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Hi all, I have the following macro to convert a BOM table in a catdrawing to a Excel spread sheet but it gets hung up at line 6 "Dim drwdoc As Document". i would greatly appreciate any help. my knowledge of macros is VERY basic and limited. Sub TableToExcel() '\\Global Declarations Dim...

Hi all, Is there a way to link a parameter on the top level of an assembly with a constraint such as an offset constraint or angle constraint on a sub-assembly so that you do not have to dig down to the sub-assembly to change the offset value? Also, same question about a top level assembly...

Hi guys, When I create a new front/unfolded/view from 3d view in my drafting workbench the "Generative view style" toolbar does not automatically appear even though I have "Prevent generative view style usage" deselected. I've been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now to no avail...

Hi all, does anyone have or could help me with a VIEW CROSS REFERENCE IDENTIFIER MACRO. I would like to be able to have it so that you put in the sheet number(top box) and zone(bottom box) using either a single message box or a message box for each one. would also like it to be appropriately...

Hi All, My co-worker is missing the view name in the tree and on the drawing in the drafting workbench. In the TOOLS-OPTIONS-DRAFTING-LAYOUT VIEW NAME, SCALE FACTOR, AND VIEW FRAME are all selected. When going to the individual view properties under VIEW tab VIEW NAME boxes are empty. All I can...

Hi Everyone, I am lacking knowledge in the macro writing department. Currently our title block displays "XXX" as the customer model name. I would like for it the display the name of the file where the views in the drawing are coming from. could I get help with this? thanks.

Hi everyone, currently our titleblock has the letters at the top and bottom and the numbers at the left and right. I am wanting to reverse this. I am new to the macro game and am struggling to do this. attached is what I believe is the section of the titleblock macro for the grid numbers and...

Hi everyone, Is there a way to have the current date and current user automatically generate in a table cell when the drawing is opened? I am unable to figure out how to do this using attribute links. Any help is greatly appreciated. thank you.

Hi Everyone, Since CATIA does not have an "equal spaces" symbol(letter "S" with "=" through it)I am trying to add one to the engineering symbols. I am having trouble finding a font that has this type of symbol. Can anyone help?

Hi all, I'm looking for some help extracting 3d points and exporting to excel. I want to be able to select the geoset and axis to use to get my x,y,z coords. can anyone help? I have done a bit of searching on the web and can't seem to find anything that works for me. I haven't learned the...

Hi everyone, I am wanting to create a drafting catalog for 2d symbols for doing drawings. does anyone know where I can go to get these symbols so that I don't have to make them all? Any help is appreciated.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to make my rectangle frame around my dimensions, for a basic dimension, in the drafting work bench a little smaller. it could probably come in half the distance on all four sides. thanks.

Hi all, somehow my manager keeps ending up with a random pad at the end of his models that he is not putting there. can anyone tell my why this is happening and how to stop it? thanks

thread560-322777 Hi everyone, I am trying to us the script that camadian posted in the above thread (extract points to .csv). I keep getting a runtime error permission denied on line "Set data_file = filesys.CreateTextFile(file_path2, True)". I am using CATIA V5-6 RELEASE 2015 SP5 BUILD NUMBER...

Can anyone tell me what the font and character number are for the equally spaced symbol so that I can use it in catia?

Hi everyone, CATIA user here. You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge for script writing. the person who wrote the script for our drawing title block included lines that would create a text box that says "Notes:". I would like to add a line to this that would skip a line after "Notes:" and...

Hi everyone, I work at a smaller company that uses CATIA and we are starting to get to the point of needing a file vault. We are wanting one that for example would not allow someone to open and modify your model or assembly if you have it open or checked out. I guess you could say something...

Hi everyone, You will have to excuse my ignorance on CATIA macro writing. I am trying to link my title block macro so that my scale size text is linked to the drawing front view scale in the properties dialog box. The rest of the title block info is pulled from the properties of the model...

Hi guys, when I create a flat pattern drawing in CATIA the bend lines and annotations do not shown up when I create a view using the flat pattern view tool. how do I get these to show up? your help is greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I am working on a project and have not been able to find 3d models for 38999 Series III backshells, particularly M85049/39S15W. I have found all the connectors in the world but not hardly any backshells. Does anyone know a good place to get these? All help I much appreciated.