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Student Guide
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CATIA V5-6R2016:
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Visual Basic Automation
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Preface ........................................................................................................... vii
In this Guide ................................................................................................... ix
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Practice Files .................................................................................................. xi
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Chapter 1: Fundamentals............................................................................. 1-1
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CATIA Automation Platforms ............................................................ 1-2
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1.2 VB6 ................................................................................................... 1-3
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Event-driven Programming ............................................................... 1-3

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IDE (Integrated Development Environment) ..................................... 1-4

GUI (Graphical User Interface) ......................................................... 1-5
COM (Component Object Model)...................................................... 1-5
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1.3 VBA................................................................................................... 1-7

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1.5 VB.NET ............................................................................................. 1-9

1.6 In-process and Out-of-process Applications ............................. 1-10
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In-process Applications ................................................................... 1-10

Out-of-process Applications ............................................................ 1-10
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1.7 Registering CATIA Libraries ........................................................ 1-11

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Chapter 2: CATIA Object Model .................................................................. 2-1

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2.1 Objects, Classes, Properties, and Methods ................................. 2-2

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Example of an Object in CATIA ........................................................ 2-2

2.2 Inheritance ....................................................................................... 2-4
Example of Inheritance in CATIA ...................................................... 2-5
2.3 Aggregation ..................................................................................... 2-6
2.4 Collections and Abstract Objects.................................................. 2-7
2.5 CATIA Object Diagram.................................................................... 2-8
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2.6 CATIA Automation Documentation ............................................... 2-9

Practice 2a Navigating Automation Documentation......................... 2-12
Chapter 3: Introduction to Macros .............................................................. 3-1

3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 3-2
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3.2 Macro Libraries ............................................................................... 3-3
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3.3 Recording or Replaying Macros .................................................... 3-4
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3.4 Viewing or Editing Macros ............................................................. 3-5
Interpreting Macro Recordings.......................................................... 3-6
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Replaying a Macro ............................................................................ 3-7
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Executing a Macro on CATIA startup................................................ 3-7
Macros with Parameters ................................................................... 3-8
3.5 Assigning a Macro to a Toolbar..................................................... 3-9
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Practice 3a Square Pad with Parameters........................................... 3-10
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Practice 3b Series of Round Pads ...................................................... 3-16
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Chapter 4: Introduction to VBA ................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 4-2
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4.2 Event-driven Programming ............................................................ 4-3

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4.3 Forms and Controls ........................................................................ 4-5

4.4 Modules............................................................................................ 4-6
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4.5 Early Versus Late Binding.............................................................. 4-7

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4.7 Object Browser................................................................................ 4-9

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4.8 Programming Tips ........................................................................ 4-10

Running and Debugging ................................................................. 4-10
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Starting a User Form from CATIA ................................................... 4-10

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4.9 Error Handling ............................................................................... 4-11

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4.10 Late Binding when Calling some CATIA Methods ..................... 4-12
Practice 4a Simple User Form with Controls..................................... 4-13
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Chapter 5: CATIA Infrastructure Automation............................................. 5-1

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5.1 CATIA Root Object Diagram .......................................................... 5-2

5.2 Documents Collection .................................................................... 5-3
5.3 Windows Collection ........................................................................ 5-4
5.4 SystemConfiguration Object.......................................................... 5-5
Practice 5a Creating and Saving a Part................................................ 5-6
Practice 5b Opening a Product ............................................................. 5-9
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Chapter 6: Part Infrastructure Automation................................................. 6-1

6.1 Part Document Object Diagram ..................................................... 6-2
6.2 Part and Product Objects ............................................................... 6-3
6.3 Bodies Collection............................................................................ 6-4
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6.4 HybridBodies Collection ................................................................ 6-5
Practice 6a Working with Part Infrastructure ...................................... 6-6
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Chapter 7: Part Design Automation ............................................................ 7-1
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7.1 Part Design Object Diagram........................................................... 7-2
Types of Shape Objects.................................................................... 7-3
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7.2 Sketch Object Diagram................................................................... 7-4
7.3 Creating Sketches........................................................................... 7-5
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Creating Sketch Geometry................................................................ 7-5
Creating Sketch Constraints ............................................................. 7-6
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7.4 Creating Solid Features.................................................................. 7-7
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7.5 Reference Object............................................................................. 7-8
7.6 In Work Object and Part Update .................................................... 7-9
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Practice 7a Working with Sketcher and Part Design ........................ 7-10

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Chapter 8: Shape Design Automation ........................................................ 8-1

8.1 Shape Design Object Diagram....................................................... 8-2
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Types of Hybrid Shape Objects ........................................................ 8-3

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8.4 Creating Shape Features................................................................ 8-6

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Practice 8a Working with Shape Design .............................................. 8-7

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Chapter 9: Assembly Design Automation .................................................. 9-1

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9.1 Product Document Object Diagram .............................................. 9-2

9.2 Product Properties.......................................................................... 9-3
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9.3 Reference Product .......................................................................... 9-4

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Building Product Structure ................................................................ 9-5

9.4 Positioning Assembly Components.............................................. 9-6
Transformation Matrix ....................................................................... 9-6
9.5 Assembly Constraints .................................................................... 9-8
Analyze Object and Bill of Materials.................................................. 9-9
Practice 9a Working with Assembly Design...................................... 9-10
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Chapter 10: Drafting Automation .............................................................. 10-1

10.1 Drawing Document Object Diagram............................................ 10-2
10.2 Sheets and Views.......................................................................... 10-3
Sheets ............................................................................................. 10-3
Views............................................................................................... 10-4
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10.3 Drawing View Object Diagram ..................................................... 10-5
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10.4 GenerativeBehaviour Object........................................................ 10-6
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10.5 Creating Generative Views........................................................... 10-7
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View Projection Plane and Direction ............................................... 10-8
View Positioning.............................................................................. 10-9
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10.6 Creating Dimensions .................................................................. 10-10
10.7 Creating Annotations.................................................................. 10-11
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Drawing Text Object...................................................................... 10-12
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Drawing Table Object.................................................................... 10-13
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10.8 Creating Non-Generative Geometry .......................................... 10-15
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10.9 Creating Frame and Title Block ................................................. 10-16
Frame and Title Block Macros ...................................................... 10-16
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Creating Frame and Title Block..................................................... 10-17
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Practice 10a Creating Drawing Views .............................................. 10-18

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Practice 10b Creating Frame and Title Block .................................. 10-24
Chapter 11: Working with Graphic Properties ......................................... 11-1

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11.1 Selection Object ............................................................................ 11-2

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Adding Elements to Selection ......................................................... 11-3

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11.3 Modifying Graphic Properties...................................................... 11-5

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Practice 11a Working with Graphic Properties ................................. 11-6

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Chapter 12: Interactive Selections ............................................................ 12-1

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12.1 Interactive Selection Options....................................................... 12-2

12.2 Preselection Methods ................................................................... 12-3
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Item Method .................................................................................... 12-3

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FindObject Method.......................................................................... 12-4

12.3 Interactive Methods ...................................................................... 12-5
SelectElement* Methods................................................................. 12-5
Using SelectElement Methods ........................................................ 12-5
IndicateOrSelectElement* Methods ................................................ 12-6
Practice 12a Parsing Pre-Selected Elements .................................... 12-7
Practice 12b Working with SelectElement2 ..................................... 12-10
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Chapter 13: Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete ................................................ 13-1

13.1 Deleting CATIA Objects................................................................ 13-2
13.2 Copying and Pasting CATIA Objects .......................................... 13-3
13.3 Paste Options ................................................................................ 13-4
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Practice 13a Copying and Pasting between Parts ............................ 13-5
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Chapter 14: Parameters and Formulas..................................................... 14-1
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14.1 Parameters and Relations Collections........................................ 14-2
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14.2 Parameters Object Model ............................................................. 14-3
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14.3 Creating Parameters ..................................................................... 14-4
14.4 Valuating Parameters ................................................................... 14-5
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14.5 Working with Units........................................................................ 14-6
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14.6 Relations Object Model ................................................................ 14-7
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14.7 Creating Relations ........................................................................ 14-8
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Practice 14a Measuring Spline Length using Formula..................... 14-9
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Chapter 15: Communication with Microsoft Office ................................. 15-1
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15.1 Microsoft Automation ................................................................... 15-2

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15.2 Microsoft Office Object Model ..................................................... 15-3

15.3 GetObject and CreateObject Methods ........................................ 15-4
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Handling Errors when Contacting Server........................................ 15-4

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Practice 15b Exporting Excel Data to CATIA................................... 15-10

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Appendix A: Completed Practices ..............................................................A-1

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Practice A1 Practice A1 ......................................................................... A-2

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Practice A2 Practice A2 ......................................................................... A-6

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Practice A3 Practice A3 ....................................................................... A-10

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Practice A10 Practice A10 ................................................................... A-27
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Preface
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The CATIA V5-6R2016: Visual Basic Automation student guide provides you a
good understanding of the different ways to automate tasks using CATIA macros
and Visual Basic programming. Using hands-on practices, you will use VB
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programming to work with parts, assemblies, drawings, selections, parameters
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and formulas, graphic properties, and to exchange data with Microsoft Excel.
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Topics Covered:
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• CATIA V5 Object Model
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• Creating Part Design and Shape Design features
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• Working with Product Structure and Assembly Design
• Scripting Drawing Views, Frames, and Title Blocks

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• Deleting, Cutting, Copying, Pasting CATIA objects

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• Interactive Selections
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• Communication with MS Office

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Note on Software Setup

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This student guide assumes a standard installation of the software using the
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default preferences during installation. Lectures and practices use the standard
software templates and default options for the Content Libraries.
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This guide was written against CATIA V5-6R2016, Service Pack 1.

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Practice Files
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introduction and a list of the
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the current topic. Objectives.
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Practices
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Learning Topics in this Chapter
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Visual Basic Evolution
VB6
• VBA
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• VBScript and CATScript VB.NET
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• VB.NET
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• In-process and Out-of-process Applications

• Registering CATIA Libraries
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1.1 Visual Basic Evolution

Each incarnation of Visual Basic has had a substantially different
syntax, as shown in Figure 1–1
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Figure 1–1
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• The B.A.S.I.C. (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code) is a programming language that was
originally designed in 1963.
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• Visual Basic is Microsoft's dialect of BASIC including
controls, events, and IDE. It was very popular in 1980s
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and 1990s. CATIA V5 Automation was originally designed
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• VB.NET is a completely reworked version of VB. It
replaces VB6, which Microsoft no longer officially
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supports. However, it does not replace VBA or VBScript,
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both of which are still supported by Microsoft. VB.NET is

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supported by CATIA V5R16 and up and should be

preferred over VB6 applications in the future. However, it
does not make VBA or VBScript scripts or macros
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Figure 1–2
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1.2 VB6
Visual Basic 6 (VB6) is an event-driven programming platform
and an associated integrated development environment (IDE) for
building graphical user interfaces (GUI) in the Microsoft
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Component Object Model (COM) programming model.
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Event-driven In event-driven programming, the flow of the program is
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determined by user actions (i.e., mouse clicks, key presses,
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etc.), or messages from other programs, as shown in Figure 1–3.
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Figure 1–3
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In contrast, in sequential programming the flow of the program is

determined by the programmer, as shown in Figure 1–4.
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Figure 1–4
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IDE (Integrated IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a type of computer

software that assists computer programmers in developing
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software. It includes a source code editor, compiler or interpreter,

Environment) build-automation tools, debugger, and object browser, as shown
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Figure 1–5

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GUI (Graphical GUI (Graphical User Interface) is a type of user interface that
enables you to interact with the computer using graphical
User Interface) elements (i.e., toolbars, icons, visual indicators, texts, labels,
etc.), which represent the available information and actions. The
actions are usually performed through direct manipulation of the
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graphical elements, as shown in Figure 1–6.
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Figure 1–6
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COM COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft technology that

is designed to enable inter-process communication and dynamic
(Component object creation in any programming language. The term COM is
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Automation, ActiveX, COM+, and DCOM technologies.
The essence of COM is a language-neutral way of implementing

software components. COM standard permits the reuse of
components with no knowledge of their internal implementation
because it forces component implementers to provide standard
binary interfaces that are separate from the implementation.

CATIA V5 is COM-enabled software, as shown in Figure 1–7.
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Codes for COM objects or components are stored in DLL
libraries and registered in the Windows registry. Therefore, they
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can be called, initiated, or created at any time.
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and object B is the server (the one that provides services to the
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client). The client does not have to know the functions or
methods (i.e., interface) that the server contains in advance.
COM provides for a way to figure that out during the runtime.
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server's interface before it is run, this is called early binding.
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1.3 VBA
The VB6 environment can be hosted in another application, such
as Excel, Word, CATIA, etc. and is event-driven and
GUI-oriented. It has full IDE (i.e., it contains an editor, debugger,
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type checker, object browser, etc.) as shown in Figure 1–8.
However, it cannot run without the host application running. The
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software can only be interpreted (i.e., executed line-by-line), and
might be slower than a compiled VB application.
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1.4 VBScript and CATScript

VBScript is a subset of full VB syntax (some programming
features are omitted). It is designed to run in Web applications
(i.e., Internet Explorer, etc.) and is an extremely simple and
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limited tool. It does not contain IDE, debugging etc., and regular
text editors are used for coding. It is non-GUI-oriented and only a
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couple of very simple interactive dialog boxes are available. It is
non-event-driven and its code represents a flow with a sequence
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• CATScript is a portable version of VBScript. CATScript
macros can run on Unix, as shown in Figure 1–9.
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1.5 VB.NET
VB.NET is the latest incarnation of the popular Microsoft
programming environment. It is also event-driven, has an
integrated development environment (IDE), and is used for
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on COM (although it can call COM objects) and the syntax is
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switching from VB6 to VB.NET:
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COM application. There is no change to how CATIA objects are
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1.6 In-process and

Out-of-process Applications
There are two ways in which a VB application or macro can
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communicate with CATIA: as an in-process or out-of-process
application.
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computer memory. No inter-process communication is involved.
Applications CATIA freezes while the VB application is running. The VB
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application's allocation memory is wiped out after each run.
Therefore, passing data between two subsequent runs is not
possible.
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memory. It communicates with CATIA using inter-process
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Applications messaging. CATIA is fully active while the VB application is
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Explorer (i.e., embedded VBScript or Java scripts).
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1.7 Registering CATIA Libraries

CATIA libraries are automatically registered in the Windows
registry when CATIA is installed. The registration enables you to
double-click on a CATPart or CATProduct to automatically start
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CATIA. A VB application or macro can also locate and
communicate with CATIA objects.
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VB application that is developed or compiled with one CATIA
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release might or might not run correctly with another CATIA
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release. For example, a VB application developed for V5R21
might not work correctly with V5-6R2012, etc. Therefore, it is
recommended that you have the correct CATIA release
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registered before the VB application is used.
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If several CATIA releases are installed on a computer, registering
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a specific release can be done by executing the following
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"C:\Users\All Users\Application Data\DassaultSystemes\

CATEnv"
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© ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge, 2017

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In this Guide ................................................................................................... ix

Event-driven Programming ............................................................... 1-3

IDE (Integrated Development Environment) ..................................... 1-4

1.3 VBA................................................................................................... 1-7

1.4 VBScript and CATScript ................................................................. 1-8

1.5 VB.NET ............................................................................................. 1-9

In-process Applications ................................................................... 1-10

1.7 Registering CATIA Libraries ........................................................ 1-11

Chapter 2: CATIA Object Model .................................................................. 2-1

2.1 Objects, Classes, Properties, and Methods ................................. 2-2

Example of an Object in CATIA ........................................................ 2-2

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2.6 CATIA Automation Documentation ............................................... 2-9

Chapter 3: Introduction to Macros .............................................................. 3-1

4.2 Event-driven Programming ............................................................ 4-3

4.3 Forms and Controls ........................................................................ 4-5

4.5 Early Versus Late Binding.............................................................. 4-7

4.6 Type Libraries.................................................................................. 4-8

4.7 Object Browser................................................................................ 4-9

4.8 Programming Tips ........................................................................ 4-10

Starting a User Form from CATIA ................................................... 4-10

4.9 Error Handling ............................................................................... 4-11

Chapter 5: CATIA Infrastructure Automation............................................. 5-1

5.1 CATIA Root Object Diagram .......................................................... 5-2

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Chapter 6: Part Infrastructure Automation................................................. 6-1

Practice 7a Working with Sketcher and Part Design ........................ 7-10

Chapter 8: Shape Design Automation ........................................................ 8-1

Types of Hybrid Shape Objects ........................................................ 8-3

8.2 HybridBody Object.......................................................................... 8-4

8.3 HybridShapeFactory Object........................................................... 8-5

8.4 Creating Shape Features................................................................ 8-6

Practice 8a Working with Shape Design .............................................. 8-7

Chapter 9: Assembly Design Automation .................................................. 9-1

9.1 Product Document Object Diagram .............................................. 9-2

9.3 Reference Product .......................................................................... 9-4

Building Product Structure ................................................................ 9-5

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Chapter 10: Drafting Automation .............................................................. 10-1

Practice 10a Creating Drawing Views .............................................. 10-18

Practice 10b Creating Frame and Title Block .................................. 10-24

Chapter 11: Working with Graphic Properties ......................................... 11-1

11.1 Selection Object ............................................................................ 11-2

11.2 Working with Selections............................................................... 11-3

Adding Elements to Selection ......................................................... 11-3

11.3 Modifying Graphic Properties...................................................... 11-5

Practice 11a Working with Graphic Properties ................................. 11-6

Chapter 12: Interactive Selections ............................................................ 12-1

12.1 Interactive Selection Options....................................................... 12-2

Item Method .................................................................................... 12-3

FindObject Method.......................................................................... 12-4

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Chapter 13: Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete ................................................ 13-1

15.1 Microsoft Automation ................................................................... 15-2

15.2 Microsoft Office Object Model ..................................................... 15-3

Handling Errors when Contacting Server........................................ 15-4

Practice 15a Exporting CATIA Data to Excel ..................................... 15-6

Practice 15b Exporting Excel Data to CATIA................................... 15-10

Appendix A: Completed Practices ..............................................................A-1

Practice A1 Practice A1 ......................................................................... A-2

Practice A2 Practice A2 ......................................................................... A-6