Catia V6 Macro - Edit Sheet Background Using VBA

[Sandy_Man]

Hi All

I am creating a macro in VBA to auto-create and fill our drawing border and title block. We have most of it up and running but we can't work out how to activate the sheet background to start with. There is plenty of help on how to do this in V5, but I can't find anything for V6! The help files don't help much either.

As a bonus, we have got the part name to autofill using this line:

oPartDescription.InsertAttributeLink 0, 14, oProdRef, "VPMReference", "V_Name"

But I don't have a list of how to get the other metadata out of our 3D part! Can someone help with a list of the V_Name equivalent for other properties?

Cheers!

 

[ferdo]

In 3DX, when you can't find a solution, use this quick, dirty trick, get the command you want with this:

This will give you a lot of information in few text files:

Search for a string of what you want (I used ground string)

You can use the ID command in a CATIA.StartCommand("CATDrwEditFrame")

Be aware that in 3DX working sheet and sheet background are considered now different apps

Regards
Fernando

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