Customizing assembly structure nodes

By default CATIA display product instances as:

Part Number (Instance Name)

and products as:

Part Number

To dispaly other properties and customize the nodes follow these steps:

1. Go to Tools>Options>Infrastructure>Product Structure>Nodes Customization
2. Check the Customized display option [1] and go to Configure... [2] - Fig.1

Fig.1

 3. In the new window Configure customized display you can choose between the default properties and add your own text, like in the example on Fig.2

Fig.2

4. Applying these settings will change node name as shown on Fig.3

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It is also possible to define other properties of the product and display them. To define new properties do following:

1. Open a part in a new window and open its properties. In the Product tab click on Define other properties... - Fig.4

Fig.4

2. In the new window - Fig.5 - choose a type of the parameter[1], create it [2], assign name [3] and value [4].

Fig.5

3. Go back to the assembly and open the options again (Fig.1)

4. The new created parameter will not appear in the Configure customized display window, to display the new property type:

#@PARAMETER_NAME@#

as shown on the example - Fig.6

Fig.6

5. Value of the user defined property has been displayed - Fig.7

Fig.7

It is also possible to set a character limit for the tree items, to avoid displaying too long names.

1. Go to Tools>Options>General>Display>Tree Appearance and set the limit.

Fig.8

2. Names of the tee items have been reduce - Fig.9

Fig.9