pycatia-tools

Introduction

A web based python application built with Flask, HTMX and hyperscript to interface with CATIA V5 using the python library pycatia.

The application contains a collection of tools to speed up common tasks. Such as:

• Create new Part, Product or Drawing with additional details such as
  • Part Number, Revision, Nomenclature and Definition
  • User defined properties as defined in settings.yaml.
  • Geometric Set and Parameter values are created as defined in settings.yaml. To skip the creation replace the values with None.
• Import to CATPart or export from CATPart points using CSV files.
• Create a bounding box around a part.
• Lock / Unlock all views of a CATDrawing.
• Turn off / on all view frames in a CATDrawing.
• Save CATDrawing to a single sheet PDF.
• Save CATDrawing to DXF.

pycatia-tools has been built such that adding additional functionality to suit your purposes is a straight forward process. There is currently no guide supporting this. However, reading the source code should give enough hints on how to add functionality.

Requirements

• Windows 7 or higher.
• python >= 3.11 (earlier versions upto 3.9 may work but not yet tested)
• CATIA V5 must already be running.

Installation

Pre Built Binary

• Download the latest zip file from https://github.com/evereux/pycatia-tools/releases.

• Unzip the package and run pycatia-tools.exe by double clicking on it.

• In your web browser access the page http://127.0.0.1:5578/ in your browser.

git

To clone this repository using git cmd:

git clone https://github.com/evereux/pycatia-tools.git

Alternatively you can download a copy of the zipped archive.

Change directory to the project folder and create a virtual environment for the project.

python -m venv env

Activate the virtual environment

env\Scripts\activate.bat

Install the requirements.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running

To run the application:

flask run

Open a web browser and access the url https://127.0.1:5578

Building

To build an executable do the following:

pip install nuitka

python -m nuitka --standalone --include-data-dir=<path_to>\pycatia-tools\application\templates=application/templates --include-data-dir=<path_to>\\pycatia-tools\application\static=application/static pycatia-tools-exe.py