About As Result and As Spec Migration

When copying As Result V4 drawing data to V6, bear the following in mind:

• Whatever the standard of the V4 view was prior to being copied into CATIA Version 6, once in V6 its standard is that selected when you open the CATDrawing document.
• The smallest unit that you can copy is the view. All the elements that go to make up this view are included in the copy.
• In the V6 Drafting mode Working Views (Edit > Working Views), the copy described above creates a V6 view with the same name as in V4. In the V6 Drafting mode Background (Edit > Background), the V4 elements are copied into the background view of the V4 view.
• The migration of V4 drawing data to a V6 document generates a report (.rpt) file named after the model migrated:
  • on Windows

    in C:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\DassaultSystemes\\CATReport

  • on UNIX: in /u/users/username/CATReport

  This reports contains different types of information regarding the migration results:

  • location and name of the input and output files,
  • kind of migration performed (e.g. V4 to V6 CATDrawing),
  • mode of migration performed (AS SPEC or AS RESULT)
  • status of migration for each V4 element:

    - Correctly / OK: migration successful

    - KO: migration failed

    - NOT: migration could not be performed for lack of a CATIA V6 equivalent.
  • V4 attributes of V4 elements.
• If, when importing 2D geometry, you want to create circle centers and curve end points, select Tools > Options > General > Compatibility > V4/V6 DRAW tab. Select the Create centers and end points check box in the Geometry Import section.
• You can define dimension conversion as a graphic by selecting Tools > Options > General > Compatibility > V4/V6 DRAW tab. Select the Convert dimension as a graphic check box in the Dimension and annotation conversion mode section.

• The V4 structure of Detail/Ditto is migrated in a V6 structure of Detail (2D component reference) /Ditto (2D component instance).

  If you want to use the previous behavior (Explode Ditto) select Tools > Options to specify the conversion mode of Dittos.

• You can copy/paste as result V4 transparent views with NHR or HLR representation (the projection mode is retrieved from the browsing).

V4 text thickness is migrated in V6 texts according to the following parameters:

• if the thickness of V4 texts is superior to 0.2mm, V6 texts are displayed with a bold style,
• if the thickness of V4 texts is inferior or equal to 0.2mm, V6 texts are displayed with a regular style.

Additionally, the following V3 data can be migrated directly from CATIA Version 3 to CATIA Version 6:

• V3 texts are migrated as V6 texts.
• V3 dimensions are migrated as graphical elements. However, you can migrate V3 dimensions as V6 dimensions using the following methodology: migrate V3 dimensions to V4 first using the V4 process, and then migrate these to V6.

When migrating AUXVIEW2 Views As Spec, bear the following in mind:

You can find the consolidated data of V4 to V6 migration in the summary tables below.