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Set Custom Bend Deduction Example (C#)

This example shows how to set a custom bend deduction for a miter flange feature.

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a sheet metal part that contains a miter flange feature with bends.
// 2. Select the flange feature.
//
// Postconditions: Selected flange's bend deduction is 1 mm.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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;
namespace CustomBendAllowanceType_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
ModelDoc2 Part;
        
bool boolstatus;
        
MiterFlangeFeatureData FeatureData;
        
Feature Feature;
        
CustomBendAllowance bData;
        
SelectionMgr selMgr;
        
Component component = null;

        
string nam;

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

            
// Get the selected feature
            selMgr = (SelectionMgr)Part.SelectionManager;
            Feature = (
Feature)selMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            
// Get the name of the selected feature
            nam = Feature.GetTypeName();

            
// Get the feature definition
            FeatureData = (MiterFlangeFeatureData)Feature.GetDefinition();

            
// Get whether to use default bend allowance to determine the current state
            bool useCustom = false;
            useCustom = FeatureData.UseDefaultBendAllowance;

            
// Get the custom bend allowance object
            bData = FeatureData.GetCustomBendAllowance();

            
long bType = 0;
            bType = bData.Type;
            
// Set the bend allowance type to deduction
            bData.Type = (int)swBendAllowanceTypes_e.swBendAllowanceDeduction;

            
// Set the value of the bend deduction
            bData.BendDeduction = 0.001;

            FeatureData.UseDefaultBendAllowance =
false;

            
// Set the value of the bend deduction
            FeatureData.SetCustomBendAllowance(bData);

            
// Modify the feature definition
            boolstatus = Feature.ModifyDefinition(FeatureData, Part, component);

        }


        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}



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