How to Set Settings

This tasks explains how to set settings during a session.

1. Select the Tools > Options... command which displays the Options dialog box:

   
   
   

   The left-hand column contains a list of categories used for organizing the different groups of settings. There are general settings for all configurations and products, and settings for each type of configuration installed. The category names are the same as those listed on the Start menu.

2. To access the settings for a specific configuration, click the "+" to display the subcategories. Clicking on the subcategory displays the settings tabs for that subcategory.

This tasks explains how to set settings without running a session on Windows.

1. Change to the default folder in which you installed the product.

   On Windows, the default folder is:

   C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B211\intel_a\code\bin
   C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B211\win_b64\code\bin

2. Enter the command:

   catstart -run "CATOptionsMgt -admin"

   If you have several runtime environments on your computer, you can select the environment by entering the following command:

   catstart -run "CATOptionsMgt -admin" -env envname

   where "envname" is the name of the environment.

   You can also access the Options dialog box using the Start > All Programs > CATIA > Tools menu, and running the Settings Management V6R2010x command.

   The Options dialog box is displayed.

   This function is useful for administrators because it allows you to set up user settings without having to start an interactive session first.

   Note: If you are using the 3DLive client and modify settings in this way, you must restart your 3DLive session for the changes to take effect.

3. Log onto the V6 server using the administration security context.

This tasks explains how to set settings without running a session on AIX.

1. Log on as root or end user.

2. Enter the command:

   /usr/DassaultSystemes/B211/aix_a64/code/command/catstart -run "CATOptionsMgt -admin"

   If you have several runtime environments on your computer, you can select the environment by entering the following command:

   /usr/DassaultSystemes/B211/aix_a64/code/command/catstart -run "CATOptionsMgt -admin" -env envname

   where "envname" is the name of the environment.

3. Log onto the V6 server using the administration security context.

This tasks explains how to dump settings.

1. Select the Tools > Options... dialog box which contains a button for dumping settings to a macro file:

   
   
   

2. Click the dump button to open another dialog box, then specify which settings to dump, the output directory for the dump, then click Yes.