Function IAdd3( _
   ByVal Index As System.Integer, _
   ByVal Equation As System.String, _
   ByVal Solve As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal WhichConfigurations As System.Integer, _
   ByVal ConfigCount As System.Integer, _
   ByRef ConfigNames As System.String _
) As System.Integer

Dim instance As IEquationMgr
Dim Index As System.Integer
Dim Equation As System.String
Dim Solve As System.Boolean
Dim WhichConfigurations As System.Integer
Dim ConfigCount As System.Integer
Dim ConfigNames As System.String
Dim value As System.Integer
 
value = instance.IAdd3(Index, Equation, Solve, WhichConfigurations, ConfigCount, ConfigNames)

System.int IAdd3( 
   System.int Index,
   System.string Equation,
   System.bool Solve,
   System.int WhichConfigurations,
   System.int ConfigCount,
   ref System.string ConfigNames
)

System.int IAdd3( 
&   System.int Index,
&   System.String^ Equation,
&   System.bool Solve,
&   System.int WhichConfigurations,
&   System.int ConfigCount,
&   System.String^% ConfigNames
) 

Parameters

Index

0-based index of the new equation (-1 places it at the end of the list)

Equation

String containing the equation (see Remarks)

Solve

True to solve the equation immediately; false to solve it later (see Remarks)

WhichConfigurations

Configuration option as defined in swInConfigurationOpts_e (see Remarks)

ConfigCount

Number of names in the ConfigNames array

ConfigNames

• in-process, in-process, unmanaged C++: Pointer to an array of strings containing configuration names

• VBA, VB.NET, C#, and C++/CLI: Not supported 

See In-process Methods for details about this type of method.

Return Value

This method only works for parts having multple configurations created in SOLIDWORKS 2014 or later. Use this method to add dimension equations, component equations, or global variable assignments to various configurations of models. If you don't have multiple configurations, then call IEquationMgr::Add2, which does not support configurations and is slightly faster.

To add an equation using the SOLIDWORKS user interface, you must embed the names of dimensions and global variables in double quotes: 

NOTE: To add an equation:

You can add a dimension equation whose left-hand side already exists, but only if the existing equation is suppressed. Adding the equation again unsuppresses it. See IEquationMgr::ChangeSuppressionForAllConfigurations and IEquationMgr::ChangeSuppressionForConfiguration.

Setting Solve to false delays evaluation of this equation, which enhances performance when there are many equations to solve. When Solve is set to false, the equation appears in the FeatureManager design tree only after calling IEquationMgr::EvaluateAll or IModelDoc2::EditRebuild3.

When adding global variable assignments and component equations, WhichConfigurations must be set to swInConfigurationOpts_e.swAllConfiguration. 

If you add a global variable assignment that already exists, this method returns an error.

To modify an equation added by this method, call IEquationMgr::ISetEquationAndConfigurationOption.

When you add an equation, you are adding it to the list of relations. Thus, do not add an equation while traversing the equations in a model, because SOLIDWORKS could crash.