have tried: I select the Planar Face (the inclined surface). I hold CTRL and select the Geometry Axis (the line

Trying to use the producibility for hand layup tool in 3D Experience Composite Design. This ply I have keeps failing to produce results with error to do with the seed point. Which I believe is to with is it being donut shaped that the software doesn't like. I've have mainly been using CFM optimization energy that was working well but has now been giving me errors for this ply. I've tried changing, mesh step length. Selecting the correct smooth regions of where holes are and moving the seed point

Starting with 3DEXPERIENCE R2026x GA, a new AI-based functionality called "Generative 3D Mesh from Image" is available in beta in the Visual Script Designer ROLE and associated CATIA Visual Scripting application. This new technology, available as a new operator in CATIA Visual Scripting, will generate a 3D mesh from a single or multiple images, powered by artificial intelligence and generative model. This capability is available in beta. To continue to improve the model, the CATIA R&D team

Hello Everyone, Someone know how I can create one Catalog, my Catalog, with my structure and after how I can link the 3D parts in this Catalog. Same with this Catalog but create the structure from scratch as I want and modify it. Thank you,

We use both Solidworks and Catia and have to have 2 catENV files but Catia will still open with the Solidworks one. Could i change the background or something in the Catia one so it is clear the engineer has the riht CATEnv?

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Dear CATIA Community, Does anyone of you have some idea how to search for Product Markup? Product Markup (mkp) is differnt from 3DMarkup (mku). 3DMarkup is supported by 3dsearch while product markup is not supported. Search on title and search on name have no results in basic search as well as advanced search. It is a public cloud customer. Background story: some Product Markups are stored in a different Collavorative Space than the parent physical product (assembly). this split of CS block

I used Flashlight.mdzip (obtained through Cameo documentation library) as an example to create a low-fidelity model and simulation of a radio system. The activity diagrams from my model match the activity diagrams from the Flashlight project, with the exception of the On Port indication (see following images). Flashlight Act diagrams have On Port = Out in the compartment. My model has On port = in the compartment, but I am not able to put the "out" port in the compartment. 2 Questions:

I am trying to modularise the existing CAD project tree to mirror the system structure of the robotic arm (gripper, wrist, base ...). The problem is that by simply dragging the elements in a new Products/Assemblies, some constraints are getting lost. Wht is the good praaxis for changing the structure of existing CAD models ?

In my previous posts, I shared the reverse engineering process of this motorcycle air intake part , a project that started several months ago with 3D scanning, CAD modeling, and prototyping. In this post, I’m presenting the continuation of that project, focusing on the injection mold design, manufacturing, assembly, and initial production trials. 📌 Project workflow : 3D scanning → CAD modeling → 3D printing & prototype validation → Process analysis & mold design → CNC machining → Mold assembly →

Objective Provide a starter kit of Tubing resources needed to be able to work in a specification driven mode using list of value for the main Tubing attributes using design rules (Turn rules, ....) using standardize tube dimensions and list of parts Content description the provided part correspond to the one that was delivered in OOTB within CATIA V5. they have been migrated and integrated to the new 3DExperience deatasetup Installation Import the 3DXML and Bind the "Tubing Specification

Presentation 2024x Dassault Systemes sample Starterkit, cover limited number design rules, spec and Piping Parts. Please find enclosed in this post a complete Piping Resource Set from 2024x with two Standards : DIN-EN (Default Specification) ANSI The idea of this Resource Set is to have a light one that can be imported on Cloud with no limitation (47k objects maximum can be imported on Cloud), and that can be easily used for any Piping Demonstration. Both Standard are build exactly the

Objective Define Piping / Tubing Setup and how it influence the usage of 3DEXPerience CATIA Piping & Tubing 3D design App How Piping /Tubing App is working Generalities about usage of setup for 3D Design driven by Material Specification Other video discribing the link between the setup files and the 3D pipe route design are available in this Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsdlppwh4CH5xtktB-iAz6cjxQO-0fCzN Do it yourself videos explaining how to define a tubing

Hello. I have a problem I need to align this because I can not change the upper offset also I can not acess the configuration button. Is there any solution to this?

In the course "Future of Enginnering for Education" i am facing trouble importing 3xml files with the mentioned error. Even though i am admin in my own laptop,its still showing.

Hello Community, How can I make the yellow axis concentric with the green axis on the product ?

Hello Community, I have a simple EFS scenario but I have got a error. How can I increase the length of the conveyor in CATIA to prevent this error ?

Shaft Holder Design Design / Manufacturing Consulting / Calculations CATIA Software

Design and modeling of the ARM robot Redesign and of course the movement mechanism of this robot in CATIA software

Part 2 Due to Standard UL437, in this video, the interaction force vector is being optimized, reviewed, and validated to enter the prototyping stage.

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According to the UL437 standard, the best lock should be able to delay a thief for about 45 minutes against bypass. This lever mechanism is one of the best and safest systems for increasing door security. The complexity of the timing of the levers makes it very difficult to unlock. I really wanted to simulate this mechanism accurately. mechanismsimulation

Bonjour, Je travaille sur 3DEXPERIENCE – CATIA Generative Shape Design. Je modélise une coque de bateau avec des Multi-Section Surfaces + courbes guides. Ma surface échoue ou devient instable au niveau de l’étrave (guides qui convergent). Avez-vous une méthode fiable pour gérer une pointe avant sans échec du solveur ? Merci pour vos retours.

frfHello, I have been trying to make a rolled U-profile in Catia, which is of asymmetrical shape like this: But I am not able to make the flange on the other side. It is giving an error that Catia cannot compute. I have tried a flange, wall on edge with sketch, convert surface and also creating a bend between two seperate walls but nothing works. How can I achieve a shape like this :

Hello all, I'm creating a default drawing with Drawing Titleblock Sample 1 as dress-up but when executing the create I'm getting an errror message on line 122. Anyone who know the cause. I didn't modify the script and it is happening with a new drawing. With or without view on a drawing doesn't make a difference. Also I'm using the 3DExperience Cloud edition Who can help me?

The cutter blades are mounted on a cylinder and cut the rolled dough in a continuous roll. Designed in CATIA software

Hello everyone, In the video below, I showed how to design a simple gear using formulas in 3DEXPERIENCE Catia. I had previously designed the same gear using SolidWorks. I will convert the formulas used in this content and how they are calculated into a blog post and share it. https://youtu.be/nvLyKHbCXyw?si=wZxusEno1frFuPkT

Hello everyone! Sorry to bother you again but your expertise has been really useful in solving many of the issues I had! This time, I would love to know if there is a way to preserve how dimensions look AFTER they are exported. For example, I have this 2D drawing: And in Autocad it looks like this: However, when I try to modify the dimensions, they turn white and change font! Why? Do you happen to know why that's the case? With this object, it is not that big of a deal, but with

i cant get anymore 3d part relations, and all relation is selected from the menu

How to do Catia tree window transparent, so I can able to see the full screen.( like V5)

Starting with 3DEXPERIENCE R2026x GA, a new AI-based functionality is available in beta in the Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical and Shape Engineer, and 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Designer roles: Mechanical Interface Prediction. This new feature enables the automatic creation of Mechanical Interfaces within an assembly context. Once the Mechanical Interfaces are defined on your parts, they can be used to: Automatically create connections between the parts using the Interface-Based

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👋 Hello CATIA lovers, The CATIA R2026x keynote replay is now available! "NOT a new update, NOT a step, a shift!" – Olivier SAPPIN, CATIA CEO This first-ever live keynote showcased how CATIA R2026x is shaping the Generative Economy. With AI, simulation, and Virtual Twin, it’s transforming the way engineering teams design, simulate, and innovate. The keynote featured insights from @Olivier SAPPIN , @Romain PERRON, and @Frédéric BOURCIER, sharing their vision and expertise on next-generation

Hi, I noticed in CATIA x3D-Design the famous new beta function "Command Predictor". As a long term experienced classical CATIA User, I immediatly searched for a similar functionality in navtive CATIA, but unfortunately I don´t find it. Have anyone some hints for me to activate it? Many thanks in advance. BR Ralf

I’m trying to display weight in a 2D Drawing title block on the 3DEXPERIENCE cloud platform. In Link Template, I tried: SolveLinkOnPresentedProduct → Characteristics Extension Package → Declared weight SolveLinkOnPresentedProduct → Characteristics Extension Package → Computed characteristics → Computed weight Both links the value remains empty in the title block. Is weight (Declared or Computed) supported for automatic resolution in title blocks? If so, what is the correct link target or

Video tutorial on request from a student: https://youtu.be/AzdITYT8xtU

With the latest R2026x release, CATIA has been enhanced with AI-powered functionalities. For example, we have added the generation of a 3D mesh from one or multiple images. This new feature is fully integrated with the rest of the CATIA applications to ensure a seamless workflow, without import/export steps, on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. We are curious to see the future usecases you will create with it. If you would like to learn more, we have published a dedicated post here :

I need help figuring out how to solve the import and registration problem that isn't working, and I keep getting told that every time 'experience 3' isn't responding.

Hello CATIA lovers 💙 We are excited to welcome our newest CATIA Champion, @BL! 🏆 Dr. Lohar is a faculty member in the Systems Engineering Program at the University of South Alabama, where he leads work within the Advanced Systems Research Laboratory (ASRL). His expertise spans systems engineering, MBSE, and digital engineering, with a strong focus on using CATIA and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in education, research, and industry collaboration. For over three years, his team has used CATIA Systems

i create this system with a subsystem (blue part + brown part.... with flexibility). The Cube slide on the long part. It works fine on assembly design, but when i create mechanism (Mechanical system Design new UI) connexion with parts on subsystems are not added. So: - i add submechanism - i need to create the new joints (between long part and brown part, and between cube and blue part) ... but i can't add joints Any ideas ?? Actually, i need to go to Motion Design to create the joint !

Hello everyone, I have a question about how to specify the exact mass of a 3D part in CATIA 3DExperience. I read the post linked below about the same topic, but I'm still having trouble figuring out how to use BI Essentials to specify the mass of the part. In the BI Essentials, the drop-down menu does not include any option related to specifying the mass (see picture below). Any suggestions and help are welcome. Thank you!