## Working with CATIA Captures

The CATIA v5 and later versions of the CATIA software provide the ability to add "captures" directly into the CATIA part model. Captures store visibility, view orientation, translation, and scaling information of CAD elements and function much like PC-DMIS's own View Sets functionality. Generally, captures are also used to make many GD&T elements readable on the model.

PC-DMIS 2010 MR3 and later provides you with tools to work with these captures inside the Graphics Display window. The captures are supported through the CATIA v5 DCT and DCI.

Portion of a CATIA Model Showing Captures (the GD&T or other text-like CAD elements)

PC-DMIS adds the CATIA Captures into the CAD Groups dialog box and in the View Setup dialog box of PC-DMIS providing you with tools to show or hide desired CATIA captures and to orient the view to desired captures.

Using the CAD Groups dialog box to Show/Hide Captures

The check boxes next to the list of CAD Groups items allow you to show or hide desired captures altogether.

The CAD Groups Dialog Box Showing Captures in the List

Simply mark or clear the check boxes as desired. PC-DMIS displays an immediate preview of the change in the Graphics Display window. When you click OK, those captures will remain hidden until marked and shown later.

For information on the other CAD Group dialog box operations, see the "Working with CAD Groups" topic earlier in this chapter.

Using the View Setup dialog box to Orient the Screen View to Captures

The drop-down lists in the View Setup dialog box hold the view orientations associated with the captures.

The View Setup Dialog Box Showing Captures in a drop-down list

You can orient the screen to a CATIA capture by simply selecting it from the drop down list on the desired colored view or views. Click Apply to preview the orientation change. When you click OK, the orientation for that view will change to that capture.

For information on the other View Setup dialog box operations, see the "Setting Up the Screen View" topic earlier in this chapter.

Note: Not all of the capture's view information is supported. A capture contains orientation, position, and zoom level information. However, the View Setup dialog box only supports orientation. The position and zoom level from the capture is not retained.