Enriched Decision Support with All V5 Links

Interdocument relations are part of the CATIA/DELMIA/ENOVIA V5 architecture. (There is a large number of documents and types of relations between these documents).
The native SmarTeam integration of CATIA link semantics enables dedicated behavior on each link type:

  • easier navigation:

    • link type display (icon)

    • filter document relation filtering by link type

  • improved impact analysis capabilities

  • lifecycle rules
  • key operations:
    Edit/Check-Out, View, Check-In, Release, New Release, Obsolete.

The benefits are as follows:

  • easier manipulation

  • fewer interactions

  • reduced data flow between vault & local disk

  • reduction of the file brought onto the local disk

  • facilitation of concurrent engineering.

Examples

  • The view of a .catalog document will not bring onto the local disk the referenced Parts.

  • The edit of a CATAnalysis file will by default check-out and copy to the local disk the results (CATAnalysisResult & CATAnalysisComputation).

CATIA Links

Enriched decision support is provided by means of the native SmarTeam support of V5 links.

Here is the list of CATIA links natively supported in SmarTeam:

  • Product Structure link

The Product Structure link plays a part in the BOM structure. It is displayed as a standard hierarchical link.
Example:
CATProduct>CATProduct, CATProduct>CATPart, CATProduct>Internal Component...

  • Is Composed Of link
     

The Is Composed Of link is an aggregation link but which plays no part in the BOM structure. It is displayed as a standard hierarchical link.

Example:
CATDrawing>Sheet, Catalog>catalog

  • Design link

The Design link plays a direct part in the design process.

Example:
copy-paste with link & import link (CATPart>CATPart, CATPart>model), link to external parameters (formulas), MultiCAD links (CATProduct/CATPart>MultiCAD document) etc.

  • Downstream Application link

The Downstream Application link is a link between a downstream application and the design data

Example:
CATDrawing>CATProduct/CATPart, CATProcess>CATProduct/CATPart, CATAnalysis>CATProduct/CATPart

  • Contextual link

The Contextual link is a link between the contextual Part and its product context (CATPart>CATProduct).

  • Design Table link

The Design Table link is a link between a CATIA document and its design table (Excel or text file).

  • Result Link

The Result link corresponds to CATIA output links:

Example:
CATAnalysis>CATAnalysisResult, CATAnalysisComputation...
CATProcess>NC (aptsource, CATNCCode, tlp)
CATProcess documentation link (html)
Knowledge optimization link (CATIADocument>excel/text)

  • Rule Base link

The Rule Base link describes a link between an instance of a rule base and its reference.

  • Reference link

The Reference link includes all the CATIA links which do not correspond to the other eight link types:

Example:
CATDrawing>Image/OLE
CATProduct/CATPart>CATMaterial
CATProcess>NC Manufacturing Part (CATPart)

Display Impact

The impact analysis can be performed by displaying the links of a given object.
You can decide to display/filter CATIA links within SmarTeam by means of  the SmarTeam Tree Properties command. For more information, see Customizing the Links Display.