Data Upgrade for Large Assemblies Performance

In Releases 10, 11 and 12, several projects have been conducted to reduce the amount of memory required for an assembly in specific scenarios.
All those scenarios start with loading the assembly in visualization mode, and allows you to:
 
  • To stay in visualization mode (actually product mode, typically from 10% to 15% more memory consumption than visualization mode) and to get the up-to-date status of the assembly, with constraints, design in context or knowledgeware relations.
  • To switch to Brep mode for assembly constraint creation, for drawing update.
  The major benefit of those enhancements is to lower the required amount of memory used in those typical scenarios. The drafting creation can start at a much lower memory point, leaving enough memory for the necessary processing to generate the drawing.
  Yet, the benefit of those enhancements is only available with newly created data. This means that all our current customers, using Releases 8 or 9, do not benefit from them, unless they recreate their data... or migrate it, thanks to this new development.
 

Needed Options
Select Tools > Options... menu item:
 

Before You Begin
The upgrade macro/batch might fail for very large assembly, in this case we suggest you to upgrade its subassemblies before.
 

Macro Usage
The macro is delivered in the application runtime view (./operating_system/VBScript/UpgradeActiveDocumentMacro.CATScript)
 

  1. Launch the application.

  2. Open the assembly to be upgraded (CATProduct document).

  3. SendTo if you want to keep the original data.

  4. Close the original assembly.

  5. Open the copy.

  6. Launch Macro (Alt-F8 + UpgradeActiveDocumentMacro.CATScript)

  7. Save Management.

  8. Close the application.
 

Batch Usage
The batch is delivered in the application runtime view (./OS_a/code/bin), where OS_a is:
  • intel_a
  • aix_a
  • hpux_b
  • irix_a
  • solaris_a.
The syntax of the command is as follows:
  catstart -run "CATAsmUpgrade [-c|--check] [-f|--force] [-h|--help] [-n|--no-copy] [-o|--output-dir TargetDirectory]
[-p|--path ConcatenationPath] [-s|--stats] [-v|--verbose] DocumentList"
The CATAsmUpgrade and its related options must be included between double-quotes when using the catstart command.
For more information about catstart command see Starting a Session on Windows or Starting a Session on UNIX.
 
-c or --check Prints for each document its upgrade status.
This option performs a check only and disables -f and -n options.
-f or --force Forces the CATPart documents upgrade to take benefit of Semantic Unstreaming.
-h or --help Displays the help.
-n or --no-copy Overwrites input data. This option disables -o option.
-o or --output-dir TargetDirectory Defines the target directory for upgraded documents.
The default location is C:\temp for Windows and /tmp for Unix.
-p or --path ConcatenationPath Defines the paths where to find relative documents and dependencies. Paths are separated by a semi-colon.
This option disables the application search order specifications.
-s or --stats Prints statistics at the end of upgrade.
-v or --verbose Verboses output.
DocumentList The list of CATProduct documents to be upgraded. Document name containing blank character must be included between double quotes.
 

Batch Monitor Usage
The batch monitor allows you define this batch through an user interface.
 

  1. Select Tools > Utilities... menu item.

  2. In the Utilities tab of the Batch Monitor dialog box, double-click the CATAsmUpgadeBatch utility.
 

The CATAsmUpgadeBatch dialog box appears.
 
 

  1. Click Select Documents to process button.

  2. In the File Selection dialog box which appears, select the desired CATProduct documents to be processed.

  3. Keep the Overwrite Document option checked if you wish, otherwise you must specify the Target Directory field.

  4. Select the desired action: Upgrade Documents or Check Documents Only.

  5. Check the Verbose Logs option if you whish to verbose the resulting log.

  6. Check the Force upgrade to take benefit of Semantic Unstreaming option to force the CATPart documents upgrade to take benefit of Semantic Unstreaming.

  7. Click Run to upgrade or check your CATProduct documents.
 

Result File Location
  The result file location is available on:
  • Windows in: C:\temp\upgrade.log
  • Unix in: /tmp/upgrade.log
 

Example
Run the batch or the macro with the following Articulation.CATProduct document.
 

The result file displays the following result:
 
  [I] CATAsmProxyUpgrader Reporting:
Number of Constraint: 8
Number of tried upgraded Constraint: 7
Number of successfully upgraded Constraint: 7
Number of unsuccessfully upgraded Constraint: 0
Number of Publication: 0
Number of tried upgraded Publication: 0
Number of successfully upgraded Publication: 0
Number of unsuccessfully upgraded Publication: 0
Number of Context: 0
Number of tried upgraded Context: 0
Number of successfully upgraded Context: 0
Number of unsuccessfully upgraded Context: 0
[I] CATKweProxyUpgrader Reporting:
Number of Relation: 0
Number of tried upgraded Relation: 0
Number of successfully upgraded Relation: 0
Number of unsuccessfully upgraded Relation: 0