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Get Mesh Data Example (C#)

This example shows how to get the mesh feature data from a *.3DS file. You must have a SOLIDWORKS Premium license to run this example.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Preconditions:

// 1. Click Tools > Add-ins > Scanto3D to activate the Scanto3D add-in.

// 2. Open a *.3DS file.

// 3. Open an Immediate window.

//

// Postconditions: Inspect the Immediate window.

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 SolidWorks.Interop.swscanto3d;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace GetMeshData_CSharp.csproj

{

partial class SolidWorksMacro

{

    ModelDoc2 swModel;

    ModelDocExtension swModelDocExtension;

    Scanto3D swScanto3D;

    bool boolStatus;

    public void Main()

    {

    swModel = (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;

    swModelDocExtension = swModel.Extension;

    swScanto3D = (Scanto3D)swModelDocExtension.GetScanto3D();

    int MeshCount = 0;

    int i = 0;

    int PointsCount = 0;

    int FacetsCount = 0;

    object Points = null;

    object Facets = null;

    MeshCount = swScanto3D.GetMeshCount();

    Debug.Print("Number of mesh features: " + MeshCount);

    for (i = 0; i <= MeshCount; i++)

    {

    boolStatus = swScanto3D.GetMeshDataCountAtIndex(i, out PointsCount, out FacetsCount);

    Debug.Print("Number of vertexes in mesh feature " + i + ": " + PointsCount);

    Debug.Print("Number of facets in mesh feature " + i + ": " + FacetsCount);

    boolStatus = swScanto3D.GetMeshDataAtIndex(i, out Points, out Facets);

    }

}

 

public SldWorks swApp;

}

}



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