About the Location of Standard or Generative View Styles Files

Owners can set the location of standard or Generative View Styles (GVS) files.

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Working with Standards and Generative View Styles

The location of standard files or generative view style files is defined by two environment variables which can be set during installation or modified afterwards.

Variable nameDescription
CATCollectionStandardPath and name of the directory (or directories) which contains:
  • The drafting sub-directories (which themselves contain the customized drafting standards). It is in these drafting sub-directories that you should add the drafting standards customized for a company, project or user.
  • The generativeparameters sub-directories (which themselves contain the customized generative view styles). It is in these generativeparameters sub-directories that you should add the generative view styles customized for a company, project or user.
CATDefaultCollectionStandardPath and name of the directory (or directories) which contains:
  • The drafting sub-directories (which themselves contain the predefined drafting standards delivered by Dassault Systemes).
  • The generativeparameters sub-directories (which themselves contain the predefined generative view styles delivered by Dassault Systemes).

The default location for this directory (set during the installation process) is the installation directory install_root\resources\standard.