Cimatron SDK

The Cimatron SDK (Software Development Kit) consists of the following:

• Cimatron API (Application Programming Interface) that shows the capabilities of the system and enables you to write external (out-of-process, *.exe) and internal (in-process, *.dll) user-programmable applications.

• Cimatron APIShell is a user-friendly collection of wrapper methods for Cimatron's API. In other words, it contains ready-made functions for various Cimatron applications.

This is a COM-based API that provides you with the means to write your own applications that interact with the system.

User applications can be written in any COM-supported language such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc. or scripting languages such as Visual Basic Script or JavaScript.

The Cimatron API provides these capabilities:

• Document management (Pdm);

• Creating a sketch (MdSketcher, Sketcher);

• Creating modeling features (extrude, revolve, and other procedures);

• Assembly features (Add, Connect, and other procedures);

• Editing features;

• Entity retrieval with filters;

• Creating sets of entities;

• Attaching and reading entities attributes;

• Executing Cimatron commands (PoolCommands);

• Creating external commands;

• Tool interaction (Tool);

• Picking an entity functionality that allows you to make a selection in interactive mode (PickTool, Arrow figure);

• Generating a linear model (getting triangulation data, ILmGenerator);

• Standard GUI (Feature Guide, Guidebar, SP-Figure).