HD71290: CONTEXTUAL LINK STATUS INCONSISTENT BETWEEN CATIA AND VPM

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1) Connect to VPM .
  2) Create the following structure .
  | --- SOURCE
  ROOT ---- |
  | --- RESULT .
  3) Associate a CATPart with 3 published points to
  the SOURCE part .
  4) Associate an empty CATPart to the RESULT part .
  5) Close all documents .
  6) Open the documents SOURCE and RESULT in
  product mode .
  7) Copy 2 points of SOURCE and paste as result
  with links these in RESULT (Creation of Contextual
  link) .
  8) Save all and close all documents .
  9) Check the state of links => it s OK .Get Impact
  In PSN .
  10) Open the SOURCE and make an Extract Save
  with option New Document checked .
  11) Check the state of links => it s OK .Get Impact
  In PSN .
  12) Open the documents SOURCE and RESULT in
  product mode, all links are found. Add a e.g a point
  to force the save of RESULT .
  RESULT:
  Check the state of links => it s KO
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Contextual link status inconsistent between CATIA and VPM
  1) Connect to VPM .
  2) Create the following structure .
  | --- SOURCE
  ROOT ---- |
  | --- RESULT .
  3) Associate a CATPart with 3 published points to
  the SOURCE part .
  4) Associate an empty CATPart to the RESULT part .
  5) Close all documents .
  6) Open the documents SOURCE and RESULT in
  product mode .
  7) Copy 2 points of SOURCE and paste as result
  with links these in RESULT (Creation of Contextual
  link) .
  8) Save all and close all documents .
  9) Check the state of links => it s OK .Get Impact
  In PSN .
  10) Open the SOURCE and make an Extract Save
  with option New Document checked .
  11) Check the state of links => it s OK .Get Impact
  In PSN .
  12) Open the documents SOURCE and RESULT in
  product mode, all links are found. Add a e.g a point
  to force the save of RESULT .
  RESULT:
  Check the state of links => it s KO
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION
  5R1.X+3 GA LEVEL.
  THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION
  5 RELEASE 19 GA LEVEL.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED
  ON V5R18SP04
  Correction Explanation:
  ---------------------------
  We show a warning saying that the context is not
  synchronized in VPM and we ask the user to save
  the dirtyfied document.
  We dirtyfy the contextual document and we log the
  contextinput so that it is saved during the save.
  .
  

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 AIX

• Fixed component ID

  569101000

Applicable component levels

• R518 PSN SP51804

     UP08/03/26 I 1000