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Basic Concepts
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION RESEARCH
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National Institute for Aviation Research
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ENOVIA LCA Concepts
ENOVIA® V5R15
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ENOVIA LCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Manual Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Logging into ENOVIA LCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ENOVIA Portal Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Portal Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Workbook Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Customizing the ENOVIA Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Customizing Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating Custom Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
General ENOVIA Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Product Class Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Standard Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Product Class Editor Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Properties Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
1 – Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
2 – Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Product Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Where Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hide & Show Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Collapse / Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Presentation Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Generic Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Part Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Alternate Parts Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Where Used Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Accessing the Part Editor from the Product Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Send To CATIA V5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Send To CATIA V5 as Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Sending Generic Components to CATIA V5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Send Documents & Part References to CATIA V5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Opening Non-CATIA documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
ENOVIA Interoperability Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
CATIA Interoperability Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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DMU Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Attributes Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuration Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Discipline Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Volume Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Zone Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Simultaneous DMU Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ENOVIA Search Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Appendix A - ENOVIA Portal Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Product Editor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Part Editor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Introduction
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Upon completion of this course the student should have a full understanding of the
following topics:
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Log in and Log out of the ENOVIA Portal
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Understand the different object types of ENOVIA and their function
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Understand and utilize different applications within the ENOVIA Portal
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Understand the Product Class Structure
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Understand the Product Structure
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Send product definition data from ENOVIA to CATIA
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Have the ability to find objects in the database
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ENOVIA LCA
ENOVIA LCA (Enterprise inNOvation VIA Life Cycle Applications) can best be defined
as a database that holds all the data related to a deliverable product. This data can be in the
form of CAD files, engineering documents, trade studies, etc. Since ENOVIA holds all data
pertinent to a product, it also acts as the interoperability agent between the ENOVIA
database and the associated application the data is derived from. This allows for a single
source for data storage and retrieval.
ENOVIA LCA as a whole can be considered an object-oriented database. This means that
all “things” put in the database are treated as a single object with attributes. Being an
object-oriented database allows ENOVIA LCA to hold all different types of files. All
objects in ENOVIA LCA will have a specific object type. There are a number of key object
types that will be discussed throughout this book.
ENOVIA LCA (ENOVIA for short) as an application is actually made up of three different
parts. There is an ENOVIA database which holds all the meta data and attributes for all the
documents, files, and parts stored in the vault. The database also manages users,
permissions, and other ENOVIA specific objects such as product classes, actions, change
orders, and other additional items. The ENOVIA vault is the physical file storage location
held on the server. The vault will contain an encrypted form of all the data managed by the
database. The last part of ENOVIA LCA is the portal. This will be what you use to gain
access to the database and vault for data input, retrieval, and searching. The difference
between the database and vault will be transparent to the user.
ENOVIA is also one of many tools utilized to manage a product’s lifecycle. This
management process is termed Product Life cycle Management (PLM). All product data
managed by ENOVIA is placed into a life cycle stage, and then as the data matures, the life
cycle is promoted. Once the part is ready for production, the product data will be passed
through a release process to facilitate the final checks of that part. As a part gets changed
for future needs, new revisions are created and again, the process will start over. Eventually
the product data will be placed into retirement, where again, ENOVIA will handle the
retirement of the product and all related documents. All told, ENOVIA will manage a
product from the initial conceptual drawings and sketches, through 3D modeling, until the
retirement of the product.
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Manual Format
It is important to understand the format of the manual in order to use it most effectively.
This manual is designed to be used along with an instructor; however, you will need to do a
lot of reading as well, in order to fully understand ENOVIA LCA. The exercises in this
book will list steps for you to complete, along with explanations that try to inform you what
you have just done and what you are getting ready to do. The actual steps are in bold type
and the information that follows the steps is for your benefit. Anything that appears in
italics refers to a message ENOVIA provides—this includes information in pull-down
menus, pop-up windows and other messages.
An example of a step and its explanation are shown below (note: normally the lines will not
be there):
Select a location to the right of the origin. This specifies the other end point of the line.
You will continue specifying locations in order to complete your profile. It should appear
similar to the diagram shown below.
As you can see, the desired action blends in with the text except that it appears in bold. The
information following the step explains what that step accomplished and where you are
going next. It is important for you to read this information to help in your understanding of
ENOVIA.
Also, you will find that the exercises build upon themselves. Later exercises often assume
you know how to do certain steps which have been covered in earlier exercises. If you did
not quite pick up what you needed to know from an exercise, you will probably wish to
review it several times before moving on to the more advanced sections. As you progress
through the manual, it expects that you are learning and therefore you are able to do a lot
more with fewer steps. Eventually, you are expected to be able to perform actions without
any steps.
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Logging into ENOVIA LCA
ENOVIA utilizes a username and password database that is generally independent of the
username and password you log into your computer with. Before logging into ENOVIA,
you must have a username and password defined. Your account will also have an associated
role. A role defines what a user can and cannot do in the database. This includes not only
read and write access to the database, but also functionality access such as the ability to
perform tasks in the database. All three parts of your login credentials must be supplied in
the login screen before you have access to the ENOVIA database.
Take a moment and look at the login screen for ENOVIA.
Username
This will be the username provided to you. The
username might, or might not, be the same as the
account you logged into the computer with.
Password
This is the password used with your username.
Language
This allows you to choose between various languages
used in ENOVIA.
Host
The host field allows you to choose between various
ENOVIA servers. Generally, there will only be one
host set up, however, if you have multiple ENOVIA
servers running on your network, all of them can be
accessible though the portal.
Check to choose role at logon
This allows you to choose or change your role within
ENOVIA.
Enter your username and password, then click Logon. Once you click logon, you will
be prompted for a role and workbook.
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This will display the list of roles available with your login ID.
Choose a Workbook This defines the workbook project that you will utilize. When used in
a group setting, this will allow your group to view the same data and
make things more uniform.
Generally, the first time you log into ENOVIA, you will have to define the Role and
Workbook that you want to use for this session. Anytime you wish to change roles, you will
have to log out of ENOVIA and log back in. The roles defined with your user account are
set up by an ENOVIA administrator. If you find that you are unable to perform functions in
the database that you need to have access to, you will have to have an ENOVIA
administrator adjust the roles associated with your user ID.
Choose the role TRAINEE.ENOVIATRAINING.DEFAULT. This will define the
default training role for your work.
Change the Workbook to DefaultProject if not already there. For now, the default
project will be used.
Click Apply Role and Project. This will log you into the ENOVIA portal.
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ENOVIA Portal Screen
This is the initial, default screen for ENOVIA. There are several key areas that need to
pointed out before proceeding.
A
Portal Toolbar
It is always present and holds the few fundamental
portal tools available
B
Visible Workbooks
Workbooks contain various sets of tools for working
in ENOVIA. Each workbook contains a unique set of
tools. The highlighted workbook icon will be the
current workbook shown in the Active Workbook
area.
C
Active Workbooks
These will dynamically change based on the current,
active workbook. The branches and icons in this area
are different applications that can be used with the
ENOVIA portal.
D
Messages
This area will give various messages about the portal
environment. Most messages are irrelevant, however,
at times, pertinent messages to the portal session will
be displayed here.
E
Active Application
As you activate the various tools from the active
workbook, they will display here
F
Active Application Windows Allows you to switch between active and inactive
applications.
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Portal Toolbar
The portal toolbar holds the most basic of portal options. Take a moment to take a quick
look at the portal toolbar icons.
Home
This icon will take you to the home page set in the
portal settings
Stop
This icon will stop the ENOVIA Portal during large
queries and searches. This will not stop database
transactions such as saving and opening.
Help
This opens the help documentation
Settings
This icon will allow you to change the default
behavior of the ENOVIA portal
Exit
This exits the portal session and releases the ENOVIA
license
Expand / Collapse
These icons will either expand (the right arrow) or
collapse (the left arrow) the toolbar and active
workbook
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Workbook Toolbar
The workbook tool bar holds all the various groupings of tools within ENOVIA. The
workbook toolbar can be customized to show as many or few icons as you feel necessary.
You can also add workbooks to the toolbar to allow for customization of the tools in
ENOVIA. Take a moment to go through some of the various workbooks in ENOVIA.
Note: The order of the workbooks is irrelevant since they can be rearranged.
Search Tree
The search tree allows for various searches outside of
the ENOVIA database
Remote File Tree
The remote file tree displays the folder and files
located on the server under your user profile
Declarative File Tree The declarative file tree, when set up, will allow you
to have access to folders and files either on the local or
remote file servers
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Local File Tree
The local file tree displays the local mapped drives
and folders.
Administration
This allows for administration of the local ENOVIA
portal installation. Only administrators can utilize the
tools within the administration workbook.
Effects Browser
There is no documentation on this functionality.
Electrical Design
There is no documentation on this functionality.
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VPM Web Access
Allows for viewing of data from a VPM server.
ENOVIA Home
The ENOVIA Home is the hub of the ENOVIA portal.
Under typical user use, the ENOVIA home workbook
is by far the most important workbook. Take a
moment to look at the various ENOVIA home links
and applications in those links.
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User Services
Publish Subscribe
This application allows you to view elements that you
have subscribed to, as well as what events have
happened in the database.
Settings
This allows you to define editor settings.
Lifecycle
This application allows you to view the lifecycles of
the various ENOVIA objects
Program Management
Programs
The programs editor allows you to define milestones
for a project or program in ENOVIA.
Categories
This allows you to create various categories and
specifications for products.
Rules
The rules editor allows you to create rules for the
categories and specifications.
Change Management
Actions
The actions editor allows for the creation and viewing
of actions, or specific units of work.
Change Requests
This editor allows you to generate change requests for
changes to a part or product.
Change Orders
The change orders will allow you to generate the
authorized workstatements resulting from a change
request.
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Content Management
Documents
Allows you to create and manage document
objects and insert document files into the
database.
Catalogs
The catalogs editor will allow you to create and
manage CATIA catalogs
Standard Parts
The standard parts editor will allow you to
work with standard part catalogs stored in the
ENOVIA vault
My Docs
Shows all documents that you currently own
My Checked Out Docs
Displays all the documents that you currently
have checked out to work on
Engineering Life Cycle
Product Classes
The product class editor allows you to access
the various product classes, or folders, that
contain the products stored in ENOVIA
Products
The product editor allows you to view the
products and product trees stored in ENVOIA
Components
The components editor allows you to create
and edit generic components within the
products
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Parts
The parts editor allows you to access part references
and documents associated with the part reference
directly
DMU Search
This allows you to apply a DMU filter on a product.
DMU Filters can consist of attribute, configuration, or
volume filters, as well as others.
Graph Compare
This allows you to graphically compare two different
product specifications for a particular product
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Chain
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This allows you to export and import data into the
database from other ENOVIA and non-ENOVIA
based installations
The ENOVIA Search tree allows you to query
and search the entire database for objects.
The scroll arrows will appear at the top and bottom of
the workbook toolbar to allow you to scroll through
the additional workbooks. If you have more
workbooks visible than what the portal is able to show
on the screen, then you will need to select one of the
scroll arrows to view the toolbars.
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Customizing the ENOVIA Portal
Customizing Workbooks
Adding or removing the visible workbooks is a good fundamental customization that can be
performed. By creating a custom workbook, you will have a storage location for
bookmarks, as well as the ability to create a custom set of tools to help aid you in your day
to day ENOVIA work.
With the third mouse button, select on the WorkBook Toolbar. This will display the
contextual menu for the workbooks. Take a moment to look them over.
Note: You select on one of the icons to get all of the options. If you right mouse select on a
blank area, you will only receive a partial list.
New Workbook
This will create a new workbook to allow you to save
bookmarks or place links in the workbook
Customize Workbooks
This will allow you to turn off or remove workbooks from the
workbook toolbar
Save Workbooks
This commits all changes to the ENOVIA server
Delete
This will delete the selected workbook
Change Icon
This will allow you to change the icon of the selected
workbook
Reset
This resets the selected workbook back to its original
configuration
Share
This will share the workbook so that others may be able to
utilize the same workbook configuration
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With the workbook contextual menu up, select Customize Workbooks. This will display
the Customize WorkBook List window.
The list on the left is the available workbooks that you can add to your current workbook
list.
Uncheck the Visible checkbox for all items except ENOVIA Home and ENOVIA Search
Tree. Select OK when done. This will change your ENOVIA Portal to only show the
ENOVIA Home and ENOVIA Search Tree workbooks.
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With the right mouse button, select on the Workbooks toolbar, then select Customize
Workbooks. Again, the Customize WorkBook List will appear.
Turn on visibility for the Remote File Tree, Declarative File Tree, and Local File Tree.
Select OK when done. This will turn on the three file trees.
Since the ENOVIA Home and ENOVIA Search Tree are the two most important, you
generally want just those two workbooks available. You can also remove the workbooks to
remove them from the list.
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Go to the Customize WorkBook List window. Remember, you will have to right click on
the workbook toolbar, then select on Customize Workbooks.
Select on the Remote File Tree workbook from the current workbook list. This will
activate the Remove button.
Select Remove, then select OK when done. This will remove the Remote File Tree from
the list of current workbooks.
Notice this removes the Remote File Tree from the workbook toolbar.
Go to the Customize Workbook List window, then select on Remote File Tree from the
Default Workbook List. When you select on items from the Default WorkBook List, the
Add-> button will activate.
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Select Add->. This will add the Remote File Tree back to the list of current workbooks.
Notice something different?
When items are added back to the workbook list, they will be uniquely named with the
current username, and a dash number at the end. The item will also appear at the bottom of
the list.
Right click on the Local File Tree from the current workbook list. This will bring up
the contextual menu for the items in the workbook list.
Select Move Up. This will move the Local File Tree above the Declarative File Tree.
Note: You can also drag the various workbooks up and down in the list to re-arrange them.
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Since the ENOVIA Home and ENOVIA Search Tree are the two most important
workbooks, you will want to go ahead and turn off all workbooks except those two.
Turn off all workbooks but the ENOVIA Home and ENOVIA Search Tree and select
OK. How you do this is up to you. You can either turn off visibility or you can remove
them from the list. You should only end up with the two icons in your ENOVIA Portal
when done.
Since the ENOVIA home and ENOVIA search tree are the most used workbooks, it is
generally a good idea not to clutter the workbook area with unnecessary workbooks. If you
find that you ever need another workbook, you can always turn the visibility of that
workbook back on or add the necessary workbenches if they were removed from the current
workbench list.
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Creating Custom Workbooks
There are times when you want to create a workbook just for items you use frequently. This
is where a custom workbook comes in handy. You can also create new items in the
workbook, such as bookmarks.
Right click on the workbook toolbar, then select New WorkBook. This will create a new
workbook in the list. As soon as you create the workbook, you can rename it. For the
moment, you will look at renaming the workbook after creation.
Select anywhere in the blank area on the WorkBook Toolbar. This will create the new
workbook. Notice that the icon is the same as the ENOVIA Home icon. This can be a
cause for confusion.
Right click on your new workbook, then select Change Icon. This will allow you to
change the icon to something unique.
This book will utilize the yellow worker icon. You may choose to use something else. If
you do, please remember that your icon will not match the icon used in the book.
Select the yellow worker icon. Select OK when done.
This will give the
workbook a unique icon. Remember, you may choose to use a different icon, however, your
icon will not match the icon used in the book.
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Now that the icon is unique, take a quick look at renaming it.
Right mouse click on the new workbook, then select Rename from the contextual
menu. This will display the rename field so you may enter a new name.
Change the name to My Custom WorkBook. This will give your workbook a different
name.
Select on your custom workbook. Notice there is a links folder, however, there are no
links available.
When a custom workbook is created, you will have to add links as necessary. Most custom
workbooks are used for bookmarks and other non-generic items. Since you are not ready to
create bookmarks just yet, you will add a few links from the ENOVIA Home workbook into
your custom links workbook.
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Select on the ENOVIA Home workbook. Expand the Engineering Life Cycle folder. If
you remember from the introduction, the Engineering Life Cycle branch holds most of the
tools for working directly with the data in the ENOVIA database.
Right click on Product Classes. This will display the contextual menu for the Product
Class Editor. Since all of the applications within the ENOVIA Home workbook work the
same way, take a moment to look at the various options available.
Activate
Launches the application
Modify Bookmark
Modifies the path the link points to. You do not ever want to modify
the bookmark on a default application, otherwise you might not be
able to run the application. Modifying the bookmark is reserved for
custom ENOVIA applications, or custom links placed in the
workbook.
Copy / Cut
Copies or cuts the link from the workbook. Once copied or cut, it can
be pasted back into another folder.
Delete
Removes the item from the list. This option is similar to a cut,
however, it does not allow for a paste.
Rename
Renames the application. Keep in mind, if you rename your
applications, although it may make more sense to you, they will differ
from the defaults, and thus may make support more difficult.
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Select Copy. This will copy the Product Classes application to the clipboard.
Select your custom workbook from the workbooks toolbar. Right click on the Links
folder at the top of your custom workbook. This will display the contextual menu for the
folder.
Select Paste. This will paste the link for the Product Classes into your custom workbook.
Add one more link to your custom workbook.
Switch back to the ENOVIA Home workbook. Expand the User Services branch.
Right click on the Publish Subscribe application, then select Copy. This will copy the
Publish Subscribe application.
Paste the Publish Subscribe application into your workbook. Remember, you will have
to select on your Links branch, then right click to paste the application.
As you work through this book, you will find there are certain applications that you will
utilize more than others. If you find you would like to create more links in your workbook,
please feel free to do so. Be sure to keep in mind, your workbook will be different from
other people’s workbooks. When initially learning, it is generally best to keep from creating
a lot of custom workbooks, but rather to use the generic workbooks. This allows you to
better help others and receive help while utilizing the same workbook structure.
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General ENOVIA Navigation
Now you are ready to take a look at some general navigation in ENOVIA. It is useful to be
able to adjust window pane sizes, as well as adjust the number of windows visible.
Select on the ENOVIA home workbook, then expand the Engineering Life Cycle
branch by selecting the plus next to it.
Since the engineering life cycle branch is
where you will perform most of your work, you will look at activating and closing a few of
the applications found there.
Right click on the product classes application, then select Activate. The product classes
application will be discussed in the next section, for now, you are just working on opening
and closing applications. This will launch the product classes application into the active
application zone.
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With the application active, now take a look at manipulating the display to make the
application more visible.
Select the collapse icon in the portal toolbar.
This will collapse the portal toolbar
and the active workbook to allow for more room for the active application.
Many times, you will find it useful to collapse the portal toolbar to have extra space for the
applications running.
Select the expand icon in the portal toolbar.
the active workbook back out.
This will expand the portal toolbar and
You can also just change the size of your active workbook area by dragging the dividing
bar. You will try that next.
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Point your cursor to the bar between the active application and the active workbook.
Your cursor should turn to a double arrow slider icon as shown in the image.
Select and drag the bar to the left. This will shrink the active workbook area, as well as
the ENOVIA portal toolbar.
Note: Exact placement of the slider is not necessary. Your ENOVIA portal may not appear
exactly as shown based on placement.
You can also slide the bars in the middle of the application windows. Feel free to practice
moving the window areas around.
Slide the active workbook area back out until all the text in the ENOVIA home
workbook is visible. It is generally a good idea to be able to read all of the text.
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Activate the products application. All you will need to do is right click on the products
branch under the engineering life cycle folder then select activate. This will activate the
product editor and place it on top of the product class editor.
Notice the product editor is placed in the active application windows area at the bottom of
the ENOVIA Portal screen. A running list of all active applications are kept here.
Notice the name of the applications are shortened. The names will always be decreased to
the same size, regardless of how large you make your ENOVIA screen.
Select the Product Class Editor from the active application window area. This is
shown in the image below.
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This will change your active application back to the product class editor. You can switch
between as many applications as necessary.
Now you will take a look at some of the general portal settings.
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General Settings
The general settings allow you to change some of the fundamental and generic settings for
ENOVIA.
Select the Settings icon from the ENOVIA portal toolbar.
general settings for the ENOVIA portal.
This will display the
Take a moment to look at some of the settings.
Number of views
Defines the number of active applications displayed
simultaneously. You can only choose between one and two
views.
Layout
Defines the layout of the views, either horizontal or vertical
Sound
Turns sounds on or off in ENOVIA
Home URL
This defines the web page that ENOVIA launches when you
select the ENOVIA home icon
Start with Home Page
Defines if the home page will be displayed on startup or not
Unit for Distances
Defines the default units ENOVIA will use
Default date style
Defines how dates will be displayed
Context information
Displays information about the currently logged in user,
server, project, and other session information
Proxy Configuration
Allows the configuration of a proxy server to be defined. This
is for using ENOVIA outside of a company firewall and proxy
server.
Embedded Browser
Defines the browser used when in ENOVIA
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Change the Number of views to 2. This will change the active application area to show
two windows.
Select OK when done. This will change the window to show both the product class editor
and the product editor simultaneously.
The size of each window can be adjusted by dragging the solid bar between the two active
applications.
Activate the Components application from the ENOVIA home workbook. Notice
which window it covered up.
The component editor is in the left hand window. Now watch what happens when you
launch another editor.
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Activate the Parts application from the ENOVIA home workbook. The parts editor
activates on top of the product editor (the right hand window).
Select on the product editor (Product E...-1) from the active application windows area.
If you remember right, the product editor was on the right hand pane before you activated
the part editor.
Notice where the product editor is now? The product editor is in the left hand application
area. Why did the window move from the right window to the left window? When working
with two windows, ENOVIA will always replace the inactive window with the new
application. This means that since the product editor is active (highlighted in the active
application windows area), the next window selected, or the next application activated will
replace the part editor since it is not active. Test this theory.
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Select the product class editor window (Product C...-1) that is already active. Just select
the product class editor from the active application windows area.
Working with two windows can sometimes become confusing. It is highly recommended
that while learning ENOVIA you utilize just one window at a time. Before switching back
to one window, take a look at a horizontal layout.
Select the settings icon, then change the layout to Horizontal. Select OK when done.
This will change the two windows to have a horizontal layout rather than a vertical layout.
As mentioned earlier, working with two windows can become very frustrating and
confusing. It is highly recommended that you learn with just one window active.
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Change the number of views back to one. While in the settings window, you should
also take the opportunity to change your Unit for Distances to inch. This will save you
from having to change the units later in this book.
Be sure to select OK when finished. Now you are ready to close the active windows.
Select, then right click on the part editor window(Part Edit...-1). You must select on the
part editor first, otherwise, you will be closing the active application (in this case the
product class editor). This will display the contextual menu for the window.
Close
Closes the window and exits the application
Rename
Renames the window. If you rename an active application, the
new name will only exist for the life of the application. If you
close the window, the new name will be gone. This is also the
case if you close ENOVIA. It is not recommended that you
spend a lot of time renaming your windows since they will not
stay renamed.
Collapse
When the window tiling functionality is added to ENOVIA,
this will collapse, or minimize the active window.
Bookmark in Workbook
Allows you to bookmark the window in a workbook
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Select Close. This will close the window.
Close all the other windows. This will take you back to a blank active application area.
At this point, you are ready to start utilizing ENOVIA to access product classes and
products.
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