The following task shows you how to work with ENOVIA LCA, using 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. |
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In this scenario, the user:
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Make sure you have selected ENOVIAV5 in the View > Toolbars menu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sending the Product to CATIA
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Click the root product and select the Insert > Existing Component... command. Select the component of your choice. The result could look something like this:
Click Save data in Enovia V5 . The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Check the Unlock All option and click OK when done.
Close your product in the CATIA view.
To send your product to VPM Navigator, proceed as follows:
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To lock your documents in the VPM Navigator view to enable editing and saving operations, proceed as follows:
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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 |
To manage your Wrapping result as an alternate shape of the initial component proceed as follows:
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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). |
Select Start > Digital Mockup > DMU Optimizer...
Select the product you want to wrap (i.e. Battery.1) in the specification tree or in the geometry area.
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. |
Set the required options and click the Preview button.
Click Save. The Save As dialog box is displayed.
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Click Save. Click Close when done.
In our example, you obtain something like this: |
Click Save data in Enovia V5 . The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Check the Unlock All option and click OK when done.
Close the product in the CATIA view. In our example PRC_FBP_1
Send your product back to CATIA (repeat Step 2) using VPM Navigator. To do so, proceed as follows:
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Tile your windows vertically using Windows > Tile Vertically from the menu bar.
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: |
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: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. The tree of the selected object appears out of
context. The Out of Context mode allows you to:
For more detailed information, refer to the VPM Navigator User Guide. |
The CATIA view is displayed. |
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.
In the Manage Representations dialog box, select the wrapping representation and click the Activate button:
The wrapping representation is activated: |