How can we change the user interface from English to French?

Select "View>Toolbars>Customize>Options" on the menu bar .Select "Simplified Chinese" in the middle box.

In CATIA V5 when I select a face of a solid only its boundary gets highlighted. Can i highlight the whole face?

By default, only boundary will be highlighted.

To highlight the selected face, Select "Tools > Options > General > Display" on the menu bar and then click on "Highlight faces and edges" and click ok.

To change the highlight color, select "Tools > Options > General > Display > Visualization" on the menu bar and then change the color of "Selected elements".

                         

Some times while working on CATIA V5 the part becomes dim. why?

                  Click on the “Global co-ordinate system” at the bottom of screen.

Questions on CATIA V5 Fundamentals .

CATIA V5 FUNDAMENTALS

CATIA is commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault

Systems and marketed worldwide by IBM. Written in the C++ programming language. The software was created in the late 1970s and early 1980s to develop Dassault's Miragefighter jet, then was adopted in the aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and other industries. Catia V5 features a parametric solid/surface-based package which uses nurbs as the core surface representation and has several workbenches that provide support. V5 can work with other applications, including Enovia, Smarteam, and various CAE Analysis applications.

1. Expand CATIA?

   Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Applications.

2. Can I open solid works files in CATIA?

    Sorry, you cannot open Solid works files directly in CATIA. You can use Solid works to export your solid works files into STP, IGS, or X_T format. CATIA can open those files, but the history of modelling will be lost.

3. Does CATIA works on UNIX platform?

   Yes.

 4. Is it possible to hide specification tree?

    Yes, with help of F3 button, but the option in tool command must be checked ok.

5. What are features?

    A feature is the smallest building block that can be modified individually. A model created in CATIA V5 is a combination of number of individual features and each features is related to one another directly or indirectly. If proper design intent is maintained while creating the model, then these features automatically adjust their values to any change in their surroundings.

6. What are the different types of documents in CATIA V5?

    TYPES OF DOCUMENTS

 All files created using CAtTIA V5 are referred to as documents.

The common documents are:

1. A part document (.CATPart)

2. Sketcher document (.CATPart)

3. Assembly document (.CATProduct)

4. A drawing document (.CATDrawing )

5. Surface Design (.CATPart)

6. GSA (.CATAnalisis)

7. NC (.CATProcess)

8. Material (.CATMaterial)

9. Shape (.CATShape)

 The basis of most CATIA V5 documents is the part document. Different CATIA V5 workbenches generate different types of documents (extension types).

7. How can I hide an element while creating complex designs?

   Show mode  help us to see all components presently opened.

You can hide an element by transferring it to the no show space for time being.

Click on Hide/Show icon.For the hidden elements,their icons will be in shade.

Elements are now hidden and the screen appears as below.

8. How can i activate the auto-update mode in CATIA V5?
    Select “Tools > Options > Mechanical design >assembly design > general > update > automatic “

The position of the part will be updated automatically just after we create a constraint on a part.

While sketching, I rotated the viewpoint accidentally which now stands no longer normal to the sketch plane. How could i return it as original?

Select "Normal View" on the Veiw toolbar  so that the viewpoint will be back to original. If you select it once more, the viewpoint will be opposite.

. How to work with mouse in CATIA V5 ?

1. Panning - to move the model on a plane parallel to the screen.

Click and hold the middle mouse button, then drag the mouse.

2. Rotating - to rotate the model around a point.

Click and hold the middle mouse button and the right button, then drag the mouse.

3. Zooming in/out - to increase or decrease the size of the model.

Click and hold the middle button, then click ONCE and release the right button, then drag the mouse up or down.

In CATIA V5 the tree disappear while working, I cannot reset it back even after pressing F3. Why?

   The tree may be too small to see, like a dot on the screen. This will happen when you activate the tree and zoom it out too much.

First, activate the tree by clicking the white coordinate system at the lower right-hand corner.

 Then click "Fit all in” icon present in the view toolbar.

How to reset toolbar when disappear from Catia V5 work bench. Why it happens?

Every toolbar has a "X" button on its upper right corner. If you select it, the toolbar will be closed.

If you  Select “View > Toolbars”(your selection)

The list of current toolbars will be displayed. Currently visible toolbars are indicated by a tick symbol to the left of the toolbar name.

From  the list, click the toolbar you want to view or hide.

You can detach toolbars from the application window border by dragging the double line to the left of the toolbar. You can drag the toolbar anywhere around the screen, then dock the toolbar in the same or in another location by dragging it onto the application window border.

To restore the original positions of the toolbar on the current workbench, 

Select “View>Customize>Toolbars>Restore position”.

Sometimes the toolbar may be hidden at the lower right corner of the window. If you see a double-arrow icon at the corner, it means more toolbar are available. Drag out the other toolbar so that more can be seen.