Customizing

  Before you start your first working session, you can customize the way you work to suit your habits.
This type of customization is stored in permanent setting files: these settings are lost if you end your session.
  1. Select the Tools > Options command.
    The Options dialog box opens.

  2. Select the Mechanical Design category in the left-hand box.

  3. Select the Assembly Design sub-category.
    Four tabs let you set assembly and constraint settings to be used in an assembly document.
    • The General tab lets you set the general options.

    • The Constraints tab lets you define the constraint options.

    • The DMU Clash - Process tab lets you define the digital mock-up clash options.

    • The DMU Sectioning tab lets you define the digital mock-up sectioning options.

  4. Select the General category in the left-hand box.

  5. Select the Parameters and Measure sub-category.
    Various tabs are displayed, the Constraints and Dimensions tab lets you set constraint appearance settings to be used in an assembly document.

  6. Select the Infrastructure category in the left-hand box.

  7. Select the 3D Annotations Infrastructure sub-category.
    Various tabs are displayed and let you set annotation settings to be used in an assembly document.

  8. Select the Product Infrastructure sub-category.
    Various tabs are displayed, the Cache Management and Cgr Management tabs also interfere with Assembly Design.

  9. Select the General category in the left-hand box.

  10. Select the General sub-category.
    The General tab lets you set whether the referenced documents in a CATProduct are loaded.