Working with Relations in ENOVIA V5 VPM:
Partial Loading

The scenario described below shows how to partially load instances and technological packages.
  • Make sure you have selected ENOVIAV5 in the View > Toolbars  menu.

  1. Create a Product in ENOVIA V5 VPM. Note that you can close ENOVIA V5 VPM after creating the Product.

Send the Product to CATIA

  1. To send the product to CATIA:
    • In CATIA, click the Connect user to ENOVIA V5 icon ( ) in the ENOVIA V5 toolbar. The ENOVIA Logon dialog box is displayed:
    • Enter your User Name, and your password.
    • Select a role as well as a workbook and click OK.
    • Click the Search ENOVIA data icon (). The VPM Search dialog box is displayed.
    • In the Objects scrolling list, select the Product option.
    • Enter the Owner's ID.
    • Click OK when done. The Product ID is displayed in the Result window.
    • Double-click the product. The VPM Navigator view is displayed.
    • Right-click the root product and select Open.... The Open Modes dialog box is displayed. Leave the default settings and click OK. The CATIA view is displayed.

Add Components to the Product

  1. Click the root product and select Insert>Existing Component.... Select the KwrCap.CATPart document. The bottle cap is inserted into the product.

  2. Click the root product and select Insert>Existing Component.... Select the KwrBottle2.CATPart document. The bottle is inserted into the product.

  3. Optional: Access the assembly design workbench to add constraints to the assembly.

Add a Volume Parameter and a Formula to the Product

  1. Create a Volume parameter that will compute the bottle total volume.

    • Click the icon. The Formulas Editor opens.
    • Select Volume in the scrolling list. Click New Parameter of type.
    • Edit the name of the new parameter (Total_Bottle_Volume in this scenario) in the Edit Name or value of the current parameter and click Add Formula.
    • Enter the formula below by selecting the publications in the specification tree, and click OK twice when done:
    • The new parameter is displayed under the Parameters node located below the Default-Technological package.1 node in the Specification tree.
    • Right-click the technological package and select Properties. Rename the technological package in the Name field (Bottle_Volume in this scenario), and click OK when done.

Save Data in ENOVIA V5 VPM

  1. Click the Save in ENOVIA icon (). The Save in ENOVIA dialog box is displayed. Click OK to save the data.

  2. Close all windows in CATIA.

Load the Data Partially

  1. To load the data partially:

    • Click the Search ENOVIA data icon (). The VPM Search dialog box is displayed.
    • In the Objects scrolling list, select the Product option.
    • Enter the Owner's ID.
    • Click OK when done. The Product ID is displayed in the Result window.
    • Double-click the product.
    • In the VPM navigator view, right-click the Bottle instance and select Open. The Open Modes dialog box is displayed.
    • Check the Automatic lock of all opened Parts and Documents option and click OK. The CATIA view is displayed.
    • Repeat the same operation with the technological package (Bottle_Volume). Both items are now loaded.
      A copy of the cap volume parameter is made. Note that if you update the formula an error will be raised because the cap is not loaded.