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UsingTheSelectiveLoad
Thistaskshowsyouhowtoloadsomecomponentspartiallyinanassembly.
LaunchingaSelectiveLoadmeansloadingitsgeometryintothesystemmemory.
Thedifferencewiththepreviousfunctionality,LoadingComponents,isthatSelectiveLoadismore
preciseandmoreselective.YoucanchoosetoloadonlyaCATPartand/oraCATProductinan
assembly.ItcanbeappliedonlywhentheoptionLoadreferenceddocuments,inTools>Options>
Generalisdeactivated.
SeealsonexttaskSpecifyingtheDepthLevelwhenopeningProductStructure.
1.TheoptionLoadreferenceddocumentsinTools>Options>Generalmustbedeselected:

2.OpentheAnalyzingAssembly02.CATProductdocument.

1.CRIC_FRAME.1,CRIC_SCREW.1,CRIC_TOP.1andSet.1areunloaded.Asymbolappearsinthe
uprightcorneronthedocumenticoninthespecificationtreetoindicateanunloadeddocument
.Theelements'geometrydisappears.
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IfyoufindazebrasymbolontheCATParticon
cannotbefound.

,itmeansthatthedocument'sreference

2.Then,selecttheelement(s)youwanttodownload.TovisualizeCRIC_FRAME.1forinstance,
selectthisCATPartandclicktheSelectiveLoadicon
ProductLoadManagementdialogboxappears:

3.Inthisdialogbox,presstheSelectiveLoadbutton
appearsintheDelayedactionslist.ClickOK.

TheCRIC_FRAME.1isloaded.ItsCATPartsymbol
itsgeometryappearsasshownbelow:

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intheProductStructuretoolbar.The

andthenameofthecomponent

comesbackintheSpecificationTreeand

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4.YoucandothesamewithSet.1.Inthefollowingscreenshot,youcanseethatthisSelective
Loadfunctionalitycanonlybeappliedtoonelevel,thereisnoincidentontheelement's
children.CRIC_BRANCH_1,CRIC_BRANCH_3.1andCRIC_JOIN_1arenotloaded:

AsopposedtoSelectiveLoad,theProductInitializationoptionallowsyoutodownloadCATIA
componentsindividually.InordertohaveCRIC_BRANCH_1,CRIC_BRANCH_3and/orCRIC_JOIN
downloaded,itisnecessarytoproceedwiththeSelectiveLoad.
5.IfyouwanttodownloadthesubelementsofSubset1aswell,youneedtoselecttheoptionall
intheOpendepthlevel:

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Andyouobtain:

WhentheAssemblyismorecomplex,youcanalsodecidetoloadtheelementsuntilthesecond
level,inthiscaseyouselecttheOpendepthlevelnumber2.
BythesamewaytheusercanputthecomponentintheSHOW/NOSHOWmodebyclicking
ontheicons:

forSHOWand

forNOSHOW.

Asitisexplainedatthebeginningofthisdocument,whentheLoadReferencedDocuments
optionisnotselected,theCATPartsorCATProducts"sons"arenotloaded.Butwhenthe
Cacheisalsoactivated,youcanvisualizeCGRdocumentstherefore,theopeningofsuch
documentsisallowed.
Edit>Links...doesnotloadvisualizationforCGRandotherassociateddocumentsunlikethe
CATPart.CATPartishandledthroughproductinstancereferencelinkandhenceits
visualizationisrestoredafterloadingthroughEdit>Links...orFile>Desk..>Load.
ForCGRandotherassociateddocumentsdedicatedcommandsareavailable

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(Activate/DeactivateNodeorManageRepresentations).Formoreinformation,seeManaging
Representations.

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