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  1. Klogg96

    How to get the End Point coordinates of a selected 3D line

    josephv, Instead of looking in ptExtremity and PtOrigine look in parents. There should be 3 maybe more. Two of them will be points and the other one will be a hybridbody. You can search the parents for anything that is of type point and get the points that way. Klogg
  2. Klogg96

    Use a Reaction to call a *.CATScript

    I have written a *.CATScript that operates great. I am trying to get a Reaction to launch the *.CATScript. I can do this but the script bombs when it gets to a part update command. I assume this happens because the script fires while the part is in the middle of an update. Does anyone know how...
  3. Klogg96

    CATIA IGES Export

    I also have noticed this however, some translations keep the color information. If igs doesnt, try stp (as i know color information works better with one vs the other but which way I can never remember). I would also play with solids vs. surfaces (most models I deal with are surfaces ...) Good...
  4. Klogg96

    Create Text File via Reaction

    Hey Thanks! I just set a string to chr(010) and everything works great!
  5. Klogg96

    Create Text File via Reaction

    I figured this part out ... I needed to set the CATIA file system object. I am now able to create a text file and write to it using a textstream however now I am stuck trying to format the output. I cant make CATIA write to the next line. Does anyone have a reference on how to do this?
  6. Klogg96

    Sweeping and changing cross-sections.

    If you are only interested in ovals and circles, sweep a chonic. This combined with a law sould provide the surface you are after. rho value sqrt(2)-1 is the parameter for a circle or ellipse (provided your tangencies are 90° for your given spine.
  7. Klogg96

    Create Text File via Reaction

    I am a novice VB programmer an have NO real object oriented programming experiance. Overall Goal: I need a reaction that will check if some geometry changes and update a text file with measured values when changes occure. Current status: I am writing a VB script in the VB editor that will...

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