HD54603: SKETCHER: BACKGROUND OPTION CAUSES PART TO BECOME CORRUPT.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• SKETCHER: BACKGROUND OPTION CAUSES PART
  TO BECOME CORRUPT.
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1. While in the Part Design workbench, create a
  part with a cylindrical pad.
  2. Create a new sketch. While in the new sketch,
  select the ﾨpick visible backgroundﾨ icon. (Do not
  select the ﾨdisplays the 3D elements in
  backgroundﾨ icon).
  3. Select the ﾨno 3D back roundﾨ icon to turn off
  the 3D. Exit sketcher without changing the
  background option.
  4. After exiting sketcher notice the display does not
  return to normal as expected and the sketch grid
  can still be seen. The icon on does not indicate an
  option is selected. This is the problem.
  .
  5. Selecting the ﾨpick visible backgroundﾨ icon and
  then selecting the ﾨPickable visible backgroundﾨ
  option will bring back the 3D geometry but will not
  get rid of sketch grid. Notice Icon is still lit up.
  6. Selecting the icon and option again will turn off
  the icon and part is ok. This is fine while in the Part
  Design or Generative Shape design workbench
  because user can tell the part is ﾨwrongﾨ
  7. Repeat the scenario while in the Functional
  Molded Part workbench.
  8. Upon coming out of sketcher, a problem is
  apparent because the 3D elements are not visible.
  Notice the sketch grid cannot be seen.
  9. The same workaround can be applied however
  the user may not notice that the icon is still ﾨlitﾨ and
  will continue to work.
  10. Save the part without ﾨfixingﾨ the problem. This
  is what a user would do if they did not know a
  problem existed.
  11. While still in the FMP workbench, reread the
  CATPart. The part is now corrupt but if user stays
  in this workbench there is no indication something
  is wrong.
  12. In the now corrupted part, try to create a line
  of type Point-Direction. Select the point and use the
  XY plane for the direction.
  13. The following error PPT slide 8 is returned and
  because when the XY plane is selected for the
  direction, CATIA automatically also puts this plane
  into the Support field instead of leaving the Support
  as Default. Because the Functional Molded Part
  workbench was used and the problem was not
  corrected before moving on, the part is now
  corrupt with no possible way of uncorrupting it.
  Even deleting the sketch does not seem to fix the
  part. The user now has the potential to lose days
  worth of work. The only way for the user to see the
  part is corrupt is either going
  out of the FMP workbench or trying to create the
  line.
  .
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• SKETCHER: BACKGROUND OPTION CAUSES PART TO BECOME CORRUPT.
  SKETCHER: BACKGROUND OPTION CAUSES PART
  TO BECOME CORRUPT.
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1. While in the Part Design workbench, create a
  part with a cylindrical pad.
  2. Create a new sketch. While in the new sketch,
  select the  pick visible background  icon. (Do not
  select the  displays the 3D elements in
  background  icon).
  3. Select the  no 3D back round  icon to turn off
  the 3D. Exit sketcher without changing the
  background option.
  4. After exiting sketcher notice the display does not
  return to normal as expected and the sketch grid
  can still be seen. The icon on does not indicate an
  option is selected. This is the problem.
  .
  5. Selecting the  pick visible background  icon and
  then selecting the  Pickable visible background
  option will bring back the 3D geometry but will not
  get rid of sketch grid. Notice Icon is still lit up.
  6. Selecting the icon and option again will turn off
  the icon and part is ok. This is fine while in the Part
  Design or Generative Shape design workbench
  because user can tell the part is  wrong
  7. Repeat the scenario while in the Functional
  Molded Part workbench.
  8. Upon coming out of sketcher, a problem is
  apparent because the 3D elements are not visible.
  Notice the sketch grid cannot be seen.
  9. The same workaround can be applied however
  the user may not notice that the icon is still  lit  and
  will continue to work.
  10. Save the part without  fixing  the problem. This
  is what a user would do if they did not know a
  problem existed.
  11. While still in the FMP workbench, reread the
  CATPart. The part is now corrupt but if user stays
  in this workbench there is no indication something
  is wrong.
  12. In the now corrupted part, try to create a line
  of type Point-Direction. Select the point and use the
  XY plane for the direction.
  13. The following error PPT slide 8 is returned and
  because when the XY plane is selected for the
  direction, CATIA automatically also puts this plane
  into the Support field instead of leaving the Support
  as Default. Because the Functional Molded Part
  workbench was used and the problem was not
  corrected before moving on, the part is now
  corrupt with no possible way of uncorrupting it.
  Even deleting the sketch does not seem to fix the
  part. The user now has the potential to lose days
  worth of work. The only way for the user to see the
  part is corrupt is either going
  out of the FMP workbench or trying to create the
  line.
  .
  .
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 16.
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON :
  CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 18 GA level.
  .
  Incident Diagnosis:
  Actually there is no corruption of the data. When
  you are in sketcher, launch some 2d mode, and
  then change to other workbench for example GSD
  or part design 2d mode is still kept. The grid you
  see if of the work on support created due to
  2dmode, not that of sketcher. Since the icon on the
  Tools toolbar is not updated it gives wrong
  impression that 2d mode is not ON. But if you see
  from the drop down list of 2d mode commands,
  you can notice that 2D mode is indeed active.
  .
  Reason:
  The problem has been fixed and:
  1. After exiting sketcher, display returns to normal
  and sketch grid is not shown.
  2. The part does not get corrupted anymore.
  .
  .
  

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 HP-UX

• Fixed component ID

  569102000

Applicable component levels

• R517 PSN

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