Installing Online Documentation Manuals
 

Important Note !

Please note that the contents of the official documentation has not been changed since CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4. It may therefore contains information on some products, functions, utilities or other capabilities which are not delivered with CATIA Version 4 Release 2.5.

 

The contents of the CD-ROMs is defined hereafter:

CD-ROM #1 and 2 CD-ROM #3
  1. CAA infrastructure solutions (CAA)
  2. Mechanical design solutions (MEC)
  3. Shape design & Styling solutions (SDS)
  4. Manufacturing solutions (MFG)
  5. Analysis & Simulation solutions (ANS)
  6. Equipment & Systems Engineering solutions (ESE)
  1. CAA infrastructure solutions (CAA)
  2. AEC Plant Mechanical design solutions (AEC)

 

 

These instructions describe how to:

• set up the CD-ROM in a CD-ROM drive and simply modify your CATIA environment to point to the CD-ROM drive: this avoids unloading the
FrameViewer software and the online manuals and saves disk space: refer to Accessing FrameViewer Online Manuals on the CD-ROM

• unload the FrameViewer software and the online manuals into your CATIA environment using the shell script provided: refer to Unloading FrameViewer Online Manuals from the CD-ROMs

• or, outside the CATIA environment, provide direct viewing access to the online manuals: refer to Accessing the FrameViewer Online Manuals Outside the CATIA Environment for UNIX system

For more information about providing a direct viewing access to the online manuals in a Windows environment: refer to Accessing the FrameViewer Online Manuals Outside the CATIA Environment for Windows system

You can install from a CD-ROM drive on your local system or from a remote system.

 

Accessing FrameViewer Online Manuals on the CD-ROM

# Step Comments
1 Load the CD-ROM into the drive If your CD-ROM drive uses a caddy (a plastic case that holds the disk in the drive), put the CD-ROM in a caddy and insert the caddy into the drive. If your CD-ROM does not use a caddy, load the disc directly into the drive.

Load the disc so the printed side is facing up. For detailed instructions, see your CD-ROM hardware manual.

 

2 Log in as root The system will prompt you for the root password

 

3 Check for a CD-ROM directory Check (ls command) or create (mkdir command) cdrom directory by typing the appropriate commands for your platform. The cdrom directory name is:
UNIX System cdrom directory path
AIX
HP-UX
/cdrom
Solaris
/cdrom/cdrom0

For Solaris system, CD-ROM is automatically mounted on /cdrom/cdrom0 after waiting at least 10 seconds.

Skip directly to step 6.

 

4 Check whether the CD-ROM is mounted To determine whether it is mounted, use the command /etc/mount.

You should see a list of mounted file systems. The CD-ROM drive has already been mounted on your local system if a line similar to one of the following lines appears in the list:

UNIX System Output Line
AIX
/dev/cd0 cdrom cdfrs date ro
HP-UX
/cdrom on device readonly on date

If the CD-ROM directory is not mounted, you will have to mount it to allow access to the online manuals.

 

5 If necessary:
mount the CD-ROM drive
Enter the appropriate command for your platform:
UNIX System Commands
AIX /usr/sbin/mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
HP-UX export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
cd /usr/sbin
pfs_mountd &
psfd &
pfs_mount -t rrip -x unix /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

 

6 Check that CD-ROM contents is available Start ls /cdrom, or ls /cdrom/cdrom0 on Solaris, command to check accessibility to CD-ROM contents.

 

7 Log off the root userid You can now log off the root userid

 

8 Log in as the CATIA Administrator The default CATIA Administrator logon is catadm. Use whatever logon you defined during the CATIA installation.

 

9 Edit the appropriate environment file to set $CATFRAME to”CDRom” directory The easiest way to do so is to double-click the appropriate environment icon in the Catia Environment window. Then, find the $CATFRAME variable:

CATFRAME=$CATIA/adm/doc/docfrm

and set it as follows:

CATFRAME=/cdrom (/cdrom/cdrom0 for Solaris)

This tells CATIA to look in the “CDRom” directory for the FrameViewer 5 software. You will then be able to access the online manuals from CATIA (using the /doc command or the CatHelp icon on the CATIA Desktop).

 

 

Unloading FrameViewer Online Manuals from the CD-ROMs

With the following procedure you have the choice to unload 3 different configurations
of CATIA documentation:

a. Mechanical documentation OR

b. AEC Plant documentation OR

c. Complete documentation : Mechanical AND AEC Plant

You need at least 600 MegaBytes of free disk space to unload one CDROM.

For the complete configuration of CATIA documentation, you need to unload the CDROM’s in the following order :

1. Mechanical

2. AEC Plant

You need approximately 800 MegaBytes of free disk space for this complete configuration (FrameViewer : 154MB, full text indexes : 36 MB, CATIA documents : 600 MB)

# Step Comments
1 Load the CD-ROM into the drive If your CD-ROM drive uses a caddy (a plastic case that holds the disk in the drive), put the CD-ROM in a caddy and insert the caddy into the drive. If your CD-ROM does not use a caddy, load the disc directly into the drive.

Load the disc so the printed side is facing up. For detailed instructions, see your CD-ROM hardware manual.

 

2 Log in as root The system will prompt you for the root password

 

3 Check for a CD-ROM directory Check (ls command) or create (mkdir command) cdrom directory by typing the appropriate commands for your platform. The cdrom directory name is:
UNIX System cdrom directory path
AIX
HP-UX
/cdrom
Solaris
/cdrom/cdrom0

For Solaris system, CD-ROM is automatically mounted on /cdrom/cdrom0 after waiting at least 10 seconds.

Skip directly to step 6.

 

4 Check whether the CD-ROM is mounted To determine whether it is mounted, use the command /etc/mount.

You should see a list of mounted file systems. The CD-ROM drive has already been mounted on your local system if a line similar to one of the following lines appears in the list:

UNIX System Output Line
AIX
/dev/cd0 cdrom cdfrs date ro
HP-UX
/cdrom on device readonly on date

If the CD-ROM directory is not mounted, you will have to mount it to allow access to the online manuals.

 

5 If necessary:
mount the CD-ROM drive
Enter the appropriate command for your platform:
UNIX System Commands
AIX /usr/sbin/mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
HP-UX export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
cd /usr/sbin
pfs_mountd &
psfd &
pfs_mount -t rrip -x unix /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

 

6 Check that CD-ROM contents is available Start ls /cdrom, or ls /cdrom/cdrom0 on Solaris, command to check accessibility to CD-ROM contents.

 

7 Change current directory to CD-ROM one Type the command cd /cdrom or cd /cdrom/cdrom0 (for Solaris)

 

8 Unload the CD-ROM files Execute the UnloadCD shell script for each CDROM (Mechanical/AEC Plant) you want to unload. To do so, type the command /cdrom/UnloadCD or /cdrom/cdrom0/UnloadCD (for Solaris).

The script prompts you to answer a series of questions. If you decide to continue with the procedure, you can choose both to unload the appropriate viewer for your platform, and to unload viewers for other platforms.

 

9 Specify the Target Directory (mydirectory) into which the contents of the cdrom directory will be unloaded The directory must already exist: the shell script does not create it.
10 Log off the root userid You can now log off the root userid

 

11 Log in as the CATIA Administrator The default CATIA Administrator logon is catadm. Use whatever logon you defined during the CATIA installation.

 

12 Edit the appropriate environment file to set $CATFRAME to”CDRom” directory The easiest way to do so is to double-click the appropriate environment icon in the Catia Environment window. Then, find the $CATFRAME variable:

CATFRAME=$CATIA/adm/doc/docfrm

and set it as follows:

CATFRAME=/mydirectory

You will then be able to access the online manuals from CATIA (using the /doc command or the CatHelp icon on the CATIA Desktop).

 

 

Accessing the FrameViewer Online Manuals Outside the CATIA Environment for UNIX system

You do not need to view the FrameViewer5 CATIA online manuals from inside CATIA: you can also view the manuals outside CATIA by running a few simple commands.

# Step Comments
1 Load the CD-ROM into the drive If your CD-ROM drive uses a caddy (a plastic case that holds the disk in the drive), put the CD-ROM in a caddy and insert the caddy into the drive. If your CD-ROM does not use a caddy, load the disc directly into the drive.

Load the disc so the printed side is facing up. For detailed instructions, see your CD-ROM hardware manual.

 

2 Log in as root The system will prompt you for the root password

 

3 Check for a CD-ROM directory Check (ls command) or create (mkdir command) cdrom directory by typing the appropriate commands for your platform. The cdrom directory name is:
UNIX System cdrom directory path
AIX
HP-UX
/cdrom
Solaris
/cdrom/cdrom0

For Solaris system, CD-ROM is automatically mounted on /cdrom/cdrom0 after waiting at least 10 seconds.

Skip directly to step 6.

 

4 Check whether the CD-ROM is mounted To determine whether it is mounted, use the command /etc/mount.

You should see a list of mounted file systems. The CD-ROM drive has already been mounted on your local system if a line similar to one of the following lines appears in the list:

UNIX System Output Line
AIX
/dev/cd0 cdrom cdfrs date ro
HP-UX
/cdrom on device readonly on date

If the CD-ROM directory is not mounted, you will have to mount it to allow access to the online manuals.

 

5 If necessary:
mount the CD-ROM drive
Enter the appropriate command for your platform:
UNIX System Commands
AIX /usr/sbin/mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
HP-UX export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
cd /usr/sbin
pfs_mountd &
psfd &
pfs_mount -t rrip -x unix /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

 

6 Check that CD-ROM contents is available Start ls /cdrom, or ls /cdrom/cdrom0 on Solaris, command to check accessibility to CD-ROM contents.

 

7 Log off the root userid You can now log off the root userid

 

8 Start the application Type the command StartDOC from /cdrom (or /cdrom/cdrom0 for Solaris) directory to access the hypertext-linked FrameViewer document containing the CATIA Solutions online library.

 

 

Accessing the FrameViewer Online Manuals Outside the CATIA Environment for Windows system

For Windows users, please read the following file on the CD-ROM:
FrameWin/readme.txt