HD90922: PART:REPLACE VIEWER DOES NOT APPEAR

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• SCENARIO:
  1)Start CATIA V5 R18 SP2
  2)Create a new CATPart and enter the name A
  3)Create a sketch on XY plane
  4)Create a rectangle and exit the sketcher
  5)Create a pad with default options
  6)Tools / Publication and publish the PartBody
  7)File / Save / File name = B.CATPart
  8)Create a new CATPart and enter the name 3D_IND
  9)Change to B.CATPart
  10)Select the published PartBody with right mouse button and
  click copy
  11)Change to C.CATPart and Paste special / As Result With
  Link (a CCP link has been created)
  12)Right click on Body.2 / Body.2 object / Change Part Body
  13)Delete Body.1
  14)Tools / Publication and publish the PartBody and all faces
  in C.CATPart (to select the faces use Edit / Search with
  Query = Topology.Face;all)
  15)Click OK and save the part with name D.CATPart
  16)Close part D.CATPart
  17)Edit sketch.1 in B.CATPart
  18)Delete right vertical line
  19)Re-create the line and exit the sketcher
  20)File / Save as E.CATPart
  21)Open D.CATPart
  22)Edit / Links / Replace / Select E.CATPart from loaded
  document
  23)DO NOT click on synchronize
  24)Click OK to exit Links window
  25)In D.CATPart right click on Solid.1 / Solid.1 object /
  Synchronize
  26)Edit / Update.
  .
  PROBLEM:
  Replace Viewer does not appear
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The Replace Viewer should be appear to allow reconnection of
  publications.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Dear Customer:  we have reviewed the problem report you
  submitted and determined that the function referenced is
  working within the scope of the original design
  specification. However we recognize the value of your
  feedback and will consider including resolution of this issue
  as a product enhancement in a future release, if one is made
  available.  We thank you for your input.
  Additional Closure Information:
  Incident Diagnosis:
  A Publication is broken after a synchronization process.
  Development Request Justification:
  1) Launching the Replace command via Edit/Links is different
  from  the Replace command
  launched within a CATPart.
  2) By default, updating the Part on V5 levels launches the
  Synchronization process. So the step that specifies that the
  Synchronization should not be launched doesn?t have
  significance, because it is launched when the Part is updated
  due to which one of the publication is seen to be broken.
  3) The Replace command is root cause in this scenario because
  it is called in the Synchronization command.
  The Synchronization command tries to synchronize the import,
  but before, it makes sure no reroute
  via Replace Viewer is necessary.
  A process in the Generic Naming is called to detect these
  impacts. If impacts are found, the
  Replace Viewer is launched.
  The replace operation is to replace the old geometry of the
  import (the one based on the old
  Sketch) by the new geometry.
  .
  The publication is broken as only 1 Edge of the Sketch is
  deleted.
  Therefore only one face of the Solid is modified from a
  Generic Naming point of view and publication cannot reroute
  the new face of the geometry.
  During the synchronization process, the Replace operation is
  launched on the old geometry in order to replace it by the
  new geometry.
  The broken Publication is a Publication of a face of the old
  geometry; therefore a Publication of
  the Replaced feature is ignored.
  These are the generic specifications of the Replace command
  and of the Generic Naming
  processes called by the Replace command.
  .
  Conclusion:
  Changing the above specifications in V5 cannot be done in a
  HOTFIX context because it implies a
  totally new development, since it not only impacts all the
  Synchronization scenarios, but also all
  the Replace scenarios .A new architecture has to be developed.
  

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