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PPR Modelers

The PPR (Product/Process/Resources) Hub deals with the Product modeler thanks to the ProductStructure, ProductStructureInterfaces, and ProductStructureUI frameworks, and with the Process modeler thanks to the DMAPSInterfaces framework.

Product	Process

Technical Articles
The Product Structure Model	Important concepts about product structures
Integration with ENOVIA LCA	How to handle ENOVIA LCA storage mode
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Use Cases
Working with Product Structures
Browsing a Product Structure	Navigating in an existing product structure
Adding Components to a Product Structure	Importing new and existing components
Adding Existing External Components Function	Importing an existing external component
Adding New External Components Function	Importing a new external component
Working with Products
Fetching a Product's Predefined Properties	Using the CATIPrdProperties interface
Retrieving a Product's Properties	Using the CATIInstance and CATIAttributesDescription interfaces
Positioning Products in a Product Document	Modifying relative and absolute positions of product instances
Manipulating a Product's Temporary Data	Using the CATIProductInSession interface
Working with a Product's Publications	Using the CATIPrdObjectPublisher interface
Working with Rigid/Flexible Sub-Products	Using the CATIBlockMovable interface
Using the Provider Mechanism	Navigating through applicative containers and feature extensions
Features and Products
Integrating New Features in a Product Structure	Implementing basic CATIA behaviors for new applicative features
• Creating a New StartUp Catalog	• Defining new StartUps in a catalog
• Creating New Features "From Scratch" in a Product Document	• Instantiating new features in applicative containers
• Initializing the Applicative Container at Runtime	• Performing runtime initialization tasks
• Enabling the Navigation of New Features in a Product Document	• Integrating new features in the specs tree
• Enabling the Visualization of New Features in a Product Document	• Integrating new features in the vizualization process
• Setting Graphical Properties	• Implementing the CATIVisProperties interface
• Enabling Cut, Copy and Paste Operations on New Features in a Product Document	• Cutting, copying and pasting new features
• Enabling New Features in a Product Document to be Deleted	• Deleting new features
• Enabling New Features in a Product Document to be Updated	• Updating new features
User Interface
Customizing Product's Icons	Implementing the CATICustoIconProduct Interface
Inserting Components Stored in Foreign Files	Implementing the CATIProductFileSelection interface
Creating a Product Workbench	Implementing the CATIPRDWorkshopConfiguration interface
Adding a Toolbar to all Product Workbenches	Implementing the CATIPRDWorkshopAddin Interface
Adding a Toolbar to the Product Structure Workbench	Implementing the CATIPrsConfiguration Interface
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Quick Reference
Frequently Asked Questions	To help you answer your questions
ProductStructure Reference	Interface and class reference for Product Structure applications
ProductStructureInterfaces Reference	Interface and class reference for Product Structure applications
ProductStructureUI Reference	Interface reference for Product Structure applications
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History

Version: 9 [Aug 2004]	"Virtual Instances" article and "Customizing Product's Icons" use case added
Version: 8 [Feb 2004]	"Retrieving a Product's Properties" use case and "Integration with ENOVIA LCA" article added
Version: 7 [Sep 2003]	"Working with A Product's Contexts" use case added
Version: 6 [Sep 2003]	"Working with A Product's Publications" use case added
Version: 5 [Sep 2003]	"Inserting Components Stored in Foreign Files" use case added
Version: 4 [Sep 2003]	"Fetching a Product's Predefined Properties" and "Manipulating a Product's Temporary Data" use cases added
Version: 3 [Aug 2003]	"Working with Rigid/Flexible Sub-Products" use case added.
Version: 2 [May 2002]	"Integrating New Features in a Product Structure" use case added.
Version: 1 [Jan 2000]	Document created
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