Konstruktionsmethodik für die Additive Fertigung: Vorwort: Hier ein paar Gedanken rund um die additive Fertigung (AM) und zwar aus der Sicht der Konstruktion. Zurzeit kreisen die Themen um optimierte Bauteile, “Optimizer”, Strukturoptimierer, etc…, was darauf abzielt, komplexe Geometrie (und Füllstrukturen) mehr oder weniger auf Knopfdruck zu erzeugen. Continue reading...

Delete Empty Part Bodies A utility CATScript macro for CatiaV5 to clean up a all empty PartBodies in a CATPart. Desciption: Source-Code: Usage: Assuming that one needs to clean e.g. a CATAllPart from all unnecessary geometry. After the clean operation (by selecting geometry visually on the screen rather than in the object tree) a lot of empty PartBodies might remain. Continue reading...

Export All Drawings 2 PDF Purpose This utility CATScript macro for CatiaV5 can be used to create PDF documents for all CATDrawing files which are stored in a directory structure. Starting from a given directory, the function recursively searches all sub-directories, trying to find every drawing document down below the directory tree. Continue reading...

Product To Step Export Purpose: A CATScript macro for CatiaV5 which allows to export all individual 3D models which belong to the current product to STEP format. Using this macro could be a real time saver, especially if the models are very big, or if there are a lot of 3D models which needs to be exported. Continue reading...

Customized Save Purpose: The purpose of this CATIA macro is to make sure that a model is saved in a standardized way. During the design, a model is usually saved “on the fly” and in its current design state. This means the object tree is expanded to a certain level, there are wire-frame and surfaces in shown, the model might contain useless or obsolete or inactive geometry, etc… Continue reading...