EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS
EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS
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I have a component in catia with sketch points, or id points, where spot welds are going to be located. Is there any way to export that info with the model, or as a 3d sketch? Whenever I export I loss the sketch points. Im trying to bring it into solidworks, or MDT6
Thanks for any info anyone may have
Matthew
Thanks for any info anyone may have
Matthew





RE: EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS
1. In the Power Input field (the text box on the lower right of the V5 interface), type "t:vertex".
This will select all elements of type vertex (sketch points,"real" points, etc.).
2. Within GSD, select the project icon.
All the elements that have been selected in step 1 will now appear on the input list for this command.
3. Go through the input list and remove everything apart from the sketch points you are interested in.
4. Select the sketch definition plane as your support and click ok.
This will get you a group of 3D projection points equivalent to your original sketch points.
I know its a bit of a pain, but I haven't been able to get the search tool to pick up the elements in the way I'd like (it keeps selecting the sketch as a single entity and causing an equidistant element projection error).
Hope this helps
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RE: EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS
(I haven't tried it - so this is just theory)
RE: EXPORTING SKETCH POINTS
Dim PartDoc As PartDocument
Set PartDoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument
Dim GeoElements As GeometricElements
Set GeoElements = PartDoc.GeometricElements
Dim GeoElement As GeometricElement
For i = 1 To GeoElements.Count
If Instr(GeoElements.Item(i).Name, "Point") then
Set GeoElement = GeoElements.Item(i)
MsgBox GeoElement.Name
End if
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