Get Number of Instances Skipped in Driving Feature Example (C#)
This example shows how to get the number of instances skipped in the driving feature of a
derived pattern feature.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open public_documents\tutorial\api\PatternDrivenComponentPattern.sldasm.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Adds instances to skip in the local linear pattern feature.
// 2. Inserts a derived pattern feature.
// 3. Gets the number of instances skipped in the driving feature for the
// derived pattern feature.
// 4. Gets whether visual properties are propagated in the derived pattern
// feature.
// 5. Examine the FeatureManager design tree, graphics area, and
// Immediate window.
//
// NOTE: Because the assembly is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace Macro1CSharp.csproj
{
public partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public void Main()
{
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
AssemblyDoc swAssemblyDoc = default(AssemblyDoc);
ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);
SelectionMgr swSelectionMgr = default(SelectionMgr);
Feature swFeature = default(Feature);
LocalLinearPatternFeatureData swLocalLinearPatternData = default(LocalLinearPatternFeatureData);
DerivedPatternFeatureData swDerivedPatternFeatureData = default(DerivedPatternFeatureData);
int[] list = new int[2];
object instancesSkipData = null;
int[] instancesSkipData_Derived = new int[2];
int instancesToSkipCount = 0;
bool status = false;
int i = 0;
swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
//Add instances to skip to local linear pattern feature, LocalLPattern1
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("LocalLPattern1", "COMPPATTERN", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
swSelectionMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
swFeature = (Feature)swSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
swLocalLinearPatternData = (LocalLinearPatternFeatureData)swFeature.GetDefinition();
status = swLocalLinearPatternData.AccessSelections(swModel, null);
list[0] = 11;
list[1] = 14;
instancesSkipData = list;
swLocalLinearPatternData.SkippedItemArray = instancesSkipData;
status = swFeature.ModifyDefinition(swLocalLinearPatternData, swModel, null);
//Insert derived pattern feature, LocalCompPattern1
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Part2^patterndrivencomponentpattern-1@patterndrivencomponentpattern", "COMPONENT", 0, 0, 0, false, 1, null, 0);
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("LocalLPattern1", "COMPPATTERN", 0, 0, 0, true, 6, null, 0);
swAssemblyDoc = (AssemblyDoc)swModel;
status = swAssemblyDoc.InsertDerivedPattern();
//Get number of instances skipped in the driving feature, LocalLPattern1,
//for derived pattern feature, LocalCompPattern1
status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("LocalCompPattern1", "COMPPATTERN", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
swFeature = (Feature)swSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
swDerivedPatternFeatureData = (DerivedPatternFeatureData)swFeature.GetDefinition();
status = swDerivedPatternFeatureData.AccessSelections(swModel, null);
instancesSkipData_Derived = (int[])swDerivedPatternFeatureData.DrivingFeatureSkippedItemArray;
instancesToSkipCount = instancesSkipData_Derived.Length;
Debug.Print("Number of instances skipped in the driving feature of the derived pattern feature: " + instancesToSkipCount);
for (i = 0; i <= instancesToSkipCount - 1; i++)
{
Debug.Print(" Instance skipped: " + instancesSkipData_Derived[i]);
}
//Get whether visual properties are propagated in the derived pattern feature
Debug.Print ("Visual properties propagated in the derived pattern feature? " + swDerivedPatternFeatureData.PropagateVisualProperty);
swDerivedPatternFeatureData.ReleaseSelectionAccess();
}
/// <summary>
/// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
/// </summary>
public SldWorks swApp;
}
}