VPM Navigator

New Functionalities

Creating Action Links
You can create Parent-Child, and Peer-Peer action link type using Create Action Link functionality. Linked Actions can be related items of work in an ad hoc work breakdown or network structure.

Creating, Attaching, and Editing Modification
You can manage Modifications in VPM Navigator by creating, attaching, and editing Modification.

Creating Capture from Product Structure Workbench
You can create Capture from Product Structure Workbench using Capture command.

Customizing VPM Navigator Product Structure Tree
You can customize icons and colors for object types based on the rules defined in a declarative file. VPM Navigator Node consists of an icon, a mask (if required) and an object name in text format. However, only icon and background color of the node can be customized.

Organizing Objects in VPM Search Panel
You can specify the order of objects displayed in VPM Navigator search panel as per your preferences. This helps you in navigating search list of large number of object domains and types.

Highlighting the Filtered Nodes
You can automatically highlight the nodes satisfying the filter criterion and use this selection to perform further operation.

Changing VPM Navigator Tree Layout
You can change the VPM Navigator tree layout according to your preferences and the production environment needs.

Activating Traces in Customer Environment
This section helps you to understand the tracing capability available for the client code of CATIA V5 / ENOVIA V5 VPM integration in a customer environment, thereby making the remote debugging possible.

Using the Search Result Window
The search result window displays, in the bottom, a preview area with on the left side a preview frame and in the right side attributes frame.

Enhanced Functionalities

Open Modes dialog box is modified. You can make VPM Session option available with Open Modes dialog box using Tools > Options menu.

Open with children at all levels with or without filter
You can Open an object for editing and determine whether to retrieve the children with or without applying filter.

Alternative Save
The Alternative Save command is available for Workpackage (Publications exposed) and structure exposed documents as well.

Filtering Enhancements:

Product View Result Enhancements:

Refreshing a Branch or Root in the Product Tree
The Refresh command updates the VPM Navigator tree but does not change the modifications done by you in the tree. If you have collapsed or expanded nodes manually, the refresh command does not change this structure.

Check In/Check Out
The Check In, Check Out, Cancel Check Out, and Copy Out commands are available from VPM Navigator window.

Disable Open for Assembly Controlled by ENOVIA
You cannot open a part version of a structure exposed assembly (controlled by ENOVIA) from the VPM Search Result window.

Showing Modified Objects Only in Save in ENOVIA V5 VPM Dialog Box
While saving, you can display only the modified objects in the Save in ENOVIA V5 VPM dialog box. Using this feature you can specifically view and save the objects which are modified. You can avoid saving the objects which are not modified.

Default selection of Reference Check Box in Change Maturity Status Dialog Box
By default, the Reference check box is selected. When you select the Instance check box, the instance also appears in the Change Maturity Status dialog box.

Pre-valuation and Clear button in VPM Search Panel
In the Easy Search mode, you can easily fill the fields relating to Owner, Project, and Organization by clicking on pre-valuation icons.

Inserting Document Revision/Part Version from ENOVIA
You can insert a document/assembly from ENOVIA under a PRC opened in CATIA. When you insert an assembly, all the children of that assembly also get inserted and become visible.

Applying Effectivity
You can determine whether to display Categories/Specifications information in the Assign Effectivity dialog box by selecting Tools > Options menu.

Synchronizing Child Instances
When you synchronize a parent instance, all the children instances also get synchronized without having to synchronize the children one by one individually. You do not need to configure the product to synchronize the children instances.

Selecting Attributes for Refresh Document in Session
You can determine which attributes to be displayed for the refreshable document. The attributes displayed for Documents which can be refreshed in session help you in selecting the required document revision.

Rules Defined for Refresh
You can refresh a CATPart if no instance or reference of this CATPart is seen as To Be Saved in the VPMNav Save panel. There are some exceptions to this rule, BlackBox rule are still available. So if a Part is pointed by another modified CATPart, Refresh won’t be possible.

Affirmative Partial Save Messages
When the Partial Save option is active, new messages are issued every time only for an object which is successfully saved in the database, in spite of being linked to another modified but non-savable object.

Customizing the Attributes for Document Revision in Search Result Window
Using Tools > Options... you can add Lock, Frozen status, and Owner Site attributes along with other attributes for Document Revision in the Search Result Window.

The Impacts On and Impacted By... commands are available through the workbench icons, and also using the contextual menu. These menus are available in Search Result window as well as in Impact Graph window.

Transferring Ownership Enhancement
You can transfer the ownership of a PRC from VPM Navigator as well as from VPM Search Result window.

The Search Condition dialog box enhancements for Insert Existing Component Option
The Advance Search tab from the Search Condition dialog box for Insert Existing component functionality has been modified. The Advanced Search tab has similar fields as Advanced Search tab from ENOVIA VPM Search workbench.