Add Component and Mate Example (VBA)

This example shows how to add a component and a mate to an assembly.

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

' Preconditions: Open:

' <SolidWorks_install_dir>\Program Files\SolidWorks\samples\tutorial\toolbox\lens_mount.sldasm

'

' Postconditions: The specified component, camtest.sldprt, and a mate,

' top_coinc_camtest-1, are added to the assembly.

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

Option Explicit

    

Dim swApp As New SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim swModel As ModelDoc2

Dim swDocExt As ModelDocExtension

Dim swAssy As AssemblyDoc

Dim tmpPath As String

Dim tmpObj As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Dim boolstat As Boolean

Dim strings As Variant

Dim swcomponent As SldWorks.Component2

Dim matefeature As SldWorks.Feature

Dim MateName As String

Dim FirstSelection As String

Dim SecondSelection As String

Dim Alignment As swMateAlign_e

Dim strCompName As String

Dim AssemblyTitle As String

Dim AssemblyName As String

Dim errors As Long

Dim warnings As Long

Dim mateError As Long

 

Sub Main()

        

    Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    ' Get title of assembly document

    AssemblyTitle = swModel.GetTitle

    ' Split the title into two strings using the period (.) as the delimiter

    strings = Split(AssemblyTitle, ".")

    ' You'll use AssemblyName when mating the component with the assembly

    AssemblyName = strings(0)

    Debug.Print AssemblyName

    

    boolstat = True

    Dim strCompModelname As String

    strCompModelname = "camtest.sldprt"

    

    ' Because the component resides in the same folder as the assembly, get

    ' the assembly's path and use it when opening the component

    tmpPath = Left(swModel.GetPathName, InStrRev(swModel.GetPathName, "\"))

    ' Open the component

    Set tmpObj = swApp.OpenDoc6(tmpPath + strCompModelname, swDocPART, 0, "", errors, warnings)

    ' Check to see if the file is read-only or cannot be found; display error

    ' messages if either

    If warnings = swFileLoadWarning_ReadOnly Then

        MsgBox "This file is read-only."

        boolstat = False

    End If

    If tmpObj Is Nothing Then

        MsgBox "Cannot locate the file."

        boolstat = False

    End If

    

    'Re-activate the assembly so that you can add the component to it

    Set swModel = swApp.ActivateDoc2(AssemblyTitle, True, errors)

 

    Set swAssy = swModel

            

    ' Add the camtest part to the assembly document.

    ' Currently only one option, swAddComponentConfigOptions_e.swAddComponentConfigOptions_CurrentSelectedConfig,

    ' works for adding a part using AddComponent5. The other options, swAddComponentConfigOptions_e.swAddComponentConfigOptions_NewConfigWithAllReferenceModels and

    ' swAddComponentConfigOptions_e.swAddComponentConfigOptions_NewConfigWithAsmStructure, work only for adding assemblies using AddComponent5.

    Set swcomponent = swAssy.AddComponent5(strCompModelname, swAddComponentConfigOptions_CurrentSelectedConfig, "", False, "", -1, -1, -1)

    

    ' Get the name of the component for the mate

    strCompName = swcomponent.Name2()

    ' Create the name of the mate and the names of the planes to use for the mate

    MateName = "top_coinc_" + strCompName

    FirstSelection = "Top@" + strCompName & "@" + AssemblyName

    SecondSelection = "Front@" + AssemblyName

 

    Set swDocExt = swModel.Extension

       

    swModel.ClearSelection2 (True)

    

    ' Select the planes for the mate

    boolstat = swDocExt.SelectByID2(FirstSelection, "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 1, Nothing, swSelectOptionDefault)

    boolstat = swDocExt.SelectByID2(SecondSelection, "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, True, 1, Nothing, swSelectOptionDefault)

         

    ' Add the mate      

    Set matefeature = swAssy.AddMate3(swMateCOINCIDENT, swMateAlignALIGNED, False, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, False, mateError)

               

    matefeature.Name = MateName

    

    swModel.ViewZoomtofit2

    

End Sub