HD68949: ELECTRICAL (EWR) / CATIA ABENDS ON AUTOMATIC WIRE ROUTING COMMA ND

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Electrical (EWR) / CATIA Abends on Automatic Wire
  routing command
  .
  Electrical (EWR) / CATIA Abends on Automatic Wire
  routing command
  .
  Scenario:
  1. Start Catia and open Product 1
  2. Switch into design mode
  3. IMPORTANT STEP: Enter the Electrical Process
  Interfacing tab under Tools-Options-Equipment and
  Systems and Actiavte the OPTION "instance name"
  under Identifier Management.
  4. Select External systems in the "Electrical
  Assembly design workbench and select the xml file
  (test.xml in attached zip file)
  5. Select Manage links icon and link the 4
  connectors in the device list to the 4 connectors in
  3D.
  6. Switch to the Electrical Wire Routing workbench
  and select the automatic wire routing icon.
  7. Select all wires and click on Route.
  8. According to the automatic wire routing report
  window all wires are routed successfully.
  .
  Problem: When clicking on close on the "wire
  routing report" dialog box a "runtime exception
  message" appears with the text "Click OK to
  Terminate". The Problem was fixed through APAR
  HD67832. Due to this correction, xml file is now not
  selectable.
  .
  Expected result: XML file should be selectable and
  CATIA should not abend.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Electrical (EWR) / CATIA Abends on Automatic Wire routing comma
  nd
  Electrical (EWR) / CATIA Abends on Automatic Wire
  routing command
  .
  Electrical (EWR) / CATIA Abends on Automatic Wire
  routing command
  .
  Scenario:
  1. Start Catia and open Product 1
  2. Switch into design mode
  3. IMPORTANT STEP: Enter the Electrical Process
  Interfacing tab under Tools-Options-Equipment and
  Systems and Actiavte the OPTION "instance name"
  under Identifier Management.
  4. Select External systems in the "Electrical
  Assembly design workbench and select the xml file
  (test.xml in attached zip file)
  5. Select Manage links icon and link the 4
  connectors in the device list to the 4 connectors in
  3D.
  6. Switch to the Electrical Wire Routing workbench
  and select the automatic wire routing icon.
  7. Select all wires and click on Route.
  8. According to the automatic wire routing report
  window all wires are routed successfully.
  .
  Problem: When clicking on close on the "wire
  routing report" dialog box a "runtime exception
  message" appears with the text "Click OK to
  Terminate". The Problem was fixed through APAR
  HD67832. Due to this correction, xml file is now not
  selectable.
  .
  Expected result: XML file should be selectable and
  CATIA should not abend.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION
  5 RELEASE 19 GA level.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED
  ON V5R18SP03 AND ON V5R17SP08.
  .
  Incident Diagnosis
  Catia crashes on closing the automatic routing
  report panel.
  .
  Correction Explanation
  Crash is fixed now. Routing is done successfully
  .                                     518
  

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

• R518 PSN SP51803

     UP08/01/25 I 1000

• R517 PSN

     UP