CAA V5 for CATIA - Getting Started

Duration:

5 days

Objectives:

The attendees will be taught the basic and necessary knowledge to fully benefit from the CAA V5 Architecture. Students will know how to integrate their components within V5 using existing V5 objects, how to develop new applications and deliver them to the customer.

Participants' profile:

C++ programmers ONLY.

Prerequisites:

To take full advantage of this instruction, participants are expected to be familiar with:
     - CATIA V5 trainings (*) (Mandatory)     
     - C++ industrial programming practice (Mandatory) 
     - COM (Microsoft Object Model) notions (Nice to have) 
     - Microsoft Developer Studio practice (Nice to have)

(*) Recommended trainings: Part Design or Shape Design + Assembly + Knowledgeware

Content Abstract: 

• Openness and Development Architecture
      - One Technological Choice
      - CAA Solution Architecture
      - CAA Development Tools Basics

• Object Modeler
      - Overview
      - Interface / Implementation Design Pattern
      - Link between Interface & Implementation
      - Extension Mechanism
      - Late Type
      - Life Cycle
      - Smart Pointer
      - Coding Rules
  

• Feature Modeler
      - Overview
      - Feature Definition
      - Feature Creation Mechanism
      - Feature Behaviors
  

• Mechanical Modeler
      - Overview
      - MechanicalFeature Definition

• Geometrical Modeler
      - Overview
      - Mathematics
      - Geometry
      - Topology
      - Topology & Geometry Relationship

• Application Frame
      - CATIA V5 frame editor
      - Workshop, Workbench & Addin

• User Interaction
      - Commands
      - Dialog Objects
      - Layout Management
      - Command / Dialog Integration
      - Resources

• Selection Mechanism
      - Selection in an Interactive Session
      - Filter
      - Brep Feature
      - Featurization

• Visualization
      - Overview
      - Architecture
      - Graphic Properties
      - Refresh
      - Visualization Objects
      - Manipulator
  

• Product Structure & Assembly
      - Product
      - Connector
      - Publication
      - Constraint

• Knowledgeware
      - Overview
      - Literal Feature
      - Relation

• Software Quality Management
      - Programming Rules
      - C++ source Checker: mkCheckSource
      - Test Tool: mkodt
      - Documentation Generation: mkMan

• Software Delivery Management
      - Packaging and Licensing
      - Software Prerequisites
      - Delivering a CAA built Application
  

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