Create New Part from Existing Part Using Temporary Body Example (C#)

This example shows how to delete faces from a temporary body and how to create a new part using that temporary body.

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\toolbox\braceright.sldprt.
// 2. Verify that the specified part template exists..
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Creates a new part; the new part has same body as original part
//    but with selected faces deleted.
// 2. Close the new part without saving it.
// 3. Close braceright.sldprt without saving it.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace DeleteFaces5Body2_CSharp.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public object GetFacesWithAttribute(SldWorks swApp, Body2 swBody, AttributeDef swAttDef)

        {

            Face2 swFace = default(Face2);

            Entity swEnt = default(Entity);

            SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute swAttCopy = default(SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute);

            // Search for faces on temporary body based on copied attributes

            Face2[] swFaceArr = new Face2[1];

            swFace = (Face2)swBody.GetFirstFace();

            while ((null != swFace))

            {

                swEnt = (Entity)swFace;

                swAttCopy = null;

                // Only one instance of attribute on a face should exist

                swAttCopy = (SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute)swEnt.FindAttribute(swAttDef, 0);

                if ((swAttCopy != null))

                {

                    swFaceArr[swFaceArr.GetUpperBound(0)] = swFace;

                    Array.Resize(ref swFaceArr, swFaceArr.GetUpperBound(0) + 2);

                }

                swFace = (Face2)swFace.GetNextFace();

            }

            Array.Resize(ref swFaceArr, swFaceArr.GetUpperBound(0));

            return swFaceArr;

        }

        public void Main()

        {

            const int CreateVisible = 0;

            const string sAttDefName = "temp_attrib";

            const string sAttRootName = "root_attrib";

            AttributeDef swAttDef = default(AttributeDef);

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);

            PartDoc swPart = default(PartDoc);

            Body2 swBody = default(Body2);

            Body2 swCopyBody = default(Body2);

            SelectionMgr swSelMgr = default(SelectionMgr);

            long nSelCount = 0;

            Face2 swFace = default(Face2);

            Entity swEnt = default(Entity);

            SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute[] swAtt = new SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.Attribute[6];

            object[] vFaceArr = null;

            PartDoc swNewPart = default(PartDoc);

            ModelDoc2 swNewModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            Feature swFeat = default(Feature);

            object[] vBodies = null;

            bool boolstatus = false;

            int i = 0;

            bool bLocChk = false;

            bool bRet = false;
 

            swAttDef = (AttributeDef)swApp.DefineAttribute(sAttDefName);

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            swSelMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;

            swPart = (PartDoc)swModel;

            bRet = swAttDef.Register();

            //Debug.Assert(bRet);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.02203398034251, 0.2107859236428, 0.005471558832284, true, 0, null, 0);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.03651723484872, 0.1911276369938, 0.007226351471076, true, 0, null, 0);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.01524, 0.1384548315647, 0.004444480215071, true, 0, null, 0);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.1306826750488, 0.0172129316129, 0.006448917397336, true, 0, null, 0);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.1068570742154, 0.01524000000001, 0.00670683128584, true, 0, null, 0);

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.01652926606039, 0.01775444632528, 0.004157527166058, true, 0, null, 0);

            // Add attribute to selected faces

            nSelCount = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1);

      

            for (i = 1; i <= nSelCount; i++)

            {

                swFace = (Face2)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(i, -1);

                swEnt = (Entity)swFace;

                swAtt[i - 1] = swAttDef.CreateInstance5(swModel, swEnt, sAttRootName + i, CreateVisible, (int)swInConfigurationOpts_e.swAllConfiguration);

             

            }

            Object varBodies;

            vBodies = (Object[])swPart.GetBodies2((int)swBodyType_e.swAllBodies, true);

            varBodies = vBodies;

            swBody = (Body2)vBodies[0];

            swCopyBody = (Body2)swBody.Copy();

            // Remove attribute from faces

            for (i = 1; i <= nSelCount; i++)

            {

                bRet = swAtt[i - 1].Delete(true);

              

            }

            vFaceArr = (Object[])GetFacesWithAttribute(swApp, swCopyBody, swAttDef);

            Object varFaceArr = vFaceArr;

            bRet = swCopyBody.DeleteFaces5(varFaceArr, (int)swHealActionType_e.swHealAction_Shrink, (int)swLoopProcessOption_e.swLoopProcess_Auto, true, out varBodies, out bLocChk);

         

            swNewPart = (PartDoc)swApp.NewDocument("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2016\\templates\\part.prtdot", 0, 0, 0);

            swNewModel = (ModelDoc2)swNewPart;

            swFeat = (Feature)swNewPart.CreateFeatureFromBody3(swCopyBody, false, (int)swCreateFeatureBodyOpts_e.swCreateFeatureBodyCheck);

        }

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}