Saving a CATIA V5 Catalog in ENOVIA V5 VPM Using VPM Navigator

This task explains how to save a catalog created with CATIA Version 5 in ENOVIA V5 using VPM Navigator.
Prior to saving your catalog, we recommend that you read the VPM Navigator User's Guide to find out more about this product. This documentation can be found on the ENOVIA V5 VPM / LCA Documentation CD-ROM.

  1. In CATIA V5, select Start -> Infrastructure -> Catalog Editor.

  2. Open the catalog to be saved by selecting File -> Open... from the menu bar. 

  3. Select Start -> ENOVIA V5 VPM -> VPM Navigator.

  4. Click the Connect icon in the ENOVIA V5 toolbar. The connection dialog box displays:

  5. Enter a user name, a password and select the role to be used, then click OK to validate.

  6. Click the Save data in Enovia V5 icon. This opens the Save in ENOVIA V5 dialog box:

  7. Click the More>> button to expand the Save in ENOVIA V5 dialog box. Check the options you need to save your objects.
To see how the checkboxes displayed in this dialog box are used, refer to "Saving Objects" in the VPM Navigator User's Guide.
 

  1. If you want to do a quick save, click OK. The catalog is saved in the storage mode known as Publications Exposed (Document kept in vault), i.e. both Product and Part document files are saved in the vault but the catalog structure is not saved in ENOVIA V5.