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Constrain Sketch Example (C#)

This example shows how to fully constrain a sketch.

 

Before constraining the sketch

After constraining the sketch

 

 

 

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Open a document with a sketch similar to "Before constraining
//                the sketch".
//
// Postconditions: Sketch is fully constrained and looks
//                 similar to "After constraining the sketch".
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ConstrainSketch_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
ModelDoc2 swModel;
        
SketchManager swSketchMgr;
        
Sketch swSketch;
        
SelectionMgr swSelMgr;
        
Feature swFeat;
        
long nSketchStatus;
        
bool boolstatus;

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

            
// Is a model document active?

            if (swModel == null)
            {
                swApp.SendMsgToUser2(
"A part document must be open and the active document.", (int)swMessageBoxIcon_e.swMbWarning, (int)swMessageBoxBtn_e.swMbOk);
                
return;

            }

            
// Is it a part document?
            long modelType = 0;
            modelType = swModel.GetType();

            
if (modelType != (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART)
            {
                swApp.SendMsgToUser2(
"A part document must be open and the active document.", (int)swMessageBoxIcon_e.swMbWarning, (int)swMessageBoxBtn_e.swMbOk);
                
return;

            }

            swSketchMgr = swModel.SketchManager;
            swSketch = swSketchMgr.ActiveSketch;

            
if (swSketch == null)
            {
                swApp.SendMsgToUser2(
"No active sketch; thus, a sketch could not be selected.", (int)swMessageBoxIcon_e.swMbWarning, (int)swMessageBoxBtn_e.swMbOk);
                
return;

            }

            
// Select the lines and make them colinear and vertical
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0.02116924482339, 0.04904427527406, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Line3", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0.06508556638246, 0.02563976857491, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgCOLINEAR");
            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgVERTICAL2D");

            
MessageBox.Show("The lines have been selected, made colinear, and vertically constrained.");
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            
//Select the center of the circles and constrain them to the origin
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Point7", "SKETCHPOINT", 0.1074240560292, 0.006179841656516, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Point1@Origin", "EXTSKETCHPOINT", 0, 0, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgCOINCIDENT");
            
MessageBox.Show("The center of the circles and the origin were selected and made coincident");
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            
// Select a line and the circle and make them tangent
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0.005390925700365, 0.009861449451888, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Arc1", "SKETCHSEGMENT", -0.01222819732034, 0.04720347137637, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgTANGENT");
            
MessageBox.Show("One line and a cirle were selected; both lines are now tangent with the circle.");
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            
//Select the circles and make them concentric
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2("Arc2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", -0.0290584043849, 0.03116218026797, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Arc1", "SKETCHSEGMENT", -0.01222819732034, 0.04720347137637, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgCONCENTRIC");
            
MessageBox.Show("The circles have been selected and made concentric.");
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            
//Select all the sketch entities and fix their positions
            MessageBox.Show("All  sketch entities will be selected and made fixed to fully constrain the sketch.");
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0.02116924482339, 0.04904427527406, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Line3", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0.06508556638246, 0.02563976857491, 0, true, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Arc2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", -0.0290584043849, 0.03116218026797, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            boolstatus = swModel.Extension.SelectByID2(
"Arc1", "SKETCHSEGMENT", -0.01222819732034, 0.04720347137637, 0, true, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.SketchAddConstraints(
"sgFIXED");
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}



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