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The recommended
methodology for working with ENOVIA V5 VPM is:
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To ensure seamless
integration:
- You must have both a CATIA V5 and ENOVIA V5 VPM session running.
- In the Product Structure workbench of CATIA V5, click the Connect
to ENOVIA V5 VPM icon to establish the connection between CATIA
V5 and ENOVIA V5 VPM.
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Creating a Product in ENOVIA
At the top level of the ENOVIA product hierarchy is the product class
root. This is the highest entity in a product structure and is used
to group products. Products can be created directly under this level
or under an intermediate level called the product class depending on
how you want to structure your data. It is not necessary to create product
classes, but the product class root and product must always exist. This
is the product that will be sent to CATIA and is mapped to the CATIA
document root.
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In the ENOVIA home
page, open the Engineering Life Cycle folder and double-click the
Product Classes folder.
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In the Product Class
browser, click the New Product Class Root
icon in the topmost toolbar.
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Enter a meaningful
name for your product class root in the Product Class ID field and
then click Add.
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Right-click the product
class root you have created and select New > Product.
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Enter a meaningful
name for your product in the Product ID field and then click
Add.
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Don't forget to click
the Save icon in the topmost toolbar to save the structure in ENOVIA.
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Sending an ENOVIA Product to CATIA
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In CATIA, click the Connect to ENOVIA V5 VPM
icon ()
to connect your ENOVIA V5 VPM database.
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In ENOVIA, right-click the ENOVIA product and select
Send to > CATIA V5.
This is what you see in CATIA: the ENOVIA product is mapped to the
CATIA document root.
Note: You also need to send any existing workpackages you need from
ENOVIA. If you send a workpackage, the product is also sent - you do
not need to send both.
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Saving CATIA Data in ENOVIA
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In the Product Structure workbench of CATIA V5,
click the Save Data in ENOVIA V5 VPM Server... icon in
the ENOVIA V5 VPM toolbar.
The Save in ENOVIA V5 dialog box appears showing objects to be saved
and set to the correct save mode and save options.
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Click OK in the dialog box.
A Save in ENOVIA V5 progress bar lets you monitor the progress of
the operation.
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If the CATIA Document Root is Not an ENOVIA Product
- Save your work temporarily.
- Create a product class root and product in ENOVIA.
- Send the ENOVIA product to CATIA.
- Insert the components (Insert > Existing Component)
containing the work you saved temporarily above.
- Save your work in ENOVIA.
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For more information,
see the CATIA / ENOVIA Interoperability User's Guide and the
appropriate ENOVIA V5 VPM guide. |
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