I have a simple assembly of a head pin on a flat plate. The constraints are 1) axis coincidence 2) contact. Depending on which side of the plate the pin is there is a error on update. I have tried the same scenario in V5R13 SP3 and there is no problem.
The only way I was able to make it work...
You could use this command to start CATIA with a CATPart instead of a CATProduct.
"C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B13\intel_a\code\bin\CNEXT.exe" -env CATIA.V5R13.B13 -workbench "Part Design"
This command was found on the CATIA help file in the Infrastructure User Guide/Starting a session...