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Create Hole Wizard Hole Example (VB.NET)

This example shows how to create a hole wizard hole.

'---------------------------------

' Preconditions: SolidWorks is running.

'

' Postconditions: A model is created and a hole wizard

'                 hole is created in that model.

'-----------------------------------

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks

Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst

Imports System

 

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

 

    Public Sub main()

 

        Dim swModel As ModelDoc2

        Dim swModelDocExt As ModelDocExtension

        Dim swFeatMgr As FeatureManager

        Dim swFeat As Feature

        Dim swSketchMgr As SketchManager

        Dim sketchLines As Object

        Dim longstatus As Long

        Dim boolstatus As Boolean

        Dim P1(2) As Double

        Dim P2(2) As Double

        Dim P3(2) As Double

 

        ' Create the model for the wizard hole

        swApp.ResetUntitledCount(0, 0, 0)

        swModel = swApp.NewDocument("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\templates\Part.prtdot", 0, 0, 0)

        swApp.ActivateDoc2("Part1", False, longstatus)

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

        swSketchMgr = swModel.SketchManager

        swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension

        swFeatMgr = swModel.FeatureManager

        sketchLines = swSketchMgr.CreateCornerRectangle(-0.05096498314664, 0.05060941349678, 0, 0.1021670127265, -0.05037236706354, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)

        swFeat = swFeatMgr.FeatureExtrusion2(True, False, False, 0, 0, 0.381, 0.381, False, False, False, False, 0.01745329251994, 0.01745329251994, False, False, False, False, True, True, True, 0, 0, False)

 

        'Create three points for the reference plane

        P1(0) = -0.0141556764402858

        P1(1) = 0.00194061273859598

        P1(2) = 0

        P2(0) = -0.0141556764402858

        P2(1) = 0.00194061273859598

        P2(2) = 1

        P3(0) = -0.149976101832345

        P3(1) = -0.988792859011662

        P3(2) = 0

 

        'Create the reference plane

        swModel.CreatePlaneFixed2(P1, P2, P3, False)

 

        'Select the reference plane

        boolstatus = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Plane1", "PLANE", -0.0156784487003801, -0.00916715285390111, 0.0558270998665543, False, 0, Nothing, 0)

 

        ' Create the hole wizard hole

        swFeat = swFeatMgr.HoleWizard4(swWzdGeneralHoleTypes_e.swWzdCounterSink, swWzdHoleStandards_e.swStandardAnsiMetric, swWzdHoleStandardFastenerTypes_e.swStandardAnsiMetricFlatHead82, "M2", swEndConditions_e.swEndCondThroughAll, 0.0102, 0.010312189893273, _

                                            0.0044, 1.57079632679489, 0.000152189893272978, 0, 2.05948851735331, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, "", False, True, True, True, True, False)

 

    End Sub

 

    ''' <summary>

    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.

    ''' </summary>

    Public swApp As SldWorks

End Class



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