About Importing V5 Structure Design Documents

Using the File-based Design Import capability, you can migrate documents from V5 to V6. The V5 Structure Design (SR1) data can be imported and opened in V6 Structure Design (SDD) app.

To import the V5 data, you can select Add > Import > CATIA File, that is, run the File-based Design Import in Interactive Mode. For more information, see File Coexistence and Migration User's Guide: File-based Design Import: FBDI in Interactive Mode: Running FBDI Interactively. The imported data opens in Structure Design.

You can also import the V5 data by running FBDI in batch mode. For more information, see File Coexistence and Migration User's Guide: File-based Design Import: FBDI in Batch mode: Running the FBDI Batch.

The documents migrated from V5 structure applications can be modified in V6 Structure Design.

You can migrate the SR1 plates and shapes into V6 SDD plates and beams respectively and can do further modifications on the resulting V6 documents.

When the V5 documents are imported, they are mapped as simple 3D parts in V6. The imported part is assigned with a proper V_Discipline.