HE08628: CATIA hangs while "saving as" STEP file.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Scenario:
  Problem is data specific.
  1)Go to Tools/Options/Compatibility/ Step/ Export.
  2) set the Application Protocol (AP) to ISO 214 and Assemblies t
  o "One Step File"..
  3)Open specific CATproduct,
  4)Save it as stp.
  Problem:
  CATIA hangs. Process do not complete.
  Expected Result:
  Process should complete successfully.stp file should be created.
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

• Scenario:
  Problem is data specific.
  1)Go to Tools/Options/Compatibility/ Step/ Export.
  2) set the Application Protocol (AP) to ISO 214 and
  Assemblies to "One Step File"..
  3)Open specific CATproduct,
  4)Save it as stp.
  Problem:
  CATIA hangs. Process do not complete.
  Expected Result:
  Process should complete successfully.stp file should be
  created.
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION V5R22 GA level.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R21 SP2.
  Additional Closure Information:
  Incident Diagnosis:
  CATIA hangs while save as STEP file.
  Technical explanation of the defect:
  The export is very slow due to the group attribute management
  despite there are no selection sets in the customer data.
  Technical explanation of the correction:
  The correction consists in skipping the group attributes
  management when there are no selection sets in the data to
  export.
  Correction Restriction:
  It does not work if  a selection set is added.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

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

• R521 PSN

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