Create Solid Body Surface Trim Feature Example (VB.NET)
This example shows how to create a solid body surface trim feature.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Verify that the specified part to open exists.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Opens the specified part.
' 2. Creates Surface-Trim1.
' 3. Expand and examine Solid Bodies(1) in the FeatureManager
' design tree and examine the Immediate window.
'
' NOTE: Because the model is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
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Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Partial Class SolidWorksMacro
Public Sub main()
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension
Dim swFeatureManager As FeatureManager
Dim swFeature As Feature
Dim status As Boolean
Dim fileName As String
Dim errors As Integer
Dim warnings As Integer
fileName = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2017\tutorial\api\SurfaceTrimFeature.sldprt"
swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
swFeatureManager = swModel.FeatureManager
' Select surface features
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "SURFACEBODY", -0.0446486526100784, 0.0218350174377093, 0.0123754341749418, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "SURFACEBODY", -0.00815686270678384, 0.0415839719953865, 0.0242402652081068, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
' Select trimming surfaces to create solid body surface trim feature
status = swFeatureManager.PreTrimSurface(True, True, False, True)
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "SURFACEBODY", 0.0059504253577245, 0.0413800871671199, 0.0248740287174201, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "SURFACEBODY", -0.037205042299604, 0.0343527327176432, 0.0123446167727934, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "SURFACEBODY", -0.0104497983190015, -0.047217217677548703, 0.0233436625590571, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
Debug.Print("Solid body surface trim feature? " & swFeatureManager.SolidForTrim)
swFeatureManager.SolidForTrim = True
Debug.Print("Solid body surface trim feature? " & swFeatureManager.SolidForTrim)
swFeature = swFeatureManager.PostTrimSurface(True)
End Sub
''' <summary>
''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
''' </summary>
Public swApp As SldWorks
End Class