Loading a Product

About Loading a Product

During product development designers and engineers search for existing parts and incorporate some of those parts into the product. CES provides a way to search for existing parts, and compare those parts based on manufacturer, supplier, pricing, attributes and geometry. Once the desired part has been selected, that part can then be incorporated into the product. Before actually incorporating the item into a product you may wish to view that item.

When Loading a Product

  • To load the item into CATIA, select one item from the Sourcing Search Results window, right-click on the selected item and select Load Product from the contextual menu.
  • You can also load the product from the PLM Properties tab of the Internal Item Details window by clicking the Open button.
  • Only Internal Items, including CATParts, CATProducts, and V4 models, that have an associated geometry (CATPart) can be loaded.

How To Load a Product from the Search Results

This task explains how to load a product found using a Simple or a Standard Search. For more information about Simple Search or Standard Search, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Search : Simple Search or CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Search : Standard Search.
This example assumes that:
  • you have CATIA Client running and it has access to a CES database that has been populated with internal item information
  • you have logged in to ENOVIA V5 VPM and CES. For more information on logging in, refer to Logging in to ENOVIA V5 VPM in CATIA and Accessing CES Functionality.
  • you have performed a search for internal items using attribute values appropriate for your database
  1. Select the item in the Sourcing Search Results window that you wish to load. (It must be an internal item and it must have a geometry associated with it.) Right-click on the item and select Open. The following window appears:



How To Load a Product from the Properties

This task explains how to load a product from the Properties window:
This example assumes that:
  • you have CATIA Client running and it has access to a CES database that has been populated with internal item information
  • you have logged in to ENOVIA V5 VPM and CES. For more information on logging in, refer to Logging in to ENOVIA V5 VPM in CATIA and Accessing CES Functionality.
  • you have performed a search for internal items using attribute values appropriate for your database
  1. Select the item in the Sourcing Search Results window that you wish to load. (It must be an internal item and it must have a geometry associated with it.) Right-click on the item and select Properties. The following window appears:



  2. In the Properties window, select the PLM Properties tab. On that tab, click the Open button as shown above. The following window appears:

Sourcing Search Results Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the Sourcing Search Results window.

Fields Description
Search Criteria The search criteria is contained in the top line (the line with the magnifying glass icons). You can change the criteria by double-clicking on the magnifying glass icon under the attribute you wish to set. Once you have set the attribute(s) to the desired value(s), click Filter. The new search is performed.
Classification Category Contains the name of the category that you searched.
Organized by Contains a list of the sub-categories of the Classification category. Select one of these sub-categories to display only those results from that sub-category.
Page Enter the page number to display.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the Sourcing Search Results window:

Button Description
Filter Click this to perform a new search using the attribute values you set in the top line of the Search Results window.

Click this to display the previous page of results.

Click this to display the next page of results.

Properties Window

The Item Details window can be described as follows

Object Description

Header

This area lists the static attributes of the object that is open in the Properties window. This information remains consistent until changed. Should any of these attributes change, you must refresh the Properties window to display the updated information.

Tabs

The tabs appearing in the Properties window for Internal Items contain manufacturer information, supplier information, PLM information, pricing, alternate items and attachments, of the object. You can click the tabs to view the corresponding information.

Attributes

You can view all the fields associated with an object. This lists all the fields other than those displayed in the Header. These fields are again object-dependent, and can be masked by a company per their individual requirements and standards.


This table describes the fields displayed in the Properties window.

Fields Description

Select Item Type

Dropdown list that lets you switch from one item type to another.

This table describes the buttons displayed in the Properties window:

Button Description

More

Click this to display all the Header information in a separate Details window.

Close

Close the Properties window.

This table describes the tabs available in the Properties window:

Window Description
Detailed Specifications For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Detailed Specifications.
Manufacturer Info For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Manufacturer Info.
Supplier Info For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Supplier Info.
Alternates For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Alternates.
PLM Profile For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : PLM Profile.
PLM Properties For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : PLM Properties.
Pricing & Availability For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Pricing and Availability.
Attachments For more information about this tab, refer to CES Engineering Catalog Navigator : User Tasks : Properties : Attachments.