Using CATDUA V5 inside an interactive CATIA Session

This task will show you how to launch and use the CATDUA V5:

This assistant allows you to make a diagnosis and eventually a healing of CATIA documents (CATPart, CATProduct, CATProcess, CATAnalysis, CATDrawing, CATMaterial).
A report of check / clean result is available after using the tool.
The CATDUA V5 settings work with the same CATIA settings. If the Cache Activation option (in CATIA Tools -> Options -> Infrastructure -> Product Structure) or the Load referenced documents option (in CATIA Tools -> Options -> General -> General) have been selected, they will be taken into account by the tool.
In CATIA Tools -> Options -> General -> General, it is recommended to select the Load referenced documents option.
The list of processed errors may slightly differ depending on the origin of the document. For example, if the document comes from ENOVIA LCA or ENOVIA VPM, the errors that are not processed, are clearly identified with the (*) symbol. Therefore refer to:

Some errors imply the download of all, or a part of the pointed documents in order to be completely analyzed / cleaned.
 

CATDUA V5 in a CATIA Session
  • CATDUA V5 in a CATIA session allows you to check or clean only file documents from CATIA V5 (documents which have been saved in a CATIA V5 session).
  • CATDUA V5 in a CATIA session allows you to check or clean only one CATIA document and not the pointed documents.
  • After checking and cleaning your document, you have to save it, if desired, because it is not automatically done.
  • The .htm result is automatically saved in a subdirectory (CATDUAV5UI) of the default directory CATTemp of CATIA. This Output directory can be modified by exporting the CATIA_CLEANER_OUTPUT variable to the desired directory.

  1. In the File menu, select Desk...

  2. Right-click the CATIA document you want to check or clean and select CATDUAV5...

The CATDUA V5 dialog box appears.

 

Description of the CATDUA V5 Dialog Box
 

  • CATDUA V5 Information: this field displays information about the CATIA document you are working on and several informative messages.
  • Options:
    • Display messages: lets you choose the kind of information you need in the report.
    • Priorities to process: lets you choose the result of priority errors you want to get (1 and/or 2 and/or 3 choices).
    • More button: this button allows you to choose the errors you want to get according to the priorities selected. If you press this button, the Error Selection Options window is displayed.
    • Force cleaning on ambiguous rules:
    • Open html output file: the OutputCATDUA.htm file is immediately opened when the Check or Clean process is finished. For more information about this result report, please refer to Viewing Results of CATDUA V5 Execution.
  • Check: this mode of execution lets you check the CATIA document without correcting it.
  • Clean: this mode of execution lets you check the CATIA document and to correct it.
  • Run: this button lets you start the check or clean execution.
  • Exit: this button lets you close the CATDUA V5 dialog box.
   

Checking a CATIA document without correcting it

  1. Choose the level of priority in the Priorities to process field. You can choose one, two or all the options simultaneously.

  2. Choose the type of message you want to have. You can also choose a particular list of errors to process according to the selected priorities by pressing the More button.

  3. Activate the Check mode.

  4. Click the Run button to start the CATDUA V5 execution. A message appears in the CATDUA V5 Information field. It explains where the check results are and a synthesis report is displayed.

The CATDUA V5 Information field displays the path directory of the check / clean report.
   

Cleaning a CATIA document

When you choose the Clean mode, the CATDUA V5 previously checks the CATIA document.
Even if you have already executed a Check, you can launch the Clean execution without closing the CATDUA V5 dialog box.

  1. Choose the level of priority in the Priorities to process field. You can choose one, two or all the options simultaneously.

  2. Choose the type of message you want to have. You can also choose a particular list of errors to process according to the selected priorities by pressing the More button.

  3. Activate the Clean mode.

  4. Click the Run button to start the CATDUA V5 execution. A message appears in the CATDUA V5 Information field. It explains where the Clean results are and a synthesis report is displayed.

The CATDUA V5 Information field displays the path directory of the check / clean report.

  1. Save the cleaned document, if needed.
For more details about the check/clean results, see Viewing Results of the CATDUA V5 execution.