Once it was discovered that it’s Close Surface I went back in and added this. I couldn’t remember the name of the function to turn watertight surfaces into a solid. Here the final step after Joining all of the surfaces together was to create a solid geometry in Part Design. Then switch back to the workbench you were on and edit the new toolbar. If the command is in another workbench you can accept the Toolbar as is and then browse to the workbench that has your tool to discover it’s name. If this happens simply hover over the icon and the name will show up. Many icons I use on autopilot and simply go to the icon by instinct. Whenever I create a toolbar I can’t find the name of at least 1 command.
From here go to the Commands tab and drag and drop commands to the new toolbar. Then go to Tools>Customize then click on the Toolbars tab and select New. In Catia V5 first select the workbench that you would like the toolbar to show up on. A custom toolbar that that brings every function that will be needed into a single place seemed like the right balance between getting to work and procrastinating on what the most efficient way to proceed would be. After completing the first couple in the large pile I thought about automation however most of the user actions were screen clicks which would change with each iteration. I assigned myself a project for my next blog post which was going to require the manipulation of many similar point clouds of data. For example I have a specific toolbox that I use when working on: mountain, road or now kids bikes. These methods can be extrapolated to just about anything. This post details how creating a custom toolbar in Catia that can alleviate some of this tedium. During an interview I was once asked “You’re a mechanical engineer why did you get into programming?” My response was “I’m lazy and repetitive tasks are boring!” Some repetitive tasks do not lend them selves to automation, however, they are still boring and error prone as your mind wanders.
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