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BasicallyallCATIAV5documentarefollowingthesamestructurelikeheader,blocks,containers,linktothecontainerandfooter.TheCATIAdocument(file)
maybeeitherofthefollowingtype,thetypeincludesCATPart,CATProduct,CATProcess,CATAnalysisandCATProduct.Thisarticleexplainsthecontentofany
CATIAV5File/DocumentcontainersanditsrelationshipsinCAAframework.ObjectModelerBaseisthecommonframeworkforalltheCATDocuments

TheContainersofaCATDocument
AllCATIAV5documentcontainslargenumberofblockssomeoftheblocksarereferredascontainerswhichholdsthedatalikegeometry,feature,sketch,
annotationetc.,andthecontainersareasfollows

1.Productcontainer(CATProdCont)
ThiscontainercontainsanASMProductfeature.ThisfeatureservesasreferenceforalltheinstantiationsoftheCATIAdocumentinProductdocuments
(Assembly).TheinstantiationmaybetheinstanceCATPartorCATProductitself.ThisCATProductiscalledsubCATProduct(SubAssembly).Thiscontainer
storeslistofspecificationobject,thefirstobjectiscalledrootassembly,IthastheproductpropertiesorpartpropertiesincasetheCATDocumentisCATPart.
CATIProduct,CATIPrdProperties,andCATIMovablearetheprincipalinterfaces

2.Documentproperty
Thisholdstheinformationoftheinstanceinanassembly.Theinformationincludesthetransformationmatrix,translationvector,assemblynameandpathofthe
CATDocument.CATILinkableobjectistheinterfacewhichhaslinkwiththeinstancesoftheproduct

3.ThePart/specification/Root/Featurecontainer(CATPrtCont)
Itcontainsthedesignofthemechanicalobject.Thisdesignisdefinedbymechanicalfeatureswhichcanbeseeninthespecificationtree
Therearethreekindsofmechanicalfeatures:
Part:themainfeaturecontainingthedesignoftheobject
Geometricalfeaturessets:thefeaturescontainingeithergeometricalfeaturessetsorgeometricalfeatures
Geometricalfeatures:holdsatopologicalresult
CATInit,CATIContainerOfDocumant,CATIPrtContainer,andCATIPrtPartarethefewofthebasicinterfaces

Fig1SpecificationTree
Part,geometricalfeaturessetsandgeometricalfeaturesareagainspecobjectasintheproductcontainer

4.TheScopeContainer
Duringthedesign,itcanbeusefultoselectanedge,oraface,forexample,tocreateaform.Thesetopologicalobjectswillbetheinputsofamechanical
feature.Butafeaturecannotreferencedirectlyatopologyasspecification.Themainreasonisthatgeometryandtopologycanbedeletedduringanupdate.
Consequentlytopologicalobjectsareunstable.ThesolutionimplementedinV5toovercomethisproblemistouseanameinsteadofadirectreferencetothe
topology.Suchanameiscalledagenericname.Itprovidesastablewaytoreferenceatopologicalcellortopologicalsubelement.CATIMfBRepand
CATIMfBRepFactoryaretheprincipalinterfaces

5.TheCGM(CATIAGeometricalModeler)/ResultContainer
TheGeometricalisthecontainerwhichcontainsthetopologicalresultsofthegeometricalfeatures.Ageometricalfeatureisamechanicalfeatureforwhicha
topologicalobjectcanbeassociatedwithitsresult.ThistopologicalobjectisaCATBody
(http://162.248.162.182/Program%20Files/Dassault%20Systemes/B17/CAADoc/Doc/generated/refman/NewTopologicalObjects/interface_catbody.htm).The
bodycanbeintheformofsolid,surfaceandwire.CATICGMCntainer,CATICGMObject,CATGeometryanditstypearesomeofthemajorinterfaces/class.

6.TheTPS(TopologicalProductSpecification)Container
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6.TheTPS(TopologicalProductSpecification)Container
ThesearespecificationobjectasinCATPrtContorCATProdCont,Thiscontainerhasbeenfirstdedicatedtofunctionaldimensioningandtolerancingbutistobe
extendedtohandleroughness,hardness,andfurthermoreuserspecifications.ItdescribesthegeneraltypeoffeatureamongDatum,Dimension,Form,
Position,OrientationandRunOut.CATITPSDocumentCATITPSSet,CATITPSViewandCATITPSViewFactoryarethesomeofthebasicTPSinterfaces

7.TheTTRS(TechnologicallyandTopologicallyRelatedSurfaces)Container
Thiscontainerhaslistofsurfacegeometryfeaturesuponwhichtheproductspecificationisapplied.ComponentprovidedbytheMechModInterfacesframework
usedtolinkTPSwithsurfaces.CATITPSTTRSServices,CATITTRSGeometry,andCATITTRSarethesomeofthebasicTTRSinterfaces

8.TheDrawContainer
Adrawingdocumentisacollectionofsheets,Asheetaggregatesviewsandaviewaggregatesallobjectsinstantiatedinit.Drawing,sheetandviewsare
specificationobject.Itsstructureissameaspartcontainer,sameinterfaceslikeCATIContainerandCATIContainerOfDocumentareusedtoretrievethis
container

9.TheStandardContainer
StandardcontainerprovidesthedraftingstandardslikeISO,ANSI,ASMEandJISanddrawingsheetformatlikeAANSI,BANSIetc.,andthedefaultstandardis
ANSI

10.TheSeeBodyContainerandCameraStartupContainer
SeebodycontainerstorestheidentifierofthegeometricalentitywhichisvisibleinthedocumentandCameraStartupcontainerstoresthelatestimageofthe
CATIAV5document

11.TheCGR(CATIAGraphicalrepresentation)Container
Ithasthetessellationdata.Thetessellatedgeometricaldataarestoredintheformofpoints,linestriangles,stripsandfans.Thisagainfollowsthestructureof
CATDocumentlikeheader,containersandfooter

LinkBetweenthecontainers
Allthemechanicalfeaturesareincludedinthespecificationcontainer.Amongthemechanicalfeatures,onecanfindthegeometricalfeatures.Ageometrical
featurehastheparticularityofhavingaresultwhichholdsatopologicalresult.Thetopologicalresult,aCATBody,isincludedinthegeometricalcontainer.The
scopewhichguarantiesthenamingstabilityofthesubelementsoftheCATBodyiscontainedinthescopecontainer.
Mechanicalfeaturesessentiallycapturethedesignintentoftheenduser.Whenitcomestocomputingtheshapesthatcorrespondtothisintent,theyrelyonan
underlyingmodeler,thetopologicalobjects

Fig2CATDocumentStructure

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