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    The document discusses a CATIA macro that reads added properties in CATIA parts, such as a "New_ID" property. It explains that the macro loops through each part, gets the New_ID value using myParameters.Item(), and compares it to the part number. It displays a message box indicating whether they match or not. The key line of code that gets the New_ID value from the added properties into a string variable is identified.

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    The document discusses a CATIA macro that reads added properties in CATIA parts, such as a "New_ID" property. It explains that the macro loops through each part, gets the New_ID value using myParameters.Item(), and compares it to the part number. It displays a message box indicating whether they match or not. The key line of code that gets the New_ID value from the added properties into a string variable is identified.

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    29/09/2015 Added Properties CATIA Macro ­ VB Scripting for CATIA V5

    ADDED PROPERTIES CATIA MACRO
    In  addition  to  the  typical  CATIA  part  properties  such  as  ‘Part  Number’,  ‘Revision’,  ‘Description’,  etc.,
    many  companies  utilize  the  “Define  other  properties”  button  and  add  a  handful  of  their  own  added
    properties.  These show up as “user parameters” but are not very obvious how they can be used in a
    CATIA  script  and  many  people  struggle  to  figure  out  how  to  set  a  string  equal  to  a  specific  added
    property.

    For  this  specific  example,  let’s  say  we  have  an  added  property  called  “New_ID”  and  we  would  like  to
    compare it to the part number.  Maybe this fictional company uses SmarTeam for PDM and they let the
    assigned document number be their part number if it’s a made part. Currently, their problem is that they
    have  to  manually  copy  and  paste  to  make  sure  that  the  number  is  the  same  in  both  the  SmarTeam
    Profile  Card  and  the  CATIA  Document  Properties  –  the  SmarTeam  ID  is  mapped  to  “New_ID”  field  in
    the  CATIA  document  added  properties.  We  need  to  automate  the  task  of  matching  the  New  ID  to  the
    part number by figuring out how to set a string variable to equal the value of that field.

    I  wrote  a  CATIA  macro  to  determine  if  the  “New_ID”  string  matches  the  Part  Number.  This  CATScript
    example  works  on  a  single  product  that  only  contains  CATParts  and  assumes  every  part  has  the
    NEW_ID property. The code cycles through each part and checks the NEW_ID with the partnumber and
    displays a message box saying if they match or not.

    The  entire  code  for  this  example  is  below,  but  most  importantly,  I  get  the  Smart  Team  ID  from  the
    Added Properties into a string variable with this line of code:

    1 getNEWID = myParameters.Item(part1.Name & “\Properties\NEW_ID”

    This same code can be used to access thickness, material, mass, and more.

    1 ‘­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
    2 ‘begin complete code
    3  
    4 'script by Emmett Ross, www.scripting4v5.com
    5 Sub CATMain()
    6  
    7 Dim productDocument1 As Document
    8 Dim product1 As Product
    9 Dim products1 As Products
    10  
    11 Set productDocument1 = CATIA.ActiveDocument
    12 Set product1 = productDocument1.Product
    13 Set products1 = product1.Products
    14  
    15 'count the number of CATParts
    16 partcount=product1.Products.Count
    17 msgbox"CHECK: The number of parts is "&partcount&". Please click OK to continue."
    18  
    19 'loop through all parts
    20 Dim i As Integer
    21 For i=1 to partcount
    22  

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    23 'apply design mode
    24 products1.Item(i).ApplyWorkMode DESIGN_MODE
    25  
    26 Dim partDoc1 As PartDocument
    27 Set partDoc1=products1.Item(i)
    28  
    29 'namebody=partDoc1.name
    30  
    31 Dim partDoc2 As PartDocument
    32 Set partDoc2 = partdoc1.GetMasterShapeRepresentation(True)
    33  
    34 Dim part1 as Part
    35 Set part1 = partDoc2.Part
    36  
    37 Dim myProduct As Product
    38 Set myProduct = productDocument1.GetItem(part1.Name)
    39  
    40 Dim myParameters As Parameters
    41 Set myParameters = myProduct.UserRefProperties
    42  
    43 Dim getThickness,getMaterial, getMass, nom, partName, RealPartNumber 
    44  
    45 getThickness = myParameters.Item(part1.Name &"\Properties\Thickness"
    46 getMaterial = myParameters.Item(part1.Name&"\Properties\Material"
    47 getMass = myParameters.Item(part1.Name & "\Properties\Mass").
    48 getNEWID = myParameters.Item(part1.Name & "\Properties\NEW_ID"
    49  
    50 'nom=myProduct.Nomenclature
    51 'partName=myProduct.name
    52 'Defy=myProduct.Definition
    53  
    54 RealPartNumber=myProduct.PartNumber
    55  
    56 If getNEWID = RealPartNumber Then
    57  
    58 Msgbox "PartNumber is: " & RealPartNumber & vbNewLine &amp
    59  
    60 Else
    61  
    62 Msgbox "PartNumber is: " & RealPartNumber & vbNewLine &amp
    63  
    64 End IF
    65  
    66 Next 'i
    67  
    68 End Sub

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