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Check-Out Scenario

The Check-Out is a scenario whereby CATIA V5 documents are extracted from the PDM system repository to be opened in the interactive CATIA session. Check-Out enables extract a consistent set of documents that has been checked-in [2] previously . It reuses the document link information, stored at Check-In step, to compute the consistent set of documents in order to ensure the CATIA session consistency.

This operation is implemented by:

• Computing the consistent set of documents the document to Check-Out belongs to
• Invoking in sequence the PDM Check-Out operation for each document
, and for each of them
• Extracting it from the PDM repository
• Copying it in the user Work area [1].
• Opening the checked out document in the CATIA session

This scenario, developed in the Check-Out Scenario Detailed Steps section, can be also presented by this Diagram:

Fig.1: The Check-Out Scenario Diagram

The Check-Out scenario must enforce the following rules:

• Check-Out operation processes a consistent set of documents
• user Work area must be cleared if some documents are out of synchronization with the consistent set of document that will be extracted from the PDM
• Documents must be copied and restored "as is" in the user Work area

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Check-Out Scenario Detailed Steps

This section details step by step the Check-Out scenario. But, no API will be given, you should refer to the elementary PX1 use cases, or the CATxPDMInterfaces framework API documentation, to have implementation details.

The Integration can implement the Check-Out scenario as an interactive CATIA command running within the CATIA session context. It proposes a Document Selection dialog box displaying the list of CATIA V5 documents stored in the external PDM. The end users chooses a document to process.

A CATIA session is open.

1. The user starts the Check-Out command
2. Integration displays the dialog box enabling the seach for a document in PDM system, and the user
   1. Locates the document in the displayed list
   2. Clicks OK button to confirm the selection
3. Integration starts the Check-Out operation by performing preliminary checks
   1. The selected document is not already checked-out in the PDM system
   2. The document is not locked in the PDM system
4. Integration computes the consistent set of documents the selected document belongs to, and checks for each of them
   1. If one already exists in the user Work area
      • If it already exists in session, Check-Out operation must be cancelled
      • If it is not in session, a specific "Check-Out with force" option can be implemented to support this specific case to pursue Check-Out operation and replace the existing file.
   2. If one is locked or checked-out by another user, Check-Out operation must be cancelled
5. For every document belonging to the consistent set of document, Integration performs following operations
   1. Lock the document in the PDM
   2. Associate Check-Out status with the document in the PDM system
   3. Extract the document from the PDM vault and transfer it in the user Work area
6. Integration opens the Check-Out document in V5 session within a new editor window
7. Integration stops the Check-Out command

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