Box Select a Sketch Example (C#)

This example shows how to box select all of the entities in a sketch block.

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\blocks\piston_mechanism.sldblk.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Opens and box selects Sketch1.
// 2. Examine the list of selected entities
//    in the PropertyManager page.
// 3. Interactively quit editing the sketch without
//    saving any changes.
// 4. Close the document.
//--------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

namespace SketchBoxSelect_CSharp.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public void Main()

        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);

            bool boolstatus = false;

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            // Select the sketch and open it

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Sketch1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);

            swModel.EditSketch();

            swModel.ViewZoomtofit2();
 

            // Box select the sketch

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SketchBoxSelect("-0.663893", "1.322001", "0.000000", "-0.395073", "0.698568", "0.000000");

        }

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}