Using SolidWorks C# Add-in Wizard to Create Visual C# .NET Add-in

This topic describes how to use the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard to create Visual C# .NET add-ins in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 or 2008. This topic also identifies and describes the files generated by the wizard. Click a link to read that section.

• Creating a Visual C# .NET Add-In using the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard

• Examining Visual C# .NET Add-In Files

NOTES:

• The SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard is included in the SolidWorks API SDK.

• If you have Visual Studio .NET 2005 and Visual Studio .NET 2008 installed on your computer, select the version of Visual Studio that you want to install the SolidWorks project templates. You can only install the SolidWorks project templates in one version of Visual Studio.

• If the wizard fails to set the references to the SolidWorks API, then you must add them manually:

1. Right-click the References folder in the Solution Explorer.

2. Browse to your SolidWorks folder and select sldworks.tlb, swconst.tlb, and swpublished.tlb.

Creating a Visual C# .NET Addin using the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard

1. Click Start, Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Microsoft Visual Studio  2008.
   
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   Click Start, Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

2. Click the New Project button.

3. Select Visual C# Projects in Project Types.

4. Select SolidWorks C# Addin in Templates.  

5. Enter the name of your project in Name.

6. Click OK.

7. Type the name of your add-in in Addin Name.

8. Under AddinEvents, select the events for which you want to listen:  

• SolidWorks Events. Fired by the SolidWorks application.

• Part Events. Fired by individual part documents.

• Assembly Events. Fired by individual assembly documents.

• Drawing Events. Fired by individual drawing documents.

• Model View Events. Fired by individual model views in each document.

It is recommended that you leave the SolidWorks Events check box selected because:

• This check box must be selected to listen to any of the other events.

• You can use this event's code as sample code if you decide to include event handling in the future.  

Model views are created in individual documents. To listen for a model view event, you must be listening to the basic document. Thus, the Model View Events check box is not available until you select at least one of these check boxes: Part Events, Assembly Events, or Drawing Events.

9. Under Addin User Interface, select Create Property Page to include an add-in PropertyManager page. This page is displayed in the SolidWorks application and should contain controls to extend the add-in's user interface.  

10. Click Finish.

Wait for the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard to set up your add-in's source files and to locate your SolidWorks directory. If the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard finds your SolidWorks directory, it automatically adds references to the SolidWorks type libraries and creates the RCWs (Runtime Callable Wrappers).  

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Examining Visual C# .NET Add-In Files

These files are created by the SolidWorks C# Addin Wizard:

• Main file for your add-in

• PMPHandler.cs

• UserPMPage.cs

• EventHandling.cs

• swconst.cs

• AssemblyInfo.cs

• BitmapHandler.cs

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