Insert Punch Table Example (VBA)
This example shows how to insert a punch table in the flat pattern view of a sheet metal part
that contains one or more forming tool features.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a drawing that contains a flat pattern view of a sheet metal part with
' one or more forming tool features.
' 2. Modify the x- and y-coordinates in the IModelDocExtension::SelectByID2
methods for the
' specified VERTEX and FACE.
' 3. Replace install_dir with your SOLIDWORKS installation path.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. A punch table is inserted in the drawing.
' 2. Inspect the Immediate window for punch table feature details.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim Part As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim boolstatus As Boolean
Dim myView As SldWorks.View
Dim myTableAnn As SldWorks.PunchTableAnnotation
Dim MyTable As SldWorks.PunchTable
Dim featRet As SldWorks.Feature
Dim rVar As Variant
Option Explicit
Sub main()
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
boolstatus = Part.ActivateView("Drawing View1")
boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("Drawing View1", "DRAWINGVIEW",
0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
'Select a vertex in the drawing view to be
the origin of all datums in the table
'All X LOCATION and Y LOCATION table column values will be
relative to this datum origin
boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("", "VERTEX",
0.1344949308616, 0.0948467785893, 0, False, 1, Nothing, 0)
'Select a face that contains the punches
that will be annotated in the table
boolstatus = Part.Extension.SelectByID2("", "FACE",
0.1562337360869, 0.1059474450873, 0, True, 2, Nothing, 0)
Set myView =
Part.SelectionManager.GetSelectedObjectsDrawingView(1)
Set myTableAnn =
myView.InsertPunchTable(False, 0.2178779310824, 0.2022819591903, 1, "A", "install_dir\lang\english\punchtable-standard.sldpuntbt")
If myTableAnn Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Failed to insert Punch
Table"
Set MyTable = myTableAnn.PunchTable
Debug.Print "Default punch table properties:"
Debug.Print ""
Debug.Print "Tag style (swPunchTableTagStyle_e): " &
MyTable.TagStyle
Debug.Print "Starting tag: " & MyTable.StartingValue
Debug.Print "Merge cells with the punch ID for a given tag?
" & MyTable.CombineSameSize
Debug.Print "Combine rows with the same punch ID? " & MyTable.CombineTags
Debug.Print "Display dual dimensions? " & MyTable.DualDimensions
Debug.Print "Display units for dual dimensions? " & MyTable.ShowUnits
Debug.Print "Punch table annotation count: " &
MyTable.GetTableAnnotationCount
rVar = MyTable.GetTableAnnotations
Set featRet = MyTable.GetFeature
Debug.Print "Feature name: " & featRet.Name
Part.ClearSelection2 True
boolstatus = Part.ActivateSheet("Sheet1")
End Sub