TroubleShooting

 

Creation of V5 solid fails

When there is one or several non-manifold solids in the component you want to insert, the V5 solid is not created.
The geometry of the original component is not lost, but the full geometry of the component is converted into a No-Show Geometrical set because the solid could not be created.
This happens when the Link Mode is set to CATPart in Options/Compatibility/External Formats.

The result CATPart apparently contains several distinct mechanical parts in one single Geometrical Set, the mechanical parts sharing one or several common faces or edges.
This happens because the component inserted is not an assembly, and the original solid is non-manifold, i.e. more than two faces share a single edge. Thus, V5 tries to construct one manifold solid or one open shell for each original solid converted.
The conversion provides the best possible result, i.e. a Geometrical set made of separate surfaces.
Try one of the following methods to solve this problem:
  • Method 1: accept the current result and use the GSD Assembly function to build the shells or the solids manually, by selecting the different elements in a way that provides manifold areas.
  • Method 2: in the original CAD system, split the non-manifold solid into separate manifold shells and solids.
  • Method 3: in the original CAD system, split the solid into separate solids and build an assembly from those.
  • Method 4: set the Link Mode to Visu, if allowed by your process.
 

Inserting Assemblies

The components contained in an assembly may be located in different directories.
However, note that the assembly cannot be inserted successfully if you move one or several of those directories.
The alternative is to place all the components in the assembly root directory.