Using Change Action

You can open data under change from web in CATIA V5, perform your modifications, and save it under the opened Change Action. In the status bar, a tooltip displays the change name. When you click the name, a dialog box appears to manage the work under change.

Using Change Management, you can:

  • View information about the Change Action in CATIA V5.
  • Remove the change from your session.
  • You can edit the properties of the Change Action in the web.

This page helps you understand the different ways in which you can initialize a CATIA V5 session with a Change Action.

This page discusses:

Open Structure With Change Action from Product Structure Editor

You can open a structure with change from Product Structure Editor.

You can define data, and associate a change in the Product Structure Editor widget. Then, you can login from the web and open the structure in CATIA V5.

Drag Change Action in CATIA V5

You can drag a Change Action from the Change Action widget, and drop it in a CATIA V5 window.

In a session, you can manage only one change at a time. If you open data from the web that has a change (when another change is already present in the session), you can do either of the following:

  • Overwrite the active change
  • Cancel the open operation.

Note: This is also applicable when you drag and drop a change.

Start Work Under From Change Widget

You can start Work Under from the Change Action widget in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform dialog box.

The Change Action widget is available in the side panel. To open the side panel from CATIA V5, select Start > 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Work Under is available only in the web.

When you open a Change Action in a Change Action widget (if it is in the In Work state), Work Under is displayed at the top of the widget. When you click Work Under, it automatically specifies the Change Action context. This means that you have initialized the current Change Action in your CATIA V5 session. The Change Action appears in the CATIA V5 status bar.

Note: The Change Action name is also displayed in the Save dialog box to indicate that you are saving data that is under Change Action.

Your save operation fails, and an error message appears if:

  • The Change Action is not in the In Work state.
  • You are not an owner, or assignee of the active Change Action opened in CATIA V5.

Launch Change Action From the Status Bar

A disabled Display Change Action Chooser button appears in the status bar when you are connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Click to open the Change Action Chooser dialog box. In this dialog box:

  • Only Change Action objects in the In Work state are displayed.
  • To search a Change Action, enter a name or a title; and then click .
  • You can sort the list of Change Action objects by date.
  • You must select a single Change Action. Multi-selection is not supported.
  • When you click OK after selecting a Change Action, CATIA V5 POWER'BY session is initialized with that Change Action.

When you click in the status bar, the Work Under panel is displayed. You can initiate only one Change Action in a session at a time. When the session is initialized with a Change Action, you cannot access the Change Action Chooser dialog box. You must remove the current Change Action to choose another one.