Forum and FAQ
Forum’s Activity
The COE Forum has 19 Discussion Areas. During July and August, the number of registered users grew from 2290 to 2423. A ‘help’ button provides information about use including how to sign up. The Table 1 itemizes the Discussion Areas and reports the total number of accumulative Threads for the past few months.
Discussion Area |
Thread Count
(April*) |
Thread Count
(May*) |
Thread Count
(June*) |
Thread Count
(Jul/Aug*) |
CATIA V4 |
345 |
360 |
372 |
400 |
CATIA V5 |
3794 |
3871 |
3968 |
4201 |
DELMIA |
12 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
General Discussion |
1799 |
1803 |
1811 |
1815 |
The Academic Community |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
How is COE Doing? |
114 |
115 |
117 |
120 |
RUGS (Regional User Groups) |
46 |
47 |
49 |
49 |
V4àV5 Migration |
203 |
203 |
205 |
208 |
CATIA V5 Programming |
1286 |
1313 |
1355 |
1465 |
TeamPDM |
327 |
331 |
332 |
344 |
ENOVIA |
544 |
549 |
563 |
600 |
Data Exchange |
237 |
237 |
240 |
242 |
CADAM/Helix/CCD |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
AEC & Shipbuilding |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
QA/Inspection |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
MFG |
295 |
301 |
316 |
335 |
KBE (Knowledge Based Engineering) |
69 |
75 |
88 |
99 |
Service and Support |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Student Resumes |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Table 1: Thread Count by Forum Discussion Area
Notes: * Cumulative from Forum’s inception through the month
The CATIA V5 continues to have a very high participation rate. This Discussion Area has had 4201 Threads since the start of the new Forum; the increase in the CATIA V5 Programming Thread shows interest in the ability to extend V5 programmatically.
Forum’s FAQ
Recent status as of the COE FORUM FAQ can be seen in Figure 1 FAQ.
Figure 1: COE Forum FAQ
When using the Forum’s ‘Search’ facility to search the entire FAQ, remember to set the Discussion Areas switch to ‘Select All’.
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Forum’s Links
See May 2006 for a discussion of the Forum and the FAQ about the format and the working process that ought to be used.
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