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Create 360° Revolve Feature Example (C#)

This example shows how to create a 360° revolve feature.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// Open a part document that contains an axis and a sketch of a rectangle
// to revolve around the axis.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. A 360° revolve feature is created.
// 2. The revolve type is printed to the Immediate window.
// 3. The revolve type is set to 3.
// 4. The revolve type is printed to the Immediate window.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace RevolveFeatDataType_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
ModelDoc2 swModel;
        
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;
        
FeatureManager swFeatMgr;
        
Feature swFeat;
        
RevolveFeatureData2 swRevolveFeat;

        
bool boolstatus;

        
public void Main()
        {
            swModel = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Axis1", "AXIS", -0.001439, 0.008691, -0.001923, false, 16, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Sketch1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager;
            swFeat = swFeatMgr.FeatureRevolve2(
true, true, false, false, false, false, 0, 0, 6.2831853071796, 0,
            
false, false, 0.01, 0.01, 0, 0, 0, true, true, true);

            swModel.ViewZoomtofit2();

            swRevolveFeat = (
RevolveFeatureData2)swFeat.GetDefinition();

            
// Set the type of revolve as defined in swRevolveType_e
            Debug.Print("Revolve feature type before setting to 3: " + swRevolveFeat.Type.ToString());
            swRevolveFeat.Type = 3;
            boolstatus = swFeat.ModifyDefinition(swRevolveFeat, swModel,
null);
            
Debug.Print("Revolve feature type after setting to 3: " + swRevolveFeat.Type.ToString());

        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}



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