HD22658: IF THE "CATPART" OF AN OLD CATIA VERSION IS OPENED IN "VISU AL MODE", A "CATPART" WILL BE OPENED IN "DESIGN MODE"

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• If a "CATPart" of an old CATIA version is opened
  in "Visual mode" (Work with the cache system),
  the "CATPart" will be opened in "Design mode".
  .
  Reference: (in the Zip file)
  -Macro file (macro1.CATScript)
  -CATPart file (TEST.CATPart )
  -CATSettings
  Platform:
  Windows2000
  .
  1) SampleMacro Copy local disk
  (ex.c:\CATIA_TEST)
  2) SampleData(TEST.CATPart) copy local disk
  (ex.c:\CATIA_TEST)
  3) Delete all files under "CATUserSettingPath" and
  "CATReferenceSettingPath".
  Copy a "CUST5293CATSettings" folder
  follower's "CATSettings"
  to "CATReferenceSettingPath".
  4) Delete all a "CATCache" folder follower's files.
  (ex.D:\DassaultSystemes\Work\CATCache\)
  .
  Scenario
  0) Start CATIA
  1) Select "Tool" => "Options" (on Menu bar")
  ==>"Options" panel is displayed.
  2) Activate "Options.." ->"Infrastructure" / "Cache
  Management" tab
  -> "Work with the cache system"
  3) Click "OK" on the "Options" panel.
  4) End CATIA.
  5) Start CATIA again. (Visual Mode)
  6) Create New "CATProduct" file.
  7) Select "Tool" => "Macro" => "Macros..." (on
  Menu bar")
  ==>"Macro" panel is displayed.
  The C:\CATIA_TEST\ folder is specified in the
  following examples.
  8) Click "Macro Libraries..." on "Macro" panel.
  ==> "Macro Libraries" panel is displayed.
  9) Click "Directories" and Click "Add existing
  library.." on "Macro libraries" panel
  10) Select the Folder on which "Macro" is set.
  ==> Click "OK" button.
  11) Click "Close" on "Macro libraries" panel
  and the "Macro" panel is displayed again.
  12) "Run" is clicked after
  selecting "macro1.CATScript" as "Available
  macros".
  => Open "TEST.CATPart".
  13) TEST.CATPart Opened in "DesginMode". <=
  This is problem
  .
  This problem is not reproduced when cache file
  exists in "CATCache" folder.
  The CATIA version by which this TEST.CATPart was
  created is unknown. (R9?)
  "CATPart" created on "V5R12" does not reproduce
  this problem.
  "macro1.CATScript" was created on "V5R12SP2".
  This problem is reproduced on V5R13SP2.
  .
  CATIA should open a file in "Visual Mode",
  even when a Macro is used.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• If the "CATPart" of an old CATIA version is opened in "Visu  al
  mode", a "CATPart" will be opened in "Design mode"
  If a "CATPart" of an old CATIA version is opened
  in "Visual mode" (Work with the cache system),
  the "CATPart" will be opened in "Design mode".
  .
  Reference: (in the Zip file)
  -Macro file (macro1.CATScript)
  -CATPart file (TEST.CATPart )
  -CATSettings
  Platform:
  Windows2000
  .
  1) SampleMacro Copy local disk
  (ex.c:\CATIA_TEST)
  2) SampleData(TEST.CATPart) copy local disk
  (ex.c:\CATIA_TEST)
  3) Delete all files under "CATUserSettingPath" and
  "CATReferenceSettingPath".
  Copy a "CUST5293CATSettings" folder
  follower's "CATSettings"
  to "CATReferenceSettingPath".
  4) Delete all a "CATCache" folder follower's files.
  (ex.D:\DassaultSystemes\Work\CATCache\)
  .
  Scenario
  0) Start CATIA
  1) Select "Tool" => "Options" (on Menu bar")
  ==>"Options" panel is displayed.
  2) Activate "Options.." ->"Infrastructure" / "Cache
  Management" tab
  -> "Work with the cache system"
  3) Click "OK" on the "Options" panel.
  4) End CATIA.
  5) Start CATIA again. (Visual Mode)
  6) Create New "CATProduct" file.
  7) Select "Tool" => "Macro" => "Macros..." (on
  Menu bar")
  ==>"Macro" panel is displayed.
  The C:\CATIA_TEST\ folder is specified in the
  following examples.
  8) Click "Macro Libraries..." on "Macro" panel.
  ==> "Macro Libraries" panel is displayed.
  9) Click "Directories" and Click "Add existing
  library.." on "Macro libraries" panel
  10) Select the Folder on which "Macro" is set.
  ==> Click "OK" button.
  11) Click "Close" on "Macro libraries" panel
  and the "Macro" panel is displayed again.
  12) "Run" is clicked after
  selecting "macro1.CATScript" as "Available
  macros".
  => Open "TEST.CATPart".
  13) TEST.CATPart Opened in "DesginMode". <=
  This is problem
  .
  This problem is not reproduced when cache file
  exists in "CATCache" folder.
  The CATIA version by which this TEST.CATPart was
  created is unknown. (R9?)
  "CATPart" created on "V5R12" does not reproduce
  this problem.
  "macro1.CATScript" was created on "V5R12SP2".
  This problem is reproduced on V5R13SP2.
  .
  CATIA should open a file in "Visual Mode",
  even when a Macro is used.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN
  CATIA
  .
  Incident Diagnosis
  Once the macro is completed, CATPart is inserted
  in CATProduct, and the CATPart document is
  loaded in design mode.
  .
  Restriction Explanation
  The minimal mode available with the macro is not
  Visu (CATPart not loaded at all), but product mode,
  because it is an insertion (call
  CATIAProduct::AddComponentsFromFiles).
  This CATPart has a tesselation stored with a
  different SAG than the SAG used (provided
  CATSettings). It forces complete tesselation to
  create the good cgr in Cache. Insertion does not
  allow a full Unload of the document inserted after
  cache creation.
  .
  By-Pass
  Always use the same SAG.
  .
  

Temporary fix

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