Well, now you can create sketches, let use them in Part Design workbench.
1) Basic features
-Creating a pad
Let's tell that your part is opened. Your sketch is called My_Sketch and you want a pad of 20mm height. The code is the following :
-Creating a pocket
It's the same start, the only change is the following :
1) Basic features
-Creating a pad
Let's tell that your part is opened. Your sketch is called My_Sketch and you want a pad of 20mm height. The code is the following :
'Get the part Dim My_Part as Part Set My_Part = CATIA.AcctiveDocument.Part 'Get the part body in the part, assuming your main body is called PartBody Dim My_Body As Body Set My_Body = My_Part.Bodies.Item ( "PartBody" ) 'Create the pad Dim My_Pad As Pad Set My_Pad = My_Part.ShapeFactory.AddNewPad ( My_Sketch, 20.000000 ) My_Part.Update |
-Creating a pocket
It's the same start, the only change is the following :
Dim My_Pocket As Pocket Set My_Pocket= My_Part.ShapeFactory.AddNewPocket ( My_Sketch, 20) My_Part.Update |
Similary :
-Creating a shaft : use AddNewShaft
-Creating a shaft : use AddNewShaft