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Rebuild All Configurations Without Activating Each Configuration Example (VBA)

This example shows how to rebuild only those features that need to be rebuilt in all configurations without activating each configuration.

'-------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\pdmworks\speaker.sldasm.
' 2. Right-click membrane<1> and click Suppress in the active
'    configuration, Dual Speaker.
' 3. Click Don't Save.
' 4. Click the ConfigurationManager tab and right-click Single
'    Speaker Glueable and click Show Configuration to make this
'    configuration the active configuration.
' 5. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Gets whether each configuration needs to be rebuilt.
' 2. Rebuilds only those features that need to be rebuilt in all 
'    configurations without activating each configuration.
' 3. Gets whether each configuration needs to be rebuilt.
' 4. Examine the Immediate window.
'
' NOTE: Because the assembly is used elsewhere, do not save changes.
'-------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swConfiguration As SldWorks.Configuration
Dim vConfNameArr As Variant
Dim vConfName As Variant
Sub TraverseConfigurations(swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2)
    vConfNameArr = swModel.GetConfigurationNames
    For Each vConfName In vConfNameArr
        Set swConfiguration = swModel.GetConfigurationByName(vConfName)
        Debug.Print "  Name of the configuration: " & swConfiguration.Name
        Debug.Print "    Does the configuration need to be rebuilt? " & swConfiguration.NeedsRebuild
    Next
    Debug.Print ""    
End Sub
Sub main()
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension    
    'Get whether each configuration needs to be rebuilt
    Debug.Print "Traverse assembly without activating other configurations..."
    TraverseConfigurations swModel    
    'Rebuild only those features that need to be rebuilt in all configurations
    'without activating each configuration
    swModelDocExt.EditRebuildAll    
    'Get whether each configuration needs to be rebuilt
    Debug.Print "Traverse assembly without activating other configurations..."
    TraverseConfigurations swModel    
End Sub


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