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| active | The state when an object is the focus of user input and its operations are available. |
| active object | Object currently being edited. |
| active window | The window in which a user is currently working or directing input. An active window is typically at the top of the Z order and is distinguished by the color of its title bar. |
| application window | Window containing the CATIA Version 5 application. |
| apply | To commit a set of changes or pending transactions made in a secondary window, typically without closing that window. |
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| cancel | To halt an operation or process and return to the state before it was invoked. |
| CATIA Site Navigator | A viewer allowing you to display CATIA Version 4 data in the CATIA Version 5 environment. |
| click | (v.) To position the pointer over an object and then press and release
a mouse button. (n.) The act of clicking. |
| clipboard | The area of storage for objects, data or their references after a user carries out a Cut or Copy command. |
| close | To remove a window. |
| character set | A character is any symbol used for the organization, control, or representation of data. A group of such symbols used to describe a particular language. Each language (or group of languages) has its character set |
| code page | A collection of characters that make up a character set. |
| code set | A code page (or code set) is a table mapping a given character (from a given character set) to a hexadecimal code position, or code point, for that code page. It contains the encoding values for a character set or several character sets. The encoding values in a code set provide the interface between the system and its input and output devices. |
| current | State of an object when selected. |
| cursor | A generic term for the visible indication of where a user's interaction will occur. |
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| default | An operation or value that the system or application assumes, unless a user makes an explicit choice. |
| dialog box | A secondary window that gathers additional information from a user. A dialog box usually contains one or more controls, such as buttons, list boxes, combo boxes, and edit boxes, with which the user enters text, chooses options, or directs the action of the command. |
| document | A common unit of data (typically a file) used in user tasks and exchanged between users. When saved on disk, a document is given a unique filename by which it can be retrieved. |
| document window | A window that provides a primary view of a document (typically its content). |
| double-click | (v.) To press an release a mouse button twice in rapid succession. (n.) The act of double-clicking. |
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| edit field | See text box. |
| enter | (v.) To type a character from the keyboard. (n.) A classification of an object based on its characteristics, behavior, and attributes. |
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| geometry | Three-dimensional representation of the elements contained in the data. An example would be the set of faces that make up a solid. Roughly equivalent to the Brep representation used in CATIA Version 4. |
| geometry area | Area of a document window in which application data are displayed and edited. |
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| hold down | To continue pressing a keyboard key, or mouse button. |
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| icon | A pictorial representation of an object. |
| inactive | The state of an object which it is not the focus of a user's input. |
| inactive window | A window in which a user's input is not currently being directed. An inactive window is typically distinguished by the color of its title bar. |
| insertion point | The location where text or graphics will be inserted (also referred to as the caret). Also used for text box controls to indicate input focus. |
| interoperability |
Ability to exchange data between CATIA Version 4 and CATIA Version 5. Ability to exchange CATIA Version 5 data between CATIA Version 5 workshops Ability to exchange data between CATIA Version 5 and OLE-compliant applications. |
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| link | (v.) To form a connection between two objects. (n)) A reference to an object that is linked to another object. |
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| menu | A list of textual or graphical choices from which a user can choose. |
| menu bar | A horizontal bar at the top of a window, below the title bar, that contains menus. |
| menu button | A command button that displays a menu. |
| menu item | A choice on a menu. |
| menu title | A text or graphic label that designates a particular menu. For drop-down menus, the titles is the entry in the menu bar; for cascading menus the menu title is the name of its parent menu item. |
| message box | A secondary window that is displayed to inform a user about a particular condition. |
| modal | A restrictive or limiting interaction because of operating in a mode. Modal often describes a secondary window that restricts a user's interaction with other windows. A secondary window can be modal with respect to its primary window or to the entire system. Compare modeless. |
| mode | A particular state of interactions, often exclusive in some way to other forms of interactions. |
| model | CATIA Version 4 model. |
| model document | Document containing a CATIA Version 4 model. |
| modeless | Not restrictive or limiting interaction. Modeless often describes a secondary window that does not restrict a user's interaction with other windows. Compare modal. |
| mouse | A commonly used input device that has one or more buttons used to interact with a computer. It is also used as a generic term to include other pointing devices that operate similarly (for example, trackballs and headpointers). |
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| object | An entity or component identifiable by a user that can be distinguished by its properties, operations, and relationships. |
| operation | A generic term that refers to the actions that can be done to or with an object. |
| option button | A standard Windows control that allows a user to select from a fixed set of mutually exclusive choices (also referred to as a radio button). |
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| point | (v.) To position the pointer over a particular object an location. (n.) A unit of measurement for type (1 point equals approximately 1/72 inch). |
| pointer | A graphic image displayed on the screen that indicates the location of a pointing devices (also referred to as a cursor). |
| press | To press and release a keyboard key. |
| PROJECT file | A CATIA Version 4 entity containing project standards. This is the heart of the CATIA Version 4 site without which no significant operations can be carried out. The "building blocks" of a project are stored in the form of tables, each of which corresponds to a member of the PROJECT file. |
| property | Attribute or characteristic of an object that define its state, appearance, or value. |
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| right-click | Click using the right mouse button (to display contextual menu). |
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| scroll | To move the view of an object or information to make a different portion visible. |
| scroll bar | A standard Windows control that supports scrolling. |
| select | To identify one or more objects upon which an operation can be performed. |
| selection | An object or set of objects hat have been selected. |
| settings | Set of setup parameters and user preferences stored in non-editable files. |
| specifications | Made up of the entire history of the actions performed to obtain the data. Shown in the form of a tree and roughly equivalent to the CSG tree used in CATIA Version 4. |
| specification tree | Area of the document window reserved for viewing the design specifications of a part, presented in the form of a tree structure. |
| status bar | An area that allows the display of state information of the information being viewed in the window, typically places at the bottom of a window. |
| stop | To halt a process or actions, typically without restoring the state before the process began. |
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| text box | A standard Windows control in which a user can enter an edit text (also referred to as the edit field). |
| title bar | The horizontal area at the top of a window that identifies the window. The title bar also acts as a handle for dragging the window. |
| toolbar | A frame or special area that contains a set of other controls. |
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| unavailable | The state of a control or data whose normal functionality is not presently available to a user (also referred to as dimmed). |
| undo | To reverse one operation performed on an object. |
| UUID | UUID (Universally Unique Identifier), in the case of V4 To V5 Migration
Batch, is an identifier used for the unique designation of any entity
created by a software program. UUID generation is only possible for the following CATIA V4 element types: plane, face, surface, skin, volume, line, curve, composite curve, point, axis, transformation, RSUR. |
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| window | A standard Windows object that displays information. A window is a separately controllable area of the screen that typically has a rectangular border. |
| workbench | Set of tools for completing specific tasks. Each type of document can be edited with a document-specific set of tools. |
