HD70581: ITEV5CV5: IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSIGN AN IMAGE (JPG, TIFF) TO A CATIA MATERIAL AS A TEXTURE MAP.

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• ITEV5CV5: Imposible to assign an image (jpg, tiff) to a CATIA
  material  as a texture map.
  
  Scenario:
  
  - Create a new folder called Materials on the C: drive.
  - Copy honeycomb.jpg from the ..\startup\materials directory
    into the new folder.
  - Rename honeycomb.jpg to hcmb.jpg
  - Launch LCA and create a PRC.
  - Launch CATIA/VPM Nav.
  - Open newly created PRC. Create a material referencing an
    image as reference.
  - Select Start/Infrastructure/Material Library In the Material1
    window RMB on New Material and select Properties
  - In the Properties window, select the Rendering tab and Select
    the Texture tab.
  - In the Texture panel, select the Type pull down and select
    Image- Select the previously copied hcmb.jpg from the
    C:\material folder.
  - Select OK in the Material Properties dialog.
  - Select ENOVIA V5/Save in ENOVIA and save the material to LCA
    database.
  
  Search for Material Library in LCA
  - Start LCA and log in.
  - Select the ENOVIA Home icon.
  - Expand Content Management and click on Documents.
  - Select Search Documents in the pop-up window.
  - Search for the material catalog in the Select Add Save image
    to LCA database
  
  Save image to LCA database
  - In Content Management select New.
  - In the Document ID field type HCMB-IMG.
  - Click Browse and navigate to the hcmb.jpg file.  (Select the
    Delete file from local machine.)
  - Click OK to save to the database.  The HCMB-IMG document
    should be added to Content Management tree .  Re-link Material
    Library to LCA stored image
  - In CATIA/VPM-NAV click on the ENOVIA Search icon.
  - In the Domains: pull-down, select DOCDIR
  - In the Document ID field type a string to search for your
    material library.
  - Click OK.
  - RMB the Material Library in the RESULT window.  Select Open
    from the contextual menu and ok the Open Modes dialog.
  - Double click on the material in the material library to bring
    up the properties panel.
  - On the Texture tab click on the button next to image name.
  - Click Cancel on the Open dialog and select ENOVIA from the
    Browse window.  Type HCMB* in the search conditions and hit
    Apply.  Select HCMB-IMG and click Open.
  
  RESULT: File ENOVIA\HCMB-IMG ---.JPG can not be found
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THIS APAR IS CONSIDERED AS A SUGGESTION
  FOR IMPROVEMENT WHICH CANNOT BE
  INCORPORATED IN VERSION V5R19 PLEASE
  CONTACT YOUR SUPPORT DEPARTMENT IN ORDER
  TO OPEN A REQUIREMENT FORM.
  .
  Development Request Justification
  Non catia documents (such as images for material
  textures) should be stored locally to be used for
  material visualization.
  Answer and By-Pass
  In Catia V5 architecture, it is not possible to link
  and load a non-catia document (image, doc, excel,
  txt files, ....) located in database.
  The documentation will be completed with this
  limitation (on R19 level)
  .
  

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Fix information

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