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Get Faces Affected by Feature Example (C#)

This example shows how to get the faces affected by a feature. This example also highlights the edges on each affected face in blue.

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a model document.
// 2. Select a feature, such as a draft, that affects faces.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Highlights the edges of the faces in blue that are affected
//    by the selected feature.
// 2. Examine the graphics area.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace GetFaceEdgeCount_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
ModelDoc2 swModel;
        
SelectionMgr swSelMgr;
        
ModelDocExtension swModelExt;
        
Feature swFeature;
        
object[] vAffectedFaces;
        
object[] vEdges;
        
int nFaceCount;
        
int nEdgeCount;
        
int i;
        
int j;

        
public void Main()
        {
            swModel = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swModelExt = swModel.Extension;
            swSelMgr = (
SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
            swFeature = (
Feature)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            nFaceCount = swFeature.GetAffectedFaceCount();
            
Debug.Print("Number of faces affected by selected feature = " + nFaceCount);
            vAffectedFaces = (
object[])swFeature.GetAffectedFaces();

            
for (i = 0; i <= (nFaceCount - 1); i++)
            {
                nEdgeCount = ((
Face)vAffectedFaces[i]).GetEdgeCount();
                
Debug.Print("   Number of edges on Face " + i + " = " + nEdgeCount);
                vEdges = (
object[])((Face)vAffectedFaces[i]).GetEdges();

                
for (j = 0; j <= (nEdgeCount - 1); j++)
                {
                    ((
Edge)vEdges[j]).Display(2, 0, 0, 1, true);
                }
            }

        }


        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}



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