Article - CS219376

Building CATIA V5 Abstraction Library fails with ERROR: Abstraction or loader files don't exist

Modified: 26-Nov-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.0
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager
  • CATIA V5

Description

  • Building CATIA V5 Abstraction Library (DLLs) fails installation results as follows: 
    ERROR: Abstraction or loader files don't exist
    See the installation log '###\CATIA5Builder\install.log' for details. Click Done to exit the installer.
  • CATIA_V5_Builder.exe utility fails with message: Abstraction or Loader files don't exist
  • install.log reports issues with RADE licence:
Licensing error: No RADELicensing.xml file found in folder <path>
License settings not found or invalid: use the CATVBTLicenser tool to configure your RADE licenses or point the RADECATSettingPath variable
Process Error: License settings not found or invalid: use the CATVBTLicenser tool to configure your RADE licenses or point the RADECATSettingPath variable to your RADE settings directory
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: In framework Catia5Abstraction module Catia5Abstraction.m has no module.data associated
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework Catia5Abstraction has no framework.data associated
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Unable to load framework.data or one or more module.data for framework [Catia5Abstraction].
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework [Catia5Abstraction] is not treated.
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Process Error: License settings not found or invalid: use the CATVBTLicenser tool to configure your RADE licenses or point the RADECATSettingPath variable to your RADE settings directory
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: In framework wt_cat_loader module wt_cat_loader.m has no module.data associated
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework wt_cat_loader has no framework.data associated
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Unable to load framework.data or one or more module.data for framework [wt_cat_loader].
Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework [wt_cat_loader] is not treated.
  • ​​​​​​Building abstraction files for WWGM CATIA V5 failed with error in install.log

    Process Error: Licensing error : RADE Licensing folder: ###\AppData\Roaming\DassaultSystemes\CATSettings\RADE does not exist.
    Process Error: License settings not found or invalid: use the CATVBTLicenser tool to configure your RADE licenses or point the RADECATSettingPath variable to your RADE settings directory
    Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: In framework Catia5Abstraction module Catia5Abstraction.m has no module.data associated
    Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework Catia5Abstraction has no framework.data associated
    Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Unable to load framework.data or one or more module.data for framework [Catia5Abstraction].
    Process Error: # mkmk-ERROR: Framework [Catia5Abstraction] is not treated.
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