CATIA Link Exposition

The following section describes how the links between the elements of a CATIA V5 structure are persisted in 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.

CATIA link exposition is enabled by setting the environment variable CT5_DOCUMENT_MODEL_VERSION on the client for CATIA V5 to the following values:

  • CT5_DOCUMENT_MODEL_VERSION=0: "old" mode, keeps compatibility with older CATIA levels.
  • CT5_DOCUMENT_MODEL_VERSION=1: force the new mode, even on old 3DEXPERIENCE Platform level. This mode is not supported on old 3DEXPERIENCE Platform OOTB.
Note: Setting the environment variable is required only to override the default modes on versions V6R2012 and lower (Old mode) or on versions V6R2012x and higher (New mode).

Note: Enforce the "old" mode by setting CT5_DOCUMENT_MODEL_VERSION=0 in the CATIA V5 environment, if embedded integration is required.

Embedded components that were masked in versions V6R2012 and earlier are visible in versions V6R2012x and later. The embedded components in versions V6R2012x and later are displayed as,

  • An assemblyComponent link from the parent to the Embedded Component.
  • A representation link from the Embedded Component to the child.

This page discusses:

Link Exposition in Versions V6R2012x and Later

The following table lists the CATIA links exposition for versions V6R2012x and later:

Link Class Internal Type 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Link Type
Instance assemblyComponent CAD SubComponent
Shape Representation representation CAD Representation
Geometry Import geometry CATIA V5 Geometry Import
Knowledge Import knowledge CATIA V5 Knowledge Import
Context context CATIA V5 Context
Contextual Geometry Import contextualGeometry CATIA V5 Contextual Geometry Import
Contextual Knowledge Import contextualKnowledge CATIA V5 Contextual CATIA Knowledge Import
MultiCAD multiCAD CATIA V5 MultiCAD Import Source
Design Table designTable CatDesignTable
Drawing Drawing Associated Drawing
Analysis Analysis CatAnalysis
Analysis Result Analysis CatAnalysis
Analysis Computations Analysis CatAnalysis
Process Process CatProcess
Catalog catalog CatCatalog
Material material CATIA V5 Material
Other mml CatMML

Link Exposition in Versions V6R2012 or Earlier

The following table shows the link exposition in for versions V6R2012 or earlier:

Link Class Internal Type 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Link Type
Instance assemblyComponent CAD SubComponent
Shape Representation assemblyComponent CAD SubComponent
Geometry Import mml CatMML
Knowledge Import mml CatMML
Context mml CatMML
Contextual Geometry Import mml CatMML
Contextual Knowledge Import mml CatMML
MultiCAD assemblyComponent CAD SubComponent
Design Table designTable CatDesignTable
Drawing drawing Associated Drawing
Analysis analysis CatAnalysis
Analysis Result analysis CatAnalysis
Analysis Computations analysis CatAnalysis
Process process CatProcess
Catalog catalog CatCatalog
Material assemblyComponent CAD SubComponent
Other mml CatMML

Supported CATIA Levels for Link Exposition for Version V6R2012x and Later

The new link exposition is supported on and from the following CATIA levels:

  • V5R19SP9
  • V5R20SP4
  • V5R20SP5
  • V5R20SP6 and later
  • V5R21GA and later