HE01231: INFRASTRUCTURE: Fonts: Hindi and Arab fonts don't work in CATIA

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• SCENARIO:
  1. Start CATIA V5 and open a new drawing.
   2. Simultaneously open an MS excel file having some text in ???
  HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language with ???Arial Unicode MS??? f
  ont.
   3. Copy the ???HINDI??? text from excel file.
   4. Go to CATIA drawing and using TEXT icon enter the copied ???
  HINDI??? text .
   5. Change the font style in CATIA to ???Arial Unicode MS???.
   6. Copy Arabic text from excel file and enter into CATIA drawin
  g.
   7. Change the font style in CATIA to ???Arial Unicode MS???.
  .
  RESULTS:
   1. In case of HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language the text are n
  ot displayed correctly and not same as compared to the text in t
  he Excel file. Some of the characters are not in order
   2. Arabic text is written from right to left, but when pasted i
  n CATIA , the text in Arabic is being displayed from left to rig
  ht.
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT
   1. In case of HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language texts the disp
  lay should be the same as it is in the copied text as in Notepad
   or Word Document.
   2. Text should be displayed from right to left for Arabic input
  s
  

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Problem summary

• SCENARIO:
   1. Start CATIA V5 and open a new drawing.
   2. Simultaneously open an MS excel file having some text in
  ???HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language with ???Arial Unicode MS??
  ? font.
   3. Copy the ???HINDI??? text from excel file.
   4. Go to CATIA drawing and using TEXT icon enter the copied
  ???HINDI??? text .
   5. Change the font style in CATIA to ???Arial Unicode MS???.
   6. Copy Arabic text from excel file and enter into CATIA
  drawing.
   7. Change the font style in CATIA to ???Arial Unicode MS???.
  .
  RESULTS:
   1. In case of HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language the text are n
  ot
  displayed correctly and not same as compared to the text in
  the Excel file. Some of the characters are not in order
   2. Arabic text is written from right to left, but when
  pasted in CATIA , the text in Arabic is being displayed from
  left to right.
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT
   1. In case of HINDI??? and ???ARABIC??? language texts the disp
  lay
  should be the same as it is in the copied text as in Notepad
  or Word Document.
   2. Text should be displayed from right to left for Arabic
  inputs
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS MODIFICATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION
  DELIVERED WITH CATIA VERSION V5R21
  NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN CATIA V5R20
  SP5.
  Additional Closure Information:
  INCIDENT DIAGNOSIS:
  INFRASTRUCTURE: Fonts:  Hindi and Arab fonts don't work in
  CATIA.
  EXPLANATION:
  Hindi scripts and Arabic scripts are not supported currently.
  Please see the chapter "Starting
  a Session in a Language Other than English" in documentation,
  you can find the list of
  languages currently supported by CATIA.
  Documentation:
  Infrastructure\Infrastructure User Guide \Starting a Session
  in a Language Other than English on Windows\ Locales Whose
  Use with Version 5 has been validated
  .
  DEVELOPMENT REQUEST JUSTIFICATION:
  Supporting Hindi and Arabic scripts will involve lot of
  development efforts due to intricacies
  involved in these scripts and can be taken up only as
  separate planned enhancement .
  

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