Imrpove Speed when running a VBA solution in catia

[tslewis]

Does anyone have any advice as to how to speed up the processing time when running a custom vba code to interact with catia form excel say. (Im not referring to catScript).

For instance,when instantiating power copies or point features, my code can take more than 3 hours because I cannot disable the screen refresh. I suspect that this is the issue. I am experienced with other application API's and in such cases I have found that there is a massive speed differential when turning on/off graphical refresh.

I understand that the property

CATIA.refreshdisplay = false

does not work for some reason when run from VBA but it does work within catscript.

What effect does the interactive property have on the speed of processing?


CATIA.Interactive =false

many thanks in advance!!

http://kxcad.com/cad-catia-caa-v5-automation-objects-InfInterfaces-Application--Object-.html

http://www.coe.org/Collaboration/Di.../210/aff/10/aft/101724/afv/topic/Default.aspx

 

[brengine]

...does not work for some reason when run from VBA but it does work within catscript.

...There are quite a few commands that don't work in Catia's imitation VBA interface. Some only work from a CATScript while others aren't "functional" unless you pay the $60K to buy a full blown seat of CAA.

I have been meaning to experiment with the 'CATIA.refreshdisplay = False' and 'CATIA.Interactive = False'...I was thinking of putting them in a simple CATScript file, and then calling them from a VBA macro (basically like a function) using the code below...or maybe I did try it and the VBA running forces Catia to be visible, so I gave up? Either way good luck and be sure to share any success you have.

'From: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.vbfrance.com/forum/sujet-COMMENT-EXECUTER-VBSCRIPT-CAS-ECHEANT-CATSCRIPT-DEPUIS-VBA_1055237.aspx[/URL]
'Subject: Call .VBScript from VBA

Sub CATMain()
    Dim Shell As Object
    Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    Dim ID As Variant: ID = Shell.Run("D:\CatiaMacros\Test1.CATScript")
    End
End Sub

 

[ferdo]

Are you loading CATIA from a PDM system (like Enovia for example) or you are using files stored on your computer/network?

What release do you use?

Regards
Fernando