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Fire Events When Dragging Instant3D Manipulator in an Assembly Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to fire events when dragging an Instant3D manipulator in an assembly document.

'------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open an assembly document.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' NOTE: Instant3D is enabled by the macro.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Select an Instant3D manipulator in the
'    open assembly by right-clicking a floating
'    assembly component, clicking the down arrows
'    at the bottom of the shortcut menu, and selecting
'    Move with Triad.
' 2. Drag the Instant3D handle to move the assembly
'    component.
' 3. Writes a debug statement to the Immediate window
'    informing you that dragging of an Instant3D
'    manipulator has started.
' 4. Stop dragging the manipulator.
' 5. Writes a debug statement to the Immediate window
'    informing you that dragging of an Instant3D
'    manipulator has stopped.
' 6. Examine the Immediate window.
'----------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Diagnostics


Partial Class SolidWorksMacro


    Public WithEvents pDoc As AssemblyDoc


    Public Sub main()


        Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
        Dim swFeatMgr As FeatureManager
        Dim openAssembly As Hashtable


        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc


        ' Enable Instant3D
        swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager
        swFeatMgr.MoveSizeFeatures = True


        ' Execute events
        pDoc = swModel
        openAssembly = New Hashtable


        AttachEventHandlers()


    End Sub


    Sub AttachEventHandlers()
        AttachSWEvents()
    End Sub


    Sub AttachSWEvents()
        If Not pDoc Is Nothing Then
            AddHandler pDoc.DragStateChangeNotify, AddressOf Me.pDoc_DragStateChangeNotify
        End If
    End Sub


    Private Function pDoc_DragStateChangeNotify(ByVal State As Boolean) As Integer
        ' Write debug statement when dragging of manipulator started and stopped
        If State = True Then
            Debug.Print("Dragging of manipulator started.")
        Else
            Debug.Print("Dragging of manipulator stopped.")
        End If
    End Function


    ''' <summary>
    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
    ''' </summary>
    Public swApp As SldWorks


End Class



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