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CATIA Tip: Hiding Items- Visualization vs. Design Mode

Hiding components in an assembly is vital to navigating assembly analysis, but be aware of hiding parts via the part’s surface.

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CATIA Tip: Lost & Found with the Specification Tree

Learn some basics when controlling the specification tree in order to avoid 'losing' your tree!

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CATIA Tip: Creating 2D Drawing Views from 3D Annotations

Learn how to generate a2D view, allowing for a quickly made 2D drawing.

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CATIA V5: Exporting STEP & IGES files

Learn about exporting IGES and STEP files which are two very common and necessary file types when exporting data.

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3DEXPERIENCE: Using Publications

Learn how to work with Publications in CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE.

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3DEXPERIENCE: How to Figure Out PLM Attributes

Learn two methods for obtaining the names and values of all the PLM attributes.

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Transitioning Macros from CATIA V5 to the 3DEXPERIENCE- Part 1: Framework

Learn how to transition macros from CATIA V5 to the 3DEXPERIENCE in the first blog in this series.

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Transitioning Macros Part 2: Creating, Opening, and Saving Files

Learn about creating, opening, and saving files when transitioning macros from CATIA V5 to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

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Transitioning Macros Part 3: Services

What if you want to program an operation that is not related to the type of content you’re working with? In the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, you have to use a service. Learn more in this blog.

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Transitioning Macros Part 4: Product Modeler

Get an overview of the product modeler in the 3DXEXPERIENCE along with a comparison of how it works in CATIA V5.

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Transitioning Macros Part 5: Part Modeling & Drafting

Here we look at Part and the Drafting scripting in 3DX which is very similar to V5.

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Transitioning Macros Part 6: Selections

Learn about Selections in Part 6 of this blog series on Transitioning Macros from CATIA V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE.

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Transitioning Macros Part 7: Deployment

In this final blog in the series, we discuss how you deploy the 3DX macros company-wide so other users can enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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2023: Year in Review

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Custom PLM Training Projects: Using the Posts Tab

Learn how to use the new Posts tab functionality in Teams for creating posts and announcements to improve project communications.

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Custom PLM Training Projects: Using a Teams Group Chat

Learn how to create group chats and use the new functionality related to searching, editing, replying, and sharing chat information.

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Custom PLM Training Projects: Productivity Enhancements in the New Teams

Learn about a few new enhancements in Teams related to Team channels and zooming during a Screenshare in a Teams meeting.

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CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE: Working with Large Assemblies

Working with large assemblies has always been a problem in CAD. As the number of parts to open increases into the thousands, so does the time to load all the part files into the computer memory.

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CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE: Creating Material Definition

Learn how to create and apply material definitions in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

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3DEXPERIENCE - Use the Convert Surface Command within a Sheet Metal part

Look at how to use the Convert Surface command within a Sheet Metal part.

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