Interface for CATIA V5 with Associative Topology Bus (ATB)

June 2011 Creo 1.0 - Rev H

Interface for CATIA V5 with ATB

Licensed module
Separately Licensed Module
Locked (CPT-3232-L) Floating (PTN-3232-F)

Installation
No CATIA V5 installation or licensing required

Import and Export processor

CATProduct
Assembly format

CATPart
Part format

CGR
Facet format

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Interface for CATIA V5

Entity Support
Supports 3D geometry and topology ATB-enabled
Config option topobus_enable yes | no*

Visibility support
Show / No Show Layers Hidden

Facet import/export via CGR format

Config intf3d_in_import_as_facets yes | no | default*
Default value for CATIA V5 is no Replaces c5_import_as_faceted yes | no* in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M030 and later)

Export transparency and edge color

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 M090 and later

Exact Rep Face Color

Config option c5_color_import yes | no*

Drawings and applications data (cabling, piping, CAE data) are NOT supported
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Interface for CATIA V5

CGR Import
Import *.CGR files (parts or assemblies) Import CATPart and/or CATProduct as faceted (extract CGR only) Config intf3d_import_as_faceted_heal yes* | no

5 times faster than exact import! Good for Space Claim and Design-In-Context activities CGR Export
Export Exact data as CGR (faceted) CATPart as CGR, CATProduct with CGR components 187 Components Exports mixed part models as Exact (exact and facet features) as CATProduct with separate CATPart and CGR components 20 min

187 Components as CGR Healed 7 min

187 Components as CGR Quick 4 min

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Faceted Models for Design-in-Context

Operations
Mass Properties Calculation Measurement between Faceted & Exact Pairs Clearance Cross Section Creation Datum Feature Creation

Formats
Import STL, VRML, STEP Faceted, CATIA SOLM DXF 3D & ProductView OL/ED CATIA CGR Design-in-Context JT

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Interface for CATIA V5

Product Structure Support

Support import and export of assemblies containing mixed source components, i.e. CATProduct containing
CATProduct CATPart CGR

Additional support for import of assemblies containing mixed source components

V4 *.model Must have Interface for CATIA II license for V4 support

Distributed Pro/BATCH Support

Export and Import TTDs for
CATPart CATProduct CGR
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Associative Topology Bus

Associative
One-directional associativity
CATIA V5 to Pro/ENGINEER

Creo Translated Image Model (TIM)

Contains link to Source (CATIA V5) object

Topology
Maps geometry IDs from CATIA V5 to Creo Maintains geometry IDs as changes are made

Bus
Checks for changes in the CATIA V5 (Source) object Update import geometry based on changes in Source object Change Link, Make Independent

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Cables as Geometry & Facet Export Controls

New in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0
Cables as geometry
Export and Import
Intf3d_out_cables yes | no* Facet and exact representation

Updated Facet Export Controls

New in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 M120 and Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 M020 New Step Size
Intf3d_out_use_step_size yes | no* Defines uniform size for triangles

Chord Height and Step Size calculated per part

Intf3d_out_diff_chord_heights yes | no* Intf3d_out_diff_step_sizes yes | no* Facet assembly formats only: CATProduct with CGR, JT

w/o Step Size with Step Size

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Support for CATIA Long Names

Long Names (up to 80 characters) supported

Special Characters replaced ATB Mode
in Model Tree without Truncation

Non-ATB Mode
Truncated in Model Tree
With Duplicates Indexed

Full Names Available

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New in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 and PDMLink 9.1

Heterogeneous Design-In-Context (HDIC)

Multi-CAD (Pro/ENGINEER, UG, CATIA V5) support in Windchill PDMLink
Represent complete mixed CAD product structure in Pro/ENGINEER and Windchill.

One WT Part one source CAD Document multiple image CAD Documents
Open CATIA V5 CAD Documents in Pro/ENGINEER to create ATB image CAD Documents.
CATIA V4 supported in the context of a CATIA V5 assembly.

ATB enables: Check Status, Unlink, Re-link, and Associative Updates on Pro/ENGINEER TIM (image) models Required Components
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 M060 or later CATIA V5 R16 (R17 supported in M080 or later) Windchill Workgroup Manager for CATIA V5 PDMLink 9.1 F000 or later

Part

Source Derived

TIM

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New in Creo Elements/Pro 5.0

Shared Memory
Limited to GPI-based processors
CATIA V5, CGR, JT, ProductView, UG, Autodesk Inventor, and CADDS5 Shared Memory Performance & Resource

Introduced in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M080) Benefits

Reduced processing time Reduced memory (RAM) usage

50 40 30 20 10 0

Import model (65 MB)

1000% Faster 600% lessRAM

Wildfire 4.0

M070 M080

Minutes

GB

Before

Now

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New in Creo Elements/Pro 5.0

New Import Wizards

Greater transparency of data exchange options Improved workflow Finer control of settings

Updated import log files

XML format (*.xml) Log Options
Generate on Import
Short, Long or None

Dynamically generate
Info > Data Exchange > Import Log

Status Indicator

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Relevant Config.pro to Profile Mappings

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 Config.pro topobus_enable Value yes | no* Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 Profile Setting Model tab Enable ATB

intf3d_in_import_as_facets yes | no | default* Model tab Import as facet model and c5_import_as_faceted yes | no* c5_color_import yes | no* Misc tab Include Colors

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New in Creo 1.0

Selective Assembly Import
Allow users to choose the amount of data to import
Leverage layers, the search tool, and rules to improve the selection process

Three levels of data

Structure
Fastest to load, no graphics
Structure Graphics Master

Graphics
Quick to load, lightweight graphics Meta data

Master
Full geometric definition

Upgrade from
Structure > Graphics or Master Graphics > Master
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Platform Support
Interface for CATIA V5 with ATB Platforms Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0(1) Creo Elements/Pro 5.0(2) Creo 1.0(3)

OS
Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 HP-UX SUN Solaris SUN Solaris
Legend

Processor
Pentium/Xeon Pentium/Xeon Pentium/Xeon PA8000 Ultra SPARC II AMD & Intel

32 bit

64 bit

(1) (2) (3)

32 bit

64 bit

32 bit 64 bit

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 Platform Support Matrix Creo Elemensts/Pro 5.0 Platform Support Matrix Creo 1.0 Platform Support Matrix

Platform and processor supported Platform supported, but processor not supported Platform not supported

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Interface for CATIA V5 - Version Support

CATIA V5 Versions Support Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 Import Export(1) CATIA V5 Version 10 14, 15, 16(a) 17 (2) 18, 19 (3) 20 (4) Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 Import Export(1) Import Creo 1.0 Export(1)

(1) Export format specified via config.pro option intf3d_out_catia_v5_version introduced in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M030) set to defaultt of 10 a) As of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M120) and Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (M010) default became 16 (2) Support introduced in in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M080) (3) Support introduced in in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M120) and Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (M010) (4) Support introduced in in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 (M180) and Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (M080) (5) TPI 144061 details CATIA V5 support in previous releases. Legend

Supported Not supported Not yet available for support

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For more information contact:

Rosemary Astheimer Creo Product Manager rastheimer@ptc.com