Administering Standards

You can administer standards in the app.

This task shows you how to:

Locate the Standard File

You can locate a standard file. The location of the standard file is defined by two environment variables which can be set during installation or modified afterwards:

Variable name Description
CATCollectionStandard Indicates the name and path of the sub-directory (or sub-directories) containing the standards customized by the administrator. This means that you should save your customized standards in these sub-directories
CATDefaultCollectionStandard Indicates the name and path of the sub-directory (or sub-directories) containing the default standards provided by Dassault Systemes. This variable is set by default to 
installation_folder\resources\standard
during the installation procedure.

There are two possibilities to set the location of the standard file:

Important:
  • If the CATDefaultCollectionStandard and the CATCollectionStandard variables both contain an identically-named standard file, it is always the style found in CATCollectionStandard which will be used.
  • If two directories referenced by the CATCollectionStandard and/or CATDefaultCollectionStandard variables contain identically-named standard files, it is always the file in the directory listed first which will be used.

Locate a Standard File in a Customized File

You can place a customized standard file in a custom directory, named mydirectory for example.

  1. Create a directory named as you like (mydirectory, for example).
  2. Create a sub-directory under this directory, which needs to be named standard.
  3. Place the XML files containing your customized generative view styles in mydirectory\standard.

Locate a Standard File in a Not Customized File

If you have not yet customized your XML standard file, then proceed as follows:

  1. Create a directory named as you like (mydirectory, for example).
  2. Create a sub-directory under this directory, which needs to be named standard.
  3. Set the CATCollectionStandard variable to mydirectory.
    After you have customized the XML standard file, the standard editor will then save it in mydirectory\standard.

Customize and Define Standards

You can customize and define standards.

Before you begin: To edit and save the standard file in Me > Preferences > Standards, you must be running the session in administrator mode.
  1. To work in administrator mode, do the following:
    1. Set up the CATReferenceSettingPath variable.
    2. Start a session using the -admin option.
  2. Set up the CATCollectionStandard environment variable as explained above, in order for the SheetMetalDesign.xml file to be taken into account.

    If none of the conditions are respected, a warning message will appear to let you know that you will neither be able to modify nor save the XML files.

  3. Modify the standards as appropriate.
  4. To store your modifications, click Save As or OK.
  5. To exit, click Cancel.

Once the standard file has been customized and saved, it can be used in a session in normal mode.