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Get Name of Sketch Segment Example (VBA)

This examples shows how to get the name of a sketch segment in a sheet metal part or drawing containing a sheet metal part.

 

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' Preconditions:

'      (1) Sheet metal part or a drawing containing a sheet metal part is open.

'      (2) Sheet metal part is flattened.

'      (3) Bend feature is selected in the FeatureManager design tree.

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' Postconditions: None

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Option Explicit

Public Enum swSelectType_e

    swSelDATUMPLANES = 4    '  "PLANE"

    swSelSKETCHES = 9       '  "SKETCH"

End Enum

Sub main()

    Dim swApp                   As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swMathUtil              As SldWorks.MathUtility

    Dim swModel                 As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swSelMgr                As SldWorks.SelectionMgr

    Dim swFeat                  As SldWorks.feature

    Dim swOneBend               As SldWorks.OneBendFeatureData

    Dim swSketchSeg             As SldWorks.SketchSegment

    Dim swSketch                As SldWorks.sketch

    Dim swSketchFeat            As SldWorks.feature

    Dim swSketchLine            As SldWorks.SketchLine

    Dim swSkStartPt             As SldWorks.SketchPoint

    Dim swSkEndPt               As SldWorks.SketchPoint

    Dim swSelData               As SldWorks.SelectData

    Dim nPt(2)                  As Double

    Dim vPt                     As Variant

    Dim swStartPt               As SldWorks.MathPoint

    Dim swEndPt                 As SldWorks.MathPoint

    Dim swEnt                   As SldWorks.entity

    Dim swSkXform               As SldWorks.MathTransform

    Dim vID                     As Variant

    Dim nEntType                As Long

    Dim i                       As Long

    Dim bRet                    As Boolean

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swMathUtil = swApp.GetMathUtility

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swSelMgr = swModel.SelectionManager

    Set swFeat = swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject5(1)

    Set swSelData = swSelMgr.CreateSelectData

    Set swOneBend = swFeat.GetDefinition

    Set swSketchSeg = swOneBend.FlatPatternSketchSegment

    Set swSketch = swSketchSeg.GetSketch

    Set swSketchLine = swSketchSeg

    Set swSkStartPt = swSketchLine.GetStartPoint2

    Set swSkEndPt = swSketchLine.GetEndPoint2

    

    vID = swSketchSeg.GetId

   

    ' This will be a datum/reference plane, swSelDATUMPLANES

    Set swEnt = swSketch.GetReferenceEntity(nEntType)

    

    ' Cannot select entity (plane) if obtained from

    ' OneBendFeatureData::FlatPatternSketchSegment

    bRet = swEnt.Select4(False, swSelData): Debug.Assert bRet

    

    

    ' This will be a sketch, swSelSKETCHES

    Set swEnt = swSketch

    

    ' Cannot select entity (sketch) if obtained from     

    ' OneBendFeatureData::FlatPatternSketchSegment

    bRet = swEnt.Select4(False, swSelData): Debug.Assert bRet

    

    

    ' Get sketch feature

    Set swSketchFeat = swSketch

    Set swSkXform = swSketch.ModelToSketchTransform

    Set swSkXform = swSkXform.Inverse

    

    nPt(0) = swSkStartPt.x

    nPt(1) = swSkStartPt.y

    nPt(2) = swSkStartPt.z

    vPt = nPt

    Set swStartPt = swMathUtil.CreatePoint(vPt)

    Set swStartPt = swStartPt.MultiplyTransform(swSkXform)

    

    nPt(0) = swSkEndPt.x

    nPt(1) = swSkEndPt.y

    nPt(2) = swSkEndPt.z

    vPt = nPt

    Set swEndPt = swMathUtil.CreatePoint(vPt)

    Set swEndPt = swEndPt.MultiplyTransform(swSkXform)

    

    ' Cannot select sketch feature if obtained from

    ' OneBendFeatureData::FlatPatternSketchSegment

    bRet = swSketchFeat.Select4(False, swSelData): Debug.Assert bRet

    

    

    Debug.Print "File = " & swModel.GetPathName

    Debug.Print "  Feature = " & swFeat.Name & " [" & swFeat.GetTypeName & "]"

    Debug.Print "    Sketch             = " & swSketchFeat.Name

    Debug.Print "    SegID              = [" & vID(0) & ", " & vID(1) & "]"

    Debug.Print "    Start wrt sketch   = (" & swSkStartPt.x * 1000# & ", " & swSkStartPt.y * 1000# & ", " & swSkStartPt.z * 1000# & ") mm"

    Debug.Print "    End   wrt sketch   = (" & swSkEndPt.x * 1000# & ", " & swSkEndPt.y * 1000# & ", " & swSkEndPt.z * 1000# & ") mm"

    Debug.Print "    Start wrt model    = (" & swStartPt.ArrayData(0) * 1000# & ", " & swStartPt.ArrayData(1) * 1000# & ", " & swStartPt.ArrayData(2) * 1000# & ") mm"

    Debug.Print "    End   wrt model    = (" & swEndPt.ArrayData(0) * 1000# & ", " & swEndPt.ArrayData(1) * 1000# & ", " & swEndPt.ArrayData(2) * 1000# & ") mm"

End Sub

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