================================== WHAT'S NEW ? ========================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 17 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Add a new Button in Insertion Panel in order to Start the last CADENAS Product - Add a Contextual Menu in Insertion Panel in order to Start the desired CADENAS Product - Keep Comments in the CFG file - Integrate Subtract Command in Realign Command - Integrate CATPART_NAME flag from CFG file for Assemblies - Create a New Command in PARTsolutions Analyze Parts Toolbar : List PARTsolutions Products -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 16 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Replace All Instances is available for Products in Replace Command (for exaple all instances of a PartConnect PART can be replaced by once) - Integrate a Tool for Check Errors (Features which have errors) - Modify the structure of Realign / Subtract Commands from Insertion Panel (to have more insertion type possibilities:on curve,face,point,sketch) - Integrate Translate and Rotate in the Realign Command (rotation and translation can be managed now by input parameters as angle and distance) - Integrate PARTsolutions in CATIA Main Menu - flag in Local and Global CFG files : *ADD_PARTSOLUTIONS_IN_MENU:0 - Do not add PARTsolutions in CATIA Main Menu *ADD_PARTSOLUTIONS_IN_MENU:1 - Add PARTsolutions in CATIA Main Menu *ADD_PARTSOLUTIONS_IN_MENU:2 - Add PARTsolutions under the Tools Menu - Manage the Toolbars.The toolbars structure have been change: Toolbar 1. PARTsolutions Products - PARTviewer - PARTconnect - PARTshaft - PARTassembly - PARTloader Toolbar 2. PARTsolutions Manage Parts - Replace - Subtract - Delete Holes - Realign Toolbar 3. PARTsolutions Analyze Parts - NCScan - Check Errors <<<=== New Command Toolbar 4. Setup -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 15 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Allow user to select a Sketch for Multi Insertion Parts (the Parts will be positioned along the Normal Plane Direction of the Sketch). The sketch can be only in the tree selected.The part will be inserted in all the points of this sketch -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 14 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Integrate a Panel for distance to two edges when a Part is Inserted - Create a New Command in PARTsolutions Tools Toolbar : NCScan PARTconnect Holes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 13 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Create the Arrows for Inserted Part from the beginning - Put a new button in the Realign Panel from Insert : End - Put a new button in the Realign Panel from Insert : Subtract - Integrate UUID (CATPart Template in CFG files - local and global): *CATPART_TEMPLATE:C:\pool_directory\TemplatePart.CATPart - Integrate CATPart Name in CFG files - local and global : *CATPART_NAME::<$LINA><_><%D%> - Integrate a Panel for curve Selection when a Part is Inserted - Set coresponding Description from Metafile for each Inserted Product -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 12 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Create a new Command in PARTsolutions Tools Toolbar : Delete PARTconnect Holes - Integrate Realign command in Insertion Panel - Create the Vectors(Arrows) for Realign Command - Solve V-Bottom problem for PARTconnect Holes if the screw has thread - Allow user to select a curve for insertion point (if the curve is circle insertion point is center of the circle, otherwise the projection of the point indicated by mouse on the selected curve) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 11 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Create the coresponding Hole for each Plate in Subtract Command for PARTconnect Parts - Integrate the DLNames -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 10 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Create threads for Groove - It was an temporary Functional Level -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 09 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Integrate UDF - Color the Products - Create Solid / History structure for a Part - PDM support - DEBUG support -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 08 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL - First version to support all the newer CADENAS Products 8.0.0 - The version 7.X is also supported -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 07 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSEMBLY HOLES - instead of Assembly Holes which are defined on the Product level PartSolution create the PartConnection holes inside the subtracted parts - the created holes has thread informations - Subtract and Replace commands are available again DRAW - for PartConnect 2D is possible to indicate//select the points.A panel the same as in PartConnect 3D will manage the selection HOLES CREATION - thread informations for all type of holes ADMINISTRATION (NEW!) - global CFG file for setup panel PARTsolution.setup (must be located in $CADENAS/iface/catia) - the PartSolution administrator can set the values from the SETUP Panel - PartSolution will take into acount first the values from the global file and than the values from the file PARTsolution.setup located in $HOMEUSER.If a field has the LOCKED keyword in the global file the user cannot modify the value from the panel Example of global PARTsolution.setup (located in $CADENAS/iface/catia) *PATH_PARTS:D:\catia\aparts_LOCKED *MINIMIZE_PARTS:1:UNLOCKED *SKIP_ERRORS:1 :LOCKED *CREATE_THREADS:1: *CREATE_CONSTRAINTS:1:LOCKED *FORCE_CREATION_PARTS:1:LOCKED *CREATE_COMPONENTS:1:LOCKED *CLOSE_PARTS:1: UNLOCKED *HEALING_PV:1: *HEALING_PC:1: *HEALING_PS:1:LOCKED *HEALING_PA:1:LOCKED *HEALING_PL:1: *PART_VIEWER:3D:LOCKED *PART_CONNECT:3D:LOCKED -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 06 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRAW - module to create drawings out of PartSolution 2D parts (PartViewer and PartConnect) PNATIVE - drawings to PartViewer NEW FEATURES - Drafts and Patterns are supported (PartSolution products 8.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 05 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===================== V E R S I O N 5.10.01 AND 5.10.02 ======================= ASSEMBLY HOLES Due to CATIA problems with AssemblyHoles for CATIA V5 R10: "Create PartSolution Holes" functionality is not available "Replace" functionality is appliable only for single parts ===================== V E R S I O N 5.8.xx AND 5.9.xx ======================= NATIVE PARTS SUPPORT - Possibility to import Native Parts to PartViewer LANGUAGE - Multilanguage support -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ FUNCTIONAL LEVEL 04 ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPLACE COMMAND - Replace Command for PCon Parts we make update of the Assembly Holes SUBTRACT COMMAND - Is possible single and multi selection - Negative Parts do not appear in BOM CREATION MECHANISM - New flag in Setup Panel : Always Create New CATParts (Yes / No) If the flag is set to YES the parts will be alwasy created new in the POOL directory SETUP PANEL - New flag in Setup Panel : Create Components (Yes / No) In order to support Components instead of Products if the flag is set to YES LANGUAGE - Resource files for Panels in German language ===================== V E R S I O N 5.8.5 ======================= ASSEMBLY HOLES - NO ERROR - In Service Pack 4 when an Assembly Holes was deleted CATIA died The problem comes from CATIA.In Service Pack 5 the problem is solved. ===================== V E R S I O N 5.8.4 ======================= ------------------------------------------------------ - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 8 Service Pack 4 Date : 22.07.2002 ------------------------------------------------------ ASSEMBLY HOLES - The SUBTRACT mechanism is now available for PartConnect parts ------------------------------------------------------ - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 8 Service Pack 4 Date : 07.06.2002 ------------------------------------------------------ HOLES CREATION - Instead of pockets and grooves are created holes if the part contains holes informations ===================== V E R S I O N 5.8.1 & 5.8.2 ======================= - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 8 Service Pack 1 ------------------------------------------------------ THREAD CREATION - Thread creation for the parts which contains thread information MINIMIZE PARTS - The created parts can be minimized (this option can be set in the Setup Panel) SKIP UPDATE PROBLEMS - New flag in the Setup Panel:Skip Update Problems.To be set if an update error for a pocket or groove will appear. The bad features (grooves or pockets ot threads) will be deactivated to be analyzed later, after the part creation =========================== V E R S I O N 5.7.6 =========================== - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 7 Service Pack 6 ------------------------------------------------------ NO-SHOW - Some lines used as constraints in PartConnect have been not set to NO-SHOW. Solved in this version =========================== V E R S I O N 5.7.5 =========================== - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 7 Service Pack 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW HEALING - New Healing program (which can solve some sketch problems) It can be activated from the Setup Panel =========================== V E R S I O N 5.7.4 =========================== - Version for CATIA Version 5 Release 7 Service Pack 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSERTION POINT AND POSITION - The parts insertion is performed in the active product The position is relative to the active product