Frequently Asked Questions

This section gives you information about questions you may have when migrating Electrical V4 data.

Copy/Paste
The electrical technology is not migrated
The bundle segment migration mode is deactivated
The geometry is partially migrated
How to migrate a V4 library
How to limit the number of CATPart documents
CPP information is missing
How multi-directional support are migrated
Unusable geometry for V5 bundle segment: "twisted configuration"
What happens when migrating at the same time several models containing the same device
I cannot migrate the .session V4 document
I cannot migrate the V4 document as Result

Copy/Paste Copy/Paste only copies the geometry and does not migrate the technology. Use the Migration Batch to take advantage of the electrical technology.

The electrical technology is not migrated Check if you have entered the correct name (CATIE3DMigration) for the migration interface name. Note: If the spelling is incorrect, the Bundle Segment Migration Mode options will be grayed out in the Electrical tab. Refer to Methodology.

The bundle segment migration mode is deactivated Check if you have entered the correct name (CATIE3DMigration) for the migration interface name. Refer to Methodology.

The geometry is partially migrated Check you have set up the correct option for the isolated mock-up solids. Refer to Methodology.

How to migrate a V4 Library Place the V4 devices and/or supports in the model. Migrate the model: the CATProduct with the CATParts are created. the CATProduct is named: <V4 Model Name>.CATProduct each CATPart is named: <V4 Model Name>_<V4 Detail Name>.CATPart. Save the CATParts in V5 catalogs using Electrical Library. Note: It is recommended to limit the number of V4 devices to one hundred per model.

How to limit the number of CATPart documents If you use the Bundle segments mode, a CATPart is created for each BNS in the model. Choose the Multi-branchable document mode to reduce the number of documents and have all the bundle segment of the geometrical bundle in the same CATPart. Refer to Methodology.

CPP information is missing The CPP is migrated as a point. Information is missing in V5 to ensure the connection. Refer to Migrating Step by Step...

Multi-directional support Multi-section supports are supported. However supports with multi-directional sections do not exist in CATIA V5. As a consequence, only the first created section will be linked to the bundle segment as well as all other sections that have the same direction. The bundle segments using other support section direction in the original V4 model are not linked to the support in the V5 document.

Unusable geometry for V5 bundle segment After the migration, a message informes you that the migration of such bundle segment leads to a twisted configuration. In this case, modify the radius or the bend radius to be able to create the rib for the bundle segment. Refer to Reference Information.

What happens when migrating at the same time several models containing the same device They are migrated as two/as many V5 reference documents. Refer to Reference Information.

I cannot migrate the .session V4 document The V4 sessions (.session) are not migrated. Refer to Reference Information.

I cannot migrate the V4 document as Result The V4 documents containing E3D elements cannot be migrated 'As Result'. The migration batch will fail in analyze step in this case. Please make sure you have selected 'As Spec' for all elements.