Catiav4Creator Class

class NXOpen.Catiav4Creator

Bases: NXOpen.Builder

Represents a NXOpen.Catiav4Creator to be used when exporting the CATIA V4 Data This class is created using NXOpen.DexManager.

NULL object will be returned from Commit() To create a new instance of this class, use NXOpen.DexManager.CreateCatiav4Creator()

Default values.

Property Value
WriteSolidAs VOLUMEs

New in version NX6.0.0.

Properties

Property Description
ExportSelectionBlock Returns the export selection block - the object selection will be done by this block.
FileSaveFlag Returns or sets the file save flag - this should be set to false if doing File Export
OutputFile Returns or sets the output file - the exported data will be written to file specified
SettingsFile Returns or sets the settings file - The definition file to read default options
Tag Returns the Tag for this object.
WriteSolidAs Returns or sets the write solid as - this will decide if solids should be written as SOLIDE or Volumes

Methods

Method Description
Commit Commits any edits that have been applied to the builder.
Destroy Deletes the builder, and cleans up any objects created by the builder.
GetCommittedObjects For builders that create more than one object, this method returns the objects that are created by commit.
GetObject Returns the object currently being edited by this builder.
SaveSettings The save settings - this will save the settings to a file sepcified
ShowResults Updates the model to reflect the result of an edit to the model for all builders that support showing results.
Validate Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

Catiav4CreatorSolidBodyOutputOption Enumeration Options for outputing solid bodies to CATIA V4

Property Detail

ExportSelectionBlock

Catiav4Creator.ExportSelectionBlock

Returns the export selection block - the object selection will be done by this block.

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Getter Method

Signature ExportSelectionBlock

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.ObjectSelector

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

FileSaveFlag

Catiav4Creator.FileSaveFlag

Returns or sets the file save flag - this should be set to false if doing File Export

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Getter Method

Signature FileSaveFlag

Returns:
Return type:bool

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature FileSaveFlag

Parameters:doingFileSave (bool) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

OutputFile

Catiav4Creator.OutputFile

Returns or sets the output file - the exported data will be written to file specified

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Getter Method

Signature OutputFile

Returns:
Return type:str

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature OutputFile

Parameters:filename (str) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

SettingsFile

Catiav4Creator.SettingsFile

Returns or sets the settings file - The definition file to read default options

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Getter Method

Signature SettingsFile

Returns:
Return type:str

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature SettingsFile

Parameters:filename (str) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

WriteSolidAs

Catiav4Creator.WriteSolidAs

Returns or sets the write solid as - this will decide if solids should be written as SOLIDE or Volumes

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Getter Method

Signature WriteSolidAs

Returns:
Return type:NXOpen.Catiav4CreatorSolidBodyOutputOption

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature WriteSolidAs

Parameters:writeSolidAs (NXOpen.Catiav4CreatorSolidBodyOutputOption) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Method Detail

SaveSettings

Catiav4Creator.SaveSettings

The save settings - this will save the settings to a file sepcified

Signature SaveSettings(filename)

Parameters:filename (str) –

New in version NX6.0.0.

License requirements: None.

Validate

Catiav4Creator.Validate

Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

If the component is not in a state to commit then an exception is thrown. For example, if the component requires you to set some property, this method will throw an exception if you haven’t set it. This method throws a not-yet-implemented NXException for some components.

Signature Validate()

Returns:Was self validation successful
Return type:bool

New in version NX3.0.1.

License requirements: None.