Transferring a V4 Model Comment into a V5 CATProduct or CATPart

This task shows you how the transfer of CATIA V4 model comment into CATIA V5 operates automatically during a V4 to V5 Migration and how you can have access to it in CATIA V5.
For more information about Manipulating V4 Models in V5 and especially V4 Model comment, refer to Having Access to V4 Model Comment.

  1. To have access to the V4 Model's comment, select any component in the .model and the Edit > Properties command. The Properties dialog box appears. The V4 comments and their date of creation are available in the Comment tab:

  2. Copy / Paste As Result or As Spec the Model into a CATPart.

  3. To read the Model's Comment, select Part1 of the CATPart and the contextual command Edit > Properties. Press the Product Tab and the comments are in the Description field:

    During the copy / paste operation, the Model's Comment has been transferred into the CATPart.

    The Comment is extracted from the Model and copied into the CATPart Description. If the target CATPart already contains a Description, the Model's Comment is concatenated, added to this description.

    In the Properties dialog box, in the Description field you can add information or modify the content of a CATPart / CATProduct's comment, then click on OK.  When closing the CATPart or CATProduct, this message appears:
    The new comment can be saved in the CATPart's properties when you close and save the document.
  To sum up:
 

V4 to V5 Migration
As Result As Spec
SPACE Elements
Infrastructure - Structural Entities
Model CATProduct, CATPart and/or CATDrawing
Session CATProduct
Library  (SPACE Detail) Catalogs of Parts
Assembly Files CATProduct & Assembly Constraints
Detail used for Ditto In the interactive mode, with the copy / paste AS RESULT of Dittos, the elements of the linked Detail are copied AS RESULT, updated, and put into the No Show space.

In the Batch Mode, the elements of the linked Detail are copied AS RESULT.

 In the interactive mode, with the copy / paste AS SPEC of Dittos, the elements of the linked Detail are copied AS SPEC, updated, and put in the No Show space.

In the Batch Mode, you get a V5 Part or a Product.
Ditto In the interactive mode, the Dittos are represented in the Part by a link on the bodies managed by the copy AS RESULT operation of the Detail elements.

In the Batch Mode, the Dittos are represented in the Part by a link on the bodies managed by the copy AS RESULT operation of the Detail elements.

 In the interactive mode, the Dittos are represented in the Part by a link on the bodies managed by the Copy AS SPEC of the Detail elements.

In the Batch Mode, you get a V5 Part or a Product.
Detail for Macro-Primitives N/A In the interactive mode, for the copy / paste AS SPEC of a solid using Macro-Primitives, the elements of the linked Detail are copied AS SPEC, updated, and put in the No Show space.
Macro-Primitives In the interactive mode, the solid who contains the Macro-Primitive is copied AS RESULT: it means that only its BRep is copied, without specifications. In the interactive mode, the Macro-Primitives are represented within the specifications tree of the body by links with the copy AS SPEC of the Detail elements.
Layers The layer's numbers are transferred but not the filters. The layer's numbers are transferred but not the filters.
Geometric sets You get a V5 Part. All the elements of the Set are migrated. You get a V5 Part. All the elements of the Set are migrated.
Transformation N/A Affects Specifications
Show/No Show The Show / No Show characteristic is respected.
Dittos (*DIT) in No Show are not migrated.
Macro-Primitives in No Show are not migrated.		 The Show / No Show characteristic is respected.
Dittos (*DIT) in No Show are not migrated.
Macro-Primitives in No Show are not migrated.
Color Tables Color Tables
Display Types (graphic) N/A
Models Naming V5 document Names
Models Comments Product Description Property
Tolerances N/A