Structure Design

Getting Started

Setting Up Your Session

Creating Shapes on Existing Supports

Creating Point-to-Point Shapes

Creating Plates

Placing Cutouts

Placing Contextual Endcuts

Placing Small Assemblies

Saving Documents

Creating Plates and Shapes

Creating Plates

Creating End Plates

Creating Shapes

Using Section Manipulators

Creating Small Assemblies

Rules and Recommendations

Generating Piece Parts

Attribute Transfer for Part Generation

About Managing Piece Parts

Managing Piece Parts

More about Manage Piece Parts

Placing Features

Placing and Modifying Standard End Cuts

Placing Contextual End Cuts

Placing and Modifying Standard Slots

Placing Contextual Slots

Placing Cutouts

Removing and Modifying Cutouts

Coping Plates and Shapes

Modifying and Deleting Coping

Modifying Plates and Shapes

Defining Cutback

Splitting Plates and Shapes

Merging Plates and Shapes

Modifying Shapes

Modifying Designs

Modifying Plates

Converting Profiles and Tagged Profiles

Converting Profiles

Creating Tagged Profile

Converting Tagged Profiles

Replacing User Defined Features

Creating a Grid

Managing Sections

Sketching Profiles for User Sections

Naming Section Characteristics

Defining Anchor Points for User Sections

Creating a Detailed Representation

Section Parameters Explained

Generating Resolved Parts from Parametric Parts

Small Assemblies

Defining Small Assemblies

Defining Detail Features

Defining End Cuts based on a User Defined Feature

Defining Slots based on a User Defined Feature

Material Management

Defining Material for Profiles

Defining Material for Plates

Editing Material for Profiles

Editing Material for Plates

Managing Compartment Membership

Updating Compartment Membership

Resolving Membership Conflicts

Querying Compartment Membership

Locking Compartment Membership

Drawing Production

Generating Drawings Using Generative View Styles

Generating Grid Visualization

Custom Attributes

Adding/Modifying Custom Attributes

Resolved Sections Catalog: Overview

Creating a Specifications Catalog (Structures)

Creating a Standard Opening Catalog

Using the Structure Detailing Features Catalog

Adding Slots, End Cuts and Small Assemblies Templates to a Catalog

Managing Your Project

Working with a Cache System

Managing Project Resources

Using the PRM Command

Checking a PRM File for Errors

Understanding Project Resource Management

List of PRM Resources

About the Feature Dictionary

Importing and Exporting SDNF files

Querying or Modifying Properties of an Object

Edit or Display Properties of an Object

Filter Shown Properties of an Object

Exporting Wireframe Skeletons

Using Older Shapes and Plates in Release 11 Onwards

Migrating V4 Structure Elements

Updating the Mapping Table

Migrating the V4 Structure Model

Copying a V4 Section Geometry

Interoperability with ENOVIA LCA

Working with ENOVIA LCA: Optimal CATIA PLM Usability

Creating a Product

Importing a Product

Using Work Packages

Saving a Work Package

Organizing Work Packages

Customizing for ENOVIA

Setup for Enovia

Workbench Description

Physical Plates and Shapes

SDNF Translator

Structure Design

Managing Structure Settings via a VB Macro