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The scenario detailed below shows how to
define the reconciliation rules available. A Reconciliation Rule is a set
of information required to reconcile the documents and/or Parts loaded in
the CATIA session with the ones stored in the VPDM repository. You need to
select one of the following reconciliation rules:
- Overwrite in VPDM: The object loaded in the CATIA session
overwrites the one stored in the VPDM.
- The Overwrite rule is not authorized for
CATMaterial documents unless they are not referenced by any other
documents in the reconciliator session.
- The Overwrite rule is not authorized for Catalog
of catalogs with broken links.
- Reload from the database: The VPDM object is kept. Note that this
reconciliation rule is available only if the object is saved in
Publications Exposed mode.
- New Object in VPDM: The reference object is considered as
a new object in the VPDM.
- The New rule is not authorized for Catalog of catalogs
with broken links.
- The New rule is now
supported for V4 models when you are working with ENOVIA V5 VPM.
- Keep External Reference: Available only for documents that
are not present. This rule enables you to ignore broken links in the
reconciliation process. Keep External Reference is available
for any type of document supported by the reconciliator that can be
saved using the publication exposed mode in ENOVIA V5 VPM. As it is
available at the document level, the rule cannot be applied to a
single component in a CATProduct. Following are some examples
of how broken links are managed by the reconciliation tool:
- If the missing document is either a CATPart or a
CATProduct, with storage mode publication exposed,
reconciling the document with the Keep External
Reference rule will retain the
reference to the external file.
- If the missing document is a CATPart (for example, CATPartA)
that is
referenced by another CATPart (for example, CATPartB), then
reconciling CATPartA with the Keep External
Reference rule will result in CATPartB (stored in
database) will continue to reference the external CATPart A
file.
- If there is a CATProduct, with storage mode structure
exposed, that contains an instance of a CATPart or
CATProduct that is missing, the instance will be removed
upon save and the product structure will no longer have a
reference to the instance or document.
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- New Version: When reconciling objects with
ENOVIA V5 VPM, you can select the New Version option which is similar to the
Overwrite option
except that when you save to ENOVIA V5 a new version of the part will be
created along with a new revision of the part's geometry document. For more information
about saving new versions, please see the VPM Navigator User Guide:
VPM Configured Product Design>Versioning/Revisioning. For more
information about the Save In ENOVIA V5 dialog please see
the VPM Navigator User Guide: VPM Configured Product
Design>Saving Objects.
- This option is available for:
- CATPart and CATProduct
objects whose storage mode is Publication Exposed.
- Products saved in Structure Exposed mode as long they are
not mapped to the Product Root Class (PRC).
- The New Version rule is not authorized for
CATDrawing, CATAnalysis, CATAnalysisComputations, CATAnalysisResult,
CATMaterial, Catalog of catalogs, or empty Catalogs.
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- New Revision: When reconciling objects with ENOVIA V5 VPM, you can select the New
Revision option which is similar to the
Overwrite option
except that when you save to ENOVIA V5 a new revision of the selected
document is created. For more information
about saving new versions, please see the VPM Navigator User Guide:
VPM Configured Product Design>Versioning/Revisioning. For more
information about the Save In ENOVIA V5 dialog please see
the VPM Navigator User Guide: VPM Configured Product
Design>Saving Objects.
- This option is available for CATPart and CATProduct objects
whose storage mode is publication exposed as well as for CATDrawing,
CATAnalysis, CATAnalysisComputations, CATAnalysisResult and CATMaterial.
- The New Revision rule is not authorized for
Catalog of catalogs with broken links.
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- You must define a rule for each Part/Document to be reconciled. The
Supplier Chain Engineering Exchange application deduces from the assembly structure
comparison (between the CATIA and the VPDM assembly view) how the
assembly structure is going to be saved in the VPDM repository.
- You can simulate the product structure modification impact by
activating the comparison evaluation to identify which instances will be
created, deleted, or moved. See Simulating the
Reconciliation.
- CATMaterial documents applied on CATProducts that are saved
in structure exposed mode can be reconciled with the New,
Overwrite, Reload or New Revision rules, but note
that when they are saved to the VPDM, the material data will not be
retained.
- CATMaterial documents with file based links will retain the
file based links (i.e. the files will not be imported into the VPDM).
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Before performing this scenario, make sure you
have:
- activated the cache system (Tools->Options->Infrastructure->Product
Structure->Cache Management->check option Work with the
cache system)
- have invoked the reconciliation option (View->Toolbars->Reconcile)
- have activated the ENOVIA V5 toolbar (View ->
Toolbars->ENOVIAV5)
- have connected to the ENOVIA V5 VPM database (click the
Connect User to ENOVIA V5 icon
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The
Skate-100-ABC-1001.CATProduct document and its sub-products must have
been saved in the VPDM in mode Structure Exposed before you begin the
reconciliation process. In the scenario described below, it corresponds to
the skate board that the manufacturer sends to his supplier for
modification. It consists of:
The following documents are those that will be reconciled using the Work
Package Exchange application, they correspond to the skate board and its
components that the supplier sends back to the manufacturer after having
done the necessary work:
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Open the
Skate2-100-ABC-1002.CATProduct file.
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Click the Launch Reconciliation icon
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The Reconcile window is displayed.
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Click the root object (Skate2-100-ABC-1002) in the
Objects to reconcile tree, select the Query by object ID query
in the Query Criteria scrolling list and click Query.
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Enter Skate* in the Search String
field and click OK.
Skate-100-ABC-1001 is the unique result of the query.
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Click the VPDM View tab.
The mapping has been established between Skate2-100-ABC-1002 and
Skate-100-ABC-1001.
The Overwrite mode has been automatically applied to
Skate2-100-ABC-1002 in the CATIA View.
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The following items were re-designed by the supplier, and
you want to save them. For each item, select it in the CATIA view and
click the New object in VPDM icon
.
- Board2-010-DEF-1011: This is a new object and the
manufacturer wants to keep the old board in the VPDM.
- Hub2-010-DEF-1002: This object is new and does not exist in
the VPDM.
- Wheel-Large-010-GHI-1026: This object is new and does not
exist in the VPDM.
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Map the following item using the Queryand click the Overwrite in VPDM icon
.
- Skate2-100-ABC-1002: Overwrites the skate stored in the VPDM
- Board2-010-DEF-1011: Overwrites the board stored in the VPDM
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Map the following item using the Query and click the
New Version in VPDM icon
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- Hub1-010-DEF-1001: Creates a new version of the Hub1 stored in the VPDM.
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Map the following item using the Query and click the
New Revision in VPDM icon
.
- Axle-010-JKL-1031: Creates a new revision of the
CATPart that represents the Axle
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Map the following item using the
Query and click the Reload from VPDM icon
.
- Wheel-010-GHI-1021: The manufacturer wants to keep the
original wheel.
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Click Apply to apply the reconciliation.
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Close the Reconciliation transaction and from the
File menu, select the Save in ENOVIA command.
The Save in ENOVIA V5 dialog is displayed. Clicking
displays detailed information on the data to be saved in ENOVIA VPM V5.
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