{"id":157729,"date":"2020-09-15T17:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cati-marketing.pantheonsite.io\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T19:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T23:12:51","slug":"converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting CATIA V4 Models to CATIA V5 Part Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3ds.com\/products-services\/catia\/?wockw=card_content_cta_1_url%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.3ds.com%2Fcatia%2F%22\"><strong>CATIA<\/strong> <\/a>V4 models have become slightly outdated with the introduction of CATIA V5 software (and now the even newer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inflow-tech.com\/solutions\/catia\/3dexperience\/\">CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE<\/a><\/strong>). However, that doesn&#8217;t eliminate the possibility of running into an old V4 model that you need to use in your V5 software. Unfortunately, just opening the V4 model in V5 does not give you all the part functionality that you may need. In fact, you can&#8217;t save V4 models within the V5 software unless they are converted over within the V5 software first.<\/p>\n<p>In the steps below, we will walk through the process to convert your CATIA V4 models into either a V5 part file with parametric features or a simple \u201cdummy\u201d file that holds just the solid geometry.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to Convert Your Models<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1: <\/strong>Open your CATIA V4 model in the CATIA V5 software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2: <\/strong>Right click on the MASTER icon in the specification tree and select \u201cCopy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189219026.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3: <\/strong>Create a New Part by selecting \u201cFile\u201d then \u201cNew\u201d. Scroll down the available List of Types in the new window that opens and select \u201cPart\u201d. Click \u201cOK\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189222862.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4: <\/strong>Enter your Part Name and click \u201cOK\u201d. For this example, we will call our new part \u201cPart1\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189224922.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5: <\/strong>In your newly created part, right click the \u201cPart1\u201d reference icon and select \u201cPaste Special\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189227007.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6: <\/strong>From here you will have two paste options to choose from; CATIA_SPEC and CATIA_RESULT.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189229512.png\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CATIA_SPEC<\/strong> will create part features in V5 that correlate to the model features in V4. This will give you a parametric model that can be edited.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CATIA_RESULT<\/strong> will produce only the solid geometry of the V4 model into a V5 part. You can&#8217;t edit this part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once you select which paste option to use, click &#8220;OK&#8221; and the part will be pasted.<\/p>\n<p>After the CATIA V4 model is pasted, it is now converted into a CATIA V5 part file. You can now save the part within the V5 software as a .CATPart file or any of the other available file types (e.g. .IGES, STP, etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CATIA V4 models have become slightly outdated with the introduction of CATIA V5 software (and now the even newer CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE). However, that doesn&#8217;t eliminate the possibility of running into an old V4 model that you need to use in your V5 software. Unfortunately, just opening the V4 model in V5 does not give you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":157730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2251,2233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catia-2","category-industries"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Converting CATIA V4 Models to CATIA V5 Part Files - Computer Aided Technology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Let&#039;s walk through the six-step process of converting your VATIA V4 models into usable CATIA V5 part files, as well as the options available.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Converting CATIA V4 Models to CATIA V5 Part Files\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let&#039;s walk through the six-step process of converting your VATIA V4 models into usable CATIA V5 part files, as well as the options available.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Computer Aided Technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ComputerAidedTechnology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-15T21:17:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-20T23:12:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189219026.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"462\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"482\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Zumberger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CATISolidWorks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CATISolidWorks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Josh Zumberger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Josh Zumberger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fcc14acf64074a6a32c58dafe7a08b20\"},\"headline\":\"Converting CATIA V4 Models to CATIA V5 Part Files\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-15T21:17:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-20T23:12:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\"},\"wordCount\":344,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solidworks-1600189219026.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"CATIA\",\"'--- Industries\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/converting-catia-v4-models-to-catia-v5-part-files\/\",\"name\":\"Converting CATIA V4 Models to CATIA V5 Part Files - 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