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Get Sheet Metal Folder Feature Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get the sheet metal folder and its contents.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: Open a multi-body sheet metal part that has a folder
'                of sheet metal features.
'
' Postconditions: Inspect the Immediate window.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim myModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim featureMgr As SldWorks.FeatureManager
Dim feat As SldWorks.Feature
Dim sheetMetalFolder As SldWorks.sheetMetalFolder
Dim featArray As Variant
Dim i As Long
Option Explicit

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set myModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set featureMgr = myModel.FeatureManager
   

    Set sheetMetalFolder = featureMgr.GetSheetMetalFolder
    Set feat = sheetMetalFolder.GetFeature
    Debug.Print "Sheet metal folder name: " & feat.Name
    Debug.Print "  Number of sheet metal features in the folder: " & sheetMetalFolder.GetSheetMetalCount
    featArray = sheetMetalFolder.GetSheetMetals
    For i = LBound(featArray) To UBound(featArray)
        Set feat = featArray(i)
        Debug.Print "    " & feat.Name
    Next i
   

End Sub

 



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