Overview
Conventions
What's New?
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
User Tasks
Creating Plates and Shapes
Creating Plates
Creating End Plates
Creating Shapes
Creating Small Assemblies
Rules and Recommendations
Piece Parts
Generating Piece Parts
Attribute Transfer for Part Generation
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 Plates and Shapes
Defining Cutback
Splitting Plates and Shapes
Merging Plates and Shapes
Modifying Shapes
Modifying Designs
Creating a Grid
Managing Sections
Sketching Profiles for User Sections
Naming Section Characteristics
Defining Anchor Points for User Sections
Section Parameters Explained
Generating Resolved Parts from Parametric Parts
Small Assemblies
Defining Small Assemblies
Defining Detail Features
Defining Endcuts
Defining Slots
Material Management
Defining Material for Profiles
Defining Material for Plates
Editing Material for Profiles
Editing Material for Plates
Drawing Production
Using Generative View Styles
Generating Grid Visualization
Custom Attributes
Adding/Modifying Custom Attributes
Catalogs
Resolved Sections Catalog: Overview
Creating a Specifications Catalog (Structures)
Creating a Standard Opening Catalog
Using the Structure Detailing Features Catalog
Adding Slots, Endcuts 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
Querying or Modifying Properties of an Object
Edit or Display Properties of an Object
Filter Shown Properties of an Object
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
Using Catalogs
Workbench Description
Menu Bar
Physical Plates and Shapes
Tools
Customizing
Managing Structure Settings via a VB Macro
Glossary
Index