Derived Output

You can set a specific type of derived output for each document type (for the active Save session) from the Save dialog box.

Before you begin:

  • You must have selected the required documents for setting the derived outputs in the Save dialog box.
  • Your administrator must have set the custom derived output type in the global configuration object.

  • You must have manually created a file of the required custom type, and saved it on your computer in the same location where you want to save the document.

  • You can select the Background mode by generating derived outputs after the Save operation.

  1. In the Save dialog box, right-click the selected documents and click Derived Outputs.
    A list of all the supported derived output types (for the selected document) appears.

    The check boxes in the Derived Output dialog box display one of the following status:

    Check box StatusDescription
    The derived output type is not selected.


    		The derived output type is selected for all the selected documents that support it.


    		 The selected derived output is enforced by the administrator. This derived output is generated for all the selected documents that support the derived output.
    Note: This selection cannot be modified.


    		 The selected derived output is generated only for a subset of the selected documents.

    Note: While working with derived outputs:
    • In the Derived Outputs dialog box, Automatic, Manual, and Background Derived Output columns are displayed.
    • You can modify the selection for the manual and custom derived outputs by selecting them in the Manual column. For any derived output, the Automatic and Manual options cannot be selected at the same time. A few cases have been explained below:
      CaseDescription
      GCO Flag ‘IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-SelectedDerivedOutputs is set to HIDDENThe Automatic column does not appear.
      GCO Flag ‘IEF-Pref-IEF-SelectedManualDerivedOutputs’ is set to HIDDENThe Manual column does not appear.
      Both the above flags are set to HIDDENThe Derived Outputs command in the contextual menu is disabled.
      In the Global Preferences page, a preference value None is selected while applying the rule Enforce To for the automatic derived outputsThe derived outputs cannot be selected in the Automatic column of the Derived Output Selection dialog box.
      In the Global Preferences page, a preference value None is selected while applying the rule Enforce To for the manual derived outputsThe derived outputs cannot be selected in the Manual column of the Derived Output Selection dialog box.

  2. Select the required derived output types and click OK.

The derived output types are set for the selected documents in the Save dialog box. You can edit the manual and custom derived output selection for the Save operation in the Connector for CATIA V5 immersive user interface. The selected derived outputs are valid only for the current Save session.

A SVG derived output is generated when you save a CATDrawing file, or a CATPart with a 2D layout in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. To check the content of the SVG file, you can open it in 3D Play.

In the Derived Outputs dialog box, svgOutput is selected by default for the Automatic mode.