Updating an Assembly

This task shows you how to update an assembly.
 
  • Updating an assembly means updating all elements affected by this functionality, see Assembly Update reference information.
  • You can update automatically or not your assembly, see Assembly Design-Update option.
  • You can define the update propagation in the assembly, see Assembly Design-Update propagation option.
  • You can compute the update status when you open an assembly document or insert an assembly component, see Assembly Design-Compute exact update status at open option.
When you are opening an assembly document or inserting a component:
 
  • In Design Mode, the update status can be determined, the Update All icon or the Updated icon is displayed.
  • In Visualization Mode: the update status cannot be determined, the  Status Unknown icon is displayed. When you click this icon, the minimal data needed to determine the update status are loaded:
    • If the minimal data loaded to determine the status allow the application to perform an update and if the Update option is Automatic, then the assembly is updated, the Updated icon is displayed.
    • If the status is not up to date, the Update All icon is displayed. When you click this icon, the needed data to perform  the update are loaded, then the assembly is updated, the Updated icon is displayed.
To perform this task you must work in Visualization Mode, select the Tools->Options... command.
In the Infrastructure category, select the Product Structure sub-category then the Cache Management tab and check the option Work with the cache system. Close and re-open the application if needed.
  Open the Assembly_01.CATProduct document.
  The Update Status Unknown icon is displayed because there is not enough information to determine the update status of assembly's elements: the constraints reference assembly components which are in Visualization Mode.
 
  You can keep this state and work or determine the update status. In our example, we want to determine it.

  1. Click the Update Status Unknown icon:

When you click this icon, the application loads the minimal data to determine the update status. This is mean that the constraints' related components may be switched to Design Mode, warning is displayed in this case.
 

The Update Warning dialog box appears, you can:
 
 

  • Click OK to determine the update status.

  • Click Cancel to keep the unknown status.
 

  1. Click OK, a progress bar appears during the data loading.
 

The update status has been determined: the assembly is up to date and the Updated icon is displayed:

 

The components have been loaded and constraints have been resolved.