Run Catvba and Design Databases?

[Ruky]

Hi,
Does Catvba only run through the Catia window or can you also run it through a database? I read somewhere in the net that Catia is just a portal to the database that holds the product documents. SO I am curious if you can skip the portal and just run catvba directly in the database itself.

Thanks

 

[ferdo]

Hi,

I would be happy to avoid using CATIA to perform different tasks and save datastream to database but no way for a user. And CATIA is not a portal. 3DCom is the portal which is working with CATIA (speaking about v5).

By default there is no other way to save to VPM/3DCom, you have to use CATIA. 3DCom client and server combination works in principle on following way:
- 3Dcom/VPM server is the actual client for VPM. This Server has database connector client. (database connector is the important thing; it can communicate things to database, that is the core of VPM)
- 3DCom client sends save commands and actual datastream from client (thru CATIA commands) to 3DCOm server with binary files and XML commands (as far as I know).



Regards
Fernando

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