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Create Hole Wizard Hole Example (VBA)

This example shows how to create a hole wizard hole.

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

' Preconditions: SolidWorks is running.

'

' Postconditions: A model is created and a wizard hole

'                 wizard is created in that model.

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

Option Explicit

 

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension

Dim swFeatMgr As SldWorks.FeatureManager

Dim swFeat As SldWorks.Feature

Dim swSketchMgr As SldWorks.SketchManager

Dim sketchLines As Variant

Dim longstatus As Long

Dim boolstatus As Boolean

Dim P1(2) As Double

Dim P2(2) As Double

Dim P3(2) As Double

 

Sub main()

 

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

 

' Create the model for the wizard hole

swApp.ResetUntitledCount 0, 0, 0

Set swModel = swApp.NewDocument("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\templates\Part.prtdot", 0, 0, 0)

swApp.ActivateDoc2 "Part1", False, longstatus

Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

Set swSketchMgr = swModel.SketchManager

Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

Set swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager

sketchLines = swSketchMgr.CreateCornerRectangle(-0.05096498314664, 0.05060941349678, 0, 0.1021670127265, -0.05037236706354, 0)

boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

Set swFeat = swFeatMgr.FeatureExtrusion2(True, False, False, 0, 0, 0.381, 0.381, False, False, False, False, 0.01745329251994, 0.01745329251994, False, False, False, False, True, True, True, 0, 0, False)

 

'Create three points for the reference plane

P1(0) = -1.41556764402858E-02

P1(1) = 1.94061273859598E-03

P1(2) = 0

P2(0) = -1.41556764402858E-02

P2(1) = 1.94061273859598E-03

P2(2) = 1

P3(0) = -0.149976101832345

P3(1) = -0.988792859011662

P3(2) = 0

 

'Create the reference plane

swModel.CreatePlaneFixed2 P1, P2, P3, False

 

'Select reference plane

boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Plane1", "PLANE", -1.56784487003801E-02, -9.16715285390111E-03, 5.58270998665543E-02, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

 

' Create the hole wizard hole

Set swFeat = swFeatMgr.HoleWizard4(swWzdCounterSink, swStandardAnsiMetric, swStandardAnsiMetricFlatHead82, "M2", swEndCondThroughAll, 0.0102, 0.010312189893273, _

                                    0.0044, 1.57079632679489, 1.52189893272978E-04, 0, 2.05948851735331, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, "", False, True, True, True, True, False)

        

End Sub



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