MULTICAx UD Plug-in Overview What's New? User Tasks Customizing Glossary Index

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1 MULTICAx UD Plug-in Overview What's New? User Tasks Requirements Methodologies and Advice Initializing the Environment Initializing the Environment for Indirect Mode Initializing the Environment for Direct Mode Importing UG Data Importing Part or Assembly Files Interactively Importing UG Data Interactively in 3d com Loading a UG file Interactively into DMU via 3dcom Translating UG files from the Command Line Improved Associativity Support on MultiCAD Data Snapping Imported Components Retrieving the Part Attributes Checking and Updating the Status of Assemblies Replacing MultiCAD Links Using Welds for the Indirect Mode Trouble Shooting Customizing External Formats Glossary Index

2 Overview Welcome to the MULTICAx Unigraphics UD or U Plug-in User's Guide! This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product. This overview provides the following information: MULTICAx Unigraphics UD or U Plug-in in a Nutshell Before Reading this Guide Getting the Most Out of this Guide Accessing Sample Documents Conventions Used in this Guide MULTICAx Unigraphics UD or U Plug-in in a Nutshell Direct mode: The MULTICAx Unigraphics (UD) Plug-in allows you to import: Unigraphics native data (*.prt) (part and assembly models). This import converts Unigraphics part geometry into the CATIA Graphical Representation (CGR) or CATPart formats, which renders it readable by V5. The MULTICAx (UD) Plug-in imports Unigraphics assembly files into a V5 product structure document. You can perform this import interactively or from the command line. Parasolid The assembly import converts the Unigraphics assembly hierarchy into product structure, along with the proper positions. No attributes of the assembly other than hierarchy, positions, and colors of the geometry are addressed in assembly import. Indirect mode: The MULTICAx Unigraphics (U) Plug-in allows you to import Unigraphics native data (*.prt) (part and assembly models). This import converts Unigraphics part geometry into the CATIA Graphical Representation (CGR) or CATPart formats, which renders it readable by V5. The MULTICAx (U) Plug-in imports Unigraphics assembly files into a V5 product structure document. You can perform this import interactively or from the command line.

3 When importing Unigraphics part geometry, MULTICAx (U) Plug-in converts all solid bodies belonging to visible layers in the Unigraphics part into the CGR-faceted form, with user-specified tessellation parameters. In addition, parts can optionally be imported in the CATPart data format, which allows access to geometry. Coordinate systems can also be retrieved in the generated CATPart files. Any part user attributes defined in the original part are stored in the CATProduct document. The assembly import converts the Unigraphics assembly hierarchy into product structure, along with the proper positions. No attributes of the assembly other than hierarchy, positions, and colors of the geometry are addressed in assembly import. Before Reading this Guide Prior to reading the MULTICAx Unigraphics UD or U Plug-in User's Guide, you are recommended to have a look at the Infrastructure User's Guide for information on the generic capabilities common to all products. Getting the Most Out of this Guide To make the most out of this book, we suggest that a beginning user reads the Requirements chapter first of all and the other Users Tasks to find his way around the MULTICAx Unigraphics UD or U Plug-in. Accessing Sample Documents To perform the scenarios, sample documents are provided all along this documentation. For more information about this, refer to Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide.

4 Enhanced Functionalities What's New? Update Status Checker Interactive update is now available. Direct mode Colors of parts are supported in CATPart mode. Customizing Settings The Visu Snap option allows exact snapping on facetted data.

5 User Tasks Requirements Methodologies and Advice Initializing the Environment Importing UG Data Translating UG files from the Command Line Improved Associativity Support on MultiCAD Data

6 Requirements Never modify data generated in V5: information could be lost and the MULTICAD Update could result in incorrect results. Part Number must be unique, all parts with the same name are considered as identical. On Windows, make sure the files to translate are not encrypted: push the Advanced button in the Properties dialog box of the file and uncheck the Encrypt contents to secure data option. UG compressed files are not supported. Please save the files as uncompressed in UG to read them in V5. Direct mode The MultiCAx UD Plug-in is supported on Windows only. The MULTICAx Unigraphics (UD) Plug-in allows you to import: Unigraphics native data (*.prt) (part and assembly models). This import converts Unigraphics part geometry into the CATIA Graphical Representation (CGR) or CATPart formats, which renders it readable by V5. The MULTICAx (UD) Plug-in imports Unigraphics assembly files into a V5 product structure document. You can perform this import interactively or from the command line. Parasolid The assembly import converts the Unigraphics assembly hierarchy into product structure, along with the proper positions. No attributes of the assembly other than hierarchy, positions, and colors of the geometry are addressed in assembly import. Protocols and attributes For conversions, the following protocols or attributes apply:

7 Length units for both parts and assemblies are converted to millimeters. Assembly-level colors and other features are not supported. Pure wire frame data is not supported during the conversion. Text and annotations are not supported. Licensing requirements *.prt, *.x_t and *.x_b extensions are not natively supported in CATIA, therefore, in CATIA, UDL licenses (ENOVIA PORTAL, CATIA) are required to access these extensions. For Windows: CAD Format Part Assembly Drafting Support Foreign CAD license required File extension V5 License UG V15 up to UG NX OK OK KO No.prt UDL (ENOVIA,CATIA) UDP (DELMIA) Parasolid up to V14 OK KO N/A No.x_t,.x_b UDL (ENOVIA,CATIA) UDP (DELMIA) VDA-FS OK N/A N/A No.vda (**) (**) VDA-FS data is read with any of the following MultiCAx plug-in products installed (no licenses required): PDL, DAL, DEL, DSL, UDL.

8 Methodologies and Advice Using UG data in V5 This section provides information that you should be familiar with prior to configuring and using MULTICAx UD Plug-in. It also offers advice regarding the conditions under which these technologies should be used. Output Formats Importing UG, VDA-FS and Parasolid data into V5 results in a conversion of the imported data to one of three formats, selectable by the user. Depending on how the imported data will be used, you can choose whether to create CGR, CGR with canonical information or CATPart data from the UG, VDA-FS and Parasolid data. Each of these formats allows access to part user attributes (via the Edit->Properties menu command): Move the data Clash detection Inertia and Volume calculations Each format has its own advantages and limitations: CGR (Visu mode). CATIA Graphical Representation is the visualization format of CATIA V5. With this very light format, you can do approximate measurement and have access to all the basic DMU functionalities. CGR with canonical information which enable exact measurement and exact snapping (Visu Snap mode) CATPart (CATPart mode). It is a standard V5 CATPart, therefore you can use it as any other CATPart. As the associative mode is specific to Multi-CAD data, it is advised to use publications before putting a link onto the Part. Otherwise, your link would be broken as soon as the CATPart is re-generated after the original CAD Part modification.

9 Supported Features Access to part user attributes (via Edit -> Properties) Move Exact positioning (Snap command) when using CATPart mode The colors of UG parts are supported in CATPart and direct mode, Clash detection (on CGR) Approximate measurements (or exact measurement with CATPart) Inertia and volume calculations Limitations Exact measuring is not fully supported in Exact Geometry mode Other exact geometric features are supported only by CATPart (assembly constraints, kinematics) Analysis limitations on exact geometry: Inertia and volume calculations and clash detections must be done on the CGR data (cache activated and tests in visualization mode) VDA-FS files which contain POLYGON entity type are not supported. Coordinate systems are not supported. With the exception of PartNumber, the attributes of Parts are not imported into V5. The UG direct server does not support properly files containing layers and reference sets. The conversion will fail or produce a bad result. If all the layers of the UG Part are deactivated, the conversion to CATPart will fail. UG files with no geometry cannot be imported, the conversion will fail. Parasolid files containing more than 200 components cannot be imported into an assembly structure. You have to split those files in smaller files to import them successfully. In CATPart mode, multi-shells entities, i.e. entities with one external shell and one internal shell, are not transferred as such (as a part body) but as a geometrical set containing several faces

10 Environment The ideal working environment makes use of the following: Cache mode ON (set through Tools->Options->Infrastructure->Product Structure>Cache Management) File format: CGR for users that need better performance and do not require exact positioning (or exact measuring) CATPart for users that need the additional features provided by the CATPart format (such as exact measurement, exact positioning, kinematics, etc.). Using CATPart Geometry Mode vs Visu Mode The MULTICAx UD Plug-in supports CATPart mode, allowing for UG parts to be imported as CATPart data files. In this mode, UG part data contained by the solid body is transferred into a CATPart. Because CATPart files are large and take more time to convert, CATPart mode management is an optional feature. CATPart features and limitations The features and limitations of Multi-CAD CATParts are identical to those of all other V5 CATParts. When to use the exact geometry mode Exact geometry is used when you need to perform exact positioning and exact measuring. You should be aware that the conversion to the CATPart format requires more time than only generating the CGR (faceted) format. In addition, CATPart files are larger than their corresponding CGR files. Therefore, it is recommended that CATPart mode is only enabled if exact positioning, exact measurement or putting constraints is required.

11 Initializing the Environment When installing the MultiCAx media, all the references will be made to CATIA. This is not a problem and will not affect the product behavior. But it will create shortcuts and environment with CATIA names. Initializing the Environment for Direct Mode

12 Initializing the Environment for Indirect Mode Not available.

13 Initializing the Environment for Direct Mode The Customizing section titled External Formats describes how to set the conversion environment interactively. In order to specify the SAG to use for cgr creation, set 3D Accuracy to Fixed in the tab Tools/Options/General/Display/Performances. In effect, even if 3D Accuracy is set to Proportional, V5 will use the value of the Fixed 3D Accuracy.

14 Importing UG Data This section describes how to import UG data into a product structure document: Importing Part or Assembly Files Interactively

15 Importing Part or Assembly Files Interactively This task shows you how to import UG parts or assemblies into a product structure document. Prerequisites UG files must have a.prt extension. A product structure document (either new or previously created) must be visible to import data interactively. General Notes Only solid bodies in a part file are converted. Face colors are not supported. Only body colors are imported. Support for blanking is currently not available, therefore any blanked objects will be converted. An alternative method to performing steps 2 and 3 is to select the product with the left mouse button, then, from the menu bar, select Insert -> Existing Component. When assembly files are converted interactively, the conversion requires only one step; the conversion of an intermediary layout file is not required as it is with command line conversions.

16 1. Open an empty or existing product structure document. 2. On the product structure document, use the right mouse button to select the product under which the UG part or assembly is to be imported. A menu appears. 3. Select Existing Component. A dialog box appears, such as the one shown below.

17 4. Set the file type to.prt and navigate to the directory where the desired UG part or assembly files are present. 5. Select the part or assembly file to be imported. Click the Open button. The selected part or assembly appears under the selected product in the product structure. In the example below, the product selected in step 2 was axel.2 (highlighted in orange); the part selected in step 5 was wheel.prt. In the example below, Product 1 was the product selected in step 2; auto.prt was the assembly selected in step 5.

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19 Importing UG Data Interactively in 3d com This section applies to ENOVIA DMU or ENOVIA 3d com.

20 3dcom Interoperability: Loading a UG file Interactively into DMU via 3dcom This section applies to ENOVIA DMU or ENOVIA 3d com.

21 Translating UG files from the Command Line This procedure describes how to run the CATDMUUtility batch program to import UG files from the command line. The CATDMUUtility is a batch process enabling the generation of.catproduct,.cgr and CATPart formats from UG files. The following examples show typical arguments and command switches passed to the CATDMUUtility batch: Converting a UG part to a V5 cgr file CATDMUUtility -f InputPartFile -cgr OutputCgrFile Converting a UG part to a V5 CATPart file CATDMUUtility -f InputPartFile -part OutputPartFile Converting a UG assembly to a V5 CATProduct file CATDMUUtility -f InputProductFile -product OutputCATProductFile Options Input and output options that can be used with CATDMUUtility are described below. Input Options -f Input file with appropriate extension. A path must follow this option. For UG parts and assemblies, the file extension should be.prt. -cgr Output file for cgr corresponding to a part input file. -part Output file for CATPart corresponding to a part input file. Output Options -product Other options Output file for CATProduct corresponding to the UG assembly input file. The other options available for conversion are settings which correspond to the environment. These are defined in Tools -> Options -> General -> Compatibility -> External Formats. In particular, the use of cgr or CATPart can be customized in these options. How to run the batch In a command prompt window, the conversion batch is launched by entering the following command: On WINDOWS "C:\<install_dir>\intel_a\code\bin\CATDMUUtility.exe" -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 - direnv "C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Application Data\Dassault Systemes\CATEnv" -f E:\tmp\assembly_file.prt -product E:\tmp\prod1.CATProduct

22 On UNIX <install_dir>/<os>_a/code/command/catstart -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 -direnv /CATEnv -run "CATDMUUtility -f /tmp/assembly_file.prt -product /tmp/prod1.catproduct" Where -env... is the default environment -direnv... is the directory path containing this environment. CATIA.V5R8.B08 is an example of environment name, it will vary with the level of CATIA installed. Please note that this conversion will take into account the settings in Tools -> Options -> General -> Compatibility -> External Formats.

23 Improved Associativity Support on Multi-CAD Data This section describes the concept of associative mode and how it works. How associative mode works When the conversion batch (CATDMUUtility) is run on UG data, UG files are converted and stored in V5. However, the sources of the part files are not visible to the user, and the CGR files are not placed in cached memory -only the 3D view can be seen by the user. When a batch conversion is performed on an assembly, the assembly is transferred into a CATProduct file in the V5 format. Each individual part contained in the assembly is converted to a CGR or CATPart. During this conversion, the assembly structure, geometrical information and original links are all transferred into the V5 format. After the conversion, the CATProduct reproduces the 3D View of the original assembly and also stores a link to the original files. The established link will enable the Multi-CAD update batch to determine whether the imported V5 files are up to date compared with their original data. The following schema draws a parallel between the CAD system and V5. Step 3 corresponds to the modification or review of imported CAD data in V5. From the import of CAD data to the synchronization of the V5 session The update batch (CATMCIReplace) is used to initiate the associative mode. This batch operates on V5 data to update the structure or geometry according to any changes made to the original data by the UG designer. If a UG part file has been modified, the update batch can be run on the CATProduct so that the part file (i.e., not the whole assembly structure) is reconverted and the V5 geometry of the UG part is always up to date. The part can

24 also be subsequently manipulated in V5. If only the UG assembly structure has been modified, the batch can be run on the CATProduct so that the assembly file (i.e., not the part file) is reconverted and the V5 product structure is updated. The following schema illustrates the conversion and update processes of an assembly structure when importing CAD data into V5: MultiCAD conversion and update processes default mode. The associative mode is the Associative mode is useful when a user wants to maintain synchronization with structure and/or geometry changes. If you prefer to keep your assembly as it was at the moment of the conversion, it is not necessary to launch the batch. If

25 the batch is not used, no synchronization between V5 data and the original UG data will occur. Using the update batch to maintain associativity This task describes how to convert UG assemblies into V5 CATProducts, and how to maintain the associativity between modified CAD data and the converted product files in V5. 1. In a command prompt window, the conversion batch is launched by entering the following command: On WINDOWS "C:\<install_dir>\intel_a\code\bin\CATDMUUtility.exe" -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 -direnv "C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Application Data\Dassault Systemes\CATEnv" -f E:\tmp\assembly_file.prt -product E:\tmp\prod1.CATProduct On UNIX <install_dir>/<os>_a/code/command/catstart -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 -direnv /CATEnv -run "CATDMUUtility -f /tmp/assembly_file.asm -product /tmp/ Where -env... is the default environment and -direnv... is the directory path containing this environment. CATIA.V5R8.B08 is an example of environment name, it will vary with the level of CATIA installed. Please note that this conversion will take into account the settings in Tools -> Options -> General -> Compatibility - > External Formats. 2. In the original CAD system, modify a UG part contained in assembly_file.prt. 3. Launch the update batch by entering the command: On WINDOWS C:\<install_dir>\intel_a\code\bin\CATMCIReplace.exe" -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 -direnv "C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Application Data\Dassault Systemes\CATEnv" -i E:\tmp\prod1.CATProduct -update On UNIX <install_dir>/<os>_a/code/command/catstart -env CATIA.V5R8.B08 -direnv /CATEnv -run "CATMCIReplace -i /tmp/prod1.catproduct -update"

26 If prod1.catproduct is opened interactively in V5, the geometry modification will be visible. For more information about the CATDMUUtility program, please refer to Running CATDMUUitlity Batch Process in the DMU Navigator's User Guide.

27 Snapping Imported Components This section describes how to activate and use CATPart support interactively, with the Snap command. The Snap command projects the geometric element of a component onto another geometric element belonging to the same or to a different component. Using this command is a convenient way to position components relatively to each other. Please note that the structure of a MultiCAD assembly must never be modified. Never move parts inside the assembly! You may only position the assembly relatively to another one. 1. Click the Snap button. Once the Snap command has been activated, axis, planes or coordinate systems can be selected. Please refer to the Snapping Components section of the DMU Navigator User's Guide for a complete description of snap functionality. 2. Select an axis on Part4 (Part4.1):

28 3. Select an axis on Part3 (Part3.1):

29 The result is:

30 The CATPart files will be written out into the directory indicated by the Output path section of the Tools -> Options -> General - > Compatibility -> External Formats.

31 Retrieving the Part Number and the Revision Number Not available.

32 Checking and Updating the Status of Assemblies This task shows you how to check the Update Status of elements of an assembly. This command is available in CGR and CATPart modes. We strongly recommend that you save all documents before launching the command! Modified elements with a time stamp preceding that of the elements checked are not taken into account. 1. Open the Tools > Customize dialog box. Go to the Commands tab and select the All Commands category. 2. In the Commands list, select Update Status Checker and drag and drop the command into a toolbar.

33 3. Push the Update Status Checker icon and pick a node in the specification tree.

34 The Update Status Checker checks the status of the components at this node level. If the components are up to date, the light remains green and the message Nothing to update is displayed in the dialog box. If original elements have been modified and the imported elements are not up to date, the light turns red, the elements to update are listed in the dialog box (with their name, location of the original file and date of modification). A message explains how to update the elements.

35 If you select a line in the To update list, the corresponding element is highlighted in the specification tree. 4. Push the update button. All the elements listed in the To update field are updated. 5. Push Close to exit the action. You can repeat this control on different nodes of the same specification tree, i.e. at different levels of the assembly. The control will start at this level. Note that in CGR mode, as the assembly information are gathered at the root level of the assembly, any update information will refer to this root level whereas in CATPart mode the update information will refer to the actual level of the modification.

36 Replacing MultiCAD Links This procedure describes how to replace interactively broken MultiCAD links. This can also be done in batch mode, by launching the utility CATMCIReplace -i E:\path_to_product\top.CATProduct without the - update switch. It will automatically replace the broken link. Broken links can occur when : a MultiCAD conversion is launched in batch mode, impacting a document which is referenced by another V5 assembly. a MultiCAD update is performed on a part referenced by another assembly. The conversion changes the unique Id of the updated part, and the referenced document which have the Id saved in the aggregating product no longer exists. Broken links also occur when a file is replaced by another one in the file system, with the same file name (but different Id). The command looks for a document in the current directory which have the same file name as the one stored in the product structure. If the search succeeds, the command replaces all references to the old part by references to the new one in the aggregating product. 1. Open the Tools > Customize dialog box. Go to the Commands tab and select the All Commands category. 2. In the Commands list, select Remove link and drag and drop the command into a toolbar. 3. Push the Remove link icon

37 Nothing appears if there is no broken link. If a broken link is found and replaced, a dialog box like this appears: If a broken link is found but cannot be replaced, a dialog box like this appears:

38 Not available. Using Welds for the Indirect Mode

39 Trouble Shooting Conflicts between several V5 releases If you have several V5 releases installed on your machine (i.e. releases Rxx and Rxx+1, the SP number does not matter), two incidents may happen when you use the older V5 release: the conversion fails using the Direct Server. An Incident Report window opens with such a message: Error Conversion of "MyFile" failed using 'Direct Server', or you get unexpected results when inserting a file you had inserted correctly previously. This is due to the fact that the registry editor has been synchronized on the latest V5 release you have installed. When you start an older V5 release this may lead to conflicts when launching the Direct Server. This is how to proceed to update the Registry Editor to work with the release Rxx: 1. Make sure you have the rights to enter the Registry Editor, or ask your administrator to do so. 2. Open a command prompt on C: 3. Go to the bin directory of the release Rxx: cd C:\Program Files\DassaultSystemes\Bxx\intel_a\code\bin\ 4. Enter the following at the command prompt: cnext /regserver Note there is a blank between cnext and /regserver. This is how to proceed to check the Registry Editor before starting the release Rxx: 1. Make sure you have the rights to enter the Registry Editor, or ask your administrator to do so. 2. Open a command prompt on C: 3. Key in regedit 4. Select My Computer in the Registry Editor dialog box.

40 Use the Edit/Find menu to find the CATDirectServer. Select only Data in the Look at options: The result looks like this 5. Check that the path is valid: Bxx in C:\Program Files\DassaultSystemes\Bxx\intel_a\code\bin\..\binsw\CATDirectServer.exe must correspond to Rxx. If necessary update the Registry Editor as explained above.

41 Creation of V5 solid fails When there is one or several non-manifold solids in the component you want to insert, the V5 solid is not created. The geometry of the original component is not lost, but the full geometry of the component is converted into a No-Show Geometrical set because the solid could not be created. This happens when the Link Mode is set to CATPart in Options/Compatibility/External Formats. The result CATPart apparently contains several distinct mechanical parts in one single Geometrical Set, the mechanical parts sharing one or several common faces or edges. This happens because the component inserted is not an assembly, and the original solid is non-manifold, i.e. more than two faces share a single edge. Thus, V5 tries to construct one manifold solid or one open shell for each original solid converted. The conversion provides the best possible result, i.e. a Geometrical set made of separate surfaces. Try one of the following methods to solve this problem: Method 1: accept the current result and use the GSD Assembly function to build the shells or the solids manually, by selecting the different elements in a way that provides manifold areas. Method 2: in the original CAD system, split the non-manifold solid into separate manifold shells and solids. Method 3: in the original CAD system, split the solid into separate solids and build an assembly from those. Method 4: set the Link Mode to Visu, if allowed by your process.

42 Customizing The quality and performances of your export or import data can be improved by choosing the most suitable settings. 1. Select the Tools -> Options command. The Options dialog box displays. 2. Choose the General category in the left-hand box, then Compatibility. 3. Use the arrow to navigate to the tab you need: External Formats

43 4. Set options in these tabs according to your needs. 5. Click OK when done.

44 Customizing External Formats Import If you have the SolidWorks, SolidEdge or Acis Plug-In license, the following categories of options will be available: visu format unit preferred conversion technology link mode others output of generated data Ideas ProEngineer Unigraphics You imported a CAD Part through the Insert ->Existing Component command. Visu Format Unit Millimeters per unit This setting allows you to specify the number of millimeters per unit of the model. For instance, if you have a file in inch, you need to enter 25.4 in this field. This option is taken into account when you have the following formats: SLP, STL, OBJ, BYU, IFF and _PS. Note: For a file of type _PS, the Visu Format Unit must be set to 10. Preferred Conversion Technology Indirect A CAD license will be used (available for DELMIA product line only). By default, this option is activated.

45 Direct No CAD license will be used. Support of ProE20 only. Support of UG data up to V18. For Solidworks, SolidEdge, Parasolid, ACIS, DXF 3D, Inventor and VDA-FS : use the direct mode on Windows. (Note: These formats are supported on Windows only.) Link Mode Visu Tesselated data. By default, this option is activated. Visu Snap Recovery of CAD's exact geometry to generate V5 CGR. Canonical shape properties are identified. The visualization mode enables part snapping capability. After selecting this option, this message appears: "Please, restart session to take modifications into account". CATPart Link with a V5 CATPart. Do not modify this CATPart in CATIA V5. Others Save Coorsys in Cgr Stores part coordinate systems in.cgr file. It is only supported in the indirect mode. This parameter determines whether coordinate systems present in imported ProE, UG or IDEAS parts will be imported into the resulting CGR files. Output of generated data

46 Output Path Lets you customize the Output File for generated data. It specifies the location where CGR, NCGM and CATParts will be generated. IDEAS (indirect mode only) If you have the IDEAS, ProEngineer or Unigraphics Plug-In licenses, additional options will appear in the External Formats tab. With the IDEAS Plug-In license, you obtain: IDI 3D Annotation (CATPart mode only) Select this option to convert IDI 3D Annotations to V5 (requires one of the following licenses): CATIA: FT1.prd or FTA.prd ENOVIA: DT1.prd DELMIA: MTR.prd or MFT.prd Tesselation Parameter Parameter of IDEAS chordal deviation. The Tesselation parameter holds the value tessellating the surfaces contained by the I-DEAS parts. Project Name This parameter is only used when converting data through the MS8 and MS9 based converter.this parameter must hold the name of the project under which the model file is being converted, and is registered, in the I-DEAS Data Management system. Library Name Pkg import (IDEAS package file) is the name of the library to transfer. Part or Assembly Name You can select any kind of data you want to read from the pkg file Part or Assembly and specify its name.

47 Part Number This setting is optional, you can specify the part number you want to transfer. Revision Number This setting is optional, you can specify the revision number you want to transfer. ProEngineer With the ProEngineer Plug-In license: Quilts Read Enables to activate the transfer of quilts surfaces inside CGR. This setting does not apply to NCGM or CATPart conversions. By default, this option is not activated. Simplified Representation Only part simplified representation is supported. To set the name of the part simplified representation to use before the Assembly conversion, check this box and enter the name. By default, this option is not activated. Instance Name When you want to import a specific instance of a generic assembly/part, check this button and specify the name of the instance of your choice. By default, this option is not activated. NOTE: For Simplified Representation and Instance Name, only upper case names are supported with the direct converter. Unigraphics (indirect mode only)

48 And with the Unigraphics Plug-In license: Layers String indicating the layers that need to be transferred during conversion. The syntax is: * : all layers are transferred by default 5, 8, 27 : only layers 5, 8, 27 are transferred : all layers from 8 up to 32 (including 8 and 32) are transferred. 2, 5, 8-32 : layers 2, 5 and all layers from 8 up to 32 (including 8 and 32) are transferred. Convert active layers only If this option is activated, it enables to transfer only active layers or to transfer all types of layers (active and inactive). It can be used together with the previous Layers setting, in that case only layers that are compliant with those two settings will be transferred. By default, this option is activated. Convert open surfaces If this option is activated, it enables to transfer UG Open Surfaces during the conversion. By default, this option is not activated. Drawing Name This setting is used in Batch mode only, while creating a CATDrawing. In this box you can specify the name of the drawing you want to transfer.

49 Glossary A assemblies Assemblies, assembly models, assembly files, assembly geometry, assembly hierarchies, and assembly data are terms used interchangeably throughout this documentation. These terms refer to a specific type of data that can be imported when it is created out of the V5 system. Assemblies consist of parts; assemblies make up products. C CGR format CGR stands for CATIA Graphic Representation. This format is the common format used for all V5 data. All MULTICAx Plug-in products convert native part data into CGR format. CGR files always have a.cgr extension. P parts Parts, part models, part files, part geometry, and part data are terms used interchangeably throughout this documentation. These terms refer to a specific type of data that can be imported when it is created out of the V5 system. Parts make up assemblies; assemblies make up products. product structure document The product structure document is key component in V5. It provides users with a way to organize product creation in a hierarchical format. Each product structure document can contain parts, which make up assemblies, which, in turn, make up products.

50 Index Numerics 3d com Interoperability A Assembly file definition of Associative mode How it works Maintaining associativity MultiCAD conversion update processes using C Cache mode ON Environment CAT_UG_LEVEL Environment CATDMUUtility command CATMCIReplace command catstart command CGR file format definition of command CATDMUUtility

51 CATMCIReplace catstart delmiastart setcatenv D delmiastart command Differences between 3d com and V5 Environment Direct Mode Environment Direct mode MULTICAx Unigraphics Plug-in Requirements E Editing the customized environment Environment Environment Cache mode ON CAT_UG_LEVEL Differences between 3d com and V5 Direct Mode Editing the customized environment File format Indirect mode Initializing the environment with 3d com LD_LIBRARY_PATH Load options

52 Load options for indirect mode Main variables PATH ROSE_SYSTEM_DB Sample scripts UG_LOC UG_VER_NUM UG_VER_STR UGII_BASE_DIR UGII_LICENSE_FILE UGII_OPTION UGII_ROOT_DIR UGII_WELD_BASE_DIR Variables on UNIX Variables on Windows Existing component Importing Data F File format Environment G General Notes Importing Data Geometry Mode vs Visu Mode H How it works

53 Associative mode How to run the batch Translating from the command line I Imported information Welds Importing Data Existing component General Notes Interactively in 3d com Interactively into DMU via 3d com Prerequisites Indirect mode Environment MULTICAx Unigraphics Plug-in Requirements Welds Initializing the environment with 3d com Environment Input Options Translating from the command line Interactively in 3d com Importing Data Interactively into DMU via 3d com Importing Data L LD_LIBRARY_PATH Environment Licensing requirements - direct mode Requirements

54 Licensing requirements - indirect mode Requirements Limitations Supported Features Load options Environment Load options for indirect mode Environment M Main variables Environment Maintaining associativity Associative mode MultiCAD conversion Associative mode MULTICAx Unigraphics Plug-in Direct mode Indirect mode O Other options Translating from the command line Output Formats Output options Translating from the command line P Part definition of_ part attributes

55 access to part number Requirements retrieving PATH search on Environment Prerequisites Importing Data product structure document definition of Protocols and attributes - direct mode Requirements Protocols and attributes - indirect mode Requirements R Requirements Direct mode Indirect mode Licensing requirements - direct mode Licensing requirements - indirect mode part number Protocols and attributes - direct mode Protocols and attributes - indirect mode revision number retrieving search on ROSE_SYSTEM_DB Environment S

56 Sample scripts Environment setcatenv command snap command step attributes Supported Features Limitations T Translating from the command line How to run the batch Input Options Other options Output options U UG_LOC Environment UG_VER_NUM Environment UG_VER_STR Environment UGII_BASE_DIR Environment UGII_LICENSE_FILE Environment UGII_OPTION Environment UGII_ROOT_DIR Environment UGII_WELD_BASE_DIR

57 Environment update processes using Associative mode Associative mode V Variables on UNIX Environment Variables on Windows Environment W Welds Imported information Indirect mode