HD69389: PART: EQUIVALENT DIMENSIONS: THE VALUES OF DIMENSIONS IN THE S KETCH ARE NOT KEPT WHEN ADDED.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• PART:  EQUIVALENT DIMENSIONS: THE VALUES OF
  DIMENSIONS IN THE SKETCH ARE NOT KEPT WHEN
  ADDED.
  .
  SCENARIO.
  1. Start CATIA V5R17SP06. Refer to the .ppt file
  attched.
  2. Open file: Part1.CATPart .
  3. Double click Sketch.1.
  4. Click Constraint icon and select the horizontal
  line.
  5. Click Constraint icon and select the vertical line.
  6. Exit from the sketcher.
  7. Click Equivalent Dimensions icon. Equivalent
  Dimensions feature Edition dialog box is
  displayed.
  8. Click Edit List button. Choose the parameters for
  the Equivalent Dimensions feature dialog box is
  displayed and two Length is dispalyed in
  Parameters list.
  9. Select the two length parameters.
  10. Click Adds the selected parameters in the
  parameters of the Equivalent Dimensions button.
  Two length parameters move from Parameters list
  box to Parameters for Equivalent Dimensions list
  box.
  11. Click OK. Back to Equivalent Dimensions
  feature Edition dialog box. But values of the two
  length parameters become 0mm. This is the
  problem.
  Error: Values of the dimensions of the Sketch are
  not kept when they are added to Equivalent
  Dimensions operation.
  .
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• PART:  EQUIVALENT DIMENSIONS: THE VALUES OF DIMENSIONS IN THE S
  KETCH ARE NOT KEPT WHEN ADDED.
  PART:  EQUIVALENT DIMENSIONS: THE VALUES OF
  DIMENSIONS IN THE SKETCH ARE NOT KEPT WHEN
  ADDED.
  .
  SCENARIO.
  1. Start CATIA V5R17SP06. Refer to the .ppt file
  attched.
  2. Open file: Part1.CATPart .
  3. Double click Sketch.1.
  4. Click Constraint icon and select the horizontal
  line.
  5. Click Constraint icon and select the vertical line.
  6. Exit from the sketcher.
  7. Click Equivalent Dimensions icon. Equivalent
  Dimensions feature Edition dialog box is
  displayed.
  8. Click Edit List button. Choose the parameters for
  the Equivalent Dimensions feature dialog box is
  displayed and two Length is dispalyed in
  Parameters list.
  9. Select the two length parameters.
  10. Click Adds the selected parameters in the
  parameters of the Equivalent Dimensions button.
  Two length parameters move from Parameters list
  box to Parameters for Equivalent Dimensions list
  box.
  11. Click OK. Back to Equivalent Dimensions
  feature Edition dialog box. But values of the two
  length parameters become 0mm. This is the
  problem.
  Error: Values of the dimensions of the Sketch are
  not kept when they are added to Equivalent
  Dimensions operation.
  .
  .
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 17.
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 19 GA level.
  .
  Incident Diagnosis.
  Values of the dimensions of the Sketch were not
  kept when they are added to Equivalent
  Dimensions operation. Due to this problem the
  feature like Pad created by this sketch fails and
  gives update error message. Also when the new
  value is inputted in the Equivalent Dimension dialog
  box the orientation of the skecth changes.
  .
  Reason.
  Now the values of the dimensions of the sketch are
  kept while adding them to Equivalent Dimensions.
  Hence all the above problems does not occur.
  .
  This problem is reproducible on V5R17 SP07 level
  however this problem is not reproducible on the
  above mentioned level.
  .
  Also note this problem is not reproducible on
  V5R18 SP02 level onwards.
  .
  .
  

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

• R519 PSN

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