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Is Selected Feature a Boundary Box Sketch (C#)

This example shows how to determine if a sketch is  a boundary box sketch.

//----------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\api\2012-sm.sldprt.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Unsuppresses the Flat-Pattern1 feature.
// 2. Selects the Flat-Pattern1's boundary box sketch feature.
// 3. Gets whether the selected sketch is a boundary box sketch.
// 4. Examine the Immediate window.
//
// NOTE: Because the part is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
//----------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace IsBoundaryBoxSketchSketchCSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel;
            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt;
            SelectionMgr swSelMgr;
            Feature swFeature;
            Sketch swSketch;
            
bool status = false;

            
// Open a sheet metal part
            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            
// Select the flat-pattern feature
            swModelDocExt = (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
            status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2(
"Flat-Pattern1", "BODYFEATURE", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);

            
// Unsuppress the flat-pattern feature
            status = swModel.EditUnsuppress2();
            swModel.ClearSelection2(
true);

            
// Select the flat-pattern feature's boundary box feature
            status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Bounding-Box1", "SKETCH", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);
            swSelMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
            swFeature = (Feature)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
            swSketch = (Sketch)swFeature.GetSpecificFeature2();

            
// Print to the Immediate window if the just-selected feature is a boundary box
            Debug.Print("Selected sketch a boundary box sketch? " + swSketch.IsBoundaryBoxSketch());
        }

        
/// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>
        public
SldWorks swApp;


    }
}

 



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