Starting a Session Using Document Icons

This task explains how to start a session using icons for existing documents.
Method 1

  1. Locate the document icon using your platform's Explorer (Windows) or File Manager (UNIX).

  • this is a Product Structure document icon:
  • this is a Part Design document icon:
  • this is a Generative Drafting document icon:
  • this a CATIA Version 4 model icon:

  1. Double-click the icon.

This will run  Version 5, open the document and activate the workbench used to create the document originally.

Method 2

  1. Drag and drop a document icon onto the CATIA V5R16 environment icon on your desktop (Windows only).
Method 3

  1. Drag and drop a document icon onto an open Version 5 window.