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  1. Where can a CatiaV5 automation document be accessed via web?
  2. What is the difference in Knowledge Management and Knowledge Engineering?
  3. What is the difference in Knowledge Management and Knowledge Engineering?
  4. What are the Best Practices for Power Copies?
  5. How do I disable License errors at startup?
  6. How can I enable Wilson's spline curves?
  7. How do I display logs in DOS windows?
  8. I am working on a large tool,and need other designers to complete project on time. How do I work 1 tool with 3 designers? Merging seems to create more problems. Possiblly a PPR Hub, or does collaborative design work this way?
  9. How can I generate dimensions in inches when modifying models via a script?
  10. Is there a reliable way to extract the MFG ATTRIBUTES for use in macros and/or scripting? (%MFG_ATT) Many of these are not available.
  11. Can a power copy create Product level? pls explain



  1. Where can a CatiaV5 automation document be accessed via web?
    If there is still interest, email me at catiadr@gmail.com and I will post it to my site.
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  2. What is the difference in Knowledge Management and Knowledge Engineering?
    Knowledge Management is the discipline of extracting, storing and balancing Intellectual Property in a parseable database. The act of leveraging this IP with Applications and Processes is Knowledge Engineering. In the simplest form, the use of a standards document by a designer is Knowledge Engineering. I reserve the term 'Knowledge Engineering' for the act of developing Software Applications leveraging Database Knowledge in order to compress design cycles by providing new efficiencies.
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  3. What is the difference in Knowledge Management and Knowledge Engineering?
    Knowledge Management is the discipline of extracting, storing, classifying, balancing and maintaining relevant information for use in various tasks, one of which is Engineering. Knowledge Engineering is the discipline of leveraging this Knowledge by dissemination, automation, process inclusion, CAD connection, run-time document creation, and cross database connections for higher level analysis.
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  4. What are the Best Practices for Power Copies?
    Creating a PowerCopy As far as possible, minimize the number of elements making up the PowerCopy. When defining PowerCopies including sketches, use profiles constrained with respect to edges or faces rather than to planes. Additionally, set the option Create geometrical constraints off before sketching. Generally speaking, it is always preferable to use profiles both rigid and mobile. It is preferable to constrain elements with respect to external references such as faces, edges, reference or explicit planes. It is preferable not to use projections nor intersections in your sketch if you want to use your sketch in a PowerCopy. Avoid constraints defined with respect to reference planes. Before creating your PowerCopies, make sure that your sketch is not over-constrained. Make sure that your sketch is iso-constrained (green color). You can use non-iso-constrained sketches, but it will be more difficult to understand and control the result after instantiation. Create sketches on an axis system, in order to better control the Sketch position. Avoid access to sub-elements. Formulas are automatically included if you select all the parameters. For complex design, integrate knowledge rules. Managing inputs: Always rename your inputs to help the end user understand what he needs to select. A formula is automatically included in a Power Copy definition when all its parameters are included. Otherwise, i.e. if at least one parameter is not selected as part of the Power Copy, select the formula to make it part of the definition. If you do so, all the formula parameters that have not been explicitly selected, are considered as inputs of the Power Copy. Note that when including parameters sets containing hidden parameters in a PowerCopy, the hidden parameters are automatically instantiated when instantiating the PowerCopy. Preview: In a Part document, create only on
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  5. How do I disable License errors at startup?
    Add this Variable string to your Environment file CATLM_ODTS=1
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  6. How can I enable Wilson's spline curves?
    Add this string to your Environment file L_WILSON_LAN=1
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  7. How do I display logs in DOS windows?
    Add this string to your environment file CNEXTOUTPUT = console
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  8. I am working on a large tool,and need other designers to complete project on time. How do I work 1 tool with 3 designers? Merging seems to create more problems. Possiblly a PPR Hub, or does collaborative design work this way?
    Your best bet is to sub-divide the work in the old fashioned way. Dassault has not provided a working collaboration toolset that I am aware of that allows multiple designers to work on different pieces of the Product structure. If you discover a way, share it with us all.
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  9. How can I generate dimensions in inches when modifying models via a script?
    Catia will always generate dimensions according to the CATSettings. Set your Units in Tools+Options before running the script.
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  10. Is there a reliable way to extract the MFG ATTRIBUTES for use in macros and/or scripting? (%MFG_ATT) Many of these are not available.
    This is outside of my feild of knowledge. However, the Catia Forum is full of experts that can help. http://www.coe.org/Collaboration/DiscussionForum/ActiveDiscussions/tabid/210/Default.aspx
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  11. Can a power copy create Product level? pls explain
    Try researching Business Knowledge Templates and take a course on this set of concepts.
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