CATIA V5 Tutorial: How to Generate 2D Views of 3D Wireframe Data

Module: Generative Drafting

By default in a CATDrawing, CATIA will not allow you to generate a 2D view from CATPart consisting of 3D Wireframe data like lines, curves, circles etc. While dealing with generating a drawing of 3D curve data in a Part, it’s better to enable Projection of 3D wireframe data. To enable it follow these steps.

1. Go to Tools—> Options.
2. Select Drafting under Mechanical Design section in the left pane.
3. Click on View tab.
4. In the Geometry generation / Dress-up section, check “Project 3D wireframe” box.

5. Click OK.
That’s it. Now CATIA can generate 2D Views of 3D wireframe data in a Part.