A python module to access the CATIA Measurable object.
Project description
pycatia
pycatia currently only contains access to the CATIA API Measurable object and it's methods without the need of visual basic / CATScripts. pycatia also provides easy to use python methods to loop through a product and it's children.
Some of the methods can be accessed simply using the pywin32 module but further access to methods such as GetCOG do not seem to be accessible using pure python. There are several questions on stack overflow and the pywin32 mailing list regarding this. But, they fail to provide any working examples with the VB Measurable object in python.
pycatia accesses these methods by running VBA scripts using the
Dispatch('CATIA.Application').SystemService.Evaluate()
function where required
and passing a small public function to it. Otherwise, pycatia uses the VB method
directly but exposes it within the same python class.
This has currently only been tested in CATIA V5 R21.
Requirements
- python >= 3.6
- CATIA V5/V6
- see requirements.txt
Installation
with pip
.. code-block::
pip install pycatia
with git
Clone the master branch from github into your working folder.
.. code-block::
git clone https://github.com/evereux/pycatia.git
download zip
.. _master_branch.zip: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/archive/master.zip
Download and unpack the master_branch.zip_
Usage
-----
This example shows how to get the first point in the geometrical set 'Points'.
.. code-block::
# initial set-up to get access to the CATIA COM objects.
import pycatia
catia = pycatia.CATIAApplication()
document = pycatia.Document(catia.catia)
part = pycatia.Part(document.document)
spa_workbench = pycatia.create_spa_workbench(document.document)
# find the geometrical set by name called 'Points'
hybrid_body = part.get_hybrid_body_by_name('Points')
# get the first point in the geometrical set.
point1 = hybrid_body.HybridShapes.Item(1)
# create the reference and measurable objects
point1_reference = pycatia.create_reference(part.part, point1)
point1_measurable = pycatia.create_measurable(spa_workbench, point1_reference)
# create the catia measurable object
measurable = pycatia.CATIAMeasurable(point1_measurable)
# run the get_point() method from CATIAMeasurable.
point_coordinate = measurable.get_point()
# point_coordinate is a tuple representing it's x, y, z values.
print(point_coordinate)
>>> (0.0, 8.0, -4.0)
# print x
print(point_coordinate[0]
>>> 0,0
For a complete list of methods available on a measurable object see
the class CATIAMeasurable in `measurable.py`.
Links
-----
.. _pycatia.readthedocs.io: https://pycatia.readthedocs.io
.. _pypi.org: https://pypi.org/project/pycatia/
Documentation: pycatia.readthedocs.io_.
Releases: pycatia @ pypi.org_
Examples
--------
.. _example_1: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_1.py
.. _example_2: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_2.py
.. _example_3: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_3.py
.. _example_4: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_4.py
.. _example_5: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_5.py
.. _example_6: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/blob/master/example_6.py
1. Open the file catia_measurable.CATPart from the folder tests.
2. Run the example scripts.
example_1_
Shows how to access the CATIA COM object with a .CATPart open and
get the center of gravity for the part body 'PartBody'.
example_2_
Shows how to get all the points in the geometrical set 'Points' and
get the co-ordinate.
example_3_
Shows how to search for all points in the document and return the
co-ordinates.
example_4_
Shows how to loop through a product and determine whether child is
a CATProduct or CATPart.
example_5_
Shows how to parse and csv file and create points in a CATIA part.
example_6_
Examples of how to open, save as and close a CATIA file.
Running The Tests
-----------------
* Run the command: `py.test -v --cov-report term-missing --cov=pycatia tests/`
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