CATIA Script to automate Frame and Title Block Update 1

[Arpad_Jacso]

Hi all,

I would like to automate the frame and Title block Update command for hundreds of drawings. Open drawings, run update, save, close.
I tried sendkeys through vbs, or inside the catvba but it doesn't seem the good solution even with sleep or doevents or anything i found on google.

I could update in command line with c:Update (activated sheet background and updated the title block) but only once.... never again.... I don't know how is it possible

Has anyone solution for this?

 

[catiavbmacro]

Hello, can you more specific, what are those updates?

https://catiavbmacro.com/

 

[Arpad_Jacso]

I managed to update the part name, the weight, and the designer.
The problem is to update the BOM list. It takes time to update, but the program doesn't want to wait for it, and goes to the next command line. I would like to place the BOM update in a cycle, but now it seems impossible. How could I force to wait for it? If I use sleep, than the sleep runs before the call and even before the open...... anyway this should not be the proper way

Here is the part of the code. The BOM_H creates or updates the specific BOM list in the background view, it takes ~20seconds to update.

For i = 1 To CATIA.Windows.Count
Set productDocument1 = documents1.Open(Location + DocName(i))
CATIA.StartCommand ("BOM_H")
Sleep 20000
CATIA.ActiveDocument.ExportData Location + DocName(i), "pdf"
CATIA.ActiveDocument.ExportData Location + DocName(i), "dwg"
CATIA.ActiveDocument.Save
CATIA.ActiveDocument.Close
Next

 

[Arpad_Jacso]

Solved!
Never use CATIA.StartCommand to call a script!

 

[ferdo]

I believe you need to assign to that script your own alias/shortcut . At least this can be done in 3DEx...not checked in V5...

Regards
Fernando

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