#Catia v5 macros for drafting code

I thought it was because the macro opens the file but doesn't close it and I tried adding the close method at the end but I also keep getting errors.ĭim GetData As Range 'range for finding cells in workbookĭim PartNum As String 'variable for search keyĭim MyPath As String 'variable for workbook file pathĭim MyWB As String 'variable for workbook file name I'm having issues with opening the xlsx file even when I close Catia.

#Catia v5 macros for drafting code

When I add the line that's commented in the code bellow i get an error: Method 'Open? of Object 'WorkBooks' Failed.ģ. I cannot change the font using normal VBA methods. Do you perhaps know what would be the cause?Ģ. After I removed the code, everything worked fine. I had to deactivate the code for drawing lines as I got an error for duplicate declaration in current scope for CATIA object. xlsx file and uses it to fill in the text boxes on the drawing. ' You can continue to draw the rest of the lines and try other settings.įerdo, I modified your code so it now reads data from an. Set Line1 = Fact.CreateLine(20, 5, 205, 5) 'these are the coordinates of the starting point x=20, y=5 of the line and end point of the line x=205, y=5Ĭ.SetRealWidth 3,1 Set GeomElems = DrwView.GeometricElements MyText12.SetFontSize 0, 0, 5.00 'iFontSize 'next lines with a different size for fonts - 5 MyText11.SetFontSize 0, 0, 2.500 'iFontSize MyText10.SetFontSize 0, 0, 2.500 'iFontSize 'next lines with a different size for fonts - 2.5

MyText1.SetFontSize 0, 0, 3.500 'iFontSize Set myText = ('Dibujado', 22, 38) 'coordinates x=22, y=38 of left bottom corner of the text location Set MyDrawingViews = MyDrawingSheet.Viewsĭim drwviews As DrawingViews 'make background view activeĭrwviews.Item('Background View').Activate Set MyDrawingSheet = MyDrawingSheets.ActiveSheet Set MyDrawingSheets = MyDrawingDoc.Sheets Set CATIA = GetObject(, 'CATIA.Application') ' Author: ferdo (Disclaimer: You use this code at your own risk) ' Purpose: Macro will activate the backgroud view in an active CATIA drawing (A4 sheet) and will draw a title block Still, if I remember correctly (because now I don't have CATIA) some things are recorded. OK, agree, drafting is not the most user friendly when coding :-). After that you can start to connect Excel cells values with text values in CATIA. Try first to record a macro when you are creating your new title block, this will give you an idea how lines and text are created.