HD47672: CANNOT SELECT THE SURFACE IN "PLANE DIRECTION:" FIELD

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• V5R16 FTA documentation (Creating Datums) says :
  "When you select a non-canonical geometry a
  datum support, the created datum will be invalid
  because there is no enough information to define
  datum plane orientation. Two possibilities to avoid
  this problem:
  - Edit the invalid datum and define the plane
  orientation in the Plane Direction field.
  - Create the datum using the Tolerancing Advisor
  which recognizes automatically the selected
  geometry as non-canonical and asks you to define
  the plane orientation in the Plane Direction field".
  But, the problem is:
  we cannot select the surface in "Plane direction:"
  field
  Expected Result:
  The surface should be selected in "Plane direction:"
  field.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Cannot select the surface in "Plane direction:" field
  V5R16 FTA documentation (Creating Datums) says :
  "When you select a non-canonical geometry a
  datum support, the created datum will be invalid
  because there is no enough information to define
  datum plane orientation. Two possibilities to avoid
  this problem:
  - Edit the invalid datum and define the plane
  orientation in the Plane Direction field.
  - Create the datum using the Tolerancing Advisor
  which recognizes automatically the selected
  geometry as non-canonical and asks you to define
  the plane orientation in the Plane Direction field".
  But, the problem is:
  we cannot select the surface in "Plane direction:"
  field
  Expected Result:
  The surface should be selected in "Plane direction:"
  field.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION
  5 RELEASE 17 GA level.
  Incident Diagnosis
  When a plane has been selected to define the plane
  direction for the geometry pointed by the datum,
  the plane represents the geometry. So, after the
  creation of the 1st datum, the "Surface.175"
  represents "Edge/Surface.175/1". When user wants
  to create another datum with the same
  edge, "Surface.175" can't be selected as Plane
  direction because it represents already a geometry.
  Correction Explanation
  It is now possible for a plane to be selected
  as "Plane direction" even if it represents already a
  geometry. In this case, it represents the geometry
  pointed by the datum that is being defined. The link
  between it and the geometry it represented is
  removed.
  Answer and By-Pass
  This problem has been corrected on V5R17ga.
  .
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5 NT>XP

• Fixed component ID

  569151000

Applicable component levels

• R517 PSN

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