Indexes

StiDBChildren (Object)

Represents all the Children of a CATIAStiDBItem.

For each Child, we are able to retrieve its associated CATIAStiDBItem and the Link Type (between itself and its father).
It should be represented as the following Correspondance Table { Child Number / CATIAStiDBItem / Link Type}.
Example:
The following example presents an Assembly structure and the associated Correspondance Tables for each element. 
 +-----------+
 |  Product  |<-----------------+
 +-----------+                  |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |   +-----------------+     |
    +-->| Reference Part  |     |Contextual Link
    |   +-----------------+     |
    |            ^              |
    |            |              |
    |            | Design Link  |
    |            |              |
    |            |              |
    |   +-----------------+     |
    +-->| Contextual Part |-----+
        +-----------------+
CATIAStiDBChildren for Product
Child Number CATIAStiDBItem Link Type
Child n°1 Reference Part Product Link
Child n°2 Contextual Part Product Link

CATIAStiDBChildren for Contextual Part
Child Number CATIAStiDBItem Link Type
Child n°1 Reference Part Design Link
Child n°2 Product Contextual Link

CATIAStiDBChildren for Reference Part
Child Number CATIAStiDBItem Link Type


Here is the List of all CATIA Link Types :
CATIA Link Behavior Description
CATIA Product Link Defines the basic Product Structure Link -i.e.: the link between either a Product and its Sub-Products or a Product and its Representation
CATIA Design Link Defines Design Link -i.e.: Part to Part Link created with 'Copy/Paste ... with link' or as Contextual Link It can also be used for Link to external Parameters
CATIA Design Table Link Defines the Link to a Design Table
CATIA Rule Base Link Defines the Link to Document defining Rule Base
CATIA Downstream Application Link Defines for instance the Link between a Drawing or an Analysis Document and a Part Document
CATIA Contextual Link Defines the Link from a Part Document to its Context
CATIA Result Link Defines the Link to "Result" document, like Analysis Reports, ...
CATIA Is Composed Of Link Defines a simple "Composed Of" Link, like a Catalog Document Composed Of Sub-Catalog Documents
CATIA Reference Link Defines any kind of Link that does not belong to one type described above including for instance OLE links, Link from a Catalog Document to a Part, Link to Material Document, ...
See also:
StiDBItem

Property Index

Count
Returns the Number of Children currently gathered in CATIAStiDBChildren.

Method Index

Item
Returns the CATIAStiDBItem from its index in the CATIAStiDBChildren.
LinkType
Returns the Link Type from its index in the CATIAStiDBChildren.

Properties


o Property Count() As (Read Only)
Returns the Number of Children currently gathered in CATIAStiDBChildren.
Returns:
This output corresponds to the Children Number of a CATIAStiDBItem.
Example:
This example retrieves in lChildrenNumber the Number of children currently gathered in oStiDBChildren. 
 Dim oStiEngine As StiEngine
 Set oStiEngine = CATIA.GetItem("CAIEngine")
 Dim oStiDBItem As StiDBItem
 Set oStiDBItem = oStiEngine.GetStiDBItemFromCATBSTR("E:\CATIAFiles\Assembly.CATProduct")
 Dim oStiDBChildren As StiDBChildren
 Set oStiDBChildren = oStiDBItem.GetChildren()
 (...)
 Dim oNbChildren As long
 oNbChildren = oStiDBChildren.Count

Methods


o Func Item( iIndex) As
Returns the CATIAStiDBItem from its index in the CATIAStiDBChildren.
Parameters:
iIndex
This input corresponds to the Index of the CATIAStiDBItem to retrieve from the CATIAStiDBChildren. This index is the rank of the CATIAStiDBItem in the CATIAStiDBChildren -list of all the Children of a CATIAStiDBItem. The index of the first CATIAStiDBItem is '1' and the index of the last CATIAStiDBItem is 'Count'.
Returns:
This ouptut corresponds to the retrieved CATIAStiDBItem from its index.
Example:
The following example returns in oChildStiDBItem the third CATIAStiDBItem gathered in oStiDBChildren. 
 Dim oStiEngine As StiEngine
 Set oStiEngine = CATIA.GetItem("CAIEngine")
 Dim oFatherStiDBItem As StiDBItem
 Set oFatherStiDBItem = oStiEngine.GetStiDBItemFromCATBSTR("E:\CATIAFiles\Assembly.CATProduct")
 Dim oStiDBChildren As StiDBChildren
 Set oStiDBChildren = oFatherStiDBItem.GetChildren()
 (...)
 Dim oStiDBItem As StiDBItem
 Set oStiDBItem = oStiDBChildren.Item(3)
o Func LinkType( iIndex) As
Returns the Link Type from its index in the CATIAStiDBChildren.
Parameters:
iIndex
This input corresponds to the index of the Link Type to retrieve from the CATIAStiDBChildren. This index is the rank of the Link Type in the CATIAStiDBChildren. The index of the first Link Type is '1' and the index of the last Link Type is 'Count'.
Returns:
This ouptut corresponds to the retrieved Link Type from its index.
Example:
The following example returns in oLinkType the third Link Type gathered in oStiDBChildren. 
 Dim oStiEngine As StiEngine
 Set oStiEngine = CATIA.GetItem("CAIEngine")
 Dim oFatherStiDBItem As StiDBItem
 Set oFatherStiDBItem = oStiEngine.GetStiDBItemFromCATBSTR("E:\CATIAFiles\Assembly.CATProduct")
 Dim oStiDBChildren As StiDBChildren
 Set oStiDBChildren = oFatherStiDBItem.GetChildren()
 (...)
 Dim oLinkType As CATBSTR
 oLinkType = oStiDBChildren.LinkType(3)

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