V4 / V5 Entities

This document provides information for users on interoperability prerequisites and migration results. It aims at illustrating the several stages of migration the user may encounter. Through the different tasks placed at your disposal, you can learn how to re-use V4 Data into CATIA V5.

Concept Definitions:

  • Copy AS RESULT : you copy the V4 entity's Geometry (but not its Specifications).
  • Copy AS SPECIAL : You copy the Geometry and the Specifications, you create another entity thanks to the Geometric Modeler. The V4 Specifications are generated in CATIA V5.

Depending on the V4 entities' characteristics, you can:

  • browse the V4 model (Read only) and/or,
  • edit its semantic characteristics and/or,
  • associate that is to say modify a model's geometry in CATIA V4 and find back the modifications in CATIA V5 (Links between V4 data will be transferred as links between V5 data).
For more information about V4/V5 Equivalences after data conversion, please refer to this table in About V4/V5 Equivalences on Geometric Types and V5 Features.
Click on the hyperlinks (light blue color) in order to access to the tasks illustrating the V4 entities' migration. Some entities belonging to one category are gathered within the same scenario. Others, belonging to the same category, are not present within the same sample, but it is specified when they have the same behavior in the V4 to V5 Migration.

SPACE Elements
   
 

Wireframe:
  Point Parabola
  Clouds of Points Hyperbola
  Line Composite Curve
  Curve NURBS Curve
  Circle Planes
  Ellipse   Z-Edges
        Axis
         
 

Surfaces:
  Patch   Skin
  Multi-Patches Surfaces    Procedural Skin
  NURBS Surfaces Volume
  Net   Polyhedral Surfaces and Solids
  Face    
         
 

Solids:
    Primitives    
    In order to see the corresponding scenario (Cuboid, etc...), please refer to V4/V5 Part Design Data Migration.
  Cuboid   3D Sweep
  Cylinder   Sweep Until
  Sphere   Sweep non close
  Cone   Offset
    Torus   Close
  Revolution   Project
  Prism   Volume
  Pipe   Macro-Primitive
  Pyramid   Support Edge
  Sweep    
    Sweep Spine    
         
         
    Contextual and Transformation Primitives
    In order to see the corresponding scenario (Fillet, etc...), please refer to V4/V5 Part Design Data Migration.
  Split   Constant Edge Fillet
    Fillet   Rolling Edge Fillet
    Rolling Edge Fillet   Basic Draft
    Face-Face Fillet   Draft from Reflect Line
    Variable Radius Fillet   Draft Both Sides
    Tritangent Fillet   Draft Multi-Neutral
    MultiEdge Fillet    
         
         
 

2D / 3D Kinematics:
  Revolute joint pt/sur
  Actuator joint u joint
  PT / PT cv joint
  Planar gear
  Prismatic rack
  Rigid cable
  pt/crv screw
  roll/crv command
  slid/crv fixed part
  Law    
         
         
  Fitting Entities:
  Route (track +shuttle)    
         
         
 

Infrastructure / Structural Entities
  Model Detail / Ditto
  Session (Reference mode) Macro-Primitive
  Library (SPACE Details) Color Tables
  Show / No Show Models Naming
  Layers (Layer Filters) Models Comments
  Geometric Sets Tolerances
         

 

DRAW Elements
   
 

Wireframe:
  Point Parabola (PARD)
  Line Hyperbola (HYPD)
  Curve Spline
  Circle (CIRD) Shape
> Open
> Closed
> Closed / Approximated
Ellipse (ELLD)
   
   
 

Annotations and Dress-up:
  Dimensions
>Distance
> Length on line
> Length on circle
> Angle between lines
> Angle on circular arc
> Radius / TGT
> Radius / CNT
> Radius / Edge
> Radius / cylinder
> Radius on curve
> Diameter / TGT
> Diameter / CNT
> Diameter / Edge
> Diameter / Cylinder
> Diameter on curve
> Diameter on cone
> Chamfer
> Slope
> Coordinate dimension
> Distance dim. System		 Text
> Simple Text
> Note (text with leaders)
> GD&T
> Datum target
> Datum Feature
> Ballon
> Roughness symbols
Text detail
Arrow
Pattern
Raster Insertion
         
         
 

Infrastructure:
  Ditto PRJ Model
  Detail PRJ File
  Symbol Occurrence PRJ (T&C Table)
  View PRJ (Pattern Table)
  Transparent View PRJ (Attribute Table)
    View Framing