PDM-Workbench PDM-Workbench Release 2.5 User Manual - CMI.

Force Load CATPartWhen you have loaded the CATIA node into the structure via the Desk command becausethe file could not be loaded then you can load the CATIA data with the required PDM-Workbench information. For this you have to select the CATIA node and open the contextmenu. Then choose “PDM-WorkbenchForce Load CATPart”.Highlight PDM NodesSometimes it is important to find a PDM node when you are working on the correspondingobject in the geometry, e.g. in order to check out the PDM object. Or you have selected anobject in the PDM product structure and want to see the corresponding object in thegeometry.For this you can select an object in the geometry and click on the right mouse button. Thecontext menu opens and you have to choose “PDM-WorkbenchHighlight PDM Nodes”(see Picture 55: Action “Highlight PDM Nodes”).Picture 55: Action “Highlight PDM Nodes”The PDM-Workbench window will be displayed in the foreground and the objects thatcorrespond to the selection in the geometry will be highlighted (marked) (see Picture 56:Highlighted nodes in PDM Structure). If there is no PDM-Workbench window opened youwill get a warning that you have to open the PDM structure first. It is important that youhave only one PDM Structure window for this Part Number.PDM-Workbench User Manual 33