Creating a Quick Access Link

Quick Access functionality provides a means of automatically generating a specific dataset that can be sent to another user. The recipient can then quickly load the data into DPM without any knowledge of the methodology needed to load the data. This reduces the communication overhead that is normally required between users when collaborating on various issues, and improves the concurrent engineering process among users.

Generate Quick Access Link generates a link containing the dataset, and can also automatically launch the default mail client to quickly send the link to a recipient if desired. The recipient can then execute the link to automatically load the data.
  • The recipient of a Quick Access link must have a valid DELMIA V5 installation with the same license as that of the sender who generated the Quick Access link.
  • The recipient of a Quick Access link must have a valid DELMIA Process Engineer installation that references the same database that was used to generate the Quick Access link.
  • The recipient of a Quick Access link must have DELMIA Process Engineer read access on the project that the issue is reported on.
  • The recipient of the Quick Access link must have the following environment variables defined before executing a Quick Access batch file:

    DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_INSTALL_PATH
    Indicates the V5 installation directory. This variable is mandatory.

    DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_ENV_NAME
    Indicate the name of the environment file to be used V5 is launched. If this variable is not set, the default V5 environment file (created at V5 install time) is used.

    DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_ENV_DIR
    Indicates the directory that contains the environment file set in the DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_ENV_NAME. This variable is not required if DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_ENV_NAME is not set.

    Note that the values of the environment variables should be specified without quotes. If the specified file paths contain spaces, they must be specified using the Microsoft Windows tilde mechanism for specifying long directory and file names. For example, a directory such as "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\CATEnv" would be specified in the following manner:

        DLM_MHI_QUICK_ACCESS_ENV_DIR=C:\Docume~1\AllUse~1\Applic~1\Dassau~1\CATEnv

Typical Quick Access scenario
 

  1. Load a project from the Manufacturing Hub into DPM.

  2. When working with the loaded data, a potential issue is identified.

  3. If necessary, use V5 applicative commands (e.g., markup or annotation commands) to describe the issue in the document.

  4. Save the document via File > Save or File > Save with new detailing.

  5. Select Generate Quick Access Link .
    A batch file (QuickAccess.bat) is generated in the folder specified for Issue Repository in Tools > Options.

    The behavior of Generate Quick Access Link is dependent on the Tools > Options settings for Quick Access:

    1. If Launch mail client to send Quick Access link is selected, the default mail client will be invoked with a new email message. The sender can then enter the email address of the intended recipient and send the mail message.

      1. If Send Quick Access link location is selected, the body of the new email message will automatically specify the full path location of the generated Quick Access batch file.

      2. If Attach Quick Access link is selected, the generated Quick Access batch file is automatically attached to the new email message.

    2. Launch mail client to send Quick Access link is not selected, a dialog box will be displayed to the user indicating the full path location of the generated Quick Access batch file:
       


      In this scenario, the sender must communicate the Quick Access batch file information to the recipient manually, either by sending the batch file itself or by specifying the shared location of the file.

  6. Once the Quick Access information is received (either a link to the batch file or the file itself), executing the batch file will launch a new V5 session and load into it the document as saved by the sender.

 

Notes

  • If the loaded document is modified, it must be saved before Generate Quick Access Link command is run. If not, an error dialog box will be displayed to the user and the command will terminate:
     
  • If a batch file already exists when Generate Quick Access Link generates a batch file in the Quick Access Issue Repository, the new file will be renamed.
  • If the user has specified an incorrect or non-existent Issue Repository directory in Quick Access options when Generate Quick Access Link is run, the Quick Access link will be generated in the default directory (CATTemp).
  • When a Quick Access link is executed, the document is loaded in read-only mode.
  • Because some mail clients block file attachments having a file extension of ".bat", the file extension of the Quick Access batch file is renamed from ".bat" to ".ba_" before attaching it to the new mail message. The recipient must download the file and rename it to ".bat" before executing it.