A python module to interface with the CATIA V5 COM object.
Project description
alpha software
This is alpha software.
All the test cases and examples work but there will be many issues outside of the test framework. The CATIA com interface is huge and I’ve predominantly only worked / tested on those I can figure out how to use.
The entire framework is now in place for others to contribute so if you know CATIA and python (being already familiar with automation using the more traditional methods will help) please do contribute. Bonus points for adding tests too.
I have limited access to CATIA licences / workbenches. Also, there’s are many modules that I simply don’t know what they do. Thus my ability to test and support can be limited.
All this said many bugs that exist should be for the most part be quite easy to fix using those methods that do work as a reference.
Requirements
python >= 3.9
CATIA V5 running on Windows.
see requirements.txt
Installation
see installation.
Usage
See the introduction, examples and user_scripts for a good over view on how to use pycatia.
Links
Releases: pycatia @ pypi.org
Examples And Scripts
See the documentation @ examples and user_scripts.
A GUI based application that uses pycatia - pycatia-tools.
Asking Questions
Please read the following with regards to raising questions: https://github.com/evereux/pycatia/issues/28
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md in root of github repository.
Running The Tests
Prior to running the tests please ensure CATIA V5 has the following configuration settings:
CGR cache system must be disabled.
Do not activate default shapes on open must be disabled.
Parameter names must not have back ticks enabled. Tools > Options > General > Parameters and Measure > Knowledge > Parameter Names > Surrounded by the ` symbol.
On the first run, during the running of the tests, the test suite will create the CATIA drawing, products and part it requires to run in the folder tests/cat_files.
CATIA V5 should already be running and have NO documents already open.
To run the tests with coverage (-v is verbosity):
py.test -v --cov-report term-missing --cov=pycatia
To run a specific test:
py.test -v tests/test_product.py::test_move
To stop tests running after first failure.
py.test -vx
Release process
A reminder for @evereux. I don’t do this often and forget …
Check version is correct.
Check changelog has been updated.
- Run the tests. pytest -v tests
Ensure cache is disabled and
Fix any issues.
- Run the examples.
Fix any issues.
- Build the docs. cd docs ./make html
Fix any issues.
Run mypy over module. mypy pycatia
- Build source. python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
Check source contents.
Build pycatia exe python -m nuitka --standalone pycatia-exe.py. * use 64 env. * rename pycatia-exe.exe. * copy build to win_32 folder and zip.
Merge changes with master branch and upload.
Upload to pypi. twine upload dist/*.
Update github releases.
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