HD93518: POWERCOPY INSTANTIATION USING CATIUDFINSTANTIATE BREAKS INTERNAL BREP-LINKS

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• PROBLEM: Powercopy instantiation using CATIUdfInstantiate
  breaks internal BREP-links
  SCENARIO:
  01. In the given WS go to the path
  <WS>\<FW>\CNext\resources\msgcatalog\???Notations.CATNls
  02. Give the path of the document named
  "ProblematicPowercopy.catpart"
  03. Build the attached WS
  04. Create / Update Runtime view
  05. Start CATIA from WS
  06. Create a new Part in CATIA in CATIA
  07. Create a new Axis system, if not already there
  08. Go to Insert Menu -> Instantiate from Document command
  and select the "ProblematicPowercopy.catpart"
  09. Now a Dialog named "Insert Object" will appear. Select
  the AXIS system created at step#07
  10. Click OK button of the Dialog
  RESULT:
  The instantiation in the target part is OK, if done by an
  interactive command
  11. Click on the command "???TemplateInst"
  12. Now a Dialog named "Instantiate Template" will appear.
  Select the AXIS system created at step#07
  13. Click OK button of the Dialog
  RESULT:
  The instantiation in the target part is KO. Update is
  Required. Even after Updating the target part it shows broken
  links in
  the instantiation.
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The CAA command should also instantiate the Part from
  document similar to the interactive CATIA standard command
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

• PROBLEM: Powercopy instantiation using CATIUdfInstantiate
  breaks internal BREP-links
  SCENARIO:
  01. In the given WS go to the path
  <WS>\<FW>\CNext\resources\msgcatalog\???Notations.CATNls
  02. Give the path of the document named
  "ProblematicPowercopy.catpart"
  03. Build the attached WS
  04. Create / Update Runtime view
  05. Start CATIA from WS
  06. Create a new Part in CATIA in CATIA
  07. Create a new Axis system, if not already there
  08. Go to Insert Menu -> Instantiate from Document command
  and select the "ProblematicPowercopy.catpart"
  09. Now a Dialog named "Insert Object" will appear. Select
  the AXIS system created at step#07
  10. Click OK button of the Dialog
  RESULT:
  The instantiation in the target part is OK, if done by an
  interactive command
  11. Click on the command "???TemplateInst"
  12. Now a Dialog named "Instantiate Template" will appear.
  Select the AXIS system created at step#07
  13. Click OK button of the Dialog
  RESULT:
  The instantiation in the target part is KO. Update is
  Required. Even after Updating the target part it shows broken
  links in
  the instantiation.
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  The CAA command should also instantiate the Part from
  document similar to the interactive CATIA standard command
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN CATIA
  Additional Closure Information:
  Incident Diagnosis:
  The instantiation of a powercopy by a CAA coded command
  breaks internal BREP-links :
  they are not rerouted as they are in the official Power copy
  instantiation command
  Reason:
  The exposed api for templates instantiation does not handle
  reroute of internal brep links.
  It is done in a separated command that is ran by
  instantiation command.
  This command can be silent (it is not shown to the user) in
  some cases where reroute operation
  is automatic because there is no ambiguity in the choice of
  the sub element to select.
  The reroute apis are not exposed
  By-Pass:
  You can easily detect interactively if a power copy will need
  reroute operation :
  you just have to create a user feature with the same content
  and try to go in Inputs tab.
  At this step, an error will be raised explaining :
  "Some sub elements of the selected feature cannot be updated
  during the instantiation.
  Try to include ...."
  Here are the answers of the questions asked :
  Is there another interface for instantiation of Powercopies
  available?
  No other CAA interface is available
  Does Dassault Syst??mes utilize another instantiation
  interface for the interactive instantiation mechanism?
  This is answered previously :
  an interactive command is available to reroute internal links
  if necessary.
  It can be silent if there is no ambiguity
  Or is there an interface or "a possibility" to repair these
  broken BREP links - if it is would you guide us to do so?
  Not in CAA...
  

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