another C# question

[itsmyjob]

ok I'm getting into C# those days and here is my question:

CATIA.ActiveWindow.Layout = catWindowSpecsOnly

works fine in one line, but:

INFITF.Application myCatia = (INFITF.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Catia.Application");
INFITF.SpecsAndGeomWindow theWindow = (INFITF.SpecsAndGeomWindow) myCatia.ActiveWindow;
theWindow.Layout = (INFITF.CatSpecsAndGeomWindowLayout) 0 ; // the value of catWindowSpecsOnly

is there a better way?

Eric N.
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[itsmyjob]

((SpecsAndGeomWindow)myCatia.ActiveWindow).Layout = (CatSpecsAndGeomWindowLayout) 0;

Eric N.
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[JeniaL]

Any useful websites regarding Catia? Also thinking to start a little bit with c#.

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov

 

[itsmyjob]

i took a book from the library... A biginner's guide to C#

As per CATIA, I mostly use the chm file.

for help I use my best friend DuckDuckGo

Eric N.
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[JeniaL]

Can someone please upload small application written in C#? Maybe like hiding points on button click. Trying to switch to C# and completely stuck.
The good thing is I can connect to Catia V5 .

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov

 

[JeniaL]

Here's example of simple code (VS 2015 & WPF). Omit backgroundworker subs.

namespace CatiaV5HideShowManager
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for HideElements.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class HideShowCatiaV5GeoElements : UserControl
    {
        private BackgroundWorker bgWorker = new BackgroundWorker();
        

        public event EventHandler BackgroundWorkerCompleted;

        static INFITF.Application myCatia;
        static INFITF.Document myDoc;
        static INFITF.Document myProductDoc;
        static INFITF.Selection mySelection;
        static INFITF.VisPropertySet myVisProperties;
        public HideShowCatiaV5GeoElements()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            bgWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += delegate { OnBackgroundWorkerCompleted(); };
        }

        private void OnBackgroundWorkerCompleted()
        {
            if (BackgroundWorkerCompleted != null)
            {
                BackgroundWorkerCompleted(this, null);
            }
        }
        public void HideAll_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                myCatia = (INFITF.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("CATIA.Application");
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }
            myDoc = (Document)myCatia.ActiveDocument;
            myProductDoc = (Document)myCatia.ActiveDocument;
            mySelection = (Selection)myProductDoc.Selection;
            myVisProperties = (VisPropertySet)mySelection.VisProperties;
            mySelection.Search("CatPrtSearch.Surface,All");
            myVisProperties.SetShow(CatVisPropertyShow.catVisPropertyNoShowAttr);
            mySelection.Clear();                  
        }
    }
}

Sample application can be downloaded from

https://github.com/OndrejMikulec/CatiaLubeGroove

Will be useful for those who want to switch to C#. I'm switching because of other applications and support where 99% of code written in C#.

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov

 

[TiagoFigueiredo]

Why do you want to make your automation in C#?
All of the support is written in vb. What advantages did you found using C#. Unfortunately, I don't know nothing of C#.

Tiago Figueiredo
Tooling Engineer

Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1qdlBeJJEgMgpPLVJoOIOw

 

[itsmyjob]

major point (according to me) for each side:

.NET is available with C#, create DLL for reuse...
VBA code saved in database (3DX) for all to share

did you google "C# vs VBA" ?

also learning another code is always good...

Eric N.
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[TiagoFigueiredo]

Yes that's true. But i'm really far away for master vb...

Tiago Figueiredo
Tooling Engineer

Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1qdlBeJJEgMgpPLVJoOIOw

 

[tesak]

I find VB.NET much more convenient in combination with CATIA, Excel or any other Office application than C#. Both languages (VB.NET vs C#) are equally powerful, it is more or less a matter of personal preference. But VB.NET is definitelly more friendly to Automation (CATIA or any other COM application) and syntactically much closer to VBA or VBScript than C#.

Tesak

http://scripts4all.eu/txtoncurve/

- Text along a curve for Catia V5

 

[JeniaL]

In addition to Catia I've started to develop other applications. All the examples and support are in C#. Yea VB code looks more convenient. You have to use some additional visualization tools for VS to make c# code not to look like "Spaghetti". I'm not a pro in VB so it's time to me to switch to C#. Yea bad thing Catia C# support.

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov

 

[JeniaL]

How do I create Catia instance if there is not active session in Windows? At Exception I want to try to create Catia instance.
This is VB.net

#Region "GET CATIA V5"
        Dim myCATIA As INFITF.Application
        On Error Resume Next
        myCATIA = CType(GetObject(, "CATIA.Application"), INFITF.Application)
        If Err.Number <> 0 Then
            myCATIA = CreateObject("CATIA.Application")
            myCATIA.Visible = True
        End If
#End Region

public CatiaV5Connection()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            #region Check Catia V5 connection
            try
            {
                myCatia = (INFITF.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("CATIA.Application");

                CatiaV5.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Green);
                Connected.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                Disconnected.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                CatiaV5.ToolTip = "Connected to Catia V5";
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                Connected.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                Disconnected.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                CatiaV5.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
                CatiaV5.ToolTip = "Not connected to Catia V5";
            }
            #endregion
        }

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov

 

[itsmyjob]

can you check this?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9679375/run-an-exe-from-c-sharp-code

I have the feeling it could be a better solution as to start CATIA you might want to control the env and some other option using arguments in the command line

Eric N.
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[JeniaL]

Hmmm to control the env may be useful. Have never thought about that. Thanks a lot for link.

Regards,
Jenia Ladkov