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Replace Sketch Relation Example (VBA)

This example shows how to reassign a sketch relation from one sketch line to another.

 

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'

' Preconditions: SolidWorks is running and contains

'                Sketch1 and Line4@Sketch1. Sketch1 contains

'                a sketch line that has a horizontal constraint.

'               

'

' Postconditions:  The horizontal constraint is reassigned to

'                Line4@Sketch1. The example also changes the suppression states

'                of all of the relations in the sketch.

'

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Option Explicit

Public Enum swSketchRelationFilterType_e

    swall = 0

    swDangling = 1

    swOverDefining = 2

    swExternal = 3

    swDefinedInContext = 4

    swLocked = 5

    swBroken = 6

    swSelectedEntities = 7

End Enum

Public Enum swConstraintType_e

    swConstraintType_INVALIDCTYPE = 0

    swConstraintType_DISTANCE = 1

    swConstraintType_ANGLE = 2

    swConstraintType_RADIUS = 3

    swConstraintType_HORIZONTAL = 4

    swConstraintType_VERTICAL = 5

    swConstraintType_TANGENT = 6

    swConstraintType_PARALLEL = 7

    swConstraintType_PERPENDICULAR = 8

    swConstraintType_COINCIDENT = 9

    swConstraintType_CONCENTRIC = 10

    swConstraintType_SYMMETRIC = 11

    swConstraintType_ATMIDDLE = 12

    swConstraintType_ATINTERSECT = 13

    swConstraintType_SAMELENGTH = 14

    swConstraintType_DIAMETER = 15

    swConstraintType_OFFSETEDGE = 16

    swConstraintType_FIXED = 17

    swConstraintType_ARCANG90 = 18

    swConstraintType_ARCANG180 = 19

    swConstraintType_ARCANG270 = 20

    swConstraintType_ARCANGTOP = 21

    swConstraintType_ARCANGBOTTOM = 22

    swConstraintType_ARCANGLEFT = 23

    swConstraintType_ARCANGRIGHT = 24

    swConstraintType_HORIZPOINTS = 25

    swConstraintType_VERTPOINTS = 26

    swConstraintType_COLINEAR = 27

    swConstraintType_CORADIAL = 28

    swConstraintType_SNAPGRID = 29

    swConstraintType_SNAPLENGTH = 30

    swConstraintType_SNAPANGLE = 31

    swConstraintType_USEEDGE = 32

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANG90 = 33

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANG180 = 34

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANG270 = 35

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANGTOP = 36

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANGBOTTOM = 37

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANGLEFT = 38

    swConstraintType_ELLIPSEANGRIGHT = 39

    swConstraintType_ATPIERCE = 40

    swConstraintType_DOUBLEDISTANCE = 41

    swConstraintType_MERGEPOINTS = 42

    swConstraintType_ANGLE3P = 43

    swConstraintType_ARCLENGTH = 44

    swConstraintType_NORMAL = 45

    swConstraintType_NORMALPOINTS = 46

    swConstraintType_SKETCHOFFSET = 47

    swConstraintType_ALONGX = 48

    swConstraintType_ALONGY = 49

    swConstraintType_ALONGZ = 50

    swConstraintType_ALONGXPOINTS = 51

    swConstraintType_ALONGYPOINTS = 52

    swConstraintType_ALONGZPOINTS = 53

    swConstraintType_PARALLELYZ = 54

    swConstraintType_PARALLELZX = 55

    swConstraintType_INTERSECTION = 56

    swConstraintType_PATTERNED = 57

    swConstraintType_ISOBYPOINT = 58

    swConstraintType_SAMEISOPARAM = 59

    swConstraintType_FITSPLINE = 60

End Enum

Sub main()

    Dim swApp                           As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swModel                         As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swSelMgr                        As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

    Dim swFeat                          As SldWorks.feature

    Dim swSketch                        As SldWorks.sketch

    Dim swSkRelMgr                      As SldWorks.SketchRelationManager

    Dim swSkRel                         As SldWorks.SketchRelation

    Dim vSkRelArr                       As Variant

    Dim vSkRel                          As Variant

    Dim i                               As Long

    Dim boolstatus                      As Boolean

    Dim result                          As Boolean

    

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Sketch1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

    boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Line4@Sketch1", "EXTSKETCHSEGMENT", -0.003781893521277, 0.02095856938462, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 1)

    

    Set swFeat = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)

    Set swSketch = swFeat.GetSpecificFeature2

    Set swSkRelMgr = swSketch.RelationManager

    Dim newEntity As Object

    Set newEntity = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(2, -1)

    

    Debug.Print "File = " & swModel.GetPathName

    Debug.Print "  Feat = " & swFeat.Name

    

    vSkRelArr = swSkRelMgr.GetRelations(swall)

    Dim RelationsCount As Long

    RelationsCount = swSkRelMgr.GetRelationsCount(swall)

    Debug.Print "  There are " & RelationsCount & " relations"

    For Each vSkRel In vSkRelArr

        Set swSkRel = vSkRel

        

        Debug.Print "    Relation(" & i & ")"

        Debug.Print "      Type         = " & swSkRel.GetRelationType

        Dim EntitiesCount As Long

        Dim vEntities As Variant

        

        EntitiesCount = swSkRel.GetEntitiesCount

        Debug.Print "      Entities count is " & EntitiesCount

        

               If (swSkRel.GetRelationType = 4) Then

            vEntities = swSkRel.GetEntities

            swModel.ClearSelection2 True

           

            Dim Entity As SldWorks.Entity

            Dim oldEntity As Object

            Dim SketchSeg As SldWorks.SketchSegment

            Dim SketchPt As SldWorks.SketchPoint

            Set Entity = Nothing

            Set SketchSeg = Nothing

            Set SketchPt = Nothing

            On Error Resume Next

            Set oldEntity = vEntities(0)

            result = swSkRel.ReplaceEntity(oldEntity, newEntity)

        End If

                

        result = swSkRel.Suppressed

        

        Debug.Print "      Suppressed         = " & result

        If (result) Then

            swSkRel.Suppressed = False

        Else

            swSkRel.Suppressed = True

        End If

        Debug.Print "      Suppressed         = " & swSkRel.Suppressed

        

        i = i + 1

    Next

End Sub

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