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I-DEAS Model File Drawings 57Chapter 3. Configuring Multiple CATIA 4.x.x Environments 58Chapter 4. Configuring CATIA V5 59

CATIA V5 Licensing 59Catia V5 Search Paths and Assembly Load Options 60Catia V5 Utility – Migration V4 To V5 Tool on Windows 60

Chapter 5. Configuring Unigraphics within DEXCenter 62Unigraphics Search Paths and Load Options 62

Chapter 6. Configuring Pro/ENGINEER within DEXcenter 63Pro/ENGINEER search paths 63Pro/Intralink Revision Parameter Included in Neutral File Names 64

Chapter 7. CADIQ Support 65Flavors 66

Chapter 8. Logic Task 68Chapter 9. CADfix As A Direct Translator 69Chapter 10. Configuring Solidworks 70Chapter 11. Batch Input 71

Example of a batchcron.ini file 72Automated Batch Input 72


Section 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Who should read this manual?

ThismanualisforthepersonsresponsibleforDEXcenteradministrationandconfiguration.Thismanualdiscussesthetypicaloperationstomonitorandmanagedailyuseaswellasconfigurationaftertheinitialinstallation.

- ManagingCompanies,Users,andGroups

- Monitoring,Accessing,Checkingusersessions

- CreatingReports

- MonitoringDEXcenteroperationfunctions

- ManagingFileaccessrepositories.

PrimaryusageofDEXcenteriscoveredintheUser’sGuidewithhandycommandsidentifiedintheUser’sQuickReferenceGuide.

TheDeploymentGuideprovidesinstructionsforinitialinstallationandconfiguration.Requirementsforconfigurationaftertheinitialinstallationarecoveredinthisguide.

MostadministratorfunctionscanbeperformedusingtheDEXcenterwebinterfacewhenloggedinasauserwithDEXcenteradministratorprivileges.

Theadministratorfunctionsareaccessedfromthe“Administration”menu.

Administrationfunctionsinvolvemanagingmembers,companies,sessions,groups,generatingreports,andperformingbasicdiagnosticchecks.

MostDEXcenterconfigurationisperformedoutsideoftheDEXcenterGUIbymodifyingthedatabaseandpertinentcontrolfiles.TheConfigurationmenuprovidesaccesstoalimitedsetofconfigurationinformationandfunctionalityforuserswhichhaveROLE_CONFIGauthority.

Additionallythereisa‘Help”menuwhichprovidesdocumentationandsupportinformation.

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Chapter 2. DEXcenter Concepts

DEXcenterisaserverapplicationwhichmanagestheschedulingandexecutionofotherapplications,especiallyCADrelatedapplications.DEXcenterconsistsofaprimarywebservercontrolapplicationandmanysatellitetranslationserverswhichperformtherequestedapplicationoperations.

Thefollowingtermswillbeusedthroughoutthismanual:

DXS DEXcenterServer.TheDXSisthemaincontrolserverforDEXcenter.Users,profiles,translations,andjobsareallmanagedbytheDXS.TheDXScanbeasingleserverorpartofaclusteredenvironment.

DTS DEXcenterTranslationServer.TheremaybemanyDEXcenterTranslationServers.EachcomputerprovidingtranslationfunctionsisaDTS.DTSsystemscanbeclusteredornon‐clustered.

DDS DEXcenterDataStore.DEXcentercanbeconfiguredtostoredatalocallyontheDXSorviaFTPorSFTPonanothersystem.

DDB TheDEXcenterdatabaseisusedtostoreandmanageconfigurationaswellasuserinformation.DEXcentercanuseMySQL,Oracle,orSQLServerasthedatabase.

Session EachexchangeofdataistermedaSession.UsersCreateSessionstosenddatatoanotheruser.RecipientsreceivedatabyaccessingaSession.

Users EachpersonusingDEXcentermustberegisteredinDEXcenter.EachUserhasauniqueidandpassword,aProfileofexchangepreferences,andtheirownuniqueSessionarea.

Roles EachuserisassignedaRolewhichcontrolsaccesstoDEXcenterfunctions.ROLE_USERallowsaccesstotheDEXcenteruserfunction.ROLE_ADMINallowsaccesstotheDEXcenterAdminConsole.ROLE_CONFIGallowsaccesstotheConfigurationmenuwithintheAdminConsole.

Groups GroupsareGroupsofUsers.Groupsserveseveralroles:toprovideaconvenientmeanstofindandmanagerelatedmembers,toprovideaccesstorepositories,andtoconfigureapprovalauthority.

Profile EachUserhasaprofilewhichidentifiestherequirementsandpreferencesforthatUser.ThisincludesthedesiredCADsystemandFileFormatandtransmissionmethodforreceivingdataaswellasadditionalprocessingoptions.


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TheDEXcenterapplicationworksinconjunctionwithanapplicationserver.DEXcenterusestheJBOSSApplicationServer

Authentication EachUsermustlogintoDEXcenterwithauniqueusernameandpassword.Themethodofauthenticationvariesdependingupontheinfrastructure.DEXcenterprovidesabasicauthenticationfunction.TheJBOSSapplicationservercanbeconfiguredtosupportLDAPorSSO.

SSO SingleSignOn.Acommonmethodofauthentication.OftenusedwhenDEXcenterisassociatedwithacorporateportal.Bysigningontothecorporateportal,userscangainaccesstoDEXcenterwithoutaseparateloginprocess.

SSL SecureSocketsLayer.Anindustrystandardencryptionmethod.

Job ASessionwhichhasbeensubmittedbecomesaJob.ThejobisputintoaQueueandawaitsexecutionbaseduponthequeuerules.

Workflow AllprocessinginDEXcenteroccursbaseduponaworkflowmanagedbytheYAWLworkflowengine.

PathWorkflow

AnoverallworkflowwhichmanagestheprocessingassociatedwithDEXcenterActiontypes.Forinstanceforatranslation,apathworkflowwouldmanagealltasksassociatedwithtranslatingfromoneCADsystemtoanother.

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ATaskisanelementofapath.Forexample,theCatiaV5toSTEPtaskcreatesastepformattedfilefromanativeCatiaV5file.

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IncludeTranslatedFiles Ifchecked,theSenderseestheTranslatedfilesdeliveredtoRecipientsintheirsessions.

IncludeIntermediateFiles Ifchecked,theSenderseesanyIntermediatefilescreatedasapartoftheprocessing.ExamplesincludeCADneutralformats(STEP,IGES,DXF,etc)whenCADneutraltranslationmethodsareusedandUPRwhenProficiencytranslationmethodisused.

IncludeLogFiles Ifchecked, thenLogfilesareavailableintheSession.

IncludeQualityFiles IfcheckedandModelQualityisincludedintheprocessing,thentheModelQualityresultsarevisibleintheSessionbyclickingontheQualityvalue.ThespecificQualityfilestobedisplayedarecontrolledbytheotherIncludeQuality“filetype”Filesparameters.

IncludeQualityIQCFiles Ifchecked,andIncludeQualityFilesischeckedandModelQualityprocessingisenabled,thenModelQualityIQCfileswillbedisplayedandavailable.

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IncludeQualityIQRFiles Ifchecked,andIncludeQualityFilesischeckedandModelQualityprocessingisenabled,thenModelQualityIQRfileswillbedisplayedandavailable.

IncludeQualityIQSFiles Ifchecked,andIncludeQualityFilesischeckedandModelQualityprocessingisenabled,thenModelQualityIQSfileswillbedisplayedandavailable.

IncludeQualityPDFFiles Ifchecked,andIncludeQualityFilesischeckedandModelQualityprocessingisenabled,thenModelQualityPDFfileswillbedisplayedandavailable.

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CATEXPMultipleModelGrouping

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Target2DApplication PreferredCADsystemfor2Ddrawings.DatawillbedeliveredcompatiblewiththisCADsystem.

Target2DApplicationVersion

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Target2DFileFormat ThefileformatinwhichtodelivertheCADdata.Possiblechoices(dependentuponyourDEXcenterconfiguration)includeNATIVE(theproprietaryformatofeachCADsystem),IGES,DXF,andCATIA_EXP.

TranslationMethod Ifmultipletranslationmethodsareavailable,thisprovidestheabilitytospecifyapreferredmethod.Whenprocessingdata,DEXcenterautomaticallydeterminesworkflowsbaseduponthesourceandtargetdata.IfatranslationmethodisspecifiedbutnoworkflowwiththatTranslationMethodsexistsforthatsourceandtargetcombination,thenthehighestpriorityworkflowavailablewillbeused.

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IncludeOriginalFiles Ifchecked,theUserasRecipientseestheOriginallysubmittedfilesintheirsessions.

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JTExport IfYESandJTtranslatorsareconfigured,JTgraphicsfileswillbecreatedwhenprocessingNATIVEmodelsforyou.

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Defining Password Policies

Thetablebelowidentifieseachpolicy,providesabriefdescription,identifiesthedefaultvalue,andidentifiestheSYSTEMparameterintheDEXcenterdatabasewhichenablesthepolicyandsetstheallowedvalue.

PasswordrulesareenabledordisabledintheSYSTEM_PARAMETERStablealongwiththeconditionstobechecked.The“ENABLE”parametersturnthevariousrulesonifParameterValue=YoroffifParameterValue=N.Companionparameterssettherequiredvalues.

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Someimportantnotesaboutusingpasswordpolicies.

Users are required to change their password the first time they log in.

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policies have been met.

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rules in violation.

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Configurationfunctionsareaccessedviathemainmenu“Configuration”.SubmenusallowviewingandeditingDatastoresandPreferences.

Chapter 11. Datastores

DEXcenterincludesseveraltypesofDatastores:

DefaultDatastore–thisisthemainstoragelocationwherefilesonwhichDEXcenteroperatesarestored.TheDatastorecanbealocaldiskoranftporsftpserverlocation.

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Repositories–RepositoriesarelocationsaccessiblefromtheDEXcenterserverfromwhichtheUsercanselectfiles.Repositoriescanbeconfiguredtoallowaccessonlytocertainusers.

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Configuring Flavors

Flavorscontrolhoweachtaskisexecuted.DEXcenterisdeliveredwithhundredsofpre‐definedflavorsrepresenting“bestpractice”results.Addingandmodifyingflavorsprovidetheabilitytocustomizetranslationsfordifferentrecipientneeds.

Flavorsarespecifiedaspartofeachworkflow.Touseadifferentflavor,createanewflavoranduploadanewworkflowthatutilizestheflavor.

Flavorfilesarespecifictoeachapplication.Theformatandcontentofapplicationspecificflavorsaredefinedinthefollowingsections.

Pro/ENGINEER Flavors

APro/Engineerflavorfilemusthavetheextension.flvandcontaintwoorthreesectionsasfollows:

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ForSTEPtranslations,the[application_protocol]sectionmustexistanddefinetheapaseither203or214.

The[export_options]sectionmustexistwhenexportingdatafromPro/ENGINEER.Theseparameterscorrespondtotheinteractiveusageprompts.

Unigraphics Flavors

ForDEXcenterUnigraphicsIGESandDXFtranslations,theflavorfilesarethe.deffilescreatedbyUnigraphics.Tocreateaspecificsetofoptions,interactivelyaccessUnigraphicsandsettheoptionsintoa.deffile.Addthe.deffilesintoDEXcenterasflavors.

ForSTEPtranslations,a.flvfilemustbecreatedwithtwosectionsasfollows:

[application_protocol]

step_ap=203

[def_file]

filename=step203ug.def

ThefirstsectiondefinestheSTEPAP.ThesecondsectiondefinesthecorrespondingUnigraphics.deffile.

AutoCad Flavors

ForDEXcenterAutocadtranslations,theflavorfilesarethe.optfilescreatedbyAutocad.Tocreateaspecificsetofoptions,interactivelyaccessAutocadandsettheoptionsintoa.optfile.Addthe.optfilesintoDEXcenterasflavors.


I‐deas Flavors

I‐deasflavoringdiffersbytheI‐deasapplicationinuse.Refertothecorrespondingdefaultfilesin<dexroot>/translate/master/ideasforspecificformatandcontentexamples.Thegeneralrequirementsarespecifiedbelow.

IGESdrawingimport–A.flvfilewithan[igesread]section.Variousparametersareturnedonoroff.

DXFdrawingimport–a.flvfilewitha[dxfread]section.Theswitchestobeusedforthetranslationaredefinedwithaswitches=“value”.

IGES3dimport–a.flvfilewiththecontentsofanI‐deascreated.flvfile.

STEP3dimport–A.flvfilewithtwosections.An[application_protocol]sectionwithstep_ap=203or214andasecondsectionwithparametersfromanI‐deasmdffile.TheparametersdefinedinthemdfsectionrelatedirectlytotheinteractiveoptionsavailablewhenimportingaSTEPfileintoI‐deas.

Export–allI‐deasentitiesareexportedwithasingletasksotheexportflavormustincludesectionsforeachtypeofentity.Thesectionscorrespondtothecomparableimportsections.

AdditionallyI‐deascanexportJTfilesandaCADIQmodelqualityevaluationcanbeperformed.TheJTexportoptionsarecontainedina.ipffilecreatedbyI‐deas.ThissectionshouldbeincludedforJTexportoptions.CADIQusesa.cfgfiletodefinethevariousanalysissettings.ThesecanbecreatedinCADIQandthenincludedintheI‐deasexportflavorfile.

Solidworks Flavors

Solidworksflavoringiscontrolledbysettingvarioususerpreferencevaluesintheform“swApp.SetUserPreferenceToggle#,’value’”or“swApp.SetUserPreferenceIntegerValue#,’value’”Where#isthecorrespondingnumberofthepreferenceparameterasdefinedintheSolidworksswconst.hfile.Valueisavaluetowhichthepreferenceparametercanbeset.

Catia V4 Flavors

ThemostimportantCatiaV4flavorparameteristheCatiaenvironment.Thismustbesettwoplaces.InSYSTEM.cfg,a“CATIA_4xxenv_PROFILE”isdefinedreferencingtheappropriateCatiaenvironmentprofile.

AdditionallyaCatiaflvfilecanbeutilized.Itcontainstwosections.Thefirstis[catia_environment]whichdefinesacorrespondingsourcefiletodefinetheenvironment.

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sourcefile_422chrysler=<dexroot>/translate/master/.profile422chrysler

The second section [application_protocol] defines the STEP AP to be used. The keyword is “step_ap=203” or “step_ap=214”/

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CADfix Flavors

CADfixflavorfilesareCADfixwizards(.cwcextension).Tocreateanewflavor,simplycreateawizardfileinCADfixandaddtoDEXcenter.Toensurecompletebatchexecution,thefollowingparameterswithintheCADfixwizardshouldbeenabled:

continueOnError [0,1]: 1

repair,buildOption[SOLIDS,FACES,SOLIDS+FACES,UNKNOWN]: UNKNOWN

export,always [0,1]: 1

IGESworks Flavors

IGESworksflavorsareIGESworksscripts.ThescriptshouldbeginoperatingonanalreadyopenedIGESfileandwillneedtosavethefilewiththesamenamewhencomplete.


Section 4. CAD Translation Customization Chapter 1. Customizing Recognized CAD Formats

Chapter 2. Configuring I-DEAS

Chapter 3. Configuring Multiple CATIA 4.x.x Environments

Chapter 4. Configuring CATIA V5

Chapter 5. Configuring UG

Chapter 6. Configuring Pro/ENGINEER

Chapter 7. CADIQ Qualify and Compare

Chapter 8. Logic Task

Chapter 9. CADfix As A Direct Translator

Chapter 10. Configuring Solidworks


Chapter 1. Enabling Applications and Recognized CAD Formats

DEXcenterisautomaticallyconfiguredformostpossibleCADapplicationsandapplicationformats.

DEXcentersupportsrecentversionsofthemajorCADsystems:CatiaV4,CatiaV5,NX,IDEAS,Pro/E,Solidworks,andAutocad.

Eachapplicationcansupportnumerousfileformats.ThisincludesNATIVE,IGES,STEP,DXF,Parasolid,CATIA_EXP,IDEAS_PKG,IDEAS_UNV,JT,PROE_GRANITE,PROE_NEUTRAL.SupportedformatsvarybyCADsystemandbytheactualtranslatorswhichexistatagiveninstallation.Bydefault,therecognizedfileformatsforanapplicationareitsNATIVEones.Forneutralstandards,theapplicationisdefinedasGenericandtheneutralstandardasafileformat.

ToensureusersdonotinadvertentlytrytocreatetranslationswhicharenotpossiblewiththeDEXcenterconfiguration,thedatabasetableapplication_file_formatsshouldbemodified.

Arowexistsintheapplication_file_formatstableforeachvalidcombinationoffileextension,CADsystem,CADformat,anddatatype.IfthecombinationintherowissupportedintheDEXcenterinstallation,thentheENABLEDcolumnshouldbesettoY.Ifnot,itshouldbesettoN.OnlythoseformatswhichhaveENABLEDsetasYareselectableinmemberprofilepreferencesandonCreateSessionforms.

Aftermakingallchangesinapplication_file_formatstable,accesstheHelpfunctionsintheDEXcenterapplicationasanAdminuser.Chosetheoptiontoupdatethetables.Thiswillsynchronizeotherchangesthatarerequired.

EnablingapplicationsalsorequiresmodifyingtheSYSTEM.CFGandDefaults.datfilesintheDEXcenterDTS.Theparametersinthesefilesdefinehowtoexecutethevariousapplications.Eachapplicationhasspecificparametersasdefinedbelow.Thesefilesarelocatedinthe…\dts\translate\masterdirectoryoneachDTS.


Chapter 2. Configuring I‐DEAS

DEXcenterprovidesspecialsupportforI‐DEAS.Supportprovidedintheareasofflavoring,exporttasks,andmodelfiledrawingswillbediscussedinmoredetailbelow.VariablesrelatedtothissupportaredefinedintheSYSTEM.CFGandDEFAULTS.datfilesandareprovidedaspartoftheDEXcenterinstallation.

Windows versus UNIX IDEAS Versions

IDEASmodelfilesarenotcompatibleacrossWindowsandUNIXoperatingsystems.IfonlyIDEASWindowsorUNIXfilesareeverused,thenasingleIDEASversioncanbeconfiguredandDEXcenterwilluseitproperly.Ifbothversionsareused,thenoneversionshouldbedesignatedasaWindowsversionandtheotherasaUNIXversioninthedexsys.cfg.

exportCADSYS_x=IDEAS_12_WIN

exportCADSYS_DESC_x="I‐DEAS12Windows"

exportCADSYS_EXT_x="'.@@@','.asc','.@@@'"

exportCADSYS_ID_x="ideas"

exportIDEAS_12_WIN_HOST_identifier=ideas12_windows_server,WIN,1,DEFAULT

exportCADSYS_x=IDEAS_12

exportCADSYS_DESC_x="I‐DEAS12"

exportCADSYS_EXT_x="'.@@@','.asc','.@@@'"

exportCADSYS_ID_x="ideas"

exportIDEAS_12_HOST_identifier=hostname,UNIX,3,DEFAULT

NotethereareseparatedefaultCADVERparametersforIDEASWindowsandUNIX.Setthedefaultsappropriately.

exportCADVER_IDEAS=IDEAS_12

exportCADVER_WINIDEAS=IDEAS_12_WIN


I‐DEAS Flavoring Files

DEXcenterprovidesI‐DEASflavoringdefaults;however,ifpreferred,user‐definedflavoringmaybespecified.Inthe"out‐of‐the‐box"DEXcenter,thefileDEFAULTS.datcontainspointerstofileslocatedin/DexRoot/translate/master/ideas.Thesevaluescanbechangedsothattheypointtootherflavorfiles.However,theflavorfilesmustadheretothecorrectformat.Refertothefilesin/DexRoot/translate/master/ideas.TheI‐DEASflavorfilesspecifiedinDEFAULTS.datwillonlybeusedbyDEXcenterinthecaseofnoflavorbeingspecifiedforagiventask,inthecaseof"STEPDefault"or"IGESDefault",orinthecasethatatask'sspecifiedflavorfilecannotbelocated.Ifoneofthesescenariosisencountered,andtheflavorfilespecifiedasadefaultcannotbelocated,DEXcenterwillattempttousetheappropriatefilein/DexRoot/translate/master/ideasasalastresort.

I‐DEAS Flavoring Format

I‐DEASsupporthasauser‐friendlyflavoringmechanism.AllI‐DEAStasksusesingle‐fileflavors.

Flavorfilesmustbeofaspecificformat.Theyhaveaheaderidentifyingtheircontents.Thedifferentsectionsoftheflavorfilearemarkedwithstartandendlines.Eachsectionpertainstoaparticulartranslation.Forexample,alinesimilarto“#_____startIGES3D_____#”intheflavorfilecalled“ideas_9_export.flv”designatesthesectionforI‐DEAS9toIGEStranslationsinvolving3Ddata.Containedwithineachsectionareoneormoresubsections,markedbytheirownstartandendlines.Thesesubsectionscontaintheflavoringinformation.ThedatacontainedwithineachsubsectionwillbeplacedintoaseparatediskfileautomaticallywhenDEXcenterexecutesatranslation.Forexample,alinesimilarto“#####startideas_9_to_iges_3d.flv”designatesthesubsectionwhosecontentswillbeplacedintoafilecalledideas_9_to_iges_3d.flvbythetranslationengine.Similarly,thecontentsofasubsectionstartingwithalinesimilarto“#####startigesexp.cfg”willbeplacedintoafilecalledigesexp.cfg.Thissameprocessisfollowedthroughoutthefile.

Whenmodifyingcustomflavorfiles,itisagoodideatomakeacopyofanexistingdefaultflavorfile,anduseitasatemplate.Becarefulnottomodifyanyexistinglinebeginningwithacomment(#),especiallythestartandendlinesforthedifferentsectionsandsubsections.Onlythelinescontainedinasubsectionshouldbemodified.

I‐DEAS Model File Drawings

The“ideas_export”taskallowsDEXcentertotranslatedrawingstoandfromanI‐DEASmodelfile.IfamodelfilecontainingoneormoredrawingsissubmittedfortranslationtoIGESorDXF,selectingthedatatypeas“DRAWING”willtellDEXcentertoprocessthedrawings.Anypartsorassembliesinthemodelfilewillbeignored.Individual.ascfileswillbewrittenoutofthemodelfile,andthenthe.ascfileswillbetranslatedtoIGESorDXF,asappropriate.Similarly,ifanIGESorDXFdrawingissubmittedfortranslationtoI‐DEAS,selectingthedatatypeas“DRAWING”willresultinthecreationofbotha.ascfileandamodelfilecontainingthedrawing.


Chapter 3. Configuring Multiple CATIA 4.x.x Environments

DEXcenterincludestheabilitytoconfiguremultipleCatiaversionswithmultiplecustomerenvironments.ThereareconfigurationfilechangesandothersetuptasksthatmustbecompletedtoconfigureDEXcenterinthisway.ThischapterprovidesinformationonsettingupmultipleCATIA4.x.xversionsorenvironmentsinDEXcenter.

Followtheprocedurebelowtosetupmultipleversionsorenvironments:

1. Edit the dexsys<port>.cfg from the Configuration, Editor menus to include the catia versions.

Add the new environment versions for Catia V4.x.x. For example, to add a Honda and Chrysler environment for Catia 4.2.2, add the following lines: export CADSYS_8=CATIA_422honda export CADSYS_DESC_8="Catia 4.2.2 Honda" export CADSYS_EXT_8="'.mod','.exp','.@@@'" export CADSYS_ID_8="catia"

export CADSYS_CATIA_422honda_HOST_’hostname’=’hostname’,UNIX,1 export CADSYS_9=CATIA_422chrysler export CADSYS_DESC_9="Catia 4.2.2 Chrysler" export CADSYS_EXT_9="'.mod','.exp','.@@@'" export CADSYS_ID_9="catia"

export CADSYS_CATIA_422chrysler_HOST_’hostname’=’hostname’,UNIX,1

The format of the CADSYS_x variable must be “CATIA”_”version”. There cannot be any underscores in the version portion and text must be lowercase.

Replace ‘hostname” above with the actual ‘hostname’ where the Catia version executes.

2. Edit SYSTEM.CFG.<DTShost> to add the new Catia version. For example, to add the Honda and Chrysler environments, add the following lines:

export CATIA_422honda_PATH=/disk1/catia422/cfg/code/bin export CATIA_422honda_PROFILE=/DexRoot/translate/master/.profile422honda export STEPLIB_PATH_422honda=/disk1/catia422/cfg/code/steplib export STEP_PATH_422honda=/disk1/catia422/cfg/adm/step export CATIA_422chrysler_PATH=/disk1/catia422/cfg/code/bin export CATIA_422chrysler_PROFILE=/DexRoot/translate/master/.profile422chrysler export STEPLIB_PATH_422chrysler=/disk1/catia422/cfg/code/steplib export STEP_PATH_422chrysler=/disk1/catia422/cfg/adm/step

3. Create a startup file which sets the proper environment for each Catia version and put this in /DexRoot/translate/master. For the examples above, create a .profile422chrysler and a .profile422honda.

4. Edit DEFAULTS.dat.<DTShost> file for the Catia V4 DTS(s). Add the following variables as necessary for the different CATIA 4.x.x versions:

# # Catia # [catia_environ] sourcefile_422honda=/DexRoot/translate/master/.profile422honda sourcefile_422chrysler=/DexRoot/translate/master/.profile422chrysler


Chapter 4. Configuring CATIA V5

TherearesomestepsthatmustbecompletedtocorrectlyconfigureDEXcenterforCATIAV5Support.ThischapterdiscussessomeofthechangesmadetotheconfigurationfilesandalsohowtomakeadditionalnecessarychangesforuseofDEXcenterwithCATIAV5.

CATIA V5 Licensing

ToenableCatiaV5executionwithinDEXcenter,avalidCatiaV5licensefilemustbegeneratedandcopiedto/DexRoot/translate/master/catia.

Catia V5 Licensing on a UNIX System

IfCatiaV5DEXcentertranslationsareonaUNIXsystem,followthisprocedure:

1. Login to the UNIX translation server as the DEXcenter owner (usually "dex"). 2. Execute Catia V5 interactively and select a valid Catia V5 license configuration. 3. In the DEXcenter owner directory there should now be a .CATSettings directory containing the

file "Licensing.CATSettings". Copy this file to /DexRoot/translate/master/catia/Licensing_"version5".CATsettings.


Catia V5 Licensing on a Windows System

IfCatiaV5DEXcentertranslationsareonaWindowssystem,followthisprocedure:

1. Login to the Windows translation server as the DEXcenter owner (usually "dex"). 2. Execute Catia V5 interactively and select a valid Catia V5 license configuration. 3. In the DEXcenter owner profiles area, there should now be a CATSettings directory containing

the file "Licensing.CATSettings". Copy this file to /DexRoot/translate/master/catia/Licensing_"version5".CATsettings.

For Windows 2000, the location is typically C:\Documents and Settings\"user"\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\CATSettings.

For Windwos NT, the location is typically C:\Winnt\Profiles\"user"\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\CATSettings.

Note:

If the Catia license information changes, this file must be updated. An invalid license file will cause the Catia V5 translation to hang indefinitely until cancelled.

To generate a new License.CATSettings file, you can delete (or move) the existing one from the user's "CATSettings" directory and run Catia5 again. This will force the

license configuration window to pop up.

Catia V5 Search Paths and Assembly Load Options

CatiaV5providesvariousassemblyloadoptions.DEXcenterisdeliveredwithCatiaenabledtosearchforassemblycomponentsinthesamedirectoryastheassemblyfile.Thisrequiresthattheassembly(.CATProduct)fileandallreferencedpart(.CATPart)filesmustbeselectedatthesametime.

Toenableotheroptionssuchas“AsSaved”orspecific“SearchDirectories”,thefollowingoperationsmustbeperformed:

InteractivelyexecuteCatiaandsavethedesired.CATSettingsoptionsfile.

Enablethe.CATSettingsfilewithinDEXcenterasaflavor.

TheDEXcentertranslationserversforCatiaV5musthaveaccesstoanyreferencedfilesystemsexactlyasreferencedintheCatiaV5assembly.

Catia V5 Utility – Migration V4 To V5 Tool on Windows

DEXcenterincludessupportfortheCATIAV5MigrateV4ToV5batchutility.Theoutputofthisfunctionalitywillbeoneormore.CATPart,.CATProduct,and/or.CATDrawingfilesandalogfile.ThisutilityissupportedonlyontheWindowsPlatform.

ThisfunctionalityisutilizedbyincludingthetaskCATIA_V5R’ver’_MIGRATE_V4_TO_V5


‘ver’isthespecificversion15,16,etc.

Path

TheMigrateV4ToV5taskisnotautomaticallyinsertedintoanypaths.ItcanbeplacedintoacustomizedCATIAV4toCATIAV5pathwhichmayinvolvebranching.

Flavors

WhenperformingaV4toV5migrationinteractivelywithinCATIA,theOptionspageallowstheusertocontrolmanydifferentsettings.WithintheOptionspagethereare5tabs.Thesettingsoneachtabisstoredinaspecific.CATSettingsfile.Thetabnamesandtheircorresponding.CATSettingsfilesaredescribedinCatiaV5documentation.

WithinDEXcenter,theflavorsarecontrolledviaan"ini"flavorfilewhichpointstothevarious.CATSettingsfiles.Therearetwostandardflavorsautomaticallydefined...onefor"asspec"andonefor"asresult".Theseflavorsareautomaticallyassociatedwiththemigratetask.Becausethistaskmustbemanuallyinsertedintoapath,andthereareflavorsavailable,thereare*NO*defaultflavors(translate/master)forMigrateV4ToV5withinDEXcenteratthistime.

Testinghasdeterminedthat.CATSettingsfilesareplatformindependent,thereforenodifferentiationismadebetweenplatformsforCATSettingsfiles.OnlyCATIAV5versions(V5R10,V5R11,etc)aredifferentiated.

Configuration

TheSYSTEM.CFG.<dtshost>filemustbemodifiedtoincludethelocationoftheCATV4toV5.exeprogram.DefinetheparameterCATIA_V5R’ver’_V4TOV5_CMD


Chapter 5. Configuring Unigraphics within DEXCenter

Unigraphics Search Paths and Load Options

DEXcentercanuseUnigraphicssearchpaths.ThisallowsUnigraphicstoaccesscadfileswhichresideinarchiveddirectories,withouttheuserhavingtosubmitthem.

ThisisenabledusingUnigraphicsfunctionality.Toenable:

SetupUGI_SEARCH_DIRSintheUnigraphics.deffiles.

Enabletheugpcassemblycheckfunctiontoutilizethe–aoptioninSYSTEM.CFG.<dtshost>.

EnsureeachUnigraphicsDTShasaccesstothesearchdirectories.

Unigraphicsprovidesvariousassemblyloadoptions.DEXcenterisdeliveredwithUnigraphicsenabledtosearchforassemblycomponentsinthesamedirectoryastheassemblyfile.

Toenableotheroptionssuchas“AsSaved”orspecific“SearchDirectories”,thefollowingoperationsmustbeperformed:

ModifythedefaultUnigraphicsflavororcopyittocreateanewone.IncludetheappropriateUnigraphics.deffileparametersintheflavor.

TheDEXcentertranslationserversforUnigraphicsmusthaveaccesstoanyreferencedfilesystemsexactlyasreferencedintheUnigraphicsassembly.NotethatUnigraphicsdoesprovidetheabilitytomapbetweenWindowsandUNIXfiles.


Chapter 6. Configuring Pro/ENGINEER within DEXcenter

Pro/ENGINEER search paths

DEXcentercanusePro/ENGINEERsearchpaths.ThisallowsPro/ENGINEERtoaccessCADfileswhichresideinarchiveddirectories,withouttheuserhavingtosubmitthem.Forexample...ifanentireassemblyexistsinanarchiveddirectoryordirectories,thentheuserwillonlyneedtosubmitthetoplevelassemblytoDEXcenter.Pro/ENGINEERwillloadthenecessarychildfilesfromthesearchpathdirectories.Ifanyrequiredfilescannotbefoundineitherthesessionorthesearchpathdirectories,thentheuserisnotifiedtosubmitthemissingfiles.IfaPro/ENGINEERpartisfoundinthesearchpath,butwasalsosubmittedinthesession,thenthesubmittedpartwilloverridethepartfoundinthesearchpath.IfaPro/ENGINEERsubassemblyisfoundinthesearchpathandwasalsosubmittedinthesession,thenthesubmittedsubassemblywillbetreatedasatoplevelitemandPro/ENGINEERwillusethesubassemblyfoundinthesearchpath.Pro/ENGINEERsearchpathssupportallofthedifferentPro/ENGINEERreferencetypessupportedbyDEXcenter.Pro/ENGINEERsearchpathsareconfigurableseparatelyforeachPro/ENGINEERversion.Toconfiguresearchpaths,dothefollowing:1)Createthesearchpathfile.ThisissimplyatextfilecontainingthefullyqualifieddirectorynamesfromwhichPro/ENGINEERshouldloadmodels.Enteronedirectoryperline.Pro/ENGINEERdoesnotrecursivelysearchthroughdirectories,soallsubdirectoriesmustbelistedseparately.ThedefaultnameforthisfileinPro/ENGINEERterminologyis"search.pro"butitcanbenameddifferentlyifdesired.2)Storethesearchpathfilein<dexroot>/translate/master/proeonthePro/ENGINEERDTScomputer.NotethedirectorieslistedmustbeaccessiblefromtheDTS.3)OntheDEXcenterserver,uncommenttheSYSTEM.CFG.<dtshost>parametercalled"PRO_version_SEARCHPATH_FILE".Modifyittospecifythenameandlocationofthe


searchpathfileasaccessiblebythePro/EDTS.

Pro/Intralink Revision Parameter Included in Neutral File Names

Pro/ENGINEERfilescanhavevariousparametersdefinedwithinthem,bothuser‐definedaswellassystemparameters.Oneparameterinparticular,"PROI_REVISION",isasystemparameterwhichcannottypicallybecreatedormodifiedbyaPro/ENGINEERuser.ThisparameterissetinthefilebyPro/INTRALINK.PROI_REVISIONfunctionalityinDEXcenterDEXcentersupportstheuseofthisparameter.Ifthisfunctionalityisturnedon,andifaPro/ENGINEERfilehasPROI_REVISIONdefinedwithinit,thentheexportedDXF/IGES/STEPfilenamewillhavethePROI_REVISIONvalueappendedtoit.Toactivatethisfunctionality,setthefollowingSYSTEM.CFG.<dtshost>variable:

PRO_WILDFIRE_APPEND_PROI_REVISION=1Thisvariableissetto0(off)bydefaultinthetemplatefiles.ThisfunctionalityissupportedforWildfireandlaterversions.ItdoesNOTsupport2000i2or2001,duetoPro/ENGINEERlimitations.NOTES‐ItispossibletoforcePro/ENGINEERtoletyoucreatethisparameterinanyPro/ENGINEERfile.Todothis,youmusthavethefollowingoptionsetinyourconfig.pro:allow_create_pdm_paramyes‐IfyoushrinkwrapaPro/ENGINEERfilewhichhasPROI_REVISIONdefined,theresultantshrinkwrappartwillNOThavethePROI_REVISIONparameter.However,DEXcentersupportsthisbyextractingthePROI_REVISIONparameterbeforetheshrinkwrapoperation.Therevisionvalueisthenappendedtotheneutralfileexportedfromtheshrinkwrappedpart.


Chapter 7. CADIQ Support

SupportisincludedforCADIQtoperformvalidation,comparison,ECOdocumentation,andProducibilityanalysisofCADfilesinmanydifferentneutralandnativeformats.

CADIQTasksareCADsystemandversionspecificandareautomaticallycreatedduringinstallationwhenCADIQisidentifiedforthespecificCADsystemversion.ACADIQ_COMBINE_REPORTtaskiscreatedtogeneratecombinedreports.CADIQtasksarealsocreatedwhenCADIQupdatesaremade.

DEXcenterisdeliveredwithvariousworkflowcombinationsofsourceandtargetCADsystemversionsforcomparisonbutnotallpossiblecombinations.Additionalworkflowcombinationscanbeprovideduponrequest.

CADIQcannowautomaticallyexplodeCatiaV4dittospriortoanalyzingthemodelsoCATMODisnolongerneededasaseparatetasktoperformthisfunction.HoweveritmaystillbedesirabletoexplodethedittoswithCATMODtoaffectoveralltranslationresults.Ifdittosarenotexploded,Catiamodelsareoftentranslatedintoothersystemsasassemblieswhichmayormaynotbedesirable.

WhentheCADIQ_COMBINE_REPORTtaskisaddedtoatranslationpath,sidebysidecomparisonreportsandimagefilesof2modelsarecreated.

Clickingonthe.iqcfileintheDEXcenterwindowexecutestheCADIQViewerifappropriatelyconfiguredinthebrowser.

ForCADIQtobeexecuted,twoconditionsmustbemet:

CADIQtasksmustbeconfiguredwithintheTranslationPathbeingutilized.

TheModelQualityRecipientProfileorCreateSessionPreferencesboxmustbechecked.EvenifCADIQisintheTranslationPath,itwillbeskippedunlesstheModelQualityboxischecked.


CADIQModelQualityresultsarealwaysavailabletotheSender.TheresultsarealsoavailabletotheRecipientiftheReceiveModelQualityResultsboxischeckedintherecipient’sprofileorintheCreateSessionPreferenceform.

Flavors

TheflavorfilescontroltheoperationofCADIQ.Availableoperationsinclude:

Capture–capturepropertiesandgeometryforcomparison.

Qualify‐performqualityanalysisofthemodelonly.

QualifyandCapture‐performqualityanalysisofthemodelandalsocapturegeometrywhichcanbeusedforcomparison.

QualifyandCompare–Qualifythecurrentmodelandcomparetoapreviousmodel.

CADIQOutput

TheCADIQAnalysistaskscreatethefollowingoutput:

“model”.iqrfile–graphicfileofresultsfor“model”

“model”.iqsfile–textfileofanalysisresultsfor“model”

results.ini–iniformattedfileofkeyanalysisresultswhichcanbeusedbyDEXcenterlogictasktocontrolexecution

TheCADIQ_COMBINE_REPORTtaskcreatesthefollowingoutput:

“model”.iqc–combinedfileofiqrresultsfrommodelsbeingcompared

“model”.iqs–combinedtextsummaryfileofresultsfromthemodelsbeingcompared.

TheCADIQ_VIEWERcannowdisplaythetextreportinformation.Whenviewingresultsdata,usetherightmousebuttononWindowstoselectfilestoView.FileswhichcanbeviewedincludetheConfigurationfileusedfortheanalysis,theSummaryfile,theComparisonSummaryfile,andthelogfile.


License requirements

ForexecutionofCADIQanalysistasks,thefollowinglicensesarerequired:

RequiredCADIQQualifyand/orComparelicenses

RequiredCADsystemlicenses


Chapter 8. Logic Task DEXcenterprovidestheabilitytoincludelogicaldecisionswithinapath.

Thisfunctionalityisimplementedusinga"logic"task.ThistaskexecutesontheDEXcenterserver.Basedonsomeconfigurablecriteria,thelogictaskwillcauseDEXcentertoexecuteaspecificsetoftasksidentifiedbytheirsequencenumbers,oritmayalsocauseDEXcentertostopprocessingallremainingtasksinthatpath.

Thelogicintelligenceiscontainedwithinthetask'sflavorfile.TheflavorfileisasnippetofpythoncodewhichimportskeyparametersdefinedinaniniformatfromapreviouslyexecutedDEXcentertask.Taskexecutiondecisionscanbemadebaseduponvaluesofthekeyparameters.

ForthecaseoflogicbasedonCADIQ,a"<cadsys>_CADIQ.ini"fileiscreatedcontaininginformationfromtheCADIQwatchfile(.iqw).Therearespecifickeyvaluesdefined.Anysuchkeyvaluecanbeusedinthelogicflavor.ThisimplementationuseskeyvaluesdefiningQUALITY,SOLIDS,SURFACES,andSHELLS.Baseduponthevaluesoftheparameters,DEXcenterexecutesaspecifiedlistoftasksidentifiedbytheirtasksequencenumbers.Anyvalidtasknumberornumbersmaybespecified.Forexample,alistoftranslationtasksand/oranotherlogictaskmaybespecifiedbynumber.Tostopprocessing,anemptyset([])shouldbespecified.

TheCATMODandCADfixtaskscreateCATMOD.iniandCADFIX.inirespectivelywhichincludeinformationpertinenttothelogictask.

Caremustbetakenwhenconfiguringlogicwithinapath.Thedecisionsaremadebasedontasknumbers,sowheneverataskisaddedorremovedtoapath,besuretochangetheappropriatelogicflavorfile(s)accordingly.

NotethattheCADFIX_TRANSLATEtaskshouldbeusedinanypathswherelogicchoicesarebeingmade.ThisforcestheCADfixtasktoalwaysbeexecutedinsteadofconditionallybeingexecutedbaseduponthevalueoftheMODELHEALINGoption.OtherwisethetasknumberschangebasedupontheMODELHEALINGoptionwhichwillmakethelogicflavorparametersinvalid.

Asamplelogicflavortemplateisprovidedat<deroot>/procdefs/flavoring/logic.


Chapter 9. CADfix As A Direct Translator

ThenormalCADfixtaskisautomaticallycreatedandconfiguredintoappropriatestandardpaths.ThisCADfixtaskisexecutedorskippedbasedupontheModelHealingparameterinthememberProfilePreferencesorasoverriddenduringsessioncreation.

WhenCADfixistobeusedasadirecttranslator,CADfixshouldalwaysbeexecutedwithoutregardfortheModelHealingparameter.Thisisallowedbyusingadifferenttaskname,CADFIX_TRANSLATE,inapplicablepaths.ThistaskiscreatedautomaticallywhenCADfixisenabledintheinstallation.Itmustbemanuallyinsertedintotheappropriatepathshowever.

BoththeCADfixandCADFIX_TRANSLATEtasksusestandardCADfixwizardsasflavorfiles.WhenusingCADFIX_TRANSLATEtooperateasadirecttranslator,theappropriatewizardmustbereferencedasaflavortogeneratethedesiredoutputfile.


Chapter 10. Configuring Solidworks

IfSolidworksisenabledtheDTSSessionManagerservicemustbeenabledtoallow“interactionwithdesktop”.Ifitisnot,Solidworkstranslationswillfailandnotprovideusefulinformation.


Chapter 11. Batch Input

DEXcenterprovidesabatchinputcapabilitytoalloweasyintegrationwithotherapplicationswhichmaywanttosenddatatoDEXcenterfortranslationortransmission.Forinstance,aPDMsystemcanpushdatatoDEXcenterbygeneratingtherequiredbatchinputfiles.

Twoinputfilesarerequired:

Auniquelynamed.inifilewhichdescribesthesession.

Theactualdatafile(s)themselves.Thesecanbeindividualfilesoratarorzipfile.

Toexecuteabatchoperation:

Placethe.inianddatafilesintothe<DexRoot>/batch_inputsdirectory.

Toexecuteimmediately,asthedexowner,enterthecommand<DexRoot>/utilities/scripts/BatchIniClient

Thefilesinthetar/zipfileswillbeextractedintoasessionwithinDEXcenterandsenttotherecipientspecifiedusingtherecipientsprofilesettingsunlessotherwiseindicatedinthebatchcron.inifile.

Thebatchinputqueueisenabledautomaticallyduringinstallation.Tochangethefrequencyofexecution,editthecrontab.

Note:

Once the batchcron.exe file is run, the .ini file and tar/zip files are removed from the batch_inputs directory.


Example of a batchcron.ini file [CREATE_SESSION]

SUBMIT=Input [ Input | Transmit_Only | Translate ] Default: Translate

TITLE=Session Title Default: DEXcenter Batch Input from {ORIGINATOR}

EMAILTEXT= Default: msg: bcron_batch_job_ready

CCEMAIL=

*SENDER=jxs [DEXcenter user ID]

RECIPIENT= [DEXcenter user ID(s) comma separated] Default: SENDER

SELECTSELF= [ YES | NO | NULL ] Default: NULL

TARGET_CAD_SYSTEM=AUTOMATIC Default: AUTOMATIC

TARGET_CAD_FORMAT=AUTOMATIC Default: AUTOMATIC

PATH=PROFILE [ PROFILE | AUTOMATIC ] Default: PROFILE

HEALING=NO [ YES | NO | PROFILE ] Default: PROFILE

MODEL_QUALITY=NO [ YES | NO | PROFILE ] Default: PROFILE

MODELQUALITY_SOURCE=NA [ YES | NO | NA ] Default: NA

MODELQUALITY_TARGET=NA [ YES | NO | NA ] Default: NA

JT_EXPORT=NO [ YES | NO | PROFILE ] Default: PROFILE

INTERMEDIATE=YES [ YES | NO | PROFILE ] Default: PROFILE

PROCZIP=NO [ YES | NO | NULL ] Default: NULL

PROECOORD=NO [ YES | NO | NULL ] Default: NULL

SKIPMISSING=NO [ YES | NO | NULL ] Default: NULL

[FILE_1]

*FILENAME=batchcron.zip or batchcron.tar

SOURCE_CAD_SYSTEM=AUTODETECT Default: AUTODETECT

SOURCE_CAD_FORMAT=AUTODETECT Default: AUTODETECT

SOURCE_DATA_TYPE=PART [PART | DRAW | ASSEMBLY] Default: PART

[FILE_2]

*FILENAME=batchcron.zip or batchcron.tar

etc….repeatforallfiles

* =requiredparameter

[] =specificallowablevalues.Ifomitted,anytextisallowed.

Default=valueusedifnotspecificallydefinedin.inifile

Automated Batch Input

DEXcenterprovidesasimplifiedmethodtosubmitfilesforautomatictranslation.ModelstobetranslatedwillbeplacedintoaninputdirectoryidentifiedbythenameofanexistingDEXcenteruser.DEXcenterwillautomaticallycreatethecorrespondingbatchcron.iniandzipfilesandplacethemintothebatchinputdirectory.Operationswillbebasedentirelyupontheuser’sdefaultprofilesettings.

Thissimplifiedmethodisvalidforthefollowingconditions:

ADEXcenteruseridmustexactlymatchacorrespondinginputdirectory.

Therecipientisthesender.


Thesender/recipientprofilepreferencesareusedforthetranslation.

Allfilesplacedintotheinputfolderwillbeincorporatedintoasinglesessionwhenthebatchcronexecutes.Ifassemblycomponents,DEXcenterwillautomaticallygroupthemintouniqueassemblies.Ifmultiplepartsorassembliesaresubmitted,theywillbecomeuniquesubsessions.

ForexampletoconfigureDEXcentertocorrespondtoparticularCADsystemversionsandprojects,thefollowingconfigurationmaybeused:

ToconverttoV5forXX146Project:

$BASE/in/Catia_V5_XX146

ToconverttoV5forYY400Project:

$BASE/in/Catia_V5_YY400

ToconverttoV4forXX146Project:

$BASE/in/Catia_V4_XX146

ToconverttoV4forYY400Project:

$BASE/in/Catia_V4_YY400

ToconverttoUGforXX146Project:

$BASE/in/UG_XX146

Theinputdirectoriesareeasilyconfigurablesodirectoriescanbeadded,modified,ordeletedasneeded.Configurationisviathefile<dexroot>/config/automated_batch_input.cfgcontainingthefollowingentriesinthisformat:

exportNUMBER_DIRECTORIES=5

exportBASE=/tmp

exportIN_DIR1=$BASE/in/userid1






DEXcenteruserprofileswillbecreatedwithnamescorrespondingtothepickupdirectories:

userid1

userid2

userid3

userid4

userid5

EachDEXcenterprofilewillspecifythecorrespondingparametersfortranslationandtransmission.Thiswillincludeatleastthefollowing:

TargetCADsystem,theappropriateworkflowpath,translationtasks.

Afunctionchecksfortheexistenceoffilesineachinputdirectory.

Foreachfilefound,aseparateDEXcenterbatchinputfile(.ini)iscreated.

ThebatchinputfileandtheCADfilearemovedtotheDEXcenterbatchinputdirectory.

Thefunctionoperatesasacronjobatadesignatedfrequencyifenabled.

ForCatiaV4models,thecorrectCatiaV4environmentwillbedeterminedfromtheprojectportionofthedirectoryname.

Configuration

Thedirectoriestobemonitoredbytheautomated_batch_inputfunctionareconfiguredinthefile<dexroot>/config/automated_batch_input.cfg.

Thefile<dexroot>/scripts/launch_abi.cshmustbeeditedtoidentifythecorrectDEXcenterportandtodirectoutputtoacorrespondinglogfile.