{"id":1979,"date":"2022-07-04T01:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T06:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2022-04-30T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T20:36:24","slug":"catia-v5-shortcut-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=1979","title":{"rendered":"Catia V5 Shortcut Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve had an 8 key macro pad on my desk for a while now and haven&#8217;t been making very good use of it. Since I&#8217;ve been doing a bit more CAD work, why not setup some macros for CATIA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The process is straight forward enough and comes down to knowing where to look. The Tools -&gt; Customize menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-2.png 533w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-2-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption><br>Tools -&gt; Customize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The commands option has all the normal things you&#8217;ll find in the toolbars in CATIA. I filtered by all commands since I didn&#8217;t know what the constraints option would be listed under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3.png 531w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><figcaption>Selecting the Constraint Command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After selecting the command to create a macro for, hit the show properties button. With the properties open, the accelerator option is the macro input field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" width=\"534\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-4.png 534w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-4-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption>Adding a &#8220;Accelerator&#8221; Property<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why not add a second while we&#8217;re at it too now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-5.png 521w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-5-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption>Might as well Add a second while we&#8217;re at it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding the CATIA Macros to a Max Falcon 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now time to get the macros setup on my macro pad, the max falcon 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-8.png 735w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-8-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><figcaption>Selecting the Key to use, and getting into Macro Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-6.png 756w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-6-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Macro Settings Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-7-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-7-edited.png 704w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-7-edited-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption>Fully Recorded Macro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-9-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-9-edited.png 699w, https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-9-edited-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><figcaption>Both Macros Setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This worked out pretty well. The macros execute consistently and are working well in my CATIA installation. These will hopefully make it a bit easier\/quicker to model up new designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had an 8 key macro pad on my desk for a while now and haven&#8217;t been making very good use of it. Since I&#8217;ve been doing a bit more CAD work, why not setup some macros for CATIA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,56],"tags":[31,70,75],"class_list":["post-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-making","tag-cad","tag-catia","tag-macropad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1999,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}