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You can only unload CATPart and CATProduct documents in an assembly. For a model document, you must use the deactivate representation functionalities.

Unloading a CATIA document and reloading the same document after several modifications in the CATProduct may lead to Part Number conflicts.

If the Cache is ON and you open a CATPart, it is not loaded (Visualization mode) but its geometry is visible in the 3D view. You reload it (Design mode) and then you activate the Unload functionality on this CATPart: it is unloaded (Visualization mode) and its geometry is visible, which means that it goes back to the initial state. With Cache ON, performing Unload command on a CATPart Instance will in fact switch it back to Visualization mode.

 

If you did not select the Cache option, the geometry of the CATPart disappears and its icon indicates the unloaded status. Then, to reload the same CATPart, select it and click the Load icon. Therefore, the Part re-appears in the Geometry space and, in the Specification Tree, its icon changes into the loaded status.