3D Simulation File-based Design Import

File-based Design Import (FBDI) enables content migration from V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE. In V5, data was stored in product or process documents. The rules for importing each of them vary.

This page discusses:

Simulation State Differences between Versions

What constituted a simulation state has changed from V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE; therefore, understanding the differences between the two entities is important to understanding what happens when the V5 data is imported into 3DEXPERIENCE.

V5 Initial State 3DEXPERIENCE Simulation State
The following attributes are stored in Initial State for each product / resource:
  • Graphic properties (visibility, color, opacity )
  • Position
  • Applicative attributes (for example, DOF values, or attachment offsets).
 Simulation states have the following attributes:
  • Authored in the3D Simulation environment
  • Contain applicative attributes (DOF values, attachment offsets, etc.)
The initial state is applied whenever you execute a simulation command (Process Simulation, Resource Simulation, or Robot Task Simulation). The active state is applied at the beginning of a simulation.
There is only one initial state per process document. Multiple states are supported at each level of the hierarchy.

Importing V5 Initial States into 3DEXPERIENCE

The effects of importing V5 initial states into 3DEXPERIENCE are shown.

V5 Data Type 3DEXPERIENCE Content Type Import Result
V5 product documents The initial state of the products / resources in the CATProduct document are stored in a single simulation state in 3DEXPERIENCE. The state is assigned to the root product or resource reference.

V5 process documents (initial state of a product)

The initial state of the products under the Product List in the V5 process document, if any, are stored in a single (atomic) simulation state, set as active and assigned to the root product under the PPRContext.

The initial state of products under a V5 process Product List are stored in 3DEXPERIENCE in a single (atomic) simulation state, assigned to the root product under the PPRContext.

To validate this, select the root product in the PPRContext, enter the 3D Simulation environment (so the root product is set as the ASO). Then click the Simulation States panel. The atomic state is set as active.
V5 process documents (initial state of a resource)

The initial state of resources under a V5 process Resource List are stored in V6 in a single (atomic) simulation state, assigned to the root resource under the PPRContext. Also, a composite simulation state is created, set as active and assigned to the root resource under the PPRContext. This composite simulation state points to the atomic state created for the root product and the atomic state created for the root resource.

To validate this, select the root resource in the PPRContext in V6, enter the 3D Simulation environment (so the root resource is set as the ASO). Then click the Simulation States panel. The atomic state and a composite state (of the state of the products and the states of resources) are present with the composite state set as active.

This active simulation state is applied only when you run a simulation at the root resource level (root resource is the ASO). To run imported robot tasks and use the imported simulation state, display all level tasks in the Behavior panel, select the desired task, and simulate it.