Import Utility
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ECAD Import tool The size of the ECAD package that is imported through the ECAD Import utility should not exceed 30 MB. |
Attributes
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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. |
User Maintenance
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Running the SmarTeam Data Model Designer on V5R20 updates some of the definitions for SmarTeam - Express. |
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The following operations should be performed
after running DMD:
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User Authorization
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A user defined as Admin is not permitted to perform actions on a Locked structure. |
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Perform the following steps:
If the Admin group appears twice in User Maintenance (as described in the User Maintenance: Admin issue, above), perform the following steps: |
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Message window not translated
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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. |
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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. |
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Engineering Change Request (ECR) ![]() |
The first time any user creates an Engineering Change Request (ECR), only the class name appears in the workflow window. |
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Click Close and repeat the operation. |
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Workflow Process
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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. |
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View the value for the "Process Status" attribute instead of the "Flow Process Status" attribute. |
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General
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Running Engineering Express Tools from the 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:
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Run all SmarTeam Engineering Express tools from the Item tree. |
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Menu
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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. |
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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. |
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Missing link class names
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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. |
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Run the DMD and define link names. |