itaps-parallel Part handle decision

[Devine, Karen D]

All:

Some questions arose about whether we had reached a consensus on how to
access part info.  I believe we did reach a consensus, but I have not yet
updated the interface document.  Please forgive me for the delay; this
summer has been just crazy!  I'll make the update a priority for our phone
conf.

Summarizing the consensus:  Part handles exist to identify on-processor
parts; these part handles can be passed in place of entity sets to many of
the iMesh functions.  Global identification of parts is accomplished through
part IDs that are globally unique.  Functions that convert between part IDs
and part handles will return valid values for on-processor parts; for
off-processor parts, they will return errors.

If your understanding of the consensus is different from the above, please
let me know right away.  Thanks.

Karen