CATIA Environment Variables

CATIA Environment Variables

1) CATLM_ODTS
Value

Disable license error messages at startup of CATIA

any dummy value (can be = 1)

2) CNEXTSPLASHSCREEN
Value

Disable display of splash screen (planet) at startup

No (for no splash screen)
Yes (for splash screen)

File Used As splash Screen :

..\DassaultSystemes\B10\intel_a\resources\graphic\splashscreens\CATIASplash.bmp
3) CNEXTBACKGROUND = NO
Frame
Value

Disable sky background at in CATIA Application

No (for no background image)

Yes (for background image)

File Used As splash Screen :

..\DassaultSystemes\B10\intel_a\resources\graphic\icons\ClientMDIBackgroundNT.bmp
4) CATNOSTARTDOCUMENT
Or ADL_ODT_IN
Value

Disables Opening of Product Document at startup.

any dummy value (can be = 1)

5) CNEXTOUTPUT

Manages logs generated by CATIA Application

console (for displaying logs on console window)

Value

6) IRD_PRODUCTTOPART
- Enable a hidden fuction : Convert product to
CATPart under Tools menu in "Assembly WorkBench"
Value
- any dummy value (can be = 1)

7) IRD_PART_COMPARISON
- Enable a hidden commands Parts Comparision &
Save For Comparision under Tools Menu for Part Document
Value
- any dummy value (can be = 1)

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8)
CGM_ROLLINGOFFSET
- Enable a hidden command RollingOffset Definition
in WireFrame Toolbar in GSD Workbench
Value
- any dummy value (can be = 1)

9) SHOW_CST_CHILDREN
- Display the features in the specification tree which
are constrained by the constraints in
Sketch
Value
- any
dummy
value (can be = 1)

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Other Variables (Not verified by me)

L_WILSON_LAN=1 - Access to Wilson's spline curves
TAILLE_MEMOIRE_CHOISIE=1 - Optimize IGES export memory
MM_NO_REPLACE = 1 - Associatively about replacement of components cloned with different
PRINT_WITHOUT_DEPTH=1 - remove the mask from the text on the print (only in V5R10)
MFG_MULTI_MP_APPLY = 1 - multi instantiation of the manufacturing process
MFG_CATMFG_REMOVE_MOTION_TOOL_CHANGE = 1 - remove the GOTO X Y Z during tool
change in APT file
V5MEM=7
V5MEM is a variable that is used on UNIX system to make CATIA V5 use more RAM than 1Go. In
fact, it is limited to use 1 Go on every system. To use more than this, you must refer to the
program directory to know how to make it use more:
I just know that on AIX, you can use 2 Go , on HP_UX, 3 Go
To use it on AIX, you must open the file :
/usr/lpp/X11/xservsc
Put at the end of the file the line :
"EXTSHM = ON
EXPORT EXTSHM"
And in your environment file , put the variable "V5MEM = X" where "X" is the number of 256Mo
RAM --> If you want to use 2 Go of RAM, you put V5MEM=8
With V5MEM = 7 you use 1.75 Go

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