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Explore Sign Up | Log In B U S U K C A T I A V 5 F o u n d a t i o n C o u r s e D M S 4 2 1 7 7 P a g e 7 o f 7 1 I s s u e 1 ANS-UG0300108Product NodeComponent NodePart Nodes An overview of the different Specification Tree Nodes There are a variety of different node types displayed in the CATProduct SpecificationTree as well as the ones contain within a CATPart Specification Tree, below are thethree commonly used nodes: -A Product this node links to a CATProduct document and can be used toposition and orientate it within another CATProduct. Yon can attach othernodes such as Product, Parts and Component to it.A Part contains a link to a CATPart document and used to position andorientates the part within the CATProduct. You can not attach other nodes to aPart node.A Component this node contains no links to external documents and can bethought of as a dummy node. You can position/orientate this node and attachother nodes to it such as Products and Parts.Here is an example of a CATProduct with three Part nodes attached and a Component node with a single Part node attached to it.Again the Specification Tree can be expanded or collapsed by selecting the + or symbol on the tree branch. You can also use the View>Tree Expansion drop downmenu. A I R

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U K C A T I A V 5 F o u n d i o u r s e D M S 4 2 P a g e 8 7 1 I s s u e 1 ANS-UG0300108 Different Display Modes when using CATProducts There are two types of display modes available when viewing CATProducts: -1.

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Visualisation Mode - This uses a Catia Graphical Representation or CGR formatto create a visualisation of the CATParts within the Product. Only the externalappearance of the component is visualised.The main advantage of using this mode is that performance of the workstation isimproved by virtue of the fact that only a small amount of data is loaded intomemory on the Workstation compared to using Design Mode . This is especiallytrue on large Assemblies.The main disadvantages when Parts are in Visualisation

mode are that you cannot apply Assembly Constraints to them, modify any geometry or display theParts Specification Tree.When you open an existing CATProduct you are automatically placed into Visualisation mode, the CGR files are extracted from the CATPart documentsthat are attached to the Product and placed in a Cache directory on theWorkstation.Below is the Specification Tree for a Product when it is in Visualisation mode.Note that that Assembly Constraints have yellow exclamation symbols attached tothem which indicate that the link to the relevant Features have been broken. Thisis normal and the link should reconnect when you switch to Design Mode . In Visualisation mode there is no means of expanding the Parts node to view thePart Specification Tree.

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The other mode is called Design Mode which allows gain access to the PartSpecification Tree to edit Geometry, you can also apply constraints betweenFeatures on different Parts.As mention prevoiusly when you open an existing Product you are automaticallyplaced in Visualisation mode.One way to enter Design mode is to select thetop or root Node of the CATProduct and thenuse MB3 to access the contextual menu andthen select the Representations tab followedby the

Design Mode option. All the CATPartsattached to the Product Specification tree willnow be loaded into Design Mode. This also hasthe effect of loading the CATPart documentsinto the Workstations memory and on a largeAssembly there may be a time delay whilst thistask is performed.Once in Design mode the CATPartSpecification Trees are accessible by selectingthe + symbol next to the Part node. Theyellow exclamation symbol on the Constraintsshould now have disappeared indicating thatthey have successfully re-linked.You also specify which Parts are loaded into Design mode by selecting themindividually on the Specification Tree and then use MB3 to load them. This maybe a more preferable method when large Assemblies are concerned.

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7 1 I s s u e 1 ANS-UG0300108Another way to load a Product into Design mode is to select the Update All icon onthe button menu bar. When you first open an existing Product this icon will be yellowif you are in Visualisation mode and by selecting it all the Parts on the Specificationwill be loaded into Design mode and any links will be updated. The Update All Icon To switch back to Visualisation mode by using MB3 > Representations>Visualisation Mode . Note: When you add a New Part to the Specification Tree it will be automaticallyloaded in Design mode. UpdateRequiredNo UpdateRequired

A I R B U S U K C A T I A V 5 F o u n d a t i o n C o u r s e D M S 4 2 1 7 7 P a g e 1 1 o f 7 1 I s s u e 1 ANS-UG0300108Create SceneSelectionWorkbench IconProduct SelectionConstraintsAssemblyFeaturesProductStructureToolsAnnotationsMove Operations Assembly Design Toolbars and Icons There are five main toolbarswithin the Assembly Designworkbench: -1. Product Structure Tools used to create the SpecificationTree.2. Move Operations usedfor the positioning assemblyProducts and Parts.3. Assembly Features usedto create assembly basedfeatures within the Product.4. Annotations attachestext annotation to assemblyfeatures.5. Constraints

 createsassembly constraints betweenProducts and Parts.The AssemblyDesign Toolbarsare also accessiblevia the Insert Drop down menu

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