Create New Part from Existing Part Using Temporary Body Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to delete faces from a temporary body and how to create a new part using that temporary body.

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' Preconditions:

'       (1) Open <SOLIDWORKS_install_dir>\samples\tutorial\toolbox\braceright.sldprt.

'       (2) Specified part template exists. If it does not,

'           then substitute path to part template on your system.

'       (2) Run macro.

'

' Postconditions:

'       (1) New part is created.

'       (2) New part has same body as original part

'           but with selected faces deleted.

'       (3) You can decide whether you want to save the new part.

'       (4) Close braceright.sldprt without saving any changes.

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Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst

Imports System

Imports System.Diagnostics

 

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

 

    Function GetFacesWithAttribute(ByVal swApp As SldWorks, ByVal swBody As Body2, ByVal swAttDef As AttributeDef) As Object

 

       Dim swFace As Face2

        Dim swEnt As Entity

        Dim swAttCopy As SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute

        Dim swFaceArr() As Face2

 

        ' Search for faces on temporary body based on copied attributes

        ReDim swFaceArr(0)

        swFace = swBody.GetFirstFace

        Do While Not Nothing Is swFace

            swEnt = swFace

            swAttCopy = Nothing

            ' Only one instance of attribute on a face should exist

            swAttCopy = swEnt.FindAttribute(swAttDef, 0)

            If Not swAttCopy Is Nothing Then

                swFaceArr(UBound(swFaceArr)) = swFace

                ReDim Preserve swFaceArr(UBound(swFaceArr) + 1)

            End If

            swFace = swFace.GetNextFace

        Loop

 

        Debug.Assert(UBound(swFaceArr) >= 1)

        ReDim Preserve swFaceArr(UBound(swFaceArr) - 1)

        GetFacesWithAttribute = swFaceArr

 

    End Function

 

    Public Sub main()

 

        '   1 = invisible

        '   0 = visible

        Const CreateVisible As Long = 0

        Const sAttDefName As String = "temp_attrib"

        Const sAttRootName As String = "root_attrib"

        Dim swAttDef As AttributeDef

        Dim swModel As ModelDoc2

        Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension

        Dim swPart As PartDoc

        Dim swBody As Body2

        Dim swCopyBody As Body2

        Dim swSelMgr As SelectionMgr

        Dim nSelCount As Long

        Dim swFace As Face2

        Dim swEnt As Entity

        Dim swAtt() As SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute

        Dim vFaceArr As Object

        Dim swNewPart As PartDoc

        Dim swNewModel As ModelDoc2

        Dim swFeat As Feature

        Dim vBodies As Object

        Dim boolstatus As Boolean

        Dim i As Long

        Dim bLocChk As Boolean

        Dim bRet As Boolean

 

        swAttDef = swApp.DefineAttribute(sAttDefName)

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

        swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

        swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

        swPart = swModel

        bRet = swAttDef.Register : Debug.Assert(bRet)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.02203398034251, 0.2107859236428, 0.005471558832284, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.03651723484872, 0.1911276369938, 0.007226351471076, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.01524, 0.1384548315647, 0.004444480215071, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.1306826750488, 0.0172129316129, 0.006448917397336, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.1068570742154, 0.01524000000001, 0.00670683128584, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.01652926606039, 0.01775444632528, 0.004157527166058, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

 

        ' Add attribute to selected faces

        nSelCount = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1)

        ReDim swAtt(nSelCount)

        For i = 1 To nSelCount

            swFace = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(i, -1)

            swEnt = swFace

            swAtt(i - 1) = swAttDef.CreateInstance5(swModel, swEnt, sAttRootName & i, CreateVisible, swInConfigurationOpts_e.swAllConfiguration) : Debug.Assert(Not swAtt(i - 1) Is Nothing)

        Next i

 

        vBodies = swPart.GetBodies2(swBodyType_e.swAllBodies, True)

        swBody = vBodies(0)

        swCopyBody = swBody.Copy

 

        ' Remove attribute from faces

        For i = 1 To nSelCount

            bRet = swAtt(i - 1).Delete(True) : Debug.Assert(bRet)

        Next i

 

        vFaceArr = GetFacesWithAttribute(swApp, swCopyBody, swAttDef)

        Debug.Assert(nSelCount = UBound(vFaceArr) + 1)

 

        ' Can only delete faces from a temporary body

        Debug.Assert(swCopyBody.IsTemporaryBody)

 

        ' Should not assert because it may fail to delete faces or fail local check or both

        bRet = swCopyBody.DeleteFaces5(vFaceArr, swHealActionType_e.swHealAction_Shrink, swLoopProcessOption_e.swLoopProcess_Auto, True, vBodies, bLocChk) : Debug.Assert(bRet) : Debug.Assert(bLocChk)

        swNewPart = swApp.NewDocument("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2010\templates\part.prtdot", 0, 0, 0)

        swNewModel = swNewPart

        swFeat = swNewPart.CreateFeatureFromBody3(swCopyBody, False, swCreateFeatureBodyOpts_e.swCreateFeatureBodyCheck) : Debug.Assert(Not swFeat Is Nothing)

 

    End Sub

 

    ''' <summary>

    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.

    ''' </summary>

    Public swApp As SldWorks

 

End Class