We have a similar situation with our legacy drawings. What we have done is lease a large scanner to convert the drawing to a raster image (TIFF format for us) and then use a raster to vector application (RasterEx in our case but there are plenty of choices out there) to vectorize the portions...
Slaen, This is a shot in the dark but did you add color to your parts from within the product structure? I know that on some versions of CATIA this will turn constraints, planes and axis systems black.
There are two methods to create a single part from the CATParts of an assembly. The first is to make an "Allcatpart" bu using the "Generate CATPart from Product" located under the tools menu in the Assembly workbench. This will give you a non-linked CATPart.
If you wish to keep the link to the...
It's been a while since I used CATIA v4 but if I remember correctly...
From the command line type in
catutil -XM -l catdxf
If you have the proper licenses you can batch out all of your CATIA v4 2D models to DXF. Depending upon what level of CATIA you are on and how your declaration files...
Derek is on the right track. Addtionally you should check that "Look" is set to "everywhere" and "Visibilty" is set to "Visible"
Another hint is if you save it to your favorites with a simple name you can use the Power Input Field to invoke it.
For example I have a favorite that hides all...
In the Documentation review the section on "Using the Search Language" in the Infrastructure module. Using the Power Input Field you can do searches similar to those found in V4. For example if you wish to select all Planes then type in ".PLA*" and all the planes will be highlighted.
Jim
BOM Settings can not be saved. They are active only for the current session (See the CATIA documentation on this) As you have found out that if you generate a BOM on a 2D drawing, the next time the Solids are modified and then the 2D is updated your BOM reverts back to the default format as...
3Dxml is several service packs away (if we're lucky) Of the solutions mentioned here we have tried the ones from Actify and eDrawings. Also tried the solution from Cimmetry. Edrawings seems to be the best of the lot.
Until 3Dxml is released you can try the poorman's method.
Save your CATPart...
