CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) is a CAD/CAM/CAE software developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes. It is widely used in automobile and aeroplane construction. Plugins for CATIA can be developed with the commercial API called CAA from the same company. CATIA has also a reduced, but free API called Automation Interface that can be used via COM.
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generate xml file from Catia treeview
I have a Catia design of a product assembly.
It has few parts and the whole product is comprised of these parts.
I am able to generate the excel file but can't retain the hierarchy of the tree structure.
How to export the tree structure of the Catia…
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Macro in Delmia
I am programming some VBA macros in Delmia with interface to make easier the life of the user.
I know, in Delmia, there is the option to "Start Recording" macro, then I can make some operation in delmia and see the code generated by these…
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How to use an object from another userform in vbscript?
I am working with multiple userforms in vbscript.
I am creating an object in a userform and trying to call it in another userform.
I tried declaring the object as Public in both the userforms but still I am not able to acess the object from another…
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CATIA VBA, get CATPart and CATProduct linked documents
I need to have access to the list of all the Pointed Documents. (Similar to View-->Edit Links-->Pointed Documents tab)
There exists a solution for CATDrawing but, seems there is no way for parts and products.
Here is similar question:
CATIA V5 VBA:…
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Opening excel file (e.g. C:\xxx\xxx/.xls) in Catia
I am really new in vba and i would like to ask how can i open specific excel file (xxx.xls) in Catia by macro. Thank you for your help in advance.
Cheers
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Finding components of constraint in Catia via macro
does anyone know hot to get information via Catia macros about component (planes, faces, axis etc.) used in making constraint?
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Run CATscript from IE11 with Javascript
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the code CATIA.SystemService.ExecuteScript(sPath, 0, sName + ".CATScript", "CATMain", aParams) ; throw error Type mismatch, and i don't understand since in IE11 (I know, but I have to) debugger, the watch of CATIA.SystemService gives me…
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Using Help File in Catscript Msgbox
I'm trying to use Help Files to add contextual help in MsgBox (from Catia).
The idea is that the MsgBox is too small, and too limited (no pictures, no links...) to clearly display help.
So I'm calling MsgBox like this:
iType = iType +…
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Q-Checker Free Open Source Equivalents
Just wondering if anybody has come across an open source free equivalent to Catia's Q-Checker
Any help much appreciated
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How to write co-ordinates in German numbering format in a text file using CATIA vb script?
I am working with CATIA vb script and I am getting the co-ordinates of the points from the model and writing it in a text file. While writing it in a text file I want to write in German numbering format, where "." is read as ",".
Thank you!!
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Undo last action in vb.net in Catia
I am trying to Undo last action in Catia via vb.net. I have tried (after grabbing catia object):
CATIA.StartCommand("Undo")
CATIA.StartCommand("Undo Empty selection")
no results. When I switch to CATIA window and press Ctr^Z undo works.
I…
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CATIA and VB.NET detect closing of CATIA in external app
I latched onto the Catia using:
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim boolCatAlive As Boolean
boolCatAlive = False
Try
Dim myCatia As INFITF.Application
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Userform for Dimensioning Parts Catia V5
I'm a new VBA user and, so far, I've only used it for Excel databases.
Now, I'd like to use it in CATIA V5. For starters, I'd like to make a parameterized part whose dimensions can be modified in a userform. Is this possible?
So far, I believe it…
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declaring and initializing global variables
I have this userform with two buttons , one saying "next" and other saying "start" . Apart from this there exists a module of name "module1" containing the whole operation code. the idea is that clicking start initializes a variable "angle" as 0 and…
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How to generate new numbers if i run the program everytime from the begining?
I am working on CATScript in optimization of a part.
When I run the script everytime it shoud provide numbers in ascending order.
For example if I run the program for the first time it should provide the output as " 1 "
and if I run the program…
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