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Get Contents of FeatureFolder Example (C#)

This example shows how to obtain the contents of feature folders.

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a part document.
// 2. Right-click a feature in the FeatureManager design tree.
// 3. Select Add to New Folder.
//    (The feature is moved to the new folder.)
// 4. Rename the namespace of this macro to match the name of your C# project.
// 5. Open an Immediate Window.
// 6. Run this macro.
//
// Postconditions: Inspect the Immediate Window.
//------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace FeatureFolder_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
public void Main()
        {

            
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
            
FeatureManager swFeatMgr = default(FeatureManager);
            
Feature swFeat = default(Feature);
            
IFeatureFolder swFeatFolder = default(IFeatureFolder);
            
Feature swFtrFolder = default(Feature);
            
string FeatType = null;
            
string FeatTypeName = null;

            
object[] Features = null;
            
int i = 0;

            
Feature[] featureArr = new Feature[3];

            swModel = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager;

            swFeat = (
Feature)swModel.FirstFeature();
            
while ((swFeat != null))
            {
                FeatType = swFeat.Name;
                FeatTypeName = swFeat.GetTypeName2();
              
                
if ((FeatTypeName == "FtrFolder" & !FeatType.Contains("EndTag")))
                {
                    
Debug.Print(FeatType + " [" + FeatTypeName + "]");
                    swFeatFolder = (
IFeatureFolder)swFeat.GetSpecificFeature2();
                    Features = (
object[])swFeatFolder.GetFeatures();
                    
Debug.Print(" Number of Features: " + swFeatFolder.GetFeatureCount());
                    
for (i = 0; i <= (swFeatFolder.GetFeatureCount() - 1); i++)
                    {
                        swFtrFolder = (
Feature)Features[i];
                        
Debug.Print(" Name of feature: " + swFtrFolder.Name);
                        
Debug.Print(" Type of feature: " + swFtrFolder.GetTypeName2());
                    }
                }
                swFeat = (
Feature)swFeat.GetNextFeature();

            }
        }
        
public SldWorks swApp;
    }
}



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