HD72173: STCAI : NEW REVISION OPENED FROM SMARTEAM IS NOT RELOADED IN CA TIA

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• STCAI : New revision opened from Smarteam is
  not reloaded in CATIA
  .
  CATIA Smarteam integration problem reproduced
  on SmDemo
  .
  Prereq:
  1. Launch Smarteam Editor
  Select Tools / Administrator Operations / Life Cycle
  Options.
  Select 'Out of Vault' Tab. Activate only the following
  options:
  'Copy general links on Check Out / New Release'
  'Replace local files on copy : Yes, when not in work'
  'Replace local files on check out/New Release : Yes'
  Click "Latest Revision" button.
  Activate "Always Check Out latest available
  revision"
  2. Select Tools/Application setup. Select CNEXT
  instead of CAIOPEN for opening the CATIA
  documents
  3. Activate the following environment variables for
  CATIA :
  FORCE_SYNCHRO_ON_OPEN=1
  SYNCHRO_REPAIR_ON_OPEN=1
  .
  Scenario:
  1. Start CATIA V5R17 and Smarteam V5R14.
  2. Create a new CATProduct with a sub CATProduct
  and a new CATPart in the sub CATProduct
  3. Save and check in in Smarteam the top
  CATProduct
  4. Open for edit the CATPart. Make a modification
  and check it in.
  5. Open for edit the top CATProduct
  6. Disconnect from Smarteam in CATIA
  7. In CATIA, 'open in new window' the CATPart
  8. In Smarteam editor, select the latest revision of
  the CATPart and select 'open'
  => The latest revision is copied to the work but not
  loaded in CATIA
  9. Connect to Smarteam in CATIA
  => The subproduct and the CATPart are now seen
  as dirty
  10. In CATIA, select Yes to the COOF. check out
  the CATProduct and check out also the CATPart
  Result : The latest revision of the CATPart is
  reloaded in CATIA and checked out.
  This is the expected result
  .
  Now, perform the same scenario with CATIA V5R17
  and Smarteam V5R17.
  At step 10, after the check out, the latest revision
  of the CATPart is not reloaded in CATIA and the old
  revision is checked out.
  This is the problem.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• STCAI : New revision opened from Smarteam is not reloaded in CA
  TIA
  STCAI : New revision opened from Smarteam is
  not reloaded in CATIA
  .
  CATIA Smarteam integration problem reproduced
  on SmDemo
  .
  Prereq:
  1. Launch Smarteam Editor
  Select Tools / Administrator Operations / Life Cycle
  Options.
  Select 'Out of Vault' Tab. Activate only the following
  options:
  'Copy general links on Check Out / New Release'
  'Replace local files on copy : Yes, when not in work'
  'Replace local files on check out/New Release : Yes'
  Click "Latest Revision" button.
  Activate "Always Check Out latest available
  revision"
  2. Select Tools/Application setup. Select CNEXT
  instead of CAIOPEN for opening the CATIA
  documents
  3. Activate the following environment variables for
  CATIA :
  FORCE_SYNCHRO_ON_OPEN=1
  SYNCHRO_REPAIR_ON_OPEN=1
  .
  Scenario:
  1. Start CATIA V5R17 and Smarteam V5R14.
  2. Create a new CATProduct with a sub CATProduct
  and a new CATPart in the sub CATProduct
  3. Save and check in in Smarteam the top
  CATProduct
  4. Open for edit the CATPart. Make a modification
  and check it in.
  5. Open for edit the top CATProduct
  6. Disconnect from Smarteam in CATIA
  7. In CATIA, 'open in new window' the CATPart
  8. In Smarteam editor, select the latest revision of
  the CATPart and select 'open'
  => The latest revision is copied to the work but not
  loaded in CATIA
  9. Connect to Smarteam in CATIA
  => The subproduct and the CATPart are now seen
  as dirty
  10. In CATIA, select Yes to the COOF. check out
  the CATProduct and check out also the CATPart
  Result : The latest revision of the CATPart is
  reloaded in CATIA and checked out.
  This is the expected result
  .
  Now, perform the same scenario with CATIA V5R17
  and Smarteam V5R17.
  At step 10, after the check out, the latest revision
  of the CATPart is not reloaded in CATIA and the old
  revision is checked out.
  This is the problem.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN
  CATIA
  The methodology is not the correct one. The user
  must use 'replace with selected revision' in order to
  properly reload a revision in session
  .
  

Temporary fix

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