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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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Message box in CATScript

i need to create a message box in CATScript / VBscript and it should have two buttons with names " Next " and "Before " or i could use ">|" and " |< " . How do i create a custom Msgbox . This is the code i am trying to execute according to it . P.s…
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Is it possible to target specific COM Instances of CATIA?

When multiple CATIA sessions are open GetObject returns the first session. Is it possible to target a specific session CATIA session? I have noticed that when an external program accesses CATIA via COM or the internal VBA editor of CATIA is opened,…
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VBScript/CATScript Webservice Request Unix

I'm writig a Script for CATIA to run under both Windows and Unix based systems. For this I'm using CATScript which is a derivative of VBScript, so maybe the VBScript pro's here will have an answer ;-) For this script i need to perfom a webservice…
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Catia non-position sketch orientation

I made some experiments with catia V5 non-positionned (a.k.a simple implicit) sketches The supporting planes of the sketches were the 3 planes of reference of a freshly created part named xy, yz and zx. As a result the local unit vectors of the…
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How can I create an inclined cylinder with catia v5r19?

I would like to create an inclined cylinder with catia v5 but I don't know how. Anyone has an idea of this task? I'm also wondering if I have to draw an inclined plane before the drawing of the cylinder. Thank you in advance for your help
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VB.net string join, adds unneeded space

Having some issues in vb.net string to join two strings together for output to a txt document. My text document is getting an extra space between the two strings I join. This should not be happening. If System.IO.File.Exists(path) = True…
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How to control a 3D model via the API in Catia

I have the following scenario: i am building a animatronic hand using some flex sensor, arduino board and 5 servo. No problem on this side. But i have the following idea: to build a 3D CAD model of the hand in Catia, and in real time the virtual…
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Arduino CAD Simulation in real time

I have the following scenario: i am building a animatronic hand using some flex sensor, arduino board and 5 servo. No problem on this side. But i have the following idea: to build a 3D CAD model of the hand in Catia, or in any other CAD program,…
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How to get array data with CATIA using com4j API to get point coordinate?

I try to retreive information from catia usig com4j. Some methods require to pass an array in argument to retreive information but the array is never populated. In this example is to get coordinate from a point in catia. The declaration of the…
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Customized CATIA V5 Macro to browse Excel coordinate file & plot points

Please bear with my limited knowledge in CATIA VBA. I am having some difficulties in customize a CATIA V5 macro to browse for Excel coordinate points and plot it in CATIA, all with a click on the customized CATIA icon. I got an Excel file with many…
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CATIA V5 VBA: get CATPart linked documents

Is there a way for a catscript/catvbs/catvba to access all the Pointed Documents of a CATPart? I need to retrieve a list of all the Pointed Documents filepaths (similarly to what an interactive user gets with the menu View-->Edit Links-->Pointed…
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How to retrieve CATIA Part object with com4j for java

I’ve tried to use com4j to get the PartDocument of a Catia file but when I get the object it was a Document object and not a PartDocument object. By consequent I cannot access to the method “part” of my object. I try to cast Document to PartDocument…
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Open pop-up, stay on top but not on focus

I made a pop-up that allow some users to run Scripts (CATScripts actually) from a convenient, small interface. Scripts run in Catia, and they need 32 links, provided in my pop up (ugly but useful you know?) It works fine, but the pop-ups keep…
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vba (catia) destroying objects from array

i have a question about destroying object from standard and custom classes through array, here is example: dim class1 As cClass1 dim class2 As cClass2 dim class3 As cClass3 .... Set class1 = New cClass1 Set class2 = New cClass2 Set class3 = New…
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How can I get my Excel macro to interface with CATIA V6?

I created an Excel macro that uses Excel data to create geometry in CATIA V5. I am now trying to figure out how to make it work with CATIA V6. I don't know the commands to make it find the part I have open in CATIA. I have not been able to find any…
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