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Drafting Module - Hatchings

Drawings quality improvement

CATIA V5 R

Table of Contents

• 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view Page
  • • 1 st Method - The "Search" tool
  • • • Method - The "Group" tool nd
  • • 3 rd Method - The "Overload Properties" tool
• 2 - How to select non hatched zones
  • • Method - The "Preselection Navigator" tool st
  • • 2 nd Method - The "Swap to visible space" trick
• 3 - How to hatch identically repeated references
  • • Step 1 – Assembly modifications
  • • Step 2 – Drawing modifications
• 4 - Acknowledgements

Tick the "Display all" option then select the desired components in the list and click "Select" Find out more information regarding this powerful tool in the dedicated FAQ or consulting the Catia Help. 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

Tick the "Do not cut in section views" option and close the window. Save your product once you are done with the selection of the components. Select one of the highlighted elements in the Catia tree and make a right click on it, then select "Properties"  go to the "Drafting" panel 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

nd Method - The "Group" tool : Go to the Start menu and select the Digital Mockup  DMU Navigator workbench. Then click on the "Group" icon 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

Do not select components, products or gathered reuse patterns. Only the instances of Parts Select all the components not to be cut in section views in the Catia tree structure or directly by selecting them graphically on 3D the model. A group has been created in the tree Previsualization Window Group components’ list 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

rd Method - The "Overload Properties" conventional tool : Once your section view is created, perform a right click on the view frame or on the view name in the Catia tree structure Select the " View Name object" sub-menu Click on "Overload Properties" 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

Select graphically all the elements you don’t want to cut Click on "Edit" Untick the "Cut in section views" option Drawback : this method has to be applied independently on each views. Advantage : the responsible of the drawing doesn’t have to be also responsible of the 3D. 1 - How to select elements not to be cut in a 2D section view

nd Method - The "Swap to visible space" trick : When there are a lot of non hatched zones to modify, here is a little trick which can helps you spare a lot of time. Create your section view. As soon as it’s created, proceed to a search of all the hatchings of the section as follows : Select the Section view by clicking on its frame or directly on its name in the Catia tree structure Open the "Search…" tool (Ctrl + F) In the "Type" field, select "From Element" (cf page 14) Then click on any hatching. 2 - How to select non hatched zones

2 - How to select non hatched zones

Tick the Display all option All the hatchings are now selected on the view. Click on "Hide/Show" to send them in the non visible space 2 - How to select non hatched zones

Now click on "Swap Visible Space". You can easily identify the non hatched zones. Double click on each of them to modify their pattern properties (cf page 12). To finish select all these hatchings through a selection trap (or via the very same search method) and do a "Hide/Show" to send them back to the visible mode. 2 - How to select non hatched zones

3 - How to hatch identically repeated references Step 1 – Assembly modifications : Create a new group containing all the CATParts constituting the product. 1 3 - Ctrl + F 4 5 6 7 8 2 9

3 - How to hatch identically repeated references Step 1 – Assembly modifications : Create 1 new group / identical CATParts. 1 3 - Ctrl + F 5 6 7 8 9 2 10 4