Select All Faces of Component Example (VBA)

This example shows how to select all of the faces of the selected component.

 

'------------------------------------------------

' Preconditions:

'       (1) Assembly is open.

'       (2) Assembly is fully resolved.

'       (3) Something is selected.

'       (4) Selected item belongs to a component part.

'

' Postconditions:

'       (1) Initial entity is deselected.

'       (2) All faces in component part are selected.

'

'----------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

Public Enum swBodyType_e

    swSolidBody = 0

    swSheetBody = 1

    swWireBody = 2

    swMinimumBody = 3

    swGeneralBody = 4

    swEmptyBody = 5

End Enum

Sub main()

    Dim swApp                   As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swModel                 As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swSelMgr                As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

    Dim swSelData               As SldWorks.SelectData

    Dim swComp                  As SldWorks.Component2

    Dim swBody                  As SldWorks.body2

    Dim vBody                   As Variant

    Dim vBodyArr                As Variant

    Dim swFace                  As SldWorks.face2

    Dim swEnt                   As SldWorks.entity

    Dim bRet                    As Boolean

    

    Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

    Set swSelData = swSelMgr.CreateSelectData

    Set swComp = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectsComponent(1)

    ' Return number of bodies

    vBodyArr = swComp.GetBodies2(swSolidBody)

    

    ' Probably a subassembly selected

    If IsEmpty(vBodyArr) Then Exit Sub

    

    ' Debugging only

    Debug.Print "Assy = " & swModel.GetPathName

    Debug.Print "  Comp = " & swComp.Name2

    Debug.Print "    Path    = " & swComp.GetPathName

    Debug.Print "    Bodies  = " & UBound(vBodyArr) + 1

    

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True

    

    For Each vBody In vBodyArr

        Set swBody = vBody

        Set swFace = swBody.GetFirstFace

        

        Do While Not swFace Is Nothing

            Set swEnt = swFace

            

            bRet = swEnt.Select4(True, swSelData): Debug.Assert bRet

            Set swFace = swFace.GetNextFace

        Loop

    Next

End Sub