This section discusses NC Synchronization in the Manufacturing Hub context.
This capability enables you to delete at least one Part belonging to the NC Setup Assembly or replace the current version of it by a new version. You can manually or automatically synchronize the Process with the new version of the Part.
New Not Synchronous Symbol on Activity in the Graph
The following status values are possible for an activity:
As for the other statuses, the Not synchronous symbol will be visualized automatically only if the Update activity status automatically option is active. Otherwise, it will be displayed only if the user refreshes the activity status.
The priorities between the different statuses are the following.
New Color of Geometry Manipulators
In order to help the user to understand the status defined on the operation, different colors are customizable to display the geometry manipulators in the editors.
By default, Up to date geometries are displayed in green, Not up to date
geometries are displayed in brown, Not Found geometries are displayed in purple,
and Not synchronous geometries are displayed in dark mauve.
All these colors are customizable in Tools/Options.
New Status in Process Table
In the Process Table, an operation can have the following statuses:
New Status in Analyze Geometry Dialog Box
The following statuses are displayed for each geometric element in the Analyze Geometry dialog box:
Manual Synchronization
Prior to V5R16, when an operation was not synchronous, the only way to synchronize
it was to remove all geometry links and manually select the new geometry.
It is still possible to synchronize this manually but it is easier to know the
geometry links that need to be reselected thanks to the Not Synchronous color
of the geometry manipulator and the Not Synchronous status in the Analyze Geometry
dialog box.
Automatic Synchronization
As from V5R16, you can synchronize the CATProcess automatically with
Synchronize Process
in the Auxiliary Commands toolbar. The synchronization is global to the CATProcess.
This command takes into account the Optimized detection of design changes
option. It is possible to undo the synchronization.
Synchronization corresponds to reconciliation between the operation and the document present in the Product List.
Concerning Geometry
Reroute will be possible in the following cases:
In these cases, reroute will also take into account the Optimized detection of design changes option.
Reroute will not be possible and operation will be disconnected in the following cases:
Concerning Formula
When a formula points on a parameter defined in a document that is not present in the Product List, two cases may be considered:
When an activity is not synchronous the integrity of the computed tool path cannot be guaranteed. It is considered as not complete. Therefore, if an activity is not synchronous, then compute tool path, replay, simulation and CATMFG will not be available except if the tool path or the activity is locked.
In CATMFG a message is generated in the Log file to indicate the Not synchronous status of this activity.
Refer to New Versioning of NC Setup Assembly (Methodology 1) and New Versioning of Part when the Subassembly is Split into Subelements (Methodology 1) for detail about scenarios which cause the de-synchronization of NC geometry.