Copy Mesh and Generate Report Example (VBA)

This example shows how to copy the mesh from one study to another and generate a report.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Add the SOLIDWORKS Simulation as an add-in
'    (in SOLIDWORKS, click Tools > Add-ins > SOLIDWORKS Simulation).
' 2. Add the SOLIDWORKS Simulation type library as a reference
'    (in the IDE, click Tools > References > SOLIDWORKS
'    Simulation version type library).
' 3. Open install_dir\Simulation\Examples\Verification\buckling2.sldprt.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Meshes the Quality and Draft studies.
' 2. Copies the mesh from the Quality study to the Draft study.
' 3. Click OK to close any dialog boxes.
' 4. Generates a report for the Draft study in c:\temp.
'
' NOTE: Because the model is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option Explicit

Sub main()

    Dim SwApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
 

    Dim COSMOSWORKS As CosmosWorksLib.COSMOSWORKS
    Dim CWAddinCallBack As CosmosWorksLib.CWAddinCallBack
    Dim ActDoc As CosmosWorksLib.CWModelDoc
    Dim StudyMngr As CosmosWorksLib.CWStudyManager
    Dim Study As CosmosWorksLib.CWStudy
    Dim CWMesh As CosmosWorksLib.CWMesh
   

    Dim errCode As Long, n As Long
    Dim el As Double, tl As Double
   

    Const NoOfElements1 As Double = 712         
    Const NoOfElements2 As Double = 2686
  

    If SwApp Is Nothing Then Set SwApp = Application.SldWorks
   

    Set CWAddinCallBack = SwApp.GetAddInObject("CosmosWorks.CosmosWorks")
    If CWAddinCallBack Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No CWAddinCallBack object", True
    Set COSMOSWORKS = CWAddinCallBack.COSMOSWORKS
    If COSMOSWORKS Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No CosmosWorks object", True
   

    'Get active document
    Set ActDoc = COSMOSWORKS.ActiveDoc()
    If ActDoc Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No active document", True
      

    'Get the first study
    Set StudyMngr = ActDoc.StudyManager()
    If StudyMngr Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No study manager object", True
    StudyMngr.ActiveStudy = 0
    Set Study = StudyMngr.GetStudy(0)
    If Study Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No study object", True
   

    'Mesh the first study
    Set CWMesh = Study.Mesh
    If CWMesh Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No mesh object", False
    CWMesh.Quality = 1
    Call CWMesh.GetDefaultElementSizeAndTolerance(0, el, tl)
    errCode = Study.CreateMesh(0, el, tl)
    If errCode <> 0 Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "Mesh failed", True
   

    n = CWMesh.NodeCount
 

    If (n < 0.95 * NoOfElements2) Or (n > 1.05 * NoOfElements2) Then
    ErrorMsg SwApp, " % error = " & (((n - NoOfElements2) / NoOfElements2) * 100), False
    End If
 

    'Get the second study
    StudyMngr.ActiveStudy = 1
    Set Study = StudyMngr.GetStudy(1)
    If Study Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No study object", True
  

    'Mesh the second study
    Set CWMesh = Study.Mesh
    If CWMesh Is Nothing Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "No mesh object", False
    CWMesh.Quality = 0
    Call CWMesh.GetDefaultElementSizeAndTolerance(0, el, tl)
    errCode = Study.CreateMesh(0, el, tl)
    If errCode <> 0 Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "Mesh failed", True
 

    n = CWMesh.NodeCount
    If (n < 0.95 * NoOfElements1) Or (n > 1.05 * NoOfElements1) Then
    ErrorMsg SwApp, " % error = " & (((n - NoOfElements1) / NoOfElements1) * 100), False
    End If
   

    'Copy mesh from the first study to the second study
    errCode = Study.CopyMeshFromStudy("Quality")
    If errCode <> 0 Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "Mesh failed to copy", True
 

    n = CWMesh.NodeCount
    If (n < 0.95 * NoOfElements2) Or (n > 1.05 * NoOfElements2) Then
    ErrorMsg SwApp, " % error = " & (((n - NoOfElements2) / NoOfElements2) * 100), False
    End If
   

    'Generate Report
    errCode = Study.GenerateReport("C:\temp", "report", False)
    If errCode <> 1 Then ErrorMsg SwApp, "Failed to generate report", True
 

End Sub
 

Sub ErrorMsg(SwApp As SldWorks.SldWorks, Message As String, EndTest As Boolean)
    SwApp.SendMsgToUser2 Message, 0, 0
    SwApp.RecordLine "'*** WARNING - General"
    SwApp.RecordLine "'*** " & Message
    SwApp.RecordLine ""
End Sub