Loading/Saving a CATDrawing (Unresolved Link)

This task will show you how to load a CATDrawing document from an existing CATPart document. Use the same methodology to load a CATProduct, a sheet metal Part or a .model V4/V5 document.
In this particular case, all the links that exist between the CATDrawing document and the CATPart will be unresolved as you will choose not to load the referenced document.
You can now modify your CATPart choosing not to update the related CATDrawing document.

Before You Begin, make sure you customize the following settings:

Load referenced document:
Go to Tools->Options-> General option (General tab) and uncheck the Load referenced documents option (option set by default). Press OK and re-start the software.

Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document.

If the CATPart does not exist at all, the following message will appear simultaneously: "The following links could not be found or contain wrong information".

Make sure the specification tree actually appears as shown here. In other words, the specification tree shows that the links between the CATPart and the projection views are not resolved.

Select the Edit->Links command.
The Links dialog box appears with the existing links between the CATDrawing and its related CATPart. In this example, this corresponds to links applied to the front, rear, top, bottom, left, right and isometric views. These links are not found (although currently displayed in our session).
This means the following commands are no longer available: Projection View, Dressup and Dimension.

Still, you can modify the graphic properties of the elements.

Select the line corresponding to the link to be solved.

If needed, select the option from the Links dialog box.
You can now solve the links in the current session.

What you can also do is change the source in order to re-define the link and assign it to an equivalent part.

Press OK.

FOR MORE DETAILS

	At any time, you can select one feature and open or change the source (CATPart) corresponding to this feature. For more details, see Infrastructure User's Guide.
	The Search Order capability allows you to solve links. For more details, see Infrastructure User's Guide.