Performing DMU Optimizer Tasks with VPM Navigator

VPM Navigator allows you to access both the product definition and the product data stored in the ENOVIA Hub from a single, simple user interface integrated within CATIA.

• creates a product in ENOVIA LCA and sends it to CATIA V5
• adds components to the product
• creates an alternate shape (in our example: a wrapping representation managed as an alternate shape)
  For more information, read the Customizing section - Alternate Shape Management in the DMU Optimizer User Guide.
• saves the product in ENOVIA LCA using VPM Navigator and sends the product back to CATIA
• activates the wrapping alternate shape in VPM Navigator CATIA View

1. Create a product in ENOVIA LCA. Note that you can close ENOVIA LCA after creating the Product.

Sending the Product to CATIA
 

2. Send your product to CATIA V5 using VPM Navigator. To do this, proceed as follows:

   In CATIA, click Connect in the ENOVIA V5 VPM Navigator toolbar . The Log On to Enovia V5 dialog box is displayed. Enter your user name, and your password. Select your role in the Role drop-down list and click OK when done.

   Click Search ENOVIA . The VPM Search dialog box is displayed. In the Objects drop-down list, select the Product option. Enter the owner's ID.

   Click OK when done. The Product ID displays in the RESULT window.

   Right-click the root product and select the Open command. The Open Modes dialog box displays. The Out of Context option button is selected by default.

   Keep the default settings and click OK. The CATIA view displays.

Adding Components to the Product

3. Click the root product and select the Insert > Existing Component... command. Select the component of your choice. The result could look something like this:

4. Click Save data in Enovia V5 . The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Check the Unlock All option and click OK when done.

5. Close your product in the CATIA view.

6. To send your product to VPM Navigator, proceed as follows:

   In the RESULT window, right-click the product you want to send to VPM Navigator (PRC_FBP_1) in the example shown Select the Send to VPM Navigator item from the contextual menu displayed.

7. To lock your documents in the VPM Navigator view to enable editing and saving operations, proceed as follows:

   Right-click Mobile Phone.1 then Mobile_Phone. Select the Lock item from the contextual menu displayed:

   Select the Component check box in the Lock dialog box and click OK.

   Your products are locked (a green key identifies the lock operation):

   You are ready to generate alternate shapes and save them in ENOVIA LCA database using VPM Navigator

    

Creating a Wrapping Representation Managed as an Alternate Shape

8. To manage your Wrapping result as an alternate shape of the initial component proceed as follows:

   Select Tools > Options from the menu bar. The Options dialog box is displayed. Expand the Digital Mockup category from the upper-left tree Select the DMU Optimizer item to display the corresponding tab. The Alternate Shapes Management functionality is now available.   Select the Wrapping check box. The wrapping is automatically treated as an alternate shape.

   In this case, the wrapping result will be automatically reinserted and will replace the initial component (provided the Activate check box is selected. By default, It is selected).

    

9. Select Start > Digital Mockup > DMU Optimizer...

10. Select the product you want to wrap (i.e. Battery.1) in the specification tree or in the geometry area.

11. Click Wrapping from the DMU Optimizer toolbar.
    The Wrapping dialog box is displayed.

    For more detailed information about the wrapping capability, read "Generating a Wrapping" in the DMU Optimizer User Guide.

12. Set the required options and click the Preview button.

13. Click Save. The Save As dialog box is displayed.

    Enter a meaningful name. Select cgr in the Save As type drop-down  list.

14. Click Save. Click Close when done.

    In our example, you obtain something like this:

Saving Data in ENOVIA LCA

14. Click Save data in Enovia V5 . The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Check the Unlock All option and click OK when done.

15. Close the product in the CATIA view. In our example PRC_FBP_1

Activating the Wrapping Alternate Shape in VPM Navigator CATIA View

16. Send your product back to CATIA (repeat Step 2) using VPM Navigator. To do so, proceed as follows:

    Click Search ENOVIA in the ENOVIA V5 VPM Navigator toolbar. The VPM Search dialog box is displayed. Double-click the product that you want to load in the RESULT window The VPM Navigator view displays:

17. Tile your windows vertically using Windows > Tile Vertically from the menu bar.

18. Right-click Mobile_Phone_3Dcut and select Show Documents item from the contextual menu displayed:

    The attached documents are displayed. You can see the wrapping representation you have just created and saved in ENOVIA:

19. Still in the VPM Navigator view, right-click Mobile_Phone.1 and select Open from the contextual menu displayed.

    The Open Modes dialog box is displayed: The In Context (Product) option button is selected. Click OK.

    Useful Reminder: In Context (Product) The tree of the selected object is opened and displayed within the appropriate context i.e. with all its parents as far as the PRC. For example, if you select a CATPart instantiated on a PRC, the CATPart opens with the PRC and the associated instance. You can see the geometry, all the parent instances and the PRC. Out of Context The tree of the selected object appears out of context. For example, if you select a CATPart instantiated on a PRC, the CATPart opens without the PRC and the associated instance. You only see the geometry but notthe position of the instance. The Out of Context mode allows you to: open objects in a new or existing VPM Session. For more information about this workbench, see VPM Session: Working with Reference Data from VPM Navigator. open objects in a window. For more detailed information, refer to the VPM Navigator User Guide.

    The CATIA view is displayed.

20. In the CATIA view, right-click Battery.1 in the specification tree and select Manage > Representations to check your wrapping is treated as an alternate shape.

21. In the Manage Representations dialog box, select the wrapping representation and click the Activate button:

    The wrapping representation is activated: