Happy New Year! As we embark on 2025, let's take a moment to revisit the valuable CATIA Best Practices shared in 2024, ensuring you haven't overlooked any essential insights during our promotions.
This is a comprehensive Bulletin of all the CATIA Best Practices published in the year 2024.
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1. Python Scripting in 3DEXPERIENCE Platform- Python as EKL Complement
This document provides a detailed overview of Python scripting in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. It dives into how to utilize Python's full capabilities, including standard modules and external packages, while also exploring the integration of EKL types and functions within scripts. Learn how to effectively use the Python script editor in CATIA apps and manage the complete lifecycle of a Python script—from creation and execution to reuse.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2025x.
Target audience: Designers, Engineers, especially those who are looking to leverage Python capabilities in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
2. Mechanical Modeler Color Management in 3DShape for Import
This document provides a comprehensive guide for CATIA V5 and 3DEXPERIENCE users on handling graphic properties in the Cut/Copy/Paste (CCP) context. It explains the two CCP modes—CCP As Result (CCPAR) and CCP As Result With Link (CCPARWL)—while also covering best practices for resetting and synchronizing graphic properties in CCPARWL.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2025x.
Target audience: CATIA users with prior knowledge of graphic properties.
3. CATIA 'Assembly Symmetry' and 'Assembly Pattern' Functions in 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x
This document is designed for Designers and Reviewers seeking an in-depth understanding of the Assembly Symmetry and Assembly Pattern commands. It provides a detailed overview of their core concepts, alongside insights into their functionality. Explore the various sub-commands associated with these features and learn how to effectively apply them across diverse use cases. A must-read for anyone aiming to optimize their assembly design processes!
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Designers and reviewers who work with assemblies on 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
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4. 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x CATSettings - Use and Recommendations
Customizations and user interactions are saved and remembered by 3DEXPERIENCE as CATSettings. 3DEXPERIENCE fetches required information from its settings, which makes it convenient to use.
This Best Practices document provides information regarding different types of settings and their use, how the CATSettings get generated and where they get stored, how to import and export settings, and the Compatibility of settings.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x. 3DEXPERIENCE R2023x and 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x
Target audience: 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Administrators, Users (both Cloud and On-Premises), and Designers
5. 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud Native Apps Batch Installation
Establishing robust IT policies is critical for protecting business and intellectual property while ensuring efficient use of IT assets. This document provides a comprehensive guide for implementing controlled software deployment, a common practice where IT staff manage application installations remotely. Specifically, it outlines a method for installing multiple 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x native apps within a domain, applicable across all levels of native applications.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: IT staff
Updated On-Premise Best Practices with Customer End Visibility
6. Troubleshooting 3DEXPERIENCE ABEND Situations
This best practice explains how to address ABEND situation and have a single source of information on guidelines related to fundamental concepts, checks, and steps to avoid crash/ABEND on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x, 3DEXPERIENCE R2023x and 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Customer Site IT, 3DEXPERIENCE Users, Services Team, and Technical Support.
7. Concurrent Engineering with 3DEXPERIENCE
This Best Practice document demonstrates the concurrent engineering capability of 3DEXPERIENCE with the help of different use cases. This document covers the use of different commands available in the Collaborative Lifecycle App and demonstrates the actual application of these commands with the help of use cases.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x, 3DEXPERIENCE R2023x and 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Designers and Administrators of 3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA, and ENOVIA.
8. 3DEXPERIENCE On-Premises Native Apps Advanced Admin Tips and Techniques
This Best Practices document covers some advanced tips and techniques that make 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps Administration more efficient in an on-premises environment. These techniques help simplify and eliminate some of the time-consuming installation and customization tasks, thereby increasing the administrator's overall efficiency.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2019x to 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Administrators.
9. 3DEXPERIENCE Installation for Native Apps and CAA API
The purpose of this document is to provide basic guidelines to install 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps and CAA APIs. In this Best Practice, you will learn about 3DEXPERIENCE R2021x Golden Installation- Native Apps and CAA API installation (GA and FP), Configuration of the License server, Getting Started with Visual Studio, and CAA code Compilation, Execution & Debugging.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2021x to 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Users getting started with CAA customization.
10. Installation of CATIA V5 and CAA API
The purpose of this document is to provide basic guidelines to install CATIA V5 and CAA APIs. In this Best Practice, you will learn about CATIA V5 Installation, Configuration of the License server, Getting Started with Visual Studio, and CAA code Compilation, Execution & Debugging.
Applicable Release: V5-6R2021 to CATIA V5-6R2024
Target audience: Users getting started with CAA customization.
11. Managing Large Assemblies - Settings and Recommendations
Large assemblies affect the system performance and make it difficult to visualize and manage data. This Best Practices document discusses the options and settings available on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, which helps the user to optimize performance. Each set addresses a particular pain area. All settings described in this document can be used together.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x to 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Designers and Reviewers, who work on large assemblies on 3DEXPERIENCE R2020x and above.
12. 3DEXPERIENCE On-Premises Native Apps Customizing the Domain
The administration of CAD/CAM systems is an important responsibility of a system administrator in a design and manufacturing company. This Best Practices document describes a method to install the 3DEXPERIENCE native apps on multiple client computers in a domain. These methods help simplify and eliminate some of the time-consuming installation and customization tasks using a distributed customization scheme that contains all your customization that meets both user and business requirements. Use these methods to eliminate the duplicate work that you normally do on each client computer within the domain.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2021x to 3DEXPERIENCE R2023x.
Target audience: PLM Administrators.
Best Practice applicability updated up to 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
13. Enterprise Knowledge Language – Overview and Usage
Enterprise Knowledge Language (EKL) is a programming language in V5 & V6/3DEXPERIENCE. It is intended for the development of smart models or applications and their integration in a more general context.
This Best Practice document provides an overview of the main concepts about the EKL, EKL Capabilities, various functions and tools that are required to work with EKL, and troubleshooting the EKL Code. The objective is to help users get a better understanding of the EKL.
This document also provides some sample examples of using various types of EKL functions that will help the users to get started with EKL.
Applicable Release: 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x to 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x.
Target audience: Designers and Administrators who are looking for information about Enterprise Knowledge Language (EKL).
Dear Readers,
We would be happy to receive your feedback as well as any suggestions on these Best Practices as well as on any New Topic that you want us to consider for Next Year.
Wish you a Happy New Year and Happy Reading!!
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