'COPYRIGHT DASSAULT SYSTEMES 2000
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' Purpose: Open an analysis document
' Create Extrude with Rotation mesh
' assign the Surface Mesh as support
' specify the global specifications
' Assumptions: Looks for surface.CATAnalysis in the directory and surface Analysis Connection
' Author: bmw
' Languages: VBScript
' Locales: English
' CATIA Level: V5R16
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Sub CATMain()
'-----------------------------------------------------------
'Optional: allows to find the sample wherever it's installed
sDocPath=CATIA.SystemService.Environ("CATDocView")
sSep=CATIA.SystemService.Environ("ADL_ODT_SLASH")
If (Not CATIA.FileSystem.FolderExists(sDocPath)) Then
Err.Raise 9999,,"No Doc Path Defined"
End If
'-----------------------------------------------------------
'Open the CATAnalysis Document
sFilePath = CATIA.FileSystem.ConcatenatePaths(sDocPath, "online\CAAScdAniUseCases\samples\Surface.CATAnalysis")
Set oAnalysisDocument = CATIA.Documents.Open(sFilePath)
'Retrieve the analysis Manager
Set oAnalysisManagar = oAnalysisDocument.Analysis
Set oAnalysisSet = oAnalysisManagar.AnalysisSets
'Retrieve the part document and product
Set oAnalysisLinkedDocuments = oAnalysisManagar.LinkedDocuments
Set partDocument = oAnalysisLinkedDocuments.Item(1)
Set product = partDocument.Product
'Retrieve the published line
'the mesh will be rotated and extruded along this line
Set publications = product.Publications
Set pubAxis = publications.Item("Axis")
'Retreive the analysis model
Set oAnalysisModels = oAnalysisManagar.AnalysisModels
Set oAnalysisModel = oAnalysisModels.Item(1)
'Retrieve the mesh manager and list of mesh parts
Set oAnalysisMeshManager = oAnalysisModel.MeshManager
Set oAnalysisMeshParts = oAnalysisMeshManager.AnalysisMeshParts
Set surfMesh = oAnalysisMeshParts.Item("Surface Mesh.1")
'Create the reference of the surface mesh
Set reference = oAnalysisManagar.CreateReferenceFromObject(surfMesh)
'Add the extrude with translation mesh part to the list of mesh parts
Set extrudeMesh = oAnalysisMeshParts.Add("MSHPartExtrRotation")
'Assign the surface mesh part as support
extrudeMesh.AddSupportFromReference NOTHING, reference
'Set the global specifications
extrudeMesh.SetGlobalSpecification "Condensation", 1
extrudeMesh.SetGlobalSpecification "Tolerance", "1.0 mm"
extrudeMesh.SetGlobalSpecification "Angle", "120 deg"
extrudeMesh.SetGlobalSpecification "Angle1", "20 deg"
'Set the specification; the axis of rotation
extrudeMesh.SetSpecificationFromPublication "Direction", product, pubAxis, 0
'Get the basic components and sub components
Set basicComps = extrudeMesh.BasicComponents
Set subBasicComps = basicComps.Item(1).BasicComponents
'Retrieve each of the attributes by name and set their values
Set subBasicComp1 = subBasicComps.Item("Type")
subBasicComp1.SetValue "", 0, 0, 0, "Arithmetic"
Set subBasicComp2 = subBasicComps.Item("NbNodes")
subBasicComp2.SetValue "", 0, 0, 0, 20
Set subBasicComp3 = subBasicComps.Item("Symmetric")
subBasicComp3.SetValue "", 0, 0, 0, 2
Set subBasicComp4 = subBasicComps.Item("Ratio")
subBasicComp4.SetValue "", 0, 0, 0, 10
'Update the mesh
extrudeMesh.Update
End Sub