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Create a Product in ENOVIA V5 VPM. Note that you can close
ENOVIA V5 VPM after creating the Product.
Send the Product to CATIA
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To send the product to CATIA:
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- In CATIA, click the Connect user to ENOVIA V5 icon
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in the ENOVIA V5 toolbar. The ENOVIA Logon dialog box
is displayed:
- Enter your User Name, and your password.
- Select a role as well as a workbook and click OK.
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- Click the Search ENOVIA data icon ().
The VPM Search dialog box is displayed.
- In the Objects scrolling list, select the Product
option.
- Enter the Owner's ID.
- Click OK when done. The Product ID is displayed in
the Result window.
- Double-click the product. The VPM Navigator view is
displayed.
- Right-click the root product and select Open....
The Open Modes dialog box is displayed. Leave the default
settings and click OK. The CATIA view is displayed.
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Add Components to the Product
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Click the root product and select Insert>Existing
Component.... Select the
KwrCap.CATPart document. The bottle cap is inserted into the product.
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Click the root product and select Insert>Existing
Component.... Select the
KwrBottle2.CATPart document. The bottle is inserted into the product.
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Optional: Access the assembly design workbench to add
constraints to the assembly.
Add a Volume Parameter and a Formula to the Product
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Create a Volume parameter that will compute the bottle
total volume.
- Click the
icon. The Formulas Editor opens.
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- Select Volume in the scrolling list. Click New Parameter
of type.
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- Edit the name of the new parameter (Total_Bottle_Volume in
this scenario) in the Edit Name or value of the current
parameter and click Add Formula.
- Enter the formula below by selecting the publications in the
specification tree, and click OK twice when done:
- The new parameter is displayed under the Parameters
node located below the Default-Technological package.1
node in the Specification tree.
- Right-click the technological package and select
Properties. Rename the technological package in the Name
field (Bottle_Volume in this scenario), and click OK
when done.
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Save Data in ENOVIA V5 VPM
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Click the Save in ENOVIA icon ().
The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Click OK to save
the data.
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Close all windows in CATIA.
Load the Data Partially
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To load the data partially:
- Click the Search ENOVIA data icon ().
The VPM Search dialog box is displayed.
- In the Objects scrolling list, select the Product
option.
- Enter the Owner's ID.
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- Click OK when done. The Product ID is displayed in
the Result window.
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- Double-click the product.
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- In the VPM navigator view, right-click the Bottle instance
and select Open. The Open Modes dialog box is
displayed.
- Check the Automatic lock of all opened Parts and
Documents option and click OK. The CATIA view is
displayed.
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- Repeat the same operation with the technological package (Bottle_Volume).
Both items are now loaded.
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A copy of the cap volume
parameter is made. Note that if you update the formula an
error will be raised because the cap is not loaded. |
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