A small script to test extracting information from CATIA via Python [instead of VBA]

CATIA_extract_test.py

import win32com.client


def get_catia():
	catia = win32com.client.Dispatch("CATIA.Application")
	return catia


def main():
	cat = get_catia()
	doc = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch(cat.ActiveDocument)
	part = doc.Part
	print(part.Name)
	bodies = part.Bodies
	part_body = bodies.Item(1)

	for i in range(1, part_body.Shapes.Count + 1):
		print(part_body.Shapes.Item(i).Name)


if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Notes for iterating through CATIA objects:

• win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch seems to be required for each new library object/interface.
• Item attributes do not appear under <obj>._pro_map_get_ but under dir(<obj>).
• There are at least two items that appear to refer to an ancestor in the object tree, Application and Parent.