HD74375: ASD : CATDUA V5 OERATION IS UNSUCCESSFULL BECAUSE IT IS NOT POS SIBLE TO SWITCH INTO DESIGN MODE

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• Scenario:
  1- File / Open the provided CATProduct
  4100057146C01_DRW_C5B.CATProduct
  - A message displays to say that a CATPart
  is missing. But if the Desk is checked, no CATPart
  is missing, so it could be a ghost link.
  2- you can not switch from visualisation to design
  mode.
  3 -Execute CATDUA batch on on all CATParts and
  CATProducts and one additional interactive
  CATDUA (from desk within CATIA, on top-level-
  node) it is possible to switch into design mode.
  .
  To have the white axis icon appear it is necessary
  to select the part node. To switch this part or
  instance into design mode and restore visibility it is
  necessary to double-click or use the context menu.
  .
  4. Load assembly in CATIA an execute CATDUA
  from "Desk" (interactive, on top level node).
  => After executing the final CATDUA interactively,
  it is possible to switch the part instances into
  Design Mode.
  ==> Why does CATDUA not clean all errors?
  - Is the difference between interactive and batch
  CATDUA documented?
  - Why is it necessary to restore the part instance
  status by manual interaction?
  .
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ASD : CATDUA V5 OERATION IS UNSUCCESSFULL BECAUSE IT IS NOT POS
  SIBLE TO SWITCH INTO DESIGN MODE
  Scenario:
  1- File / Open the provided CATProduct
  4100057146C01_DRW_C5B.CATProduct
  - A message displays to say that a CATPart
  is missing. But if the Desk is checked, no CATPart
  is missing, so it could be a ghost link.
  2- you can not switch from visualisation to design
  mode.
  3 -Execute CATDUA batch on on all CATParts and
  CATProducts and one additional interactive
  CATDUA (from desk within CATIA, on top-level-
  node) it is possible to switch into design mode.
  .
  To have the white axis icon appear it is necessary
  to select the part node. To switch this part or
  instance into design mode and restore visibility it is
  necessary to double-click or use the context menu.
  .
  4. Load assembly in CATIA an execute CATDUA
  from "Desk" (interactive, on top level node).
  => After executing the final CATDUA interactively,
  it is possible to switch the part instances into
  Design Mode.
  ==> Why does CATDUA not clean all errors?
  - Is the difference between interactive and batch
  CATDUA documented?
  - Why is it necessary to restore the part instance
  status by manual interaction?
  .
  .
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON CATIA
  VERSION 5 RELEASE 18.
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON CATIA
  VERSION 5 RELEASE 19 SP01 LEVEL.
  .
  Incident Diagnosis:
  Some Part Instances were not able to Switch from
  Visu mode to Design Mode.
  .
  Reason:
  In this APAR the root cause was in
  1000107939C01_DCA_C5P.CATPart.
  .
  The broken part instance has its reference in
  respective CATPart. But they does not contain the
  desired ProdCont.
  .
  The UUID on the link is different that of the one in
  the part.
  .
  For example, Removing the original ABCD.CATPart
  file and renaming another one to ABCD.CATPart
  or
  Manipulations of CATPart directly under File
  Manager (maybe by the user of non DS PDM
  system):
  might generate this type of issue.
  .
  In such cases, our recommendation is to use the
  interactive Replace command to change a CATPart
  by another one.
  i.e for this APAR to fix , we just need to Replace the
  respective instance by corresponding CATPart
  (using Edit->Links) - and then do File ->Desk ->
  CATDUA .
  .
  This makes the scenario UR.
  .
  NOW Regarding the Queries,
  a. Why does CATDUA not clean all errors?
  Please check the documentation mentioned below
  to check the limitations on CATDUA.
  .
  b.Is the difference between interactive and batch
  CATDUA documented?
  Answer : The link shows the difference in using
  CATDUA in batch as well as Desk.
  See CATIA Infrastructure User Guide / Running
  Batches / Using the CATDUAV5 in the CATIA V5
  documentation
  .
  c.Why is it necessary to restore the part instance
  status by manual interaction?
  Answer: this is the available solution to
  interactively select and update the broken part
  instance link. which otherwise cannot be known by
  catia itself.
  .
  .
  

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 SP51901

     UP08/10/03 I 1000