CATIA Naming Conventions

Introduction

CATIA part files can have either single body or multiple bodies in it and thus it has Part name and Body name. In general, SimLab will import the body name of the CATIA part file. In case if user wishes to import the Part name as SimLab body name, then user has to enable the toggle "Use part name for files with one body".

CATIA Part file with single body

For single body CATIA file shown below, the Part Name is "Sample_Cube" and the Body Name is "Cube".

CATIA Part file with multiple bodies

Part Name and Body Name of the CATIA part file with multiple bodies are highlighted below.

Naming after importing CATIA file

When importing CATIA file with Body name toggle enabled, Body Name in CATIA will be set as Body name in SimLab. Thus here "Cube" is set as body name in SimLab.

When importing CATIA file with Body name toggle enabled and "Use part name for files with one body" toggle enabled, Part Name in CATIA will be set as Body name in SimLab. Thus here "Sample_Cube" is set as body name in SimLab.