HD52137: CATIA OBJECTS SWITCH FROM VISUALIZATION MODE TO DESIGN MODE WHE N CREATING A DRAWING.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• STCAI: CATIA objects switch from Visualization
  Mode to Design Mode when creating a Drawing
  Setup:
  SMARTEAM:
  Add a new attribute mapping to the CATIA Part
  Class:
  1. Launch Integration Tools Setup
  2. Select SmDemo and login as joe
  3. Browse to the CATIA Part class under CATIA >
  Mapping Group Types
  4. Right click on CATIA Part and select Open
  groups tree
  5. Expand Engineering Information
  6. Right click Engineering Information and select
  Add
  7. Enter the Scale for the Name and Description
  and click OK
  8. Right click on Scale and select Add
  9. Select CATIA Part for the Class name and select
  Scale for the Attribute name and click OK
  10. The new mapping has been added
  11. Exit Integrations Tools Setup
  CATIA:
  Turn on Cache Management Mode:
  Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Product
  Structure > Cache
  Management
  Check Work with the cache system
  Set View Generation to Approximate:
  Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting >
  View
  Set View generation mode to Approximate
  -----
  Detailed Scenario:
  Save and Check In CATIA Product to SMARTEAM:
  1. Launch CATIA and connect to SMARTEAM
  2. Open Product1.CATProduct and select
  SmarTeam > Save
  3. Save the Product in ST
  6. Select SmarTeam > Life Cycle > Check In
  (Active Document)
  Open the Product in CATIA:
  1. In SMARTEAM - Editor, right click on Product1
  and select File Operation > Open For...
  2. Select Open for edit and click OK
  Notice that the Parts are in Visualization Mode as
  expected
  Create a Drawing view for the Product:
  1. Click File > New...
  2. Select Drawing and click OK
  3. Click OK on the New Drawing dialog box
  4. Click the Front View icon
  5. Click the Window menu pick and select the
  Product
  6. Select one of the top surfaces
  7. Select the middle button
  8. The Drawing view has been created
  9. Switch back to the Product
  10. The Parts are no longer in Visualization Mode
  If the attribute mapping is removed from
  Integration Tools Setup and you perform the exact
  same steps to create the Drawing view of the
  Product, then the Parts stay in Visualization
  Mode.
  Also, if you create the Drawing view while not
  connected to SMARTEAM, the Parts also stay in
  Visualization Mode.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• CATIA objects switch from Visualization Mode to Design Mode whe
  n creating a Drawing.
  STCAI: CATIA objects switch from Visualization
  Mode to Design Mode when creating a Drawing
  Setup:
  SMARTEAM:
  Add a new attribute mapping to the CATIA Part
  Class:
  1. Launch Integration Tools Setup
  2. Select SmDemo and login as joe
  3. Browse to the CATIA Part class under CATIA >
  Mapping Group Types
  4. Right click on CATIA Part and select Open
  groups tree
  5. Expand Engineering Information
  6. Right click Engineering Information and select
  Add
  7. Enter the Scale for the Name and Description
  and click OK
  8. Right click on Scale and select Add
  9. Select CATIA Part for the Class name and select
  Scale for the Attribute name and click OK
  10. The new mapping has been added
  11. Exit Integrations Tools Setup
  CATIA:
  Turn on Cache Management Mode:
  Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Product
  Structure > Cache
  Management
  Check Work with the cache system
  Set View Generation to Approximate:
  Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting >
  View
  Set View generation mode to Approximate
  -----
  Detailed Scenario:
  Save and Check In CATIA Product to SMARTEAM:
  1. Launch CATIA and connect to SMARTEAM
  2. Open Product1.CATProduct and select
  SmarTeam > Save
  3. Save the Product in ST
  6. Select SmarTeam > Life Cycle > Check In
  (Active Document)
  Open the Product in CATIA:
  1. In SMARTEAM - Editor, right click on Product1
  and select File Operation > Open For...
  2. Select Open for edit and click OK
  Notice that the Parts are in Visualization Mode as
  expected
  Create a Drawing view for the Product:
  1. Click File > New...
  2. Select Drawing and click OK
  3. Click OK on the New Drawing dialog box
  4. Click the Front View icon
  5. Click the Window menu pick and select the
  Product
  6. Select one of the top surfaces
  7. Select the middle button
  8. The Drawing view has been created
  9. Switch back to the Product
  10. The Parts are no longer in Visualization Mode
  If the attribute mapping is removed from
  Integration Tools Setup and you perform the exact
  same steps to create the Drawing view of the
  Product, then the Parts stay in Visualization
  Mode.
  Also, if you create the Drawing view while not
  connected to SMARTEAM, the Parts also stay in
  Visualization Mode.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 14.
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 17 GA
  .
  

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

  SMARTEAM NT>XP

• Fixed component ID

  569199970

Applicable component levels

• R517 PSN

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