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Get Selection Specification Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to get the selection specification of a selected object.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a model document that contains at least two features.
' 2. Select two features in the FeatureManager design tree.
' 3. Open an Immediate window.

'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Gets the selection specifications of the first and second selections.
' 2. Inspect the Immediate window.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
 
Partial Class SolidWorksMacro
 
    Dim Part As ModelDoc2
    Dim SelMgr As SelectionMgr
    Dim selObject As Feature
    Dim selectByString As String
    Dim objectTypeStr As String
    Dim objectTypeInt As Integer
    Dim X As Double
    Dim Y As Double
    Dim Z As Double
 
    Sub main()
 
        Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
        SelMgr = Part.SelectionManager
 
        ' Get the selection specification of the first selected object
        selObject = SelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)
        SelMgr.GetSelectByIdSpecification(selObject, selectByString, objectTypeStr, objectTypeInt)
        Debug.Print("Name of selected feature: " & selectByString)
        Debug.Print("Type of object: " & objectTypeStr)
        Debug.Print("Type of object as defined in swSelectType_e: " & objectTypeInt)
 
        Debug.Print("")
 
        ' Get the selection specification of the selected object in position 2 of the selection list
        SelMgr.GetSelectionSpecification(2, selectByString, objectTypeStr, objectTypeInt, X, Y, Z)
        Debug.Print("Name of selected feature: " & selectByString)
        Debug.Print("Type of object: " & objectTypeStr)
        Debug.Print("Type of object as defined in swSelectType_e: " & objectTypeInt)
        Debug.Print("X Coordinate: " & X)
        Debug.Print("Y Coordinate: " & Y)
        Debug.Print("Z Coordinate: " & Z)
 
    End Sub
 
    Public swApp As SldWorks
 
 
End Class
 

 

 



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