HD57770: ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY DESIGN - INTERNAL SPLICES CAN NOT BE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Scenario :
  1- Tools / Options / Equipement and Systems /
  Electrical Process Interfacing tab - Electrical iXF
  Data Repository - System Repository / set the
  name of the directory the xml file is located.
  2- Tools / Options / Equipement and Systems /
  Electrical Mapping tab - Catalog/Electrical objects
  mapping and select ElectricalParts.catalog
  3- File / Open CATProduct
  4- Go to Electrical Wire Routing Workbench
  5- Select 'Select External Systems'
  6- Make xml file Current System
  7- Go to Electrical Assembly Design workbench
  8- Select Manage Link icon
  9- Select the line with Splice and Splice1
  10- Select Place
  11- Select Internal Splices
  12- Select In Line
  13- Select Splice
  Result:
  Error window :
  Diagnosis : Internal Error Bad value returned
  Expected Behavior:
  Once the splice is selected in the catalog the user
  would be prompted to select a bundle segment to
  instantiate the internal splice in the geometric
  bundle.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Electrical Assembly Design - Internal Splices can not be
  created within a geometric bundle with Manage Links icon
  Scenario :
  1- Tools / Options / Equipement and Systems /
  Electrical Process Interfacing tab - Electrical iXF
  Data Repository - System Repository / set the
  name of the directory the xml file is located.
  2- Tools / Options / Equipement and Systems /
  Electrical Mapping tab - Catalog/Electrical objects
  mapping and select ElectricalParts.catalog
  3- File / Open CATProduct
  4- Go to Electrical Wire Routing Workbench
  5- Select 'Select External Systems'
  6- Make xml file Current System
  7- Go to Electrical Assembly Design workbench
  8- Select Manage Link icon
  9- Select the line with Splice and Splice1
  10- Select Place
  11- Select Internal Splices
  12- Select In Line
  13- Select Splice
  Result:
  Error window :
  Diagnosis : Internal Error Bad value returned
  Expected Behavior:
  Once the splice is selected in the catalog the user
  would be prompted to select a bundle segment to
  instantiate the internal splice in the geometric
  bundle.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA
  VERSION 5 RELEASE 18 GA level.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE
  FIXED ON V5R17SP03.
  Incident Diagnosis
  Internal Splices can not be created within a
  geometric bundle. The data created was not
  proper. Hence an error was popping up
  which was difficult to interpret : 'Internal
  Error Bad value returned'.
  Correction Explanation
  Hence a user friendly error message was
  added : Definition of Internal Splice is not
  the expected one.
  Answer and By-Pass
  This new error message 'Definition of
  Internal Splice is not the expected one'
  appears on V5R17 SP3 and V5R18ga.
  .
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5 NT>XP

• Fixed component ID

  569151000

Applicable component levels

• R517 PSN

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