How do I enable views in Catia?

How do you unlock view in Catia?

After creating a drawing view, you can right mouse button click on the view and go into a properties dialog box. In this dialog box, there is a Visualization and Behavior area. One of the options is to lock the view.

How do I insert a view in Catia?

Go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > View tab and make sure that Exact view is selected as the view generation mode in the View Generation area (other view generation modes – CGR, Approximate and Raster – are not supported). Click View From 3D in the Views toolbar ( Projections sub-toolbar).

How do you change active view in Catia?

Right-click the view to be set active. The contextual menu appears. 2. Select Activate View from the displayed contextual menu.

How do I view Catia drawings?

Open the CATIA V5 file. Click Tools > eDrawings and select from the options below. The eDrawings toolbar is also available with these options. Opens the eDrawings Viewer with the eDrawings file displayed.

How do you lock a view?

Locking a View

1. Right-click the view to be modified (either the view frame or the view itself).
2. Select the Properties option from the contextual menu. The Properties dialog box appears:
3. Select the View tab and select the Lock View check box. …
4. The view is automatically locked.

How do I lock a view in NX Drafting?

Default lock method can be set in the drafting preferences.

1. NX 11.0.1: ‘Lock Method’ location in the Drafting Preferences dialog.
2. NX 11.0.1: ‘Lock View’ icon display in the column Up to Date (Part Navigator)
3. NX 11.0.1: Views update status in the Part Navigator after model update.

How do you see which drawing view is active?

An active view is used to create sketch geometry and annotations that will become attached to the view. An active view is shown with a gray box around the view boundary. An example of a selected view is shown in Figure 3.

How do I draw a part in Catia?

Creating a New Drawing

1. Select the Start -> Mechanical Design commands.
2. Select the Drafting workbench. …
3. Select the views you want to be automatically created on your drawing from the New Drawing Creation dialog box.
4. Click OK .

How do I move origins in Catia?

RE: Changing Point of Origin within CatiaV5



I take the compass and I place it at a convenient face I want to be my new part origin. Right click on the compass red dot and choose EDIT. Be sure your main body is active. Put all positions and angles at 0.

Can eDrawings open Catia files?

On installing the software, a menu-item ‘eDrawings’, gets added in CATIA V5. Open a file in CATIA V5 and click Tools – > eDrawings – > Publish to publish the file. The published file opens up in the eDrawings Viewer.

How do you draw on Catia V5?

Creating a New Drawing

1. From the menu bar, select Start > Mechanical Design .
2. Select the Drafting workbench. …
3. Select the views to be automatically created on your drawing from the New Drawing Creation dialog box, for example the Front, Bottom and Right icon.
4. Click OK .