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Get DimXpert Chamfer Feature Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to build a part and get attributes for following DimXpert feature:

 

    *  Chamfer

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

' Preconditions:

' 1. Open <SolidWorks_install_dir>\samples\tutorial\api\plate_tolstatus.sldprt.

' 2. Open the DimXpert toolbar from View > Toolbars

'   (select the first instance of Toolbars on the View menu).

' 3. Click the Auto Dimension Scheme icon in the DimXpert toolbar.

' 4. Ensure that the Chamfer Feature Filter is selected.

' 5. Click the green check mark to accept the settings.

' 6. Observe the following DimXpert features on the DimXpertManager tab

'    of the Management Panel:  Chamfer1.

' 7. Open an Immediate Window in the IDE.

' 8. Ensure that the latest SolidWorks.Interop.swdimxpert.dll interop assembly

'    is loaded (right-click on project, click Add Reference, click .NET tab).

' 9. Step through this macro (F8).

'

' Postconditions: Compare the output in the Immediate Window

' with the features displayed on the DimXpertManager tab of the Management Panel.

' NOTE: Because this part is used in a SolidWorks online tutorial,

' do not save any changes when you close it.

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

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swdimxpert

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst

Imports System

Imports System.Diagnostics

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

    Dim swModel As IModelDoc2

    Dim swModelDocExt As IModelDocExtension

    Dim swSelMgr As ISelectionMgr

    Dim swConfig As IConfiguration

    Dim swFeature As IFeature

    Dim swAnn As IFeature

    Dim swSchema As IDimXpertManager

    Dim swDXPart As IDimXpertPart

    Dim featureType As swDimXpertFeatureType_e

    Dim chamferType As swDimXpertChamferType_e

    Dim chamferAngleType As swDimXpertChamferAngleType_e

    Dim features As Object

    Dim appliedFeatures As Object

    Dim appliedAnnotations As Object

    Dim appliedAnnotation As IDimXpertAnnotation

    Dim feature As IDimXpertFeature

    Dim appliedFeature As IDimXpertFeature

    Dim msgStr As String

    Dim msgStr2 As String

    Dim msgStr3 As String

    Dim msgStr4 As String

    Dim n As Long

    Dim o As Long

    Dim p As Long

    Dim boolstatus As Boolean

    Sub main()

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

        swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

        swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

        ' Get the default DimXpert schema using IModelDocExtension.DimXpertManager()

        swSchema = swModelDocExt.DimXpertManager("Default", True)

        ' Get IDimXpertPart from the IDimXpertManager

        swDXPart = swSchema.DimXpertPart

        Dim featCount As Long

        featCount = swDXPart.GetFeatureCount

        msgStr = "Total of "

        msgStr2 = featCount

        msgStr = msgStr + msgStr2 + " features in " + (swSchema.SchemaName)

        Debug.Print("")

        Debug.Print(msgStr)

        ' Get IDimXpert features through IDimXpertPart

        features = swDXPart.GetFeatures

        msgStr = (swSchema.SchemaName) + " has the following features: "

        Debug.Print("")

        Debug.Print(msgStr)

        For n = 0 To UBound(features)

            feature = features(n)

            Debug.Print("  " + "Feature name: " + (feature.Name))

            featureType = feature.Type

            Call GetPatternType(featureType, msgStr2)

            msgStr = "     Feature type "

            msgStr3 = " is suppressed on the DimXpertManager tab? "

            msgStr4 = feature.IsSuppressed()

            Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2 + msgStr3 + msgStr4)

            msgStr = "     " + "Model feature: "

            swFeature = feature.GetModelFeature()

            If Not (swFeature Is Nothing) Then

                msgStr2 = swFeature.GetTypeName2()

                Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

            End If

            msgStr = "     " + "Number of SolidWorks face entities in this feature: "

            msgStr2 = feature.GetFaceCount

            Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

            msgStr = "     " + "Number of applied features: "

            msgStr2 = feature.GetAppliedFeatureCount()

            Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

            appliedFeatures = feature.GetAppliedFeatures()

            If Not (IsNothing(appliedFeatures)) Then

                For o = 0 To UBound(appliedFeatures)

                    appliedFeature = appliedFeatures(o)

                    Debug.Print("        " + "Applied feature name: " + (appliedFeature.Name))

                Next

            End If

            msgStr = "     " + "Number of applied annotations: "

            msgStr2 = feature.GetAppliedAnnotationCount()

            Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

            appliedAnnotations = feature.GetAppliedAnnotations()

            If Not (IsNothing(appliedAnnotations)) Then

                For p = 0 To UBound(appliedAnnotations)

                    appliedAnnotation = appliedAnnotations(p)

                    Debug.Print("        " + "Applied annotation name: " + (appliedAnnotation.Name))

                Next

            End If

            Debug.Print("     ")

        Next

        ' If you know the name of a DimXpert feature, you can get it directly using IDimXpertPart.GetFeature("name"),

        ' which can return a general IDimXpertFeature or a more specific interface on the feature

        ' Get IDimXpertChamferFeature for the Chamfer1 feature

        Dim chamferFeature As IDimXpertChamferFeature

        chamferFeature = swDXPart.GetFeature("Chamfer1")

        msgStr = chamferFeature.Name + " is a DimXpert feature"

        Debug.Print("")

        Debug.Print(msgStr)

        Debug.Print("")

        ' Get the chamfer type

        chamferType = chamferFeature.chamferType

        msgStr = "     Chamfer type is "

        Call GetChamferType(chamferType, msgStr2)

        Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

        ' Get the chamfer angle

        Dim angle As Double

        angle = chamferFeature.angle

        msgStr = "     Chamfer angle is "

        msgStr2 = angle

        Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

        ' Get the angle type

        chamferAngleType = chamferFeature.angleType

        msgStr = "     Chamfer angle type is "

        Call GetChamferAngleType(chamferAngleType, msgStr2)

        Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

        'Get the chamfer distance properties

        Dim chamferDistance1 As Double

        Dim chamferDistance2 As Double

        chamferDistance1 = chamferFeature.Distance1

        msgStr = "     Chamfer distance 1 is "

        msgStr2 = chamferDistance1

        Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

        chamferDistance2 = chamferFeature.Distance2

        msgStr = "     Chamfer distance 2 is "

        msgStr2 = chamferDistance2

        Debug.Print(msgStr + msgStr2)

    End Sub

    Public Sub GetPatternType(ByRef featureType As swDimXpertFeatureType_e, ByRef msgStr2 As String)

        If (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Plane) Then

            msgStr2 = "Plane"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Cylinder) Then

            msgStr2 = "Cylinder"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Cone) Then

            msgStr2 = "Cone"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Extrude) Then

            msgStr2 = "Boss"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Fillet) Then

            msgStr2 = "Fillet"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Chamfer) Then

            msgStr2 = "Chamfer"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_CompoundHole) Then

            msgStr2 = "CompoundHole"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_CompoundWidth) Then

            msgStr2 = "CompoundWidth"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_CompoundNotch) Then

            msgStr2 = "CompoundNotch"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_CompoundClosedSlot3D) Then

            msgStr2 = "CompoundClosedSlot3D"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_IntersectPoint) Then

            msgStr2 = "IntersectPoint"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_IntersectLine) Then

            msgStr2 = "IntersectLine"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_IntersectCircle) Then

            msgStr2 = "IntersectCircle"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_IntersectPlane) Then

            msgStr2 = "IntersectPlane"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Pattern) Then

            msgStr2 = "Pattern"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Sphere) Then

            msgStr2 = "Sphere"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_BestfitPlane) Then

            msgStr2 = "Bestfit plane"

        ElseIf (featureType = swDimXpertFeatureType_e.swDimXpertFeature_Surface) Then

            msgStr2 = "Surface"

        End If

    End Sub

    Public Sub GetChamferType(ByRef chamferType As swDimXpertChamferType_e, ByRef msgStr2 As String)

        If (chamferType = swDimXpertChamferType_e.swDimXpertChamferType_DistanceAngle) Then

            msgStr2 = "Distance-Angle"

        ElseIf (chamferType = swDimXpertChamferType_e.swDimXpertChamferType_DistanceDistance) Then

            msgStr2 = "Distance-Distance"

        ElseIf (chamferType = swDimXpertChamferType_e.swDimXpertChamferType_Vertex) Then

            msgStr2 = "Vertex"

        End If

    End Sub

    Public Sub GetChamferAngleType(ByRef angleType As swDimXpertChamferAngleType_e, ByRef msgStr2 As String)

        If (angleType = swDimXpertChamferAngleType_e.swDimXpertChamferAngleType_Concave) Then

            msgStr2 = "Concave"

        ElseIf (angleType = swDimXpertChamferAngleType_e.swDimXpertChamferAngleType_Convex) Then

            msgStr2 = "Convex"

        End If

    End Sub

    Public swApp As SldWorks

End Class



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