SmarTeam - Express


General, Open & Documentation Issues

General Issues

Demo environment  The SmarTeam Demo Environment installation is supported only for 32bit operating systems.
64bit operating systems are not supported.

 

Attributes Autolink Attribute
When working in the PLMDB in a Japanese-language operating system, newly created folders are not linked when a user tries to initiate an ECR process. To ensure that newly created folders are linked properly, you must select the Autolink option in the system set. To do this, open the Default Values tool and redefine the default value for Attached Folders > Autolink by setting it to TRUE.
Note: As this attribute is defined in the behavior, you must perform this action each time the DMD is used to modify the database.

 

Import Utility The size of the ECAD package that is imported through the ECAD Import utility should not exceed 30 MB.

 

Display Drawings from Item tool  The SmarTeam Express Display Drawings from Item tool displays only SmarTeam CAD integration file types, including AutoCAD drawings. Any other drawing types cannot be displayed by the Display Drawings from Item tool.

 

PLM DB To run a Demo with PLMDB in a V5R19 release, use the PLMDB Demo Environment installation from V5R19 SP4 or above. Problems may occur when using earlier versions.

 

Quick Search tool The SmarTeam Express Quick Search tool is not case-sensitive if the Database is not case-sensitive.

 

Multi Vault Multi-site Certification for Express
Both SmarTeam - Multi-site (MUS) and SmarTeam - Multi-site Vault (MUV) are now certified for Express behavior (including PLMDB).

 

Installation SmarTeam Express has been added as part of the installation of SmarTeam - Editor. To fully configure SmarTeam Express Database, refer to the SmarTeam - Design Express and SmarTeam - Engineering Express Methodology Guides, all located on the ENOVIA SmarTeam Documentation CD provided in SmarTeam V5R19 SP4 and to the SmarTeam Express Configuration Guide located in the Documentation Folder of SP5.

 

BOM BOM Offline package
The BOM Offline package module is not available for SmarTeam Express. The Briefcase and BWB (Baseline) functionalities are not operational in the SmarTeam Express environment.

 

ECR process links  
  1. When the ECR process is initiated from an Item in SmarTeam - Web Editor, the links are not created like when ECR process is initiated from an Item in SmarTeam - Editor.
  2. When the ECR process is initiated from an Item in SmarTeam - Editor, a link is added between the Item and the Affected Attachment Folder and a general link between the Item and the Process. The general link can be viewed in SmarTeam - Web Editor, if you define the settings to view general links in the Process view. The link that was added between the Item and the Affected Attachment Folder cannot be viewed in the SmarTeam - Web Editor.
  3. Add View permissions to the Attachment Folders in the User Maintenance for all groups that can see ECR Process.

 

Open Issues

Workflow Process When a SmarTeam Express workflow process is terminated, the process status attribute indicates the process' last status prior to termination, but does not indicate that the process was terminated.
  Workaround:
  View the value for the "Process Status" attribute instead of the "Flow Process Status" attribute.

 

Engineering Change
Request (ECR)
The first time any user creates an Engineering Change Request (ECR), only the class name appears in the workflow window.
  Workaround:
  Click Close and repeat the operation.

 

Missing link class names When you select Preferences > Navigation Pane and choose any object, both Hierarchical links have check boxes without any values. When you press Related Objects and choose any object, both Hierarchical links have check boxes without any values. When you check them and move them to the right table, an empty line is displayed.
  Workaround:
  Run the DMD and define link names.

 

General User Maintenance: Admin group
When using a database in which SmarTeam Express has been installed, the Admin group appears twice in User Maintenance (under Admin Console > User Maintenance > Groups).
The first group is named Admin~1.
The second group does not have all of the assigned permissions.

As a result, the following occurs:
  1. If the group name "Admin" is used in SmarTeam and the Admin setting for locking the BOM structure selects "Admin" to be excluded, the group is not excluded.
  2. The second group (without permissions) may be used by mistake.
  Workaround:
  Workaround for (1):
  • Change the GroupName+ExternalName of group Admin to Admin1
  • Change the GroupName+ExternalName of group Admin~1 to Admin

The user Admin will be recognized as a member of the group which uses the hook for the Lock BOM Structure operation.

Workaround for (2):

Use Admin~1 for users who need Admin permissions.
Note: if you have changed the group names as described in Workaround (1), use the newly named "Admin" group.
Menu Browse desktop object and Top Down Tree icons
After adding SmarTeam Engineering Express (SNE) to a non-Express database, the menu icons for "Browse desktop object" and "Top Down Tree" are not defined and text is seen instead of the icon.
  Workaround:
  Define the icon for the command using Menu Editor. Icons are located in the Icons folder (default path is Smarteam\Icons).
The Top Down Tree icon is PLMDB_TopDownTree.BMP and the Browse Desktop Objects icon is Desktop.ico.

 

Running Engineering Express Tools from BOM Editor When the BOM Editor is open, it is not possible to run any SmarTeam Engineering Express tools and an error message is displayed. However, no error message is displayed when you run the following tools from the BOM Editor:
  • ECAD Import
  • Display Drawings
  • Upload Documents
  Workaround:
  Run all SmarTeam Engineering Express tools from the Item tree.

 

Modification Notification Window When a SolidWorks document contains Simplified Configurations and the user opens a checked in/released document as read-only and modifies one of the configurations, a notification about the file's modification appears. When the user opens the Modification window, the Set as read-write option appears. If the user clicks Repair, the document is set to read-write and remains in Checked in/Released state.
  Workaround:
  Do not click Repair. Instead, perform a Check out/New Release operation from the SmarTeam menu.

 

Message Window Not Translated When saving a CATIA drawing without a model view, the Information message, If you have not created a title block for this drawing, you should create it before saving the drawing. Do you wish to continue with the Save operation? is not translated, and appears in English.
  Workaround:
  Change the text of the Information message by entering the translated text into the beginning of the PLMDB_ObjectInitialization.ebs script file, replacing the English message described above.

 

Launching CATIA and AutoCAD Integrations Together When you launch CATIA and AutoCAD together, an error message appears, "Failed to close Service Control Manager".
  Workaround:
  Close the message and continue working. The message has no impact on operations.

 

Toolbox Parts When you insert a new Toolbox part into an assembly, the additional PreviewCFG configuration which was created by SolidWorks is not automatically saved to SmarTeam.

 

Design Copy In some cases when the user performs Design Copy on an assembly opened in SolidWorks, the new structure does not match the original structure.
  Workaround:
  Check in an assembly, close the assembly in SolidWorks and perform Design Copy in SmarTeam - Editor.

 

Creating an Assembly from Existing Components
When you create a new sub-assembly based on existing components in the current assembly, the Description dialog box does not appear. As a result, the Description property in SolidWorks is empty and the CAD Identifier does not include a description after you save to SmarTeam.
  Workaround:
  Before performing Save to SmarTeam, open File Properties in SolidWorks and fill in Description in Custom Properties manually.

 

Documentation

SmarTeam Express
Configuration Guide

An updated version of the SmarTeam Express Configuration Guide is available in the Documentation folder of the current Service Pack CD.

A new chapter, "Upgrade Old SDE Procedure" has been added to the guide and describes the procedure for upgrading SDE R17 to V5R19.