HE08087: When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are brok en links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or any kind o

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Abstract:
  When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are broken
  links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or any kind of
   warning. CATDMUUtility is used by VPM V4 XCAD in order to have
  light representation of black-boxed documents. Since CGR for suc
  h objects are successfully generated, it is impossible to determ
  ine where objects are missing the mockup. When opening CATProduc
  ts with missing links in CATIA V5, warnings are issued.
  Scenario:
  1. Initialise a console with V5 environment
  2. Launch CNEXT and create a simple product structure, with some
   geometry
  TestPS.CATProduct
  --- P1.CATPart
  --- P2.CATPart
  3. Save the data in some directory. With the previous example, w
  e have the following files :
  1 vpmadm catia 56550 Feb 18 09:43 P1.CATPart
  1 vpmadm catia 57964 Feb 18 09:43 P2.CATPart
  1 vpmadm catia 14942 Feb 18 09:43 TestPS.CATProduct
  4. Quit CATIA V5.
  5. Go into the directory in which data has been saved and launch
   the
  following command, replacing filenames accordingly with your tes
  t
  set: "CATDMUUtility -f $(pwd)/TestPS.CATProduct -cgr $(pwd)/Test
  PS.cgr"
  Here is CATDMUUtility output:
  CATDMUUtility starts at 2011-02-18-09.47.21
  INFORMATION: The following document was successfully treated:
  /home/users/vpmadm/tmp/TESTSV5/TestPS.CATProduct
  OK: The input document was successfully treated
  CATDMUUtility stops after a duration of 0 hour 0 min 1 sec
  
  6. Check the generated CGR by inserting it in a new CATProduct.
  7. Now hide one of the CATParts, in order to have a broken link
  when opening the CATProduct file. For example, I have renamed P1
  .CATPart as P1.CATPart.old
  8. Launch the following command:
  CATDMUUtility -f $(pwd)/TestPS.CATProduct -cgr $(pwd)/TestPS_2.c
  gr
  Here is CATDMUUtility output:
  CATDMUUtility starts at 2011-02-18-09.52.20
  INFORMATION: The following document was successfully treated:
  /home/users/vpmadm/tmp/TESTSV5/TestPS.CATProduct
  OK: The input document was successfully treated
  CATDMUUtility stops after a duration of 0 hour 0 min 1 sec
  KO. CATDMUUtility has not returned an error or logged a warning.
  
  9. Check the generated CGR by inserting it in a CATProduct You w
  ill see only P2 in the TestPS.
  Result:
  When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are broken
  links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or any kind of
   warning.
  Expected result:
  CATDMUUtility should return an error or send an explicit warning
   on standard output, as when trying to open the CATProduct with
  broken link in CATIA V5.
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

• Abstract:
  When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are
  broken links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or
  any kind of warning. CATDMUUtility is used by VPM V4 XCAD in
  order to have light representation of black-boxed documents.
  Since CGR for such objects are successfully generated, it is
  impossible to determine where objects are missing the mockup.
  When opening CATProducts with missing links in CATIA V5,
  warnings are issued.
  Scenario:
  1. Initialise a console with V5 environment
  2. Launch CNEXT and create a simple product structure, with
  some geometry
  TestPS.CATProduct
  --- P1.CATPart
  --- P2.CATPart
  3. Save the data in some directory. With the previous
  example, we have the following files :
  1 vpmadm catia 56550 Feb 18 09:43 P1.CATPart
  1 vpmadm catia 57964 Feb 18 09:43 P2.CATPart
  1 vpmadm catia 14942 Feb 18 09:43 TestPS.CATProduct
  4. Quit CATIA V5.
  5. Go into the directory in which data has been saved and
  launch the
  following command, replacing filenames accordingly with your
  test
  set: "CATDMUUtility -f $(pwd)/TestPS.CATProduct -cgr
  $(pwd)/TestPS.cgr"
  Here is CATDMUUtility output:
  CATDMUUtility starts at 2011-02-18-09.47.21
  INFORMATION: The following document was successfully treated:
  /home/users/vpmadm/tmp/TESTSV5/TestPS.CATProduct
  OK: The input document was successfully treated
  CATDMUUtility stops after a duration of 0 hour 0 min 1 sec
  6. Check the generated CGR by inserting it in a new
  CATProduct.
  7. Now hide one of the CATParts, in order to have a broken
  link when opening the CATProduct file. For example, I have
  renamed P1.CATPart as P1.CATPart.old
  8. Launch the following command:
  CATDMUUtility -f $(pwd)/TestPS.CATProduct -cgr
  $(pwd)/TestPS_2.cgr
  Here is CATDMUUtility output:
  CATDMUUtility starts at 2011-02-18-09.52.20
  INFORMATION: The following document was successfully treated:
  /home/users/vpmadm/tmp/TESTSV5/TestPS.CATProduct
  OK: The input document was successfully treated
  CATDMUUtility stops after a duration of 0 hour 0 min 1 sec
  KO. CATDMUUtility has not returned an error or logged a
  warning.
  9. Check the generated CGR by inserting it in a CATProduct
  You will see only P2 in the TestPS.
  Result:
  When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are
  broken links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or
  any kind of warning.
  Expected result:
  CATDMUUtility should return an error or send an explicit
  warning on standard output, as when trying to open the
  CATProduct with broken link in CATIA V5.
  

Problem conclusion

• NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R20 SP7.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R21 SP2.
  Additional Closure Information:
  Technical explanation of the defect:
  When generating CGR files from CATProducts, if there are
  broken links, CATDMUUtility does not generate any error, or
  any kind of warning.
  Technical explanation of the correction:
  Code has been modified so that when broken link is found in
  the Product, appropriate message is logged in the report.
  This correction is provided under an environment variable.
  You have to set the following variable as 1 to get the
  appropriate message in the log file when exporting a CGR:
  PS_Enable_Broken_Data_Warning
  

Temporary fix

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5 HP-UX

• Fixed component ID

  569102000

Applicable component levels

• R519 PSN

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