Interface to CATIA 1 CATIA V5

Setup of WorldCAT-CIF and the interface Installing

WorldCAT-CIF
The WorldCAT interface for CATIA V5 will be provided as a VBA macro and must be
registered in CATIA before using it. Installing
the interface
The following processing steps are to be taken only once Installation of
WorldCAT-CIF
and of the
Setting up the CATIA macro interface from CD or
Download and execution
from the internet under
www.worldcat.de in the
Activating the macro Download field.
functions in the
Tools > Macro > Macros Setting up
menu Selecting the macro file in the standard installation path
the macro
C:\Programme\DAKO\WorldCAT\WorldCAT-
CIF\CADConn3D\CATIA_RXX\WCCIF.catvba
and selecting VBA projects or instead of C:\Programmes
Adding the macro library as library type in your selected installation path

If VBA projects are not included in the list, they Macro has
can be installed now using the general CATIA
installation. been set up

Safety by using CAD-systems own functions

Delivering a macro-file of type .catvba. The user will activate the macro in the CATIA-menu (please see help) to get it into the
macro-library.
During geometry-import the macro is interpreting the transmitted data from WorldCAT-CIF and is creating native CATIA geometry,
by using the command libraries from CATIA-internal API (Application Programming Interface).

Setting in WorldCAT-CIF
Setting up
the interface

Selecting the appropriate

CATIA version in the
Standard >
CAD system Interface menu
Interface to CATIA 2 CATIA V5

Export of the CAD geometry from the catalog into the CAD system

Starting the
Exporting the geometry to WorldCAT-CIF CAD activation

Selecting WorldCAT-CIF Loading the geometry Outputting the geometry

from the catalog into WorldCAT-CIF via the Export button

successful export
Exporting

Importing the geometry in the CAD system

Activating Product Executing the macro Adding the Geometry Executing macro
in the Tools > Macro > WorldCAT-CIF is imported
Macros menu geometry
The Import
function can
only be used
in an
activated
Product

Applying mountspaces
Positioning the part Executing the macro Applying
Executing
in the Tools > Macro > mountspaces macro
Macros menu