Rotate Move Face Feature Example (C#)

This example shows how to rotate (draft) a Move Face feature by changing the XYZ origin and rotation angles.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a part document that contains a Move Face feature named Move Face1.
// 2. Open the Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Rotates (drafts) the Move Face feature.
// 2. Examine the Immediate window.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;

using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace RotateMoveFaceFeature_CSharp.csproj

{

    partial class SolidWorksMacro

    {

        public void Main()

        {

            ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);

            ModelDocExtension swModelDocExt = default(ModelDocExtension);

            SelectionMgr swSelMgr = default(SelectionMgr);

            Feature swFeat = default(Feature);

            MoveFaceFeatureData swMoveFaceFeatData = default(MoveFaceFeatureData);

            double[] varPara = null;

            double[] newPara = new double[6];

            double[] newVarPara = null;

            bool boolstatus = false;

            double PI = 0;

            long i = 0;

            // Set PI

            PI = 4 * System.Math.Atan(1);

            swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

            swSelMgr = (SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;

            swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension;

            // Select, get, and access Move Face feature

            boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Move Face1", "BODYFEATURE", 0, 0, 0, false, 0, null, 0);

            swFeat = (Feature)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);

            swMoveFaceFeatData = (MoveFaceFeatureData)swFeat.GetDefinition();

            swMoveFaceFeatData.AccessSelections(swModel, null);

            // Get current XYZ origin and rotation angles of Move Face feature

            Debug.Print("Before rotating Move Face feature...");
            // 1 radian = 180º/p = 57.295779513º or approximately 57.3º

            Debug.Print(" Draft angle of Move Face feature: " + swMoveFaceFeatData.Angle * 57.3 + " degrees");

            Debug.Print(" XYZ origin (first 3) and rotation angles (last 3)");

            varPara = (double[])swMoveFaceFeatData.TriadRotationParameters;

            for (i = varPara.GetLowerBound(0); i <= varPara.GetUpperBound(0); i++)

            {

                Debug.Print(" " + (varPara[i]));

            }

            // New XYZ location and rotation angle values

            newPara[0] = 0.0;

            newPara[1] = 0.0;

            newPara[2] = 0.0;

            newPara[3] = 2 * PI / 180;

            // Convert radians to degrees

            newPara[4] = 2 * PI / 180;

            // Convert radians to degrees

            newPara[5] = 0.0;

            newVarPara = newPara;

            // Rotate the Move Face feature

            swMoveFaceFeatData.TriadRotationParameters = newVarPara;

            Debug.Print(" ");

            Debug.Print("After rotating Move Face feature...");

            Debug.Print(" Draft angle of Move Face feature: " + swMoveFaceFeatData.Angle * 57.3 + " degrees");

            Debug.Print(" XYZ origin (first 3) and rotation angles (last 3)");

            newVarPara = (double[])swMoveFaceFeatData.TriadRotationParameters;

            for (i = newVarPara.GetLowerBound(0); i <= newVarPara.GetUpperBound(0); i++)

            {

                Debug.Print(" " + (newVarPara[i]));

            }

            // Modify the Move Face feature

            swFeat.ModifyDefinition(swMoveFaceFeatData, swModel, null);

        }

     

        public SldWorks swApp;

    }

}