HD78982: ECM:BROKEN CONTEXTUAL LINKS IN ELECTRICAL WIREWAYS.

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• ECM:BROKEN CONTEXTUAL LINKS IN ELECTRICAL
  WIREWAYS.
  .
  SCENARIO:
  1.In Enovia LCA, send an assembly to the Instance
  View.
  2.Unlock an instance and the document underneath
  and lock them to    yourself.
  3.Then, right-click them individually and
  select "Change Status".
  4.Promote each of them from "In Work"
  to "External Review".
  5.Right-click the instance in the Instance View and
  select "New Version".
  6.In the Characteristics section on the right, select
  the Documents tab.
  7.Open the "Primary" level.
  8.Right-click the document and select "New
  Revision".
  9.Send this to Catia.
  10.Look through the specification tree, and find that
  the products
  will switch to a brown gear with a red lightning.
  .
  RESULT:
  - Contextual links are broken.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Incident Diagnosis:
  New version or New Evolution command in LCA
  classic break CONTEXTUAL LINKS for black box
  part.LCA classic can not register broken link for the
  partwhich is not exposed to ENOVIA(for black box
  part)whereas CATIA knows about broken link in
  tree and can register(reroute links) it.
  .
  Correct Application:
  To reroute the contextual links properly:
  1. Enovia V5, go to the Document tab,
  2. Right-click the instance and select New
  Reference to duplicate the document,
  3. in CATIA V5, load the new assembly,
  select Components and Define Contextual Links to
  reroute the contextual links on the new instances
  .
  Documentation Reference :
  Interoperability
  Contextual Link Rules in CATIA V5 and ENOVIA LCA
  .
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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