Indexes

Relations (Collection)

Represents the collection of relations of the part or the product.

A relation computes values. A relation can belong to one of the following types:

Formula
It combines parameters to compute the value of one output parameter only. For example, the mass of a cuboid can be the output parameter of a formula, while the value is computed using the following parameters: 
 
 FormulaBody = (height*width*depth)*density
Program
It combines conditions and actions on parameters to compute one or several output parameter values. For example, the following is a program: 
 ProgramBody = if (mass>2kg) { depth=2mm length=10mm } else { depth=1mm length=5mm }
Check
It only contains conditions on parameter values. For example, the following is a check: 
 CheckBody = mass<10kg

The parameters should be defined previously.

The following example shows how to retrieve the collection of relations from a newly created part document: 

 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim part As Document
 Set part  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim relations As Relations
 Set relations = part.Relations
See also:
Formula, Rule, Check, DesignTable

Property Index

Optimizations
Returns the optimization collection.

Method Index

CreateCheck
Creates a check relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateDesignTable
Creates a design table based on a file organized in an vertical way and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateFormula
Creates a formula relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateHorizontalDesignTable
Creates a design table based on a file organized in an horizontal way and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateLaw
Creates a law relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateProgram
Creates a program relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
CreateRuleBase
Creates a rulebase.
CreateSetOfEquations
Creates a set of equations.
CreateSetOfRelations
Creates a set of relations and appends it to a parent object.
GenerateXMLReportForChecks
Generates an XML Report on all checks in the current document.
Item
Retrieves a relation using its index or its name from the Relations collection.
Remove
Removes a relation from the Relations collection.
SubList
Returns a sub-collection of relations aggregated to an object.

Properties


o Property Optimizations() As (Read Only)
Returns the optimization collection.
It can be empty if no optimization is defined in the document.
This property is available only when the Product Engineering Optimizer license is available.

Methods


o Func CreateCheck( iName,
iComment,
iCheckBody) As
Creates a check relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The check name
iComment
A description of the check
iCheckBody
The check definition
Returns:
The created check
Example:
This example creates the maximummass check relation and adds it to the newly created part: 
 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim partdoc As Document
 Set partdoc  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim part As Part
 Set part    = partdoc.Part 
 Dim massCheck As Check 
 Set massCheck    = part.Relations.CreateCheck
                    ("maximummass",
                     "Ensures that the mass is less than 10 kg",
                     "mass<10kg")
o Func CreateDesignTable( iName,
iComment,
iCopyMode,
iSheetPath) As
Creates a design table based on a file organized in an vertical way and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The design table name
iComment
A description of the design table
iCopyMode
Returns:
The created design table
Example:
This example creates the dt design table and adds it to the newly created part: 
 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim partdoc As Document
 Set partdoc  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim part As Part
 Set part    = partdoc.Part 
 Dim designtable As DesignTable
 Set designtable    = part.Relations.CreateDesignTable
                     ("dt",
                      "Ensures that the mass is less than 10 kg",
                      TRUE,
                      "/u/users/client/data/sheet.txt")
o Func CreateFormula( iName,
iComment,
iOutputParameter,
iFormulaBody) As
Creates a formula relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The formula name
iComment
A description of the formula
iOutputParameter
The parameter which stores the result of the formula
iFormulaBody
The formula definition
Returns:
The created formula
Example:
This example creates the computemass formula relation and adds it to the newly created part: 
 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim partdoc As Document
 Set partdoc  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim part As Part
 Set part    = partdoc.Part 
 Dim massFormula As Formula
 Set massFormula = part.Relations.CreateFormula
                   ("computemass",
                   "Computes the cuboid mass",
                    mass,
                   "(height*width*depth)*density")
o Func CreateHorizontalDesignTable( iName,
iComment,
iCopyMode,
iSheetPath) As
Creates a design table based on a file organized in an horizontal way and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The design table name
iComment
A description of the design table
iCopyMode
Returns:
The created design table
Example:
This example creates the dt design table and adds it to the newly created part: 
 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim partdoc As Document
 Set partdoc  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim part As Part
 Set part    = partdoc.Part 
 Dim designtable As DesignTable
 Set designtable    = part.Relations.CreateHorizontalDesignTable
                    ("dt",
                     "Ensures that the mass is less than 10 kg",
                     TRUE,
                     "/u/users/client/data/horizontalsheet.txt")
o Func CreateLaw( iName,
iComment,
iLawBody) As
Creates a law relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The law name
iComment
A description of the law
iLawBody
The law definition
Returns:
The created law
o Func CreateProgram( iName,
iComment,
iProgramBody) As
Creates a program relation and adds it to the part's collection of relations.
Parameters:
iName
The program name
iComment
A description of the program
iProgramBody
The program definition
Returns:
The created program
Example:
This example creates the selectdepth program relation and adds it to the newly created part: 
 Dim CATDocs As Documents
 Set CATDocs = CATIA.Documents
 Dim partdoc As Document
 Set partdoc  = CATDocs.Add("CATPart")
 Dim part As Part
 Set part    = partdoc.Part 
 Dim depthProgram As Program
 Set depthProgram = part.Relations.CreateProgram
                    ("selectdepth",
                    "Select depth with respect to mass",
                    "if (mass>2kg) { depth=2mm } else { depth=1 mm }")
o Func CreateRuleBase( iName) As
Creates a rulebase.
Parameters:
iName
The name of the rulebase.
Returns:
The created rulebase.
See also:
ExpertRuleBase
o Func CreateSetOfEquations( iName,
iComment,
iFormulaBody) As
Creates a set of equations.
Parameters:
iName
The name of the set of equation.
iComment
The comment of the set of equation.
iFormulaBody
The body of the set of equation " a==b+4; c ≤ 90".
Returns:
The created set of equations
o Sub CreateSetOfRelations( iParent)
Creates a set of relations and appends it to a parent object.
Parameters:
iParent
The object to which the set is appended
o Sub GenerateXMLReportForChecks( iName)
Generates an XML Report on all checks in the current document.
Parameters:
iName
The name of the XML file
o Func Item( iIndex) As
Retrieves a relation using its index or its name from the Relations collection.
Parameters:
iIndex
The index or the name of the relation to retrieve from the collection of relations. As a numerics, this index is the rank of the relation in the collection. The index of the first relation in the collection is 1, and the index of the last relation is Count. As a string, it is the name you assigned to the relation using the
AnyObject.Name property or when creating the relation.
Returns:
The retrieved relation
Example:
This example retrieves the last relation in the relations collection. 
 Dim lastRelation As Relation
 Set lastRelation = relations.Item(relations.Count)
o Sub Remove( iIndex)
Removes a relation from the Relations collection.
Parameters:
iIndex
The index or the name of the relation to remove from the collection of relations. As a numerics, this index is the rank of the relation in the collection. The index of the first relation in the collection is 1, and the index of the last relation is Count. As a string, it is the name you assigned to the relation using the
AnyObject.Name property or when creating the relation.
Example:
This example removes the relation named density from the relations collection. 
 relations.Remove("density")
o Func SubList( iFeature,
iRecursively) As
Returns a sub-collection of relations aggregated to an object.
Parameters:
iFeature
The object used to filter the the whole relation collection to get the resulting sub-collection.
iRecursively
A flag to specify if children parameters are to be searched for in the returned collection
Returns:
The resulting sub-collection
Example:
This example shows how to get a collection of relations that are under a Pad 
 Dim Relations1 As Relations
 Set Relations1 = CATIA.ActiveDocument.Part.Relations' gets the collection of relations in the part
 Dim Body0 As AnyObject
 Set Body0 = CATIA.ActiveDocument.Part.Bodies.Item  ( "MechanicalTool.1" ) 
 Dim Pad1 As AnyObject
 Set Pad1 = Body0.Shapes.Item  ( "Pad.1" ) ' gets the pad Pad.1
 Dim Relations2 As Relations
 Set Relations2 = Relations1.SubList(Pad1, TRUE) ' gets the collection of relations that are under the pad Pad.1

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