How do you deal with a large assembly in CATIA?

Here are a few notes on the best practices for dealing with a large assembly in CATIA V5 (although this information can also be applied to other CAD systems as well).

•Hide/Show

•Temporarily hide model

•Hide a partial model

•Visualization mode

•DMU Analysis

•Creating Drawings

•Node Deactivation

•Update BOM

•Update Assembly constraints

•Unload

•Design in context

•Deactivate Component

•Using knowledgeware rule

•Improve Graphic Performance

•Good = Hide Component

•Better = Deactivate Node, Visualization Mode

•Best = Unload unneeded components

•Improve CPU Performance

•Unload unneeded components

•Use Deactivate component via Knowledgeware

•You can only modify geometry when it is fully loaded and activated