HD87613: DRAFTING (DXF) / THICKNESS POLYLINE MAPPING PARAMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• SCENARIO:
  .
  1. Open CATIA V5 in Admin mode.
  2. Open .dxf with default settings.
  >> DXF Thick Polyline is converted as thick polyline which
  thickness is 2mm.
  3. Go to Tools / Standard / DXF then change "Min Thickness For
  Area Fill" to 1.5mm from 2.7mm.
  4. Open 2mm.dxf.
  >> DXF Thick Polyline is converted as thick polyline with
  thickness 2mm.
  5.Go to Tools / Standard / DXF and change Min Thickness For
  Area Fill to 2.7mm from 1.5mm and change "Active Area fill
  Creation" as No.
  6. Open .dxf.
  .
  RESULT OBTAINED:
  .
  DXF Thick Polyline is converted as thick polyline with
  thickness is 2mm.
  .
  .
  

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Problem summary

• SCENARIO:
  .
  1. Open CATIA V5 in Admin mode.
  2. Open .dxf with
  default settings.
  >> DXF Thick Polyline is converted as thick
  polyline which thickness is 2mm.
  3. Go to Tools / Standard /
  DXF then change "Min Thickness For Area Fill" to 1.5mm from
  2.7mm.
  4. Open 2mm.dxf.
  >> DXF Thick Polyline is converted
  as thick polyline with thickness 2mm.
  5.Go to Tools /
  Standard / DXF and change Min Thickness For Area Fill to 2.7mm
  from 1.5mm and change "Active Area fill Creation" as No.
  6.
  Open .dxf.
  .
  RESULT OBTAINED:
  .
  DXF Thick Polyline is
  converted as thick polyline with thickness is 2mm.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS MODIFICATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION
  DELIVERED WITH  VERSION V5R20
  Additional Closure
  Information:
  INCIDENT DIAGNOSIS;
  Drafting (DXF) / Thickness
  Polyline Mapping parameter does not work correctly.
  The
  following documentation has been update under V5 Doc: Data
  Exchange Interfaces Chapter:  admin task Topic: Administering
  Standards
  Controlling How Polylines with Adjustable Width are
  Imported  Those polylines do not use the standard lineweight
  attribute, but use either Constant width attribute, or Start
  segment width and End segment Width for each vertex of the
  polyline. They can be imported as lines and arcs or as area
  fills depending on the value of  CreateAreaFill and
  MinThicknessForAreaFill in the ThickPolylineMapping standard.
  When the width of the polyline is not
  null:
  CreateAreaFill=yes authorizes the area fill creation. In
  this case, if width is greater than the value of
  MinThicknessForAreaFill, an area fill that represents the
  exact geometry of the thick polyline is
  created.
  CreateAreaFill=No, or if width is lower than the
  value of MinThicknessForAreaFill, the lines and arcs are
  created with a line thickness mapped from the polyline
  width.
  The value taken for the width is the greater one of
  startWidth or endWidth for each segment of the polyline.
  The
  report file indicates how the thick polylines are
  mapped.
  Limitations:
  

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