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Business Process Knowledge Template

eface

Using This Guide

hat's New?

tting Started

Generating the User Workbench

Using the User Workbench

sic Tasks

Setting up the working Environment

Reminder

Creating the Working Environment for the Expert User

Managing the Data Generated by the Expert User

Creating an Environment under Windows

Creating an Environment under Unix

Defining an Application Workbench

Working with technological Objects

Creating a Technological Object

Adding an Attribute to a Technological Object

To know more about the Add Attribute Dialog Box

Generating a Report

Working with BehaviorsCreating Behaviors

Combining Behaviors

Defining and Linking Behaviors

Working with Behaviors Patterns

To know more about patterns

Generating a User Workbench

Working with a User Workbench

Testing and Replaying the Process

To know more about the Operate Function...

Fixing a problem

Intervening when Instantiating Objects

Exploiting the Messages Displayed when Executing Behaviors

Managing Errors

Using the Error Check Tool


Getting Familiar with the End-User Workbench

Executing Behaviors

Editing Behaviors

vanced Tasks

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Knowledge Relations: Using the if...else Syntax

Using a Sequential Combination to instantiate a User Feature

Using the Insert Components behavior: Auto update mode

Using the Propagate Execution behavior

Using the Onxxx Behaviors

Using the Knowledge Certify Behavior

Using the Instantiate Template Behavior

Use Cases

Creating a User Workbench: Indirect VisionBefore you start

Setting up the Working Environment

Creating technological Objects

Defining the "Define Vehicle Data" Combination for the IndirectVision object

Defining the "Define Driver" Combination on the IndirectVision Object

Defining a "Compute optimal Mirror" sequence for the Indirect Vision technological Type

Defining a "Generate Report" Behavior on the Indirect Vision technological Type

Defining a "Generate Indirect Field of View for a planar Mirror" Combination on the Driver

technological Type

Defining a "Check Driver Position" Behavior on the Driver technological Type


Designing the external Mirror

Computing the optimal Mirror

ference Information

Introducing the Structure Behaviors

Logical Combination

Sequential Combination

Introducing the Infrastructure Behaviors

Implementation Behaviors

VBScript Behavior

Command Behavior

URL Behavior

ActiveX URL Behavior

System Behavior

Bind Behaviors

Bind Object Behavior

Bind Reference Behavior

Bind Parameter Behavior

Bind Instance Behavior

Bind Type Behavior

To know more about the Bind Mechanism...IO Based Behaviors

Link Input From Behavior

Synchronize Parameters Behavior

Propagate Execution Behavior

Information Behavior

Add Type Behavior

Introducing the Design Behaviors

Reuse Behaviors

Instantiate Template Behavior


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Create External Reference Behavior

Copy/Paste Behavior

KWScript Behavior

Document Behaviors

Load Document Behavior

Create New From Behavior

FilterCatalog Behavior

Bind Behaviors

Bind PowerCopy BehaviorBind UDF Behavior

Bind Part Behavior

Bind Publication Behavior

Bind Product Instance Behavior

Display in Window Behavior

Insert Components Behavior

Knowledge Relations Behavior

Knowledge Certify Behavior: Data Sheet

Introducing the Event-based Behaviors

On Done Behavior

On Create Behavior

On Remove Behavior

On Cancel Behavior

stomizing the Business Process Knowledge Template Settings

orkbench Description

Toolbar Description

Specification Tree Description

Interface Description

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Preface

e CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template solution allows companies to capture their businessocesses, and to share and deploy them through dedicated workbenches. An expert can model any corporst practices and know-how. From complex conceptual studies in the automotive to airframe structureneration, the expert captures, automates design and engineering tasks, and embeds core-knowledge ruld checks within those tasks. As a result, he delivers the captured best practices through a specific pseudplication including all the required features and processes.

reach that objective, the CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template solution takes advantage of thenge of CATIA V5 products.

ally, the end-user can access these pseudo-applications, as he can access any CATIA V5 products. He cen create products while following a pre-defined methodology, resulting from the corporate best practicefinition and capture provided by the experts.

e Business Process Knowledge Template solution is divided into an authoring product, CATIA - Business Process Know

mplate 3 (BKT), and an end-user solution, CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template 2 (BK2).

s product enables the expert user to:

Capture business processes and best practices.

Automate design and engineering tasks.

Generate design assistants in a simple and intuitive way.

Deploy best practices and know-how in an easy-to-reuse way.

Accelerate and secure design process time.

pturing business processes and best practices...

eating a design assistant supposes that, beforehand, the corporate processes and best practices have bentified. By using CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template 3 (BKT), an expert can capture and caps knowledge, packing and combining the corporate processes and best practices inside a pseudo-applicaorder to ensure a global process coverage, these applications can be enriched by several experts, cominm different disciplines.

s knowledge capture is made in the CATIA environment through its interface.

tomating design and engineering tasks...

om the identified processes and practices,the expert organizes the different design tasks and creates tasquences. All the CATIA products functionalities can be inserted and reused in a design sequence as a rese V5 knowledge-based architecture.e created tasks and the entire sequences can be automated. Complex or repetitive sequences, for examn then be run automatically. If needed, users can also perform these sequences manually, task by task.

nerating design environment in a simple and intuitive way...

e creation of a pseudo-application using CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template 3 (BKT) benefitse CATIA V5 functionalities. An expert can use, without coding, the different building blocks provided by thrtfolio products and combine them altogether.


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e result of this building process is a dedicated pseudo-application workbench generation integrated into tenvironment. The end-user benefits from the CATIA V5 products and generated pseudo-applications

nergy.

ploying best practices and know-how in an easy-to-reuse way...

e pseudo-applications created using CATIA - Business Process Knowledge Template 3 (BKT) benefit fromer friendly CATIA V5 interface. They embody the deployment of the corporate knowledge and know-howhin the V5 frame and consistency with the other V5 portfolio applications.

celerating and securing the design process time...

ally, the end-user can access, in a V5 environment, one or several specific pseudo-environments, eachbodying specific best practices.

Using this Guide

Conventions

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Using this Guide

s book describes how to use the Business Process Knowledge Template product. Before you read it, youould be familiar with basic concepts such as document windows, standard tool bars, and view tool bars.

get the most out of this guide, you should start with the tutorial in the Getting Started section.

e remaining sections of the book describe in detail the procedures for using all of the features of the Busocess Knowledge Template product. The procedures are divided into basic, advanced, and customizationctions.

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What's New?

s list identifies what new or improved capabilities have been documented in the Version 5 Release 12 ofsiness Process Knowledge Template User's Guide.

New Functionalitiessing the Knowledge Certify Behavior

This new behavior is designed to enable the user to specify the validation steps of his design and tautomate its execution. To know more, see Knowledge Certify Behavior: Data Sheet.

anaging Execution Errors

This functionality enables the expert and the end-users to analyze the errors that may occur whenrunning a behavior.

nhanced Functionality

stantiate Template Behavior

The Instantiate Template behavior was enhanced to manage also the Assembly Template Behaviore an example, see Using the Instantiate Template Behavior.


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This topic provides the expert user with a short example. In this scenario, he will create an applicati

that will enable him to instantiate passengers into a vehicle. He will be able to select the governmenlegislation to be tested, the automotive standard as well as the number of passengers.

To carry out this scenario, you need the following files:

BktDriver2D5Female.CATPart

BktDriver2D50Male.CATPart

BktDriver2D95Male.CATPart

BktPassenger-2D-5-Female.CATPart

BktPassenger-2D-50-Female.CATPart

BktPassenger-2D-95-Male.CATPart

BktManikins.catalog

These files are to be saved in specific directories. To know more, see Creating the Working

Environment for the Expert User.

The scenario is divided into the following steps:

Creating a technological type, called Interior. This type will be instantiated into the user

workbench.

Adding attributes to the technological type: These attribute will enable the user to filter t

catalog containing the manikins to insert.

Adding behaviors to the technological type: The user creates a sequence that is made up

the following behaviors:

Filter Catalog Behavior: Enables the user to select a documentto be loaded.

Load Behavior: Enables the user to load the document.

Bind Object Behavior.

Insert Component Behavior.

Testing the workbench

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Creating a technological Type

1. From the Start->Knowledgewaremenu, access the Business Process Knowledge

Templateworkbench.

2. Create the Interior technological type. To do so, proceed as follows:

Click the Create Technological Typeicon ( ) to create a type. The Create

technological type dialog box displays.

Enter the name of the type: Interior.

Click OKto validate.

To know more about the technological types, see Creating a Technological

Object.

Adding Attributes

3. Add a Legislation attribute to the technological type. To do so, proceed as follows:

Click the Interiortype in the specification tree and click the Add Attributeicon (

). The Add Attribute dialog box displays.

In the Name field, enter the name of the attribute: Legislation.

In the Type scrolling list, select String. The attribute is an input of the technologicaltype that will be changed by the end-user (if need be).

In the Value field, enter EEC.


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Click OKto validate. Double-click the Interior type: Legislation now displays in theAttributes tab.

4. Add a Standard attribute to the technological type. To do so, proceed as follows:



In the Name field, enter the name of the attribute: Standard.

In the Type scrolling list, select String. It is an input of the technological type that

will be changed by the end-user (if need be).

In the Value field, enter SAE.

Click OKto validate. Standard now displays in the Attributes tab.

5. Add a NumberOfPassengers attribute to the technological type. To do so, proceed as follow



In the Name field, enter the name of the attribute: NumberOfPassengers.

In the Type scrolling list, select Integer. This is an input of the technological objectwhich enables the end-user to modify it.

In the Value field, enter 2.


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Your window should now look like the one opposite. (Clickthe graphic opposite to enlarge it.)

6. Save your file (name it T1 for example) in the directory specified by the environment variabl

CATGraphicPath of your V5 environment. To know more, see Setting up the Working

Environment. Don't close your file.

7. Generate your workbench. To do so, proceed as follows:

Click the Generate Applicative

Workbench icon ( ).

In the Workbench Name field of

the opening dialog box, enter the

name of the workbench, T1 in this

scenario.

For the Workbench type, select

Product

Click OK to validate.

Click OKin the File Name dialog box. A

new application opens corresponding to

the end-user workbench. (Click the

graphic opposite to enlarge it.)

8. Instantiate the technological object and associate it with the product. To do so, proceed as

follows:


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Click the root product in the specification tree to activate your workbench

Select the icon associated with the type (if any) orclick the technological type check box in yourworkbench toolbar: You can see the technologicalobject and the product.

Click the Product, then Technological

specifications View icon ( ) to visualize yourtechnological objects. (Click the graphic oppositeto enlarge it.)

Using the Interior contextual menu, the user can edit the definition of the Interior

technological object : He can modify the attributes values, and add localattributes.

The product is now extended by the data of the technological object. If you open the F(x) editor, yowill see the product parameters as well as the technological object parameters. The product is typedInterior and inherits from the behaviors of the technological type Interior that are still to be defined

9. Save your file.

Go back to BKT workbench to define the behaviors that you want to associate with the technologica

type.

Adding behaviors to the technological type: Define Passengers. The expert userwants the end-user to instantiate data from a catalog depending on the standard, thelegislation and the manikin type (driver or passenger). The system instantiates thenumber of instances specified by the user.

10. Click the Interior type and click the Sequential Combination icon ( ) in the Structure toolb

SequentialCombination displays in the Behaviors View in the specification tree.

11. Double-click SequentialCombination in the Behaviors View, then double-click Interior in the

Behaviors tab: The SequentialCombination is now available.

12. Double-click the SequentialCombination in the Behaviors tab. The Sequential Combination

editor displays.

In the Name field enter Define passengers.


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Click the Icons... button to associate an icon with the behavior (optional).


Using a filtered catalog to select a manikin

13. Click the Define passengers behavior in the Behaviors tab and click the Filter Catalog behavi

icon ( ) in the Doc based toolbar.

14. Double-click the Filter Catalog behavior in the Behaviors tab. The Filter Catalog editor display

Click the button in the Catalog document field to select the BktManikins.catalogfile

This catalog contains manikins matching the US and the EEC legislations.

If the catalog is stored in the CATGraphicPath directory, indicate only the name of

the catalog, if not, enter the whole path of the file.

Add attributes to specify the query that will filter the catalog contents. To do so,

proceed as follows:

1. In the Filtering Keywordsfield, click the Addbutton. The Attribute Panel

displays.

2. In the Namefield, enter Name.

3. In the Typefield scrolling list, select String.

4. In the Valuefield, enter SAE.

5. Click OKin the Attribute Panel.

Add the Legislation parameter. To do so, proceed as follows:

1. In the Filtering Keywordsfield, click the Addbutton. The Attribute Panel

displays.

2. In the Namefield, enter Legislation.

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4. In the Valuefield, enter EEC.

5. Click OKin the Attribute Panel.

Add the DriverOrPassenger parameter. To do so, proceed as follows:

1. In the Filtering Keywordsfield, click the Add button. The Attribute Panel

displays.

2. In the Namefield, enter DriverOrPassenger.


4. Click OKin the Attribute Panel. Click OKto validate.

Note that the names of the variables added in this field are identical

to the catalog keywords (open the catalog to check the keywords).


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For the catalog to reuse the same value as the one defined in the technological object attributes,establish links between the parameters of the behavior and the attributes of the technological objecTo do so, proceed as follows.

15. Expand the Filter Catalog node and right-click the Name attribute, select the Name object-

>Link tocommand, expand the Interior variables node and click the Standard attribute.

16. Right-click Legislation, select the Legislation object->Link Tocommand, expand the Inter

variables node and click the Legislation attribute.

Testing the filtered catalog

17. Save your file and retest it. To do so, go back to the user workbench.

18. Right-click Interior and select the Interior (Product) object-> Define passengers

command. The Catalog Browser displays.


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As you can see, the catalog was filtered: only the passengers matching the EEC legislation display.


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19. Double-click one of the manikins. The manikin is still not loaded.

20. Modify the Interior object attributes: To do so, proceed as follows:

Expand the Interior variables node.

Double-click the Legislation attribute and enter US in the Edit Parameter dialog

box.

Double-click the Standard attribute and enter SAE in the Edit Parameter dialog

box.

21. Right-click Interior and select the Interior (Product) object-> Control_Define passenge

command.

22. Click OK when asked if you want to withdraw Define Passengers.

23. Right-click Interior and select the Interior (Product) object-> Define passengers


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command.

The Catalog Browser displays. As you can see, the catalog was again filtered: only 2 manikins areavailable.

24. Close your product file.

Now go back to BKT to enable the end-user to load a manikin.

Loading and Inserting the Manikin

To load the manikin document into the current session, you need the Load behavior.

25. Click the Define Passengers combination and click the Loadicon ( ). LoadDocument

displays in the Behaviors tab.

26. Double-click the LoadDocument node in the Behaviors tab. The Load Document editor

displays.

27. Click the File path field, expand the FilterCatalog variables node and select Chosen Path. It

contains the path of the document selected by the user in the Catalog Browser. Click OKto

validate.

You have to define where the loaded part will be inserted. Inthis example, we decide to insert the manikin under theproduct on which the Define Passengers behavior is going torun.This product does not exist yet, you must use the bind

mechanism, which is a way to access the data using the

specification tree.For example, in the user workbench, if you want to findInterior (Product.2) using the specification tree, ".." will enableyou to find Define Passengers, ../.. will enable you to findInterior, and ../../.. will enable you to find the extendedproduct.

28. Click the Define Passengers combination and click the BindObject icon. BindObject displays in

the Behaviors tab.

29. Double-click the BindObject node in the Behaviors tab. The Bind Object editor displays.

In the Relative Name field, enter ../../..


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Now you want to insert your product. To do so, you have to use the Insert component behavior.

30. Click the Define Passengers combination and click the Insert Components icon ( ).

InsertComponents displays in the Behaviors tab.

31. Double-click the InsertComponents node in the Behaviors tab. The Insert Components editor

displays.

In the Definition scrolling list, select Existing

component.

Click the Existing component field, expand the LoadDocument variables node and

select the Document output. =Document displays in the field.

Click the Father Product field to specify the instantiation context, expand the

BindObject variables node and select the output Link. =Link displays in the field.

Set Allow sub typing to false in the Typing management field.

In the Properties tab, set the Update mode to Auto.


32. Expand the InsertComponents variables node, right-click the Number attribute, select the

Number object->Link to command, and select the NumberOfPassengers attribute in the

Interior variables node.


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33. Save your file in the \CATGraphicPath directory and test it one last time. Click hereto display

the final .CATfct file (if you want to use it, open it and change the Filter catalog file path).

Testing the Workbench

34. From the Startmenu, select the T1workbench.

35. Select the root product and click the Interioricon (if any) or check box. The Interior type is

now associated with the root product.

36. Right-click the Interior (Product1) object in the tree and select the Interior (Product1)

object->Define Passengerscommand. The Catalog Browser opens.

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Note that thecatalog is filteredaccording to yoursettings:

Legislation:EEC

Standard:SAE

37. In the Catalog, double-click the BKTPassenger-2D-5-Female manikin. The manikins are

inserted. (Use the compass if the manikins overlap in order to separate them.)


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manikin is removed.

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38. Expand the Interior (Product1) variables node.

39. Double-click the NumberOfPassengers attribute, set it to 1, and click OKto validate. One


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Using the User Workbench

This scenario enables the end-user to instantiate a manikin into a product using the workbench

generated by the expert user.

We assume that the end user is provided with the P2 license and not the P3 one.

If the T1 workbench is not available in the Startmenu, contact your expert user for him to copythe files that he generated in the Generating the User Workbenchtopic into the appropriate

directories and to generate the workbenchto enable you to replay this scenario.

Starting the T1 Workbench

1. Open Catia and close the default empty product.

2. From the Start menu, select T1.

You are now in the user workbench. The items defined in the *.CATfct file display in the toolbar locain the right part of the screen. Note that the icons might be replaced with empty check boxes if noicons were associated with the created types when the expert user defined the *.CATfct file.

3. Select the root product in the specification tree and click the icon to activate your

workbench (if need be).

Defining the Type

4. Select the product and click the Interioricon. The Interior type is assigned to the root

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object->Define Passengerscommand. The Catalog Browser opens.

Note that thecatalog is filteredaccording to theInterior'svariables(attributes):

Legislation:EEC

Standard:SAE

6. In the Catalog, double-click the BKTPassenger-2D-5-Female manikin. The manikins are

inserted. (Use the compass if the manikins overlap.)


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7. Expand the Interior (Product2) variables node.

8. Double-click the NumberOfPassengers variable (attribute), set it to 1, and click OK to validat

One manikin is removed.


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9. Double-click the Legislation variable (attribute) and set it to US. Click OK to validate.

10. Right-click the Interior (Product1) object in the specification tree and select the Interior

(Product1) object->Control_Define Passengerscommand.

11. Click Yes in the dialog box when asked if you want to withdraw Define Passengers.


object->Define Passengerscommand.

13. Select the BktPassenger-2D-95-Male manikin and click OK. The manikin is inserted.


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Basic Tasks

his section contains explanations and scenarios showing the expert user how to create workbenches byreating technological objects and basic behaviors. It also shows end-users how to use a workbenchenerated by the expert user.

Setting up the Working Environment

Defining a Workbench



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Setting up the working Environment

e information provided in these topics are designed to help the administrator:

Create a working environment,

Collect the information from the experts,

Manage the data,

And deploy the end-user workbenches.


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you need more information about the administration, refer to the CATIA Administration and Installation Uide.

Reminder


Managing the Data Generated by the Expert User

Creating an Environment Under Windows

Creating an Environment Under Unix

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Reminder

at is an environment?

environment is a set of runtime environment variables. Each variable points to a path searched by thetware when you start a session.

at are Global and User environments?

lobal environment can only be created by a Windows administrator, or the root userid on UNIX. For exae default environment created at installation is a global environment: "global" means that it is visible to an be used by all users on the computer on which it has been set up.

obal environments can only be created, edited or deleted by a Windows administrator, or the root userid

IX.

user environment is visible to and can be used and manipulated (customized or deleted) only by the userated it.

at does customizing an environment mean?

stomizing your runtime environment means providing different values for the runtime variables in yourfault environment, or setting up new environments.

en customizing runtime environments, you can:

Create new environments

Edit existing environments

Copy existing environments (UNIX only)

Delete environments

e runtime environment variables to be modified by the administrator are listed in the table below:

ariable Name Description

ATGraphicPath Graphic and icon search path

ATStartupPath Sample file search path

ATUserSettingPath Permanent user setting search path


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ATReferenceStandardPath Default reference standard path for standards (for example, 3D graphicsstandards). Directory used by the administrator to deploy the workbencgenerated by the expert user

ATTemp Temporary user setting search path

To know more, see the CATIA Administration and Installation User's Guide.

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This topic explains how to create a working environment for the expert user. It is highly recommended for the expert usercreate a set of directories before he starts creating the workbench. This way, once the he is finished with the workbenchcreation, the administrator copies the required data generated by the expert user into the appropriate directories.

First method

1. Create a tree structure similar to the one below. (In this example the tree structure is located on the e:\ drive, the

"1"located at the end of BKT1 indicates that the expert user can attribute whatever name to this directory.)

2. From the Startmenu, select the

Programs->CATIA->Tools->Environment Editor V5R10 command.

3. Select the Environment->Newcommand.

4. In the opening dialog box, enter the name of the environment to be created, BKT1in this example.

5. Enter the path of your installation folder. The default installation folder path is:

C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B10

6. Click OKto create the new environment.

7. Edit the CATUserSettingPath variable. Enter your settings (see picture below).


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8. Exit the Environment Editorand click Yesto save your changes. Your environment is ready now you can start

creating the workbench.

Second method

1. From the Startmenu, select the

Programs->CATIA->Tools->Environment Editor V5R10 command.


3. In the opening dialog box, enter the name of the environment to be created, BKT1in this example.


C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B10\OS_a\

where "os_a" is the operating system, for example intel_a on Windows.

5. Click OKto create the new environment.

6. Edit the variables. To do so, proceed as follows:

Right-click the CATGraphicPath variable and concatenate your path (e:\BKT1\intel_a\resources\graphic) into thexisting one (insert your data at the end of the existing path). What you get onscreen should be similar to thepicture below.


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Right-click the CATStartupPath variable and concatenate your path (e:\BKT1\intel_a\startup) into the existingone. What you get onscreen should be similar to the picture below.

Right-click the CATUserSettingPath variable and enter the following path: e:\BKT1\CatSettings1What you get onscreen should be similar to the picture below.


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7. Exit the Environment Editorand click Yesto save your changes. Your environment is ready now you can start

creating the workbench.

Remember to save the files you create (.CATfct for example) or the files you reuse (.CATPart, CATProduct, CATScript filesin the appropriate directories. If not, you will not be able to generate the end-user workbench.

Copy .CATfct files

.CATPart files

.CATProduct files

.CATProcess files

.CATDrawing files

.catalog files

Into the \CATGraphicPath directory. If this directory does no

exist, create the folder E:\temp. Make sure that thisfolder is empty when beginning the scenario. The datawill be saved here by the VBScript automation.

Copy .CATScript files

.CATvbs files

Into the \CATStartupPath\automationdirectory.

Copy .HTML files Into the\CATStartupPath\htmldirectory.

Copy The icons that you associatedwith the behaviors you created (ifany).

Into the\CATGraphicPath\icons\Normal directory.


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Note The CATSettings files created when generating the user workbench are stored in the CATSettings directo

If the expert user wants to use the applications made available by the administrator, he can use theEnvironment Administrator to concatenate his data.

The expert user should copy the following data into the CATSettings path: Files starting with B_ and theFrameConfig file. (see picture below.)

The files generated by the expert user when creating the end-user workbench will be copied by the administrator into theappropriate directories and deployed by him.

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Managing the Data Generated by the Expert Use

This topic is designed to provide the administrator with the guidelines required to deploy the workben

generated by the expert user.

To deploy the workbench(es) generated by the expert user the administrator should:

1. Create (or copy) the same tree structure as the expert user. To get an example, see Creating

the Working Environment for the Expert User, steps 1 to 7.

2. Copy the CATSettings files generated by the expert user into his CATSettings directory (note

that the CATSettings files generated by BKT start with B).

3. Concatenate the data generated by the expert user with his data.

When creating the user environment, make sure to select the Global mode in theEnvironment editor for the application to be available to all users.

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Creating an Environment Under Windows

This task is designed to help the administrator create a user environment under Windows usithe Environment Editor.

To know more, see the CATIA Administration and Installation User's Guide.

1. Select the

2. Start->Programs->CATIA->Tools->Environment Editor V5R11 command.


4. In the opening dialog box, enter the name of the environment to be created.


C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B11\OS_a\

where "os_a" is the operating system.

6. If you logged on as administrator, enter the environment mode.

The type can be useror global(global is available only for administrators only). If you arelogged on as a normal end user, the type is set automatically to "user".

7. Set the product line to CATIA.

8. Check the Add Desktop Iconoption if you want to create a desktop shortcut and an

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9. Click OKto create the environment. The environment is created.

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Creating an Environment Under Unix

This task is designed to help the administrator create a user environment under UNIX.

To create or customize an environment using the catiaenv command

There is now an interactive tool available for customizing values for runtime environmentvariables: the catiaenvcommand.

Run the command as follows:

/usr/DassaultSystemes/B11/$OS_a/code/command/catstart -run catiaenv

where "OS_a" is:

aix_a

hpux_a

irix_a

solaris_a.

The Environment Editor appears. The user interface and functions are the same as underWindows. For more information, refer to Creating an Environment Under Windows.

To create or customize an environment using the setcatenv command

The setcatenvcommand is available for customizing environments.

Run the command as follows:

/usr/DassaultSystemes/B11/$OS_a/code/command/catstart -run setcatenv

where "OS_a" is:

aix_a

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solaris_a.

To get the full list of options for the command setcatenv, see the CATIA Administrationand Installation User's Guide.

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Defining an Application Workbench

topics of this section are designed to help the expert user create a new application.

purpose of defining an application is to deliver efficient user interfaces to dedicated users. The purpose of BKT is to rel

CATIA V5 interface for an expert user to quickly program such applications by using building blocks such as catalogs,ument templates, UDFs, and V5 commands. The expert user can organize and control the various building blocks by thans of behaviors pertaining to an object called a technological object. This object will enable the end-user to put in actiot building blocks combination at the right time.

diagram below provides the expert user with an overview of an applicative workbench definition process.

1- Before he starts creating the euser workbench, the expert user have defined the process to becaptured and created the featurehe intends to reuse like UDFs,PowerCopies, VBScripts, CAAcommands...

2- The expert user starts with thdefinition of technological objectsis to say a hierarchy of types, antypes associated with variables(attributes).

3- The expert user defines for etechnological object the behaviorcorrespond to the tasks that the user will perform. To define a new

behavior, the expert user will use"building blocks" (see graphic bethat he will link with each other.

4/5- The expert user can test theworkbench throughout the definiprocess by generating the workbthat will be used by the end-userNote that the user workbench onneeds to be generated once. If thexpert user modifies the .CATfct the changes will also apply to theworkbench.

In case of errors, the expert userlocally modify the access rights tbehaviors to edit them and to tesnew solution before he makes thsame corrections in the .CATfct fBKT.

"building blocks" used by the expert user are ordered depending on their families (see graphic below.) Refer to the Wo

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Working with Technological Objects

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Working with Technological Objects

hat is a technological Object?

echnological object is an object used in the Business Process Knowledge Template workbench.echnological object is made up of three sets of components:

A type

A set of attributes(variables)

A set of behaviors

type

pert users can create their own types in Business Process Knowledge Template.engine, a gearbox or a windshield can be potential types.

set of attributes (variables)

ributes are added to the technological object and are located in the types hierarchy.ere are three different types of attributes:

Input attributeswill be valuated by the user. Inputs are requirements, target values, workinghypothesis. For an engine for example, the number of cylinders is considered as an input.

Output attributescannot be modified by the user. Outputs are valuated by behaviors.For an engine, the power and the swept volume are considered as outputs.

Internal attributesare never seen by the user. This attribute type is used by the behaviors and isused for storing intermediate results.

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To test, compute and evaluate object performances.

The object behaves in a real environment.

chnological objects can be associated with structured CAD elements such as Parts, Products, Part Bodies er Bodies (OpenBody). They can contain other technological objects.

anaging technological Objects

e Business Process Knowledge Template workbench provides the expert user with an interface that he cae to define and drive object types and sub-types, and attributes.



Adding an Attribute to a Technological Object

To know more about the Add Attribute dialog box...

Generating a Report

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This task explains how to create a technological object using the Business Process KnowledgeTemplate workbench and how to add sub-types to this object.


Templateworkbench. The FeatureDictionary window opens.

2. Click the Create Technological Typeicon ( ). The Create technological type dial

box opens.

3. Enter the name of the object, Manikin in this scenario and click OK.

Manikin displays under the ClassesView node in the Feature Dictionarytree.

4. Click the Manikin object in the Feature Dictionary tree and click the Create technologic

Type icon ( ). The Create technological type dialog box opens.

5. Enter the name of the sub-type, Driver in this scenario and click OKto validate.

Driver displays under the Manikinobject in the Feature Dictionary tree.


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6. Save your file, keep the file open and proceed to the next task: Adding an Attribute to

Technological Object.

Please note that types names should not contain spaces and non-alphanumericcharacters.

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Adding an Attribute to a technological Object

This task explains how to add an attribute to a technological object. See also To know more about the Add

Attribute dialog box...

1. In the specification tree, select the type (here Manikin) to which you want to add an attribute and click

Add Attribute icon ( ). The Add Attribute dialog box displays.

2. In the Name field, enter

Percentile.

In the Type scrolling list, select String.

In the Value field, enter 95Male andclick OK.

To know more about the AddAttributedialog box, click here.

3. Double-click Manikin: The Percentile attribute displays in the Local attributes field.

4. Click the Driver sub-type in the FeatureDictionary tree and click the Add Attribute icon ( ). The Add

Attribute dialog box displays.

5. In the Name field, enter L40.

6. In the Type scrolling list, select

Angle.

7. In the Value field, enter 25deg

and click OK. This value is a

default value.


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The L40 attribute is added to the Drivertype and displays in the Local attributesfield. (Click the graphic opposite toenlarge it.)

Save your file and proceed to the next task: Generating a Report.

Note that the number of attributes added to a technological object is not limited.

Note that an attribute name cannot be modified once it is created. To modify it, delete it andcreate a new attribute.

Note that an attribute name can only be made up of alphanumerical characters.

Note that sub-types inherit the attributes from their super types. In the example above, Driver inherits theattributes from Manikin.

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o know more about the Add Attribute dialog box...

u can access the Add Attribute dialog box by clicking the Add Attribute icon ( ) in the toolbar.

The Add Attribute dialog box is made of 5 fields:

Class Name

Name

Type

With

Value

Quality

lass Name: Depends on the item selected in the Feature Dictionary tree to which you want to addattributes (variables).

ame: Enter the name that you want to assign to the attribute (variable).

ype: Enter the type of the attribute (variable). The types displayed in this scrolling list are same types available in the Knowledge Advisor product. 2 types were added:

Object: Enables the user to point to a V5 feature located in the same document oanother document.When pointing to another object located in another document, the pointed object the object that points the other object will both be loaded when loading.

ExternalObject: Enables the user to point to a document.The referencing occurs when the value is needed.

alue: Enter the default value of the attribute (variable) if any.The Unset button enables you to set the value of this field to Unset.

uality: Defines if the attribute (variable) will be used as an input,an output or as an internal parameter.

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Generating a Report

This task shows how to generate a report that displays the technological objects and their sub-types.

This function allows you to generate an external HTML file. The report will display all the objects located under theClasses View and the Referenced Dictionary of the specification tree. It will also display all the variables (attributesassociated with an object.

1. Click the Generate Reportbutton . The Save User Dictionary Reportdialog box will display.

2. Navigate to the directory where you want to save the file, give the file a name and save it. The report will b

saved in HTML format.

3. To view the report open it in your Web browser.

The informationprovided in thosefiles are thefollowing:

Types andsub-types

Variables(attributes)assigned tothe types

Note that theinformationprovided in thereport areidentical to theones displayed inthe .CATfct file(see graphicsopposite andbelow).


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Working With Behaviors

troducing the Behavior Concept

behavior is a set of tasks performed on a technological object. It can be a V5 command, a CAA commandternal application, a VBA Command, or a behavior defined in BKT. It enables expert users to capturequences of tasks that are manually performed in V5, and enables end-users to use the knowledge contaithe behaviors to perform tasks and procedures related to the technological object.

behavior is made up of the following components:

name and an optionalomment

Name displayed in the end-user workbench. The comment associated wthis name can help the end-user understand the behavior function.

set of variables Inputs: Data entered by the userOutputs: Result produced by the behaviorInternals: Defined for internal use as storage of intermediate results

set of properties Icons ...

efining a new behavior

define a new behavior, the expert user:

Creates behaviors

Combines existing behaviors

Links behaviorsto define the dependencies.

troducing the basic Behaviors

tructure Behaviors

Logical and Sequentialombinations)

Allow to define two different combinations of behaviors:

Ordered (sequential combination)

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nfrastructure Behaviors Implementation Behaviors: Enable to reuse existing code samples.

Bind Behaviors: Enable to access resources not yet available at the definition

stage.

vent-based Behaviors Enable to define what element reacts and how it reacts when something happ

esign Behaviors Enable to reuse CATIA V5 functions.

Reuse:

Paste as specification, as external reference

Template reuse (PowerCopy and User Defined Feature)

Generative Script

Document:

Load, New From

Query in catalog

Insert Components:Enables to create a new component, or to insert an exist

one taking the multi-occurrence into account.

nowledge Relations Enable to define rules, checks and formulas that need to be validated during tprocess or add logical control to the model.

troducing the Behaviors Interface

e Behaviors interface is made up of 2 or 3 tabs depending on the behaviors:

The Definition tab

The Properties tab

The Attributes tab

e Definition tab contains the information that needs to be specified for the behavior to execute correctly.ow more about this tab (specific to every behavior), see the documentation related to the various behav

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s tab contains the information required for the behavior execution.

ehavior States

The scrolling list enables the expert user to define who can see the behavior.

All Users: The behavior can be seen by all users.

Expert&Administrator: Only the expert and the administrator can see the behavior.

Expert: Only the expert user can see the behavior.

ctivate:If not checked, the behavior will not be part of the execution process.

utoDelete: If checked, the expert user does not want to keep track of the behavior execution and the

ehavior is removed after it is executed.

ocus: If checked, no other behavior asking for the focus will be started till the current behavior is execut

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Driven: The behavior is updated when one of its input ismodified. The update will be triggered by a user, or byanother behavior (Propagate for example).

Auto: This mode is an extension of the Driven mode. Theupdate will occur automatically if the behavior is eligible foupdate.

Single: The behavior is run once no matter its input ischanged or not.

on Definition

his field enables the expert user to modify the icon identifying the Behavior in the behaviors tree and in tser workbench. A set of icons is available from the Icons...button. If you click this button, the Icon Browpens showing all icons loaded in your CATIA session.

o associate an icon with a technological object, define a name: I_nametype. For example for thechnological object Interior, the icon name is: I_Interior. To save the created icons in the appropriate

rectory, see Setting up the working Environment.

e Attributes tab

Filter Local/All

Local attributes are thdefined by the expertuser. The other attribuare defined by default

Input/Output

The parameters displain this field are the on

displayed in the behavtree.

The BState parameterwhen available, indicathe status of thebehavior's child.

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Enables to add a local attribute (variable).

Enables to modify one of the local attributes (variables).

Enables to delete the local attributes (variables) created by theexpert user.

Suspended

Canceled

In case of a logical or sequential combinatiothe name of the behavthat was last run displ

in this field.

he behavior is also provided with a property defining if it can execute or not. As long as the inputs are no

aluated, this behavior cannot operate ( ).

Creating Behaviors

Linking Behaviors

Combining Behaviors


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Creating Behaviors

create behaviors, proceed as follows:

1. Select the type with which you want to associatea behavior in the Feature Dictionary tree.

2. Click one of the behaviors icon. The behaviordisplays in the Behaviors View.

3. To add new behaviors, double-click the behaviorin the Behaviors View. The Behaviors tab is now

available.

4. Double-click the object name displayed in theBehaviors tab and click one of the behaviors icon.The behavior displays below the object name.

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Combining Behaviors

using already defined building blocks, the expert user can create a new behavior. He can use combinatihaviors (Logical and Sequential Combinations) that can contain the components of the new behavior.

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Linking Behaviors

user workbench is made up of different behavior models and types combined by the expert user. Linksated between behavior variables (attributes) enable the expert user to define the data flow.

Given A and B, the variables (attributes) of 2behaviors. If a link is created between A and B, A B will share the same value.

at is the data flow?

the example above, for B to be valuated, the user must execute A. The links existing between the behav

e known as "data flow". They enable the user to define the order in which the behaviors will be executed

link behaviors, the expert user can choose one of the three solutions described below:

1. Right-click the behavior variable (attributethat you want to link in the Behaviors tree

2. Select the ...object->Link Tocommand.

3. Click the target behavior attribute. A link (displays next to the linked object.

- OR -

1. Click the technological object variable (attribute) that you want to link in the Behaviors tree.

2. Click the Link/Unlink icon ( ) in the Technological Object toolbar.

3. Click the target behavior variable (attribute). A link ( ) displays next to the linked object.


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- OR -

o link behaviors, the expert user can also use the user interface of the following behaviors. To know morbout this capability, refer to the following topics:

Bind behaviors

Insert Components behavior

Copy/Paste Behavior

Display in Window Behavior

Linkand Synchronize Parametersbehavior

Propagate Executionbehavior

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models in aproductstructure

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Combination containing: A Load Document or

a Create New Frombehavior

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an example.

ou wanto...

Filter acatalog withparameters

Create a SequentialCombination containing:

A Bind Parameterbehavior

A Filter Catalogbehavior

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Navigate inthe productstructureand retrievea Partfeaturefrom aproductinstance



A Bind Referencebehavior

A Bind Part behavior

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A Bind Object / BindPart behavior

A Bind ProductInstance behavior

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A SequentialCombination toretrieve the Partfeature

A SequentialCombination to

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A Load Documentbehavior

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An InstantiateTemplate (withUseIdenticalName,Valuate inputs andBestStrategy)

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An On Cancelbehavior

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A Behavior whosefailure needs to betrapped

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A Knowledgerelations OUT_Act1 OUT_Act2 Rule on Act1 &Act2

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This topic provides the expert user with a workbench generation example. To complete thistask, the user may use the CATfct file he created in another topic or he may use the providedfile.

To generate a user workbench and to test it, data should be located in the appropriatedirectories as shown below:

Copy .CATfct files

.CATPart files

.CATProduct files

.CATProcess files

.CATDrawing files

.catalog files

Into the directory corresponding to theCATGraphicPath environment variable.

Copy .CATScript files

.CATvbs files

Into the \CATStartupPath\automationdirectory.

Copy .HTML files Into the\CATStartupPath\html directory.

Copy The icons that you associatedwith the types you created (ifany).

Into the\CATGraphicPath\icons\Normaldirectory.

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Template workbench.

2. Open the IndirectVisionStep03.CATfctfile (or save the .CATfct you are working on in

CATGraphicPath directory).

3. Click the Generate Applicative Workbench icon ( ): The Applicative Workbench

Generation window displays.

In the Workbench Namefield,

enter the name of the workbench

you want to generate: Indirect

Vision.

The Functional Libraryfield

displays the name of the current

.CATfct.

In the Workbench Typescrolling

list, select Product. Click OKto

validate. The new workbench is

created.

If the expert user wants the end-user to work in a Produstructure , he should select Product in the WorkbenchType scrolling list when generating the workbench. Toknow more about Product Structure, see the ProductStructure User's Guide.

If the expert user wants the end-user to work in a Partstructure , he should select Part in the Workbench Typescrolling list when generating the workbench. To knowmore about Part Design, see the Part Design User's Guid

If the expert user wants the end-user to work in a Systecontext , he should select System in the Workbench Typescrolling list when generating the workbench. To knowmore about Systems, see the Product FunctionalDefinition User's Guide.

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4. Close the opening window.

5. From the StartMenu, select the Indirect Visionworkbench. The workbench opens.

6. Proceed to Working with a User Workbench.

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This topic provides the expert user with a workbench use example. To complete this task, theuser may use the CATfct file he created in Generating a User Workbenchor he may use his ow

file.

1. From the StartMenu, select the Indirect Visionworkbench (or the workbench you

created). The workbench opens.

2. Click the icon to activate your workbench and click the root product. The

workbench is now activated.

3. Click the IndirectVision icon to type your workbench. The product is now typed and

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To know more about variables and parameters ...

The items displayed below the typed product are the type parameters as well as the thosedefined in Catia. Note that the user can filter the parameters/variables displayed using theTools->Optionsmenu. To know more see, Customizing the Business Process Knowledge

Template Settings.

Parameters added to extended objects using the f(x) icon are considered as:

1.Internal parameters (IN) if prefixed with IN_

2.External parameters (OUT) if prefixed with OUT_

3.Neutral if they are not prefixed

Publications (Part and Product) are considered as external parameters (OUT).

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This topic provides the expert user with an example showing how to test a workbench.

Remember to save the BktKnowledgeRelations.CATfctand the BktDriver-2D-SAE.CATPartand

BktDriver-2D-EEC.CATPartfiles in CATGraphicPath variable prior to performing this scenario..

1. Open the BktKnowledgeRelations.CATfctfile. Edit the file path of the LoadDocument

behaviors to find the Parts in CATGraphicPath.

Generating the Workbench

2. Click the Generate Applicative Workbenchicon ( ) to generate a user workbenc

Enter the name of the workbench, Knowledge in this example, as well as the workben

type, Product here.

If the expert user wants the end-userto work in a Product structure , heshould select Product in the WorkbenchType scrolling list when generating theworkbench. To know more aboutProduct Structure, see the relateddocumentation.

If the expert user wants the end-userto work in a Part structure , he shouldselect Part in the Workbench Typescrolling list when generating theworkbench. To know more about PartDesign, see the related documentation.

If the expert user wants the end-userto work in a System context , he shouldselect System in the Workbench Typescrolling list when generating theworkbench. To know more aboutSystems, see the Product FunctionalDefinition User's Guide.

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Testing the Workbench

3. From the Tools->Options-

>Knowledgewaremenu, select Expert

in the Access Rights scrolling list and

click OKto work in an Expert

environment.

The generated workbench displays.

4. Select the document's root product in the specification tree and click the driver check

box to type the root product.

The root product name is now driver (Product1).

5. Right-click driver (product1) and select the driver (Product1) object-

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To visualize the process, it is recommended to use the technological Specificationsview. To open it, select the root of the specification tree and click the Open the

Technological Specifications Viewwindow icon ( ).

The following box displays:

Click Yes until no Pursue dialog box displays.

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6. Double-click the Legislation variable (attribute) located below the driver (Product1)

feature and enter EEC in the opening dialog box.

7. Right-click driver (product1) and select the driver (Product1) object-

>SelectingManikincommand.

8. Click Yesin the opening dialog boxes.

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o know more about the Operate Function...

operate the behavior, that is to say, to update its inputs and execute it, right-click the behavior in theecification tree and select Operate or Local Update. When operating a behavior in expert mode, the expe

er can select one of the 2 following operating modes:

perate This operate operation is global: It is appto the whole sequence (combination).If the sequence inputs are not updated, toperate operation is applied to the childrbehaviors.If the sequence is already updated, a pawill display asking if you really want toexecute the sequence.

ocalpdate

This operate operation is local, that is to it is applied to the selected behavior. Thebehavior is operated whatever the statusits inputs.If the behavior is already updated, a panwill display asking if you really want toexecute the behavior.


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Fixing a Problem

en testing a user workbench, you may encounter some problems. To solve them, proceed as follows:

1. From the Tools->Options-

Knowledgeware-

>Business Knowledge

Templatemenu, change

the BKT Access Rights from

All Usersto Expert.

2. Expand the sequential combination seen as failed in the specification tree (or in the specifications

view). Edit the failed behavior ( identified by the icon), modify its inputs to fix the problem.

3. Right-click the behavior and

select Operate to operate

it. In Expert mode, you can

follow up the execution of

the behavior thanks to

warning panels (see graphic

opposite).

4. If the problem is solved and the behavior operates well, open the .CATfct file corresponding to you

workbench, make the corresponding changes and save your file.

Behaviors seen in the user workbench are just instances of those defined in the .CATfct file. For tcorrections made in the user workbench in Expert mode to be saved, the correction should be main the original .CATfct file.


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5. Go back to your user workbench.

6. From the Tools->Options-Knowledgeware->Business Knowledge Templatemenu, change t

BKT Access Rights from All Users to Expert.

7. Start from an empty document and replay your scenario.

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Intervening when Instantiating Objects

en instantiating objects i.e. adding a type to a V5 feature, the user can execute tasks (create data that used during the process). To do so, the user should define a VB script whose name has the following for

TypeName_Instanciate.CATScript

en instantiating the objects, the script is executed.

Expert mode, before executing the VB Script, the following message displays:

he user selects Yes, the VB script is executed. If the user selects No, it will not be executed.

Note that the VB definition is optional.

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Exploiting the Messages Displayed whenExecuting Behaviors

Expert mode, the messages displayed enable the expert user to follow-up the behaviors execution. Thepert user is asked for confirmation.

r the combination behaviors, the expert user will be prompted to validate the execution of the combinatiernals. The expert user can interrupt the execution whenever he wants. The execution of the behaviors wrt where it stopped when the expert user re-executes the behaviors.

ere are three different types of messages:

This message is the first one todisplayed. It displays when thebehavior is about to be execute

This message is the second onbe displayed. It displays for evbehavior. If contained in acombination, the behaviors exefirst, then the combination (logand sequential combinations)executes.

If the user click no, the executis stopped. To restart theexecution, the Update icon sho

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This message is the last one todisplayed. It displays only whemain behaviors are executed owhen behaviors, set to AutoDeare executed. If the user click Ythe behavior will be deleted. Ifuser click No, the behavior will be deleted and is still visible ingraph.

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Managing Execution Errors

e management of execution errors aims at:

Enabling expert and end users to better understand the errors that may occur when operating a behavior. There different errors:

Input Errors made by the expert user when creating a behavior: One of the inputs of a behavior wasincorrectly defined.

Errors made by the end user when using the behavior: The end-user runs a main behavior requiring anobject not yet created.

Warnings: Errors made by the end user when using the behavior: The user cancels the execution of thebehavior. For instance by clicking the Cancel button of an Open file box for the Load behavior.

Execution errors: The LoadDocument behavior enables the user to load a document. If this document doesnot exist, a message is raised indicating that the document is missing.

Enabling expert and end users to fix the problem.

Expert user: Whatever the behavior (main or building blocks of a behavior), he can determine whichbehavior is concerned and can edit or deactivate it.

End user: He can only delete or deactivate the main behaviors (or the visible behaviors.)

Enabling expert and end users to identify the behaviors in error in the specification tree.

Keeping track of the information for the expert user to fix the problems.

tecting Errors

e behaviors that are in error display with a in the specification tree. When an error occurs when executing theplication, the following panel displays:

The Behavior column lists the behavior(s) that are in error.

The Diagnosis column describes the reason why the behavior cannot be executed (An object variable cannot bevaluated).


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The Documentation field helps the user fix the problem. He can edit the behavior and modify its inputs beforelaunching its execution, or he can deactivate the behavior.

e information about each error is saved at the level of each feature and can therefore be displayed by editing thehavior. An information field is added to these behaviors (see graphic below) listing the information.

e information provided depends on the User type (expert user, administrator, or end user). In User mode, if an erurs on a main behavior or on an invisible behavior, the error is displayed and stored on this main behavior.


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s tool is designed to check that the physical name of the created type (technological object) does not alreast in one of the .Catfct files located in the CATGraphic path.

The Available Catalogsfield lists the .CATfct files located in the CATGraphic path.

The Selected catalogs field lists the .CATfct files that you selected using the arrow key.

The Generate reportbutton enables you to generate a report listing the detected identical type namClicking this icon opens a Save asdialog box. Two file formats are available:

.xml (the default format) or

.html

case of error, the .xml or .html file indicates the types names that are identical and the files containing thees (see graphic below.)


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Executing Behaviors

Editing Behaviors

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Accessing your Workbench

Using the technological Specifications View

Activating your Workbench

Instantiating Objects

Linking Behaviors to the Objects

Operating Behaviors

cessing your Workbench

can access the workbench from the Start->Name_of_the_workbench menu. Workbenches generated using the BKT applicatio

ted at the top of the Startmenu.

kbenches generated using the BKT application are similar to the other CATIA workbenches:

The toolbar dedicated to the workbench is located in the right part of the window

The standard toolbar is located in the bottom of the window

The menu bar is similar to the standard CATIA menu bars (see graphic below).


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Note that the menu bar displayed at the top of the window depends on the Workbench type selected (Product, Part, or Syby the Expert User when generating the workbench.

ng the technological Specifications View

ccess the Technological Specifications View window, select one object in the specification tree and click theOpen the Technolog

cifications Viewwindow icon ( ) in the Behavior Controls toolbar.

This window enables you to get a simplifview of the specifications tree. Whereas specification tree, you can visualize:

The products

The types and their sub-types,

The variables (attributes)

The behaviors

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the Technological Specifications View, you can visualize:

The types

The variables (attributes)

The behaviors

sting links between the objects are not displayed in this view, the objects are independent from each other.

It is recommended to use this view when working with big assemblies to get a simplified overview of the specification tr

ivating your Workbench

en opening your application, the toolbar specific to your workbench is grayed out meaning that it is disabled (see the picture abov

vate your toolbar, select the root product in the specification tree and click the icon to initialize the assembly context in thected product: The toolbar is enabled and you can start instantiating your objects.

tantiating Objects

nitialize the process and to create your first object, click one of the icons in your workbench toolbar, then select the root product cification tree to assign it the corresponding object type. The name of the root product changes accordingly. Each icon of your woesponds to one object type. To see how to use objects, see Executing Behaviors.

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objects are assigned behaviors. To access these behaviors, right-click the root product and select the command from the contextnu. To see how to execute behaviors, see Executing Behaviors.

he picture below, IndirectVision is provided with 4 behaviors:

Define vehicle data

Define driver

Define external mirror

Define target.

Note that:

The first 8 commands are standard CATIAcommands.

You access the behaviors by selecting theName_of_Objectobject command.

Available menus

Definition...: Enables you to access theAttributes tab where you can add, modify, delete variables (attributes) values. To knomore, see Editing Behaviors.

Define vehicle data:Behavior defined by expert user, specific to this object enablingto select a vehicle and to insert it into theProduct.

Once a behavior is executed, its name is prefixed with "Control" in the contextual menu(see picture opposite). If you want to re-execute the behavior:

A Control Behavior Activity dialog box displays asking if you want to delete thebehavior if it executed correctlywhen first executing it.

The Behavior re-executes if it failedwhen you first executed it. It restarts where itfailed.

erating Behaviors

r editing a behavior, you may want to re-operate your behaviors. The Operate function enables you to update your features and cute your behaviors. To do so, you can:

Click the Operate icon in the Behavior Controls toolbar.

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- Or -

Right-click the object in the specification tree and select theOperate->Operate command.

et an example, see Editing Behaviors.

To know how to use your workbench, contact the expert user who generated it.

Executing Behaviors

Editing Behaviors

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root product.

5. Define the type and load the vehicle. To do so proceed as follows:

Right-click the IndirectVision (Product1) object in the tree and select the IndirectVision(Product1) object->Define vehicle datacommand. The file selection window displays.

Select the BktVehicleData.CATPartand click OKto validate. The vehicle is loaded. Its type

is "Vehicle".

Instantiating the Driver

6. Instantiate the driver. To do so proceed as follows:

Right-click the IndirectVision (Product1) object in the tree and select the IndirectVision(Product1) object->Define drivercommand. The Catalog browser displays.

In the catalog browser, select Driver-2D-95%-Male. The behavior instantiates the selecteddriver. Click Yesin the Save As dialog box.

Note that if you do not have a e:\tmp file, you will need to edit the path in theBktSaveLastPart.CATScript.

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Instantiating the Target

7. Instantiate the target. To do so, proceed as follows:

Right-click the IndirectVision (Product1) object in the tree and select the

IndirectVision (Product1) object->Define targetcommand.

In the Catalog browser, double-click Target and TargetTemplate. The target is

instantiated.

Click Fit allinto see the target created (see picture below.)


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Editing Behaviors

This task explains to the end-user how to edit behavior variable (attributes).

This scenario is extracted from the end-user use case Designing the External Mirror.

To edit a behavior variable (attribute), proceed as follows:

Right-click the object and select the Object_Nameobject->Definition...command.

Double-click the variable (attribute) to be modified. The Attribute dialog box displays.

Edit the value of the variable (attribute). Click OKtwice to validate and to exit theAttribute dialog box.

Update the behavior by clicking the icon or by right-clicking the object in thespecification tree and selecting the Operate->Operatecommand. (See steps 7 and 9.)

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Select an object in the

specification tree andexpand its attributesnode.

Double-click thevariable (attribute) tobe edited. The Editparameter dialog boxdisplays.

Change the parametervalue and click OKto

validate.


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Starting the RearViewMirror Workbench

1. Open Catia and close th

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