Get Edge Data By Name Example (C++ COM)

This example shows how to get an edge by its name and then get the underlying curve parameters and curve length. Import swconst.tlb.

IEdge::IGetCurveParams2 returns an array, so this code must be used in an in-process DLL. Otherwise, use IEdge::GetCurveParams2 that returns a VARIANT.

 

void GetEdgeData(ISldWorks* m_pSldWorks)

{

 HRESULT res = NOERROR;

 LPMODELDOC2 p_ModelDoc = NULL;

 LPPARTDOC p_PartDoc = NULL;

 LPENTITY p_Entity = NULL;

 long doctype;

 

 // Retrieve the model document pointer

 res = m_pSldWorks->get_IActiveDoc2( &p_ModelDoc );  

 if( res != S_OK || p_ModelDoc == NULL ) return;

 

 res = p_ModelDoc->GetType(&doctype);

 if (doctype != swDocPART )return;

 

 res = p_ModelDoc->QueryInterface(IID_IPartDoc, (LPVOID *)&p_PartDoc);

 

 res = p_ModelDoc->GetType(&doctype);

 if (doctype != swDocPART )return;

 

 // Get an entity by its name "FredsEdge"

 res = p_PartDoc->IGetEntityByName(_T("FredsEdge"), swSelEDGES, &p_Entity);

 

 if (res == S_OK && p_Entity != NULL)// If entity was found successfully

 {

  LPEDGE p_Edge = NULL;  // See if Entity is an Edge

  res = p_Entity->QueryInterface( IID_IEdge, (LPVOID*)&p_Edge);

 

  if (res == S_OK && p_Edge != NULL) // If Entity is an Edge

  {

   LPCURVE p_Curve;

   // Get the edge's underlying curve

   res = p_Edge->IGetCurve(&p_Curve);

 

   // Since we do not keep the curve parameters with every edge, this call is required or else the underlying curve parameters will be unknown.

   double edgeData[10]={NULL};

   // Get Edge data

   res = p_Edge->IGetCurveParams2(&edgeData[0]);

 

   // Setup for ints packed into doubles

    union PackedInts     

   {

    double value;

    int intData[2];

 

   } packedIntData;

 

   // Get the integers from the double

   packedIntData.value = edgeData[8];  

   int Notused = packedIntData.intData[0];

   int curveType = packedIntData.intData[1];

   // Get the integers from the double

   packedIntData.value = edgeData[9];        int Notused2 = packedIntData.intData[0];

   int curveTag = packedIntData.intData[1];

 

   CString message = _T("Attribute is on Edge with:\n");

 

message.Format(_T("\tStartPt = \t%lf \t%lf \t%lf \n \tEndPt  = \t%lf \t%lf \t%lf \n\tParams = \t%lf \t%lf \n\tCurveType = \t%i \n\tCurveTag = \t%i"),

     edgeData[0], edgeData[1], edgeData[2],

     edgeData[3], edgeData[4], edgeData[5],

     edgeData[6], edgeData[7],

     curveType, curveTag);

   AfxMessageBox( message );

 

   // Get the length of the underlying curve

   double curveLength;

   res = p_Curve->GetLength(edgeData[6], edgeData[7],

&curveLength);

   message = _T("The Edge length is:\n");

   message.Format(_T("\t%lf"), curveLength);

   AfxMessageBox( message );

 

   p_Curve->Release();

 

  // End if we got the Edge object

  }

 

  p_Edge->Release();

  p_Entity->Release();

 

 // End if we got the Entity by its name

 }   

 

 p_PartDoc->Release();

 p_ModelDoc->Release();

 

// End of function

}