You can now create a revision to non-CATIA documents using this new contextual menu command.
This task shows you how the following aspects of the instances in your CATIA session can be saved in ENOVIA V5 VPM using attribute mapping.
Hidden objects.
Color of objects.
Visualize in Bill of Materials setting.
Visualize the product or part instances in a drafting view.
Memory Warning and Memory Stopper are used to warn you (the user) if maximal allowed use of memory is reached when saving a large data to ENOVIA V5 VPM, and opening of the data from the ENOVIA V5 VPM.
See this topic for information on creating and managing customized non-CATIA documents.
You can now forbid the revisioning of a Document Revision without also revisioning the Part Version. This option is controlled by a checkbox under the ENOVIA V5 VPM Options.
This command gives you the ability to make a direct selection in the VPM Navigator or CATIA Product Structure tree of part instances for use as filter attributes.
See this topic for information on saving a document in ENOVIA that has been modified from the original as a new document while leaving the original one intact.
Using the Discard Save command, you will have the option to select or reject part of your data that is available for saving. See the above link for more information.
New options are introduced in the Save Dialog box that will provide more information about the objects being saved.
When working with documents saved as Publications Exposed in ENOVIA V5 VPM, you have an option to have your data automatically backed up in a temporary directory in the case your session is unexpectedly interrupted. See this topic for more information.
Promote/Demote functionality is available for part versions, part instances and document revisions and can be found in the contextual menu of an object displayed in VPM Navigator or search results window.
A new setting for authorizing revision according to status of documents is available. See this topic for more information.
A new toolbar has been added to include:
Publish/Subscribe
Unsubscribing from an Event.
Retrieving Published Events.
You have the ability to make the intersite transfer of a subset assembly by determining which document has changed since the last exchange, and only sent the delta of the modified document instead of the whole assembly. All the pointers of the document will be resolved on the receiving side without breaking the structure layout.
A new ENOVIA V5 VPM option was created which will enforce the versioning of a Part in case its own document is being revisioned. See ENOVIA V5 VPM Options to learn more about this function.
You can save DMU applicative data directly under the PVR. See this topic for more information.
The CV5EV5_ADD_WITHOUT_PARENT_LOCK
parameter is replaced
by the new CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED
parameter.
You can now edit or re-use an existing filter or search capture by executing and loading it, changing the search or filter settings, and then saving the modified capture under the same name or a different name.
MultiSite History tab is provided for you to view the owner sites of a particular object in your tree.
The maturity status of objects can now be viewed in the VPM Navigator Save panel.
Functionality of the Send to new VPM Navigator command was extended to include GCO's.
Each time the Execute Capture and Open command is run, the used PVS is added to the most recently used list where it can be easily accessed later. Documents are similarly stored when using Open>Out of Context>Document commands.
Functionality is enhanced to allow you to open objects for editing in context with only visible children or with all children.
From search results, it is now possible to execute a saved filter capture and open it from one command. See Creating, Editing and Using Saved Filters from the above link.
Saved filters can now be edited and overwritten. See this topic for more information.
See this topic for information on unlocking instances and references from within the Save dialog box.
A new option is available in ENOVIA V5 VPM Options that defines if the user will be required to select the lock policy at the time of a save of data. In addition to the above link, also see Saving Objects for more information.
Several new enhancements to how documents are managed in VPM Navigator were added:
- The Documents tab under Part Properties now has the same contextual menu as search results and from this tab you may now Attach and Detach documents from the product structure as well as Refresh the list of objects. See Showing Documents in Part Properties.
- Non-CATIA documents are open and viewed in their native editor through the Open command. See Opening Objects.
- In a VPM Navigator session, you can hover over a highlighted document attached to a part to see information about that document. See Attaching an Existing Document.
Several new enhancements were added to improve the usability of Product View Results:
- Create a new PVR from an existing PVR
- Product View Results tab for PVR creation options
- Create Nested PVR's
- Expanded PVR usability in Batch Mode
Parent PRC and Parent ItemInstance information can be displayed in Search Results and Properties view instead of in a VPM Navigator or Product Editor session by modifying mask definition files. See this topic for more information.
The enhanced capability of Refresh command allows you to retrieve the document from the database even if you have the modified the document in the session. Also you can visualize the iteration status of the document in the database before you retrieve the document.
Whenever you change size of the Reporting dialog box the changes will be stored in the CATSetting and consequent Reporting dialog box will be opened with settings preferred by you.
When an error message is displayed indicating insufficient lock privileges on an object, you can perform the Lock/Unlock operations from the Reporting dialog box using contextual menu. Also you can search the impacted object in the database from the Reporting dialog box by using Search in DB button.
The enhanced capability of Refresh Documents command updates the modified position of an instance of a CATPart in an assembly while refreshing the document in the session.
The Properties panel has been enhanced to allow the attaching and detaching of documents as well as a preview of 3D geometry.
Under Revision Options in the ENOVIA V5 VPM Options tab, you have the option to force part versioning when saving revised Documents. See information under Considerations About Saving under the above link.
You can also select the type of search window to which customizations can be applied. See this topic for more information.
In the Lock dialog, Reference is now selected by default. See this link for more information.
Via contextual menu options, you can lock/unlock objects directly from the Error dialog box.
VPM Navigator now supports the creation and use of Customized Actions.
You can choose an Action/Modification when you save or synchronize in VPM Navigator. See the above link for more information.
The Replace Component command available in the Product Structure workbench is enhanced to allow the selection of Parts Versions in the document chooser when the user is connected to the database. Also, you can now replace a component with a stored stand alone Part Version.