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Get Custom Properties of Referenced Part (C#)

This example shows how to get the custom property data of a referenced part.

//----------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a part that contains a referenced part
//    with a custom property and a value.
// 2. Open the referenced part.
// 3. Switch back to the part opened in step 1.
// 4. In the macro, replace Property_Name with the name of
//    the referenced part's custom property.
//
// Postconditions: The custom property data
// is printed to the Immediate window.
//---------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Get4CustomPropertyManagerCSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
public void Main()
        {
            ModelDoc2 swModel =
default(ModelDoc2);
            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt =
default(ModelDocExtension);
            CustomPropertyManager swCustProp =
default(CustomPropertyManager);
            
string val = "";
            
string valout = "";
            
bool status;

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            
// Get the custom property data
            swCustProp = swModelDocExt.get_CustomPropertyManager("");
            status = swCustProp.Get4(
"Property_Name", false, out val, out valout);

            
Debug.Print("Value:                    " + val);
            
Debug.Print("Evaluated value:          " + valout);
            
Debug.Print("Up-to-date data:          " + status);

        }

        
/// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



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