Its important to know if your CAD structure contains 'non latest' versions of CAD Documents, especially if you need to work with the latest data, while the latest data might be available in SmarTeam only. Within the PLM and CATIA connector there are various ways you can check this.

1. Through the use of dot icons in CATIA:

Orange, red and purple dot icons can be added to the standard CATIA symbols to indicate if a document is out of date. See this FAQ for more information on icons.              

	Orange Dot: Not latest. At least one newer version exists only in SmarTeam (and not yet in the PLM). Note, the SmarTeam data sync process will occur each night, so the orange dot will appear the day after new SmarTeam data is created.
	Red Dot: Not latest. At least one newer version exists in the PLM, but all versions are available in the PLM.
	Purple Dot: The CAD document has out of date dependencies.

2. Through the 'Check dependencies' window in the PLM:
   
   From a CAD documents profile card, it is possible to open up a tree structure of the CAD and check if any of the dependencies are ‘not current’. Click on the icon shown below in the profile card header.

The new opened window will use the same colour code as used in CATIA and described above to highlight if a document is out of date or has out of date dependencies. There is a counter on the right-hand side to total how many documents are ‘non-current’, either due to new versions available in the PLM or SmarTeam.

There are different filters available on the right, and a filter search field at the top. This box will filter for both document number and description.
 

3. Through the PLM profile card header:

When viewing an individual CAD documents profile card, information will be displayed in the header if it is not the latest.

• If there is a new version available in the PLM (red dot), the following text will be displayed with a link to the latest version in the PLM:
  
  
   
• If it is the latest in the PLM but there is a new version available in SmarTeam (orange dot), the following text will be displayed:
  
  
• If its both not current in the PLM and SmarTeam (orange dot), there will be a link to the latest version available in the PLM, but it will also state there is an even newer version in SmarTeam:
  
  

4. Through the CAD document attributes 'Is Current' & 'Is Current in SmarTeam'

When searching for CAD documents, or viewing them in a relationship grid from a profile card, you can see the 'Is Current' (in the PLM) & 'Is Current in SmarTeam' attributes