V4 / V5 Equivalences

1. Comparison of CATIA V4 and CATIA V5

This sketch allows you to make a comparison between CATIA Version 4 and CATIA Version 5.
CATIA V4 made up of Configurations, Products, Functions, Articles and Entities whereas CATIA V5 is made up of Configurations, Workbenches, Toolbars, Icons and Objects.

Mapping V4 to V5 based on software definition:

2. Equivalence between V4 Functions and V5 Toolbars

V4 

V5 

Functions
Icons and Toolbars In Sketcher Workbench

SKETCHER

A PROFILE MADE OF LINES AND ARCS

A KEYHOLE PROFILE

CURV2 CIRCLE

LINE

SPLINE

CONIC

AN AXIS BY USING
TWO POINTS

POINT

SKETCHER

LIMIT1 and TRANSFOR

TRANSFOR

CURV1

SOLIDE AND SOLIDM

SOLIDE OPERATN

3. How to use CATIA V4 Libraries

See: Using CATIA Version 4 Library

4. How to manage Layer Filters on CATIA Version 4 Models

See: Managing Layer Filters on CATIA Version 4 Models

5. V4 V5 Files

V4 V5

Solid

.model 3D

.CATPart Body
Surface .model 3D .CATPart Open Body
Wireframe

.model 3D or 2D

.CATPart Open Body
FEM .model 3D .CATAnalysis

2.5 NC

.model 3D

CATProcess
Drawing .model DR .CATDrawing
Part Positioning
.model Ditto
.session
.asm

.CATProduct
Positioning Constraint .asm .CATProduct
Kinematics .model Set

.CATProduct Application
Library .lib .catalog
PRJ   Native Data Description
 

6. V4 / V5 Entities:

Click the V4 / V5 Entities document:
This document will help you to recognize and understand important concepts about the migration of the V4 entities into CATIA V5. It is an introduction to the tasks illustrating the results of V4 Interoperability.

a.  V4 Data Browsing

Open the Table about V4 Data Browsing:
This table offers you some results about the possibility to read V4 data into V5.

b. V4 Data Conversion

Open the Table about V4 Data Conversion:
In this table you can see the results of the V4 to V5 Migration.