HD76070: FAILURE WHILE SAVING HARNESS IN 3DCOM

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• Failure while saving harness in 3DCOM
  SCENARIO:
  STORE THE HARNESS IN 3DCOM
  1. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  HARNESS.CATProduct.
  2. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  LIBRARY.CATProduct.
  3. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  BUNDLE.CATPart.
  4. Open the three DOCCADs "as reference"
  5. In HARNESS windows, select the LIBRARY
  and "replace component in session" by the
  LIBRARY saved in 3dcom in step 2. Click
  "OK" on "Impacts on replace" window.
  6. In HARNESS windows, select the BUNDLE
  and "replace component in session" by the BUNDLE
  saved in 3dcom in step 3. Click
  "OK" on "Impacts on replace" window.
  7. Update all and switch to Design Mode.
  8. Right-click the BUNDLE and select "Define
  contextual Link". Click "OK".
  9. "Update all".
  10. Save the three files and close all files.
  MODIFY THE HARNESS AND TRY TO SAVE
  11. Load the HARNESS DOCCAD stored in 3dcom
  and switch to Design Mode.
  12. In "Electrical Harness Assembly" workbench,
  use command "remove support" to remove one
  support from Branchable.21 and
  Update.
  13. In "File->Save Management", select all files
  modified (BUNDLE and HARNESS) and save.
  14. In window "save operations", the "OK" button is
  disabled.
  .
  RESULT:The BUNDLE file has the following
  message: "Dependency error. It is not possible to
  execute this modification because at least one of
  prerequisite operation has failed."
  The flexible curve has the following
  message: "Virtual Product Model Error".
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Failure while saving harness in 3DCOM
  Failure while saving harness in 3DCOM
  SCENARIO:
  STORE THE HARNESS IN 3DCOM
  1. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  HARNESS.CATProduct.
  2. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  LIBRARY.CATProduct.
  3. Create a part in 3dcom and associate file
  BUNDLE.CATPart.
  4. Open the three DOCCADs "as reference"
  5. In HARNESS windows, select the LIBRARY
  and "replace component in session" by the
  LIBRARY saved in 3dcom in step 2. Click
  "OK" on "Impacts on replace" window.
  6. In HARNESS windows, select the BUNDLE
  and "replace component in session" by the BUNDLE
  saved in 3dcom in step 3. Click
  "OK" on "Impacts on replace" window.
  7. Update all and switch to Design Mode.
  8. Right-click the BUNDLE and select "Define
  contextual Link". Click "OK".
  9. "Update all".
  10. Save the three files and close all files.
  MODIFY THE HARNESS AND TRY TO SAVE
  11. Load the HARNESS DOCCAD stored in 3dcom
  and switch to Design Mode.
  12. In "Electrical Harness Assembly" workbench,
  use command "remove support" to remove one
  support from Branchable.21 and
  Update.
  13. In "File->Save Management", select all files
  modified (BUNDLE and HARNESS) and save.
  14. In window "save operations", the "OK" button is
  disabled.
  .
  RESULT:The BUNDLE file has the following
  message: "Dependency error. It is not possible to
  execute this modification because at least one of
  prerequisite operation has failed."
  The flexible curve has the following
  message: "Virtual Product Model Error".
  .
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON CATIA
  VERSION 5 RELEASE 17.
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON 3DCOM
  VERSION 5 RELEASE 20 GA LEVEL AND ALSO ON R19SP2 LEVEL.
  Incident Diagnosis: Failure while saving harness in
  3DCOM
  Explanation:
  Use Create and Save method instead of "Copy
  From" option to associate Documents to Parts.
  Copy From is Forbidden due to restriction from
  VPM1.6PTF9 and it is not recommended to use copy
  from for Interoperability.
  .
  

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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